Dec. '6, 1938.
F. A. EICH EL FURNITURE Filed Sept. 29, 1936 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR.
Patented Dec. 6, 1938 UNI-TED STATES l 'ATENT OFFICE FURNITURE Frank A. E-ichel, New York, N. Y.
Application September 29, 1936, Serial No. 103,095
1 Claim. (Cl. 1555-61) This invention relates to furniture, and percorner of the seat frame is preferably secured a tains more particularly to a seat capable of shiftdepending bracket member 9. ing movement with respect to the floor on which The operating connection between the base it is supported. frame and the seat frame permitting the desired 5 It is an object of the invention to provide a reciprocating motion is preferably made as fol- 5 simple and inexpensive mechanism permitting lows. Connected to the lower end of each of the reciprocatory motion ofthe seat. It is a further depending members 9 is a link 10 which extends object of the invention to provide a mechanism upwardly for connection to a transverse bar II in which all of the moving parts are beneath the supported on and pivotally connected to the 10 seat, and may be readily enclosed and concealed ends of swinging arms l2. The said swinging in from View. arms, in turn, are pivotally connected to trans- Other objects and advantages of the invenverse frames 2 by means of bolts 6. tion will appear hereinafter. It will be apparent that the pairs of swinging A preferred embodiment of the invention arms at each end of the frame will move in selected for purposes of illustration is shown in unison, being connected by bar H, but in order it the accompanying drawings, in which, to cause the swinging arms at both ends of the Figure 1 is a top plan view, the upholstering frame to move in unison and in the same direcbeing removed to better disclose the operating tion through the same are the said arms are inparts. terconnected. This is preferably accomplished Figure 2 is a front elevation, partly broken by providing arms l3, formed integrally with 20 away. swinging arms I2 or rigidly secured thereto, Figure Bis an end elevation. and connecting said arms by means of pivoted Figure 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Figlink M. In this manner, as illustrated in Figure ure 1, and 1, the pairs of swinging arms move in the same Figure 5 is an enlarged detail view, in perspecdirection through the same arc, and the move- 25 tive, of one of the pivots. ment of the seat frame is reciprocatory in a Referring to the drawings, the apparatus complane parallel to the floor. prises a base frame I, rectangular in shape, In case it is desired that the seat frame should formed of any suitable structural shapes such as normally be restored to a central position when the angle irons illustrated. The said base frame the seat is not in use, the spring I5 may be con- 30 may rest directly on the floor as shown, or may nected to the arms l3 as illustrated in Figure 1. be supported on suitable legs or casters. The said spring will be stretched by any move- Mounted on the said base frame are a pair ment of the seat and tends to restore the seat to of transverse frames 2 comprising upper horicentral position.
zontal members 3, preferably of angle iron, and It