US655682A - Car-seat. - Google Patents

Description

No. 655,682. Patented Aug. I4, I900;

F. BENNETT.

CAR SEAT.

(Application filed Dec. 20, 1897.)

(No Model.)

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VANIA CAR-S EAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 655,682, dated August 14, 1900. Application filed December 20, 1897. Serial No. 662,579. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, FREDERICK BENNETT, of New York city, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Oar-Seat,of which the following is a f ull,clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvement in reversible car-seats, and hasfor its object to produce a simple construction which will also have certain advantages superior to the ordinary seat of this character; and it consists of certain features which will be hereinafter scribed and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, formingapartof this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is an end elevation of my car-seat. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a partial front elevation with the end framing in section. Fig. tis a perspective view of the end framing and its connected mechanism viewed from the inner side; and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one end of the seat proper, showing the bottom thereof.

My improved car-seat is of that class in which the back is so mounted that it'swings from one side of the seat proper to the other, the seat being reversed by thus swinging the back. The back B is mounted upon long bars or levers b, which are pivoted at their lower ends, as at I), either to the end framing. A, the floor, or other convenient support, but preferably from the seat-support or end framihg A.

The seat proper, G, is a cushion mounted upon a framework of any ordinary construction. This is provided upon its under side at each end with a cleat or lug G, which projects slightly and is adapted to enter a groove or recess 0 in the horizontal bar 0. The seat is supported from this bar (I and by the construction described is prevented from lateral displacement and is yet capable of being quickly and easily removed when desired. The bar 0 is supported at each end by links D, which extend downward and at their lower ends are pivoted upon the frame A. These two links do not extend in an exactlyparallel direction. The lower ends of the links are separated aslightly-greatia'r distance than the upper ends. As a result of this con struction when the seat is swung from one position to the other, as shown by the dotted and full lines in Fig. 2, the seat is slightly rocked. This results in keeping the forward edge of the seat raised slightly above the rear edge. This is true in either adjustment the seat may be in, the edge which at the time is the forward edge being slightly "raised above the rear edge.

position than the one which is under the rear edge of the seat.

ing fixed to the rod or shaft F, which shaft is pivoted in the frame and extends from one end of the seat to the other, the levers being at each end of the seat. Each lever E at its lower end has a slot e, which embraces a pin 12 which is attached to the bar I). In consequence of this when the back B is swung from one position to the other the levers E will also be swung to a different position and carry with them the bars 0, and consequently the seat G, which is supported thereon. The bars I), which carry the back, pass through slots a, formed in the under side supporting frame A or formed between it and the attached plate Ct, which supports the arm A. The end support is also providedwith a segmental slot a for the passage of the pin Z1 It will be seen that extending the rod F from one side of the seat to the other connects the reversing mechanism, so that the two sides are compelled to move in unison. Thus if the seat is graspedby one end to reverseit the power is communicated through the shaft F to the other end, and it is positively moved and racking strain upon the back is avoided. A

The arms 5 are limited in their movements by contact with the-ends of the slotct and also by contact with the blocks I, which may be formed as the vertical part ofthe plates A. The bars H, which connectthe two end supports A, may be used to limit the swing of the links D; but it is preferred that these bars H be so placed that when the seat is oo- This is due to the fact that the link D, which is beneath the forward edge of the seat, is in more nearly a vertical eupied the weight of the occupant acts upon these links and their connection to the back, so as to lock the back against being swung forward.

It will be seen that this construction of a car-seat is one which is very simple and with parts of such construction that they are cheaply manufactured and yet of durable shape. It is easily reversed and possesses the merit of changing the angle of the seat when the seat is reversed. This results in producing a more comfortable seat.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A reversible car -seat having a sea mounted to move forward and rear, a back supported on swinging bars pivotednear the floor and extending outside the seat, and mechanism 'coacting with said bars and said seat, whereby the movement of said bars in one direction will cause the movement of said seat in the opposite direction, substantially as described.

