US869122A - Car-seat. - Google Patents

Description

No. 869,122. I PATENTED OCT. 22. 1907.

H. WITTE.

CAR SEAT.

APPLICATION FILED" APR. 20, me.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

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CAR SEAT.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 20, 1906.

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No. 869,122. PATENTED OCT. 22. 1907.

H. WITTE.

CAR SEAT.

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' HUBERT WITTE, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

GAR-SEAT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 22, 1907.

Application fil dhpril ZOI 1906- Serial N0f312 91L To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, HUBERT Wrrrn, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Seats, of which the following I is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in car seats, and has for its object to produce a seat which is susceptible of forming one unit in making up with other units one long longitudinal seat upon one or both sides of a car, independent transversely arranged seats upon one or both sides of the car, or a partial longitudinal, and partial transverse seat or seats on one or both sides of the car.

The invention further consists in novel features of construction, arrangement and combination of the several parts all as will hereinafter be pointed out in the claims.

Figure I is a side elevation of my improved seat, the base thereof being shown in section. Fig. II is a side elevation, partly in section, illustrating two of my improved seats in longitudinal alinement with each other, one of which seats is in the position of that shown in Fig. I, while the other is represented as having been tilted forwardly to a position to permit of its being turned on its axis without interference with the other Fig. III is a perspective view of the seat supporting post. Eig. IV is a top or plan view of my improved seat, the cushion seat having been removed, together with portions of a seat arranged on each side thereof. Fig. V is a horizontal, longitudinal section of a portion of a car showing my improved seats in plan view the seats upon one side of said car being so arranged as to form practically bne long longitudinal seat, while the seats upon the opposite side of the car are arranged to form independent transverse seats. Fig. V1 is a section taken on line VI+VI, Fig. IV. Fig.VII is a perspective view of a modification.

- 1 designates a supporting base which is designed to rest upon and be secured to the floor of a car, said base being provided with a circular bore 1. I

3 designates what I will term the seat supporting post, and which consists of a circular portion 3 and a non-circular portion 3, the circular portion 3 being designed to fit within the bore 1 of the base 1, the juncture of said circular portion3 and the non-circular portion 3 producing a shoulder which rests upon the upper face of the base 1. By the construction just described it will be seen from an inspection of the drawings, particularly Fig. I, that the seat post 3 is pivotally supported by the base 1, and to prevent withdrawal of the post 3 from the base 1, I form upon the lower end of the post 3 a screw threaded shank 3' that receives a nut 4.

A designates the seat proper which consists of a back cushion 5 andfa seat cushion 6, the two members being supported by L-shaped members 7 which are tied together by strips or cross-pieces 8 and 9. The frame which is formed by the elements 7, 8 and 9 has arranged upon its under side a bracket 10 secured thereto, pref erably by screws or bolts which entersaid strips 8 and 9. This bracket 10'is provided with a vertical longitudinal slot 10, and through which the upper end of the seat supporting post 3 passes. Near the upper end of the seat supporting post 3 is a reduced portion 3 and by which construction lateral projections 3 and shoulders 3 are formed. It is this reduced portion which fits within the slot 10 of the'bracket 10, and permits of, sliding engagement of said bracket upon said post 3,

said bracket and post being inseparable however by virtue of the aforesaid projections 3 and shoulders 3".

11 designates a brace link, one end of which is designed to enter the slot 10 of the bracket 10 and which is pivotally secured to said bracket by means of a bolt or pin 12. The other end of said brace link 11 passes through a slot 3 in the post3 and is pivotally secured to said post by means of a bolt or pin 13. The extreme outer end of the brace link 11, next adjacent the bolt 13, terminates in what I shall term a latch 11. so proportioned as to protrude some distance outside of the post 3 and when the parts are in the position shown in Fig; I, .to engage or enter one of a plurality of notches V 1 formed in the upper face of, and in communication with the bore 1 of the base 1.

14 designates angularly arranged brace rodswhich are secured at one end to the post 3, and for convenience I have made use of the pivot bolt 13 to effect their fastening. These brace rods rise upwardly, rearwardly and laterallyfrom the bolt 13, and enter sockets 7 formed in the L-shaped members 7 (see Fig. VI). ends of these rods, which enter the sockets 7, are screw threaded and are each provided with a nut 15 which nut acts as a stop to limit the downwardmovement of the seat A, it being obvious that said nuts can be adjusted to any desired position as occasion may require.

For the purpose of steadying the seat when it is in position for use, I provide a steadying rest which consists of the following parts.

