US133576A - Improvement in folding-chairs - Google Patents

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Ff. FABRI. FoldingChairs. NO. 133,576. Patented Dec:.3,1872.

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IMPROVEMENT IN FOLDING-CHAIRS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 133,576, dated December 3, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, FRANCIS B. FABRI, of the city, county, and State of N ew York, have invented a new and Improved Folding-Chair, of which the following is a specication:

Figure l is a front view ot' my improved chair, showing 'it folded together. Fig. 2 is a vertical section 'of the same' on the line c c,

i Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side view, partly in sec- A in the drawing is the chair-seat, pivoted by projecting lugs or pins a a to the side bars of the chair-back B. The pins a, may, if desired, be made to project from the side bars of the chair-back into the seat, or vice versa. The lower ends of the side bars of the chairback are by pins b b pivoted to the supportinglegs'G G. These legs are at their upper ends provided with projecting hooks or pins d d that enter longitudinal grooves in the under side of the chair-seat, and bear, when the chair is in position for use, against the front ends of such grooves, as shown iu Fig. 3.

The legs O stand inclined, as shown, thus providing, together with the back, double converging supports for each side of the seat.

The legs C are braced by short standards D D that are hanged to them at e and project forward, as shown in Fig. 3. This construction of chair is eminently practical, as every part aids in keeping the remainder in proper position.

When the chair is to be folded together the back is swung on the pivot b in line with the legs C. The hooks d are thereby withdrawn from the grooves, liberating the seat, which can be folded against .the legs C, as in Fig. 2. Finally, the standards D are also folded against the legs C. The pins a a may be Amade up-and-down adjustable in grooves F of the side bars of the back to facilitate folding. The two legs C C are connected together by one or more suitable run gs or crosspieces, y. In similar manner the two standards D are united as at l1..

Mare two arm-rests rigidly united to the side bars of the chair-back, and not intended to fold against the same.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Pat ent- A folding-chair having hooked diagonal legs C d, seat A, back B pivoted to said seat and to the diagonal legs C, and hinged sta-ndards D, arranged and put together substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

FRANCIS B. FABRI.

Witnesses C. SEDGWICK, T'. B. MosHER.

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