2. A reversible car seat having a seat mounted to move forward and rear and to rest in either position with its outer edge higher than its inner edge, a back supported on swinging bars pivoted near the floor and extending outside the seat, and mechanism coacting with said bars and said seat, whereby the movement of said bars in one direction will cause the movement of said seat in the opposite direction, substantially as described.

3. A reversible car-seat having a seat portion mounted upon pivoted links to swing forward and back, a back supported upon bars pivoted near the floor and extending outside the seat, and levers connecting the seat and back-bars, whereby their movements are in opposite directions, substantially as described.

4. A reversible car seat having a seat mounted to move forward and rear, a back supported on swinging bars pivoted near the floor and extending outside the seat, and levers connecting said bars and the seat, whereby the two are moved in opposite directions, substantially as described.

5. A reversible car-seat having a swinging backsupported upon bars which are pivoted near the floor and extend outside the seat and within the arms, pivoted supporting-links beneath the front and rear edges of the seat and arranged at different angles so that the one under the forward edge is nearer the vertical and supports this edge higher than the rear, and connections from the back to the seat-supporting links, whereby the seat is shifted laterally at the same time as the back and in an opposite direction and the angle of the seat is changed so as to keep the front edge the higher, substantially as described.

"6.- A reversible car seat having a back mounted upon bars which are pivoted near the floor, a movable seat, supporting-links under front and rear edges of the seat and pivoted to the seat and to a fixed support, a rod or shaft extending lengthwise of the seat and journaled above the pi-vots of the bars carrying the back, and levers fixed to said rod or shaft and connected at their opposite ends to the seat and the back-supportin g arms, substantially as described.

7. The combination, substantially as set forth, of seat-supports, a car-seat sustained thereon ,a seat-back transferable from one side of the seat to the other, two reversing arms fulcrumed below the seat and attached, one to the inner end of the seat-back, and the other to the outer end thereof, and levers pivotally connected to the seat and to the reversing arms respectively, and adapted to move the seat in and by the reversal of the back, through the action of the reversing arms.

8. The combination, substantially as set forth, of seat-supports, a movable bearingframe sustained thereon, a car-seat carried by said bearing-frame, a seat-back transferable from one side of the seat to the other, two reversing arms fulcrumed below the seat and attached, one to the inner end of the seat-back, and the other to the out-er end thereof, and levers pivotally connected to the bearing-frame and to the reversing arms respectively and adapted to move the bearing frame and the seat in and by the reversal of the back through the action of the reversing arms.

9. The combination, substantially as set forth, of seat-supports, a car-seat sustained thereon, a seat-back transferable from one side of the seat to the other, two reversing arms connected to fulcrums below the seat and attached one to the inner end of the seat= back and the other to the outer end thereof, and levers pivotally connected to the seat or its bearing-frame and to the reversing arms respectively. p

10. A reversible car-seat, having a seat mounted to move forward and rear,- a back supported on swinging bars, pivoted near the floor and extending outside the seat, levers connecting said bars and the seat, and a rod or shaft to which the levers are attached, whereby the seat and back are moved in unison and in opposite directions, substantially as described.

11. The combination, substantially as set forth, of seat-supports, a movable bearingframe sustained thereon, a car-seat carried by said bearing-frame, a seat-back transferable from one side of the seat to the other, two reversible arms fulcrumed below the seat and attached one to the inner end of the seatback and the other to the outer end thereof, a rod or shaft extending lengthwise of the seat and journaled in the seat-supports, and levers attached to said shaft and pivotally connected to the bearing-frame and to the reversible arms respectively and adapted to move the bearing-frame and the seat in and by the reversal of the back through the action of the reversing arms.

12. A seat having pivoted link-supports and mounted to have forward-and-backward movement, a shaft journaled to turn in bearings and extending lengthwise the seat, and reversing arms mounted on said shaft and engaging the ends of the seat whereby both ends are moved in unison, a seat-back mounted to swing from one side of the seat to the other and connections from said back to the shaft to actuate it, substantially as described.

13. In combination, the seat, the back, the pivoted arms supporting the back and the levers between the arms and the seat for shifting the latter, said levers being pivoted intermediate of their length and connected di- I 5

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