16 is a leg that is provided at its lower end with a pair of diverging feet 17 and the upper end ofwhich is secured to the bracket 10 by a bolt 18 passing through said members.

19 are stay rods that connect the legs 16 to the end frame members 7 of the seat and serve to hold said leg rigid relative to the seat frame.

.The base l-has upon its upper side shoulders 20 that are spaced apart sufficiently to permit of the feet of the leg 16 being positioned between them when said feet are lowered to the base, whereby the feet are restrained from lateral movement when resting on the base. It

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will be seen that as the leg 16. and its feet are rigidly i that the connected to the seat frame, said leg will be moved with the frame when it is tilted and rotated in the manner to be presently explained, and that when the seat is again lowered to using position the steadying rest members will afford ample means for bracing the seat while it is in use. Y

22 designates foot rest legs of V-shape which are secured at their'upper ends to the seat frame members 7 and which depend from said frame members. These foot rest legs have attached to them foot rods 23 adapted to receive the feet of passengers occupying seats at the rear of the seats to which the foot rests are applied when the seats are arranged one in front of another.

The operation of the seat is as follows: When it is desired to convert'the seats in a car equipped with my dinal seat such as is illustrated at B in Fig. V, ,to inde-z pendent transversely arranged seats such as is illustrated at C in said figure, or vice versa, or to move any one or more of the seats from the position it or they occupy to another position, the person desiring to thus change the position of the seat takes hold pf the back 5 and pulls the same forwardly to the position illustrated by the near seat in Fig. II, whereupon it will be seen that the bracket 10 will be caused to slide forwardly upon the post 3, that the brace link will assume an upright position and come in contact with said post 3, that the latch 11 becomes disengaged. from' the notches l of the base 1 and is located wholly within the slot 3' of said slot 3. It will be observed that the rear edgeof, the seat proper A has now been tilted forwardly and been considerably elevated and brought quite close to the axis of rotation, namely, the center of the post3, and from an inspection, of Fig. IV wherein the position just described is illustrated by the heavy dot and dash lines, the seat can be rotated in one direction or the other without interference with the next adjacentseat. This movement is illustrated in Fig. IV by means of arrows. When the desired position of the seat'is reached the seat proper is permitted to fall by gravity to its natural position where it will become locked against .further' rotary motion by the latch en ing from the seat frame members and having mounted therein a.footrod.23. 24 are feet attached to the foot rest members and extending downwardly therefrom so yma'y be brought to rest upon the floor on which the seat is mounted to steady the seat when in position for use, but which are free of connection to the floor, thereby providing for the movement of said foot rest members with the seat when it is tilted and shifted in order that the feet may be again lowered to the floor in a different position to steady the seat.

I claim.

1. A car seat consisting of a base, a seat supporting post pivotally mounted thereon, a seat proper, a bracket carried by said seat proper and which is slidably mounted on said seat post, and a link pivotally connected to said bracket and said seat post, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. A car seat consisting of a base, a seat supporting post pivotally mounted thereon, a seat proper, a bracket car ried by said seat proper and which is slidab ly mounted on said seat post, a link pivotally connected to said bracket and said seat post, and means for locking said seat proper against rotation when said seat proper is in certain positions, substantially as described. 7

3. A seat consisting of a base provided with a plurality of notches, a seat supporting post pivotally mounted thereon, a seat proper, a bracket carried by said seat proper and which is slidably mounted on said seat post, a link pivot ally connected to said bracket and said seat post and adapted to enter the notches in said base, and means for locking said seat proper against rotation when the seat proper is in certain positions, substantially as described.

4. A seat consisting of a base having a plurality of notches, a seat supporting post pivotally mounted on said base, a seat proper, a bracket carried by said seat proper and which is slidabiy mounted on said seat post, a link pivotally connected to said bracket and said seat post, and. an extension carried by said link for engagement with tire notches in said base for locking said seat proper to said base in certain of its adjusted positions, substantially as described.

5. A seat consisting of a base having a plurality of notches, a seat supporting post pivotally mounted on said base, a seat proper, a bracket carried by said seat proper and which is slidably mounted on said seat post, a link pivotally connected to said bracket and said seat post, an extension carried by said link for engagement with the notches in said base for locking said seat proper to said base in certain of its adjusted positions, and brace rods for .cu'red to said seat supporting post and engaging said seat proper, and adjusting means carried by said brace rods, substantially as described.

HUBERT \VITTE.

In presence of 7 EDWARD 'l. ROBINSON, FRANK Hanzcnn.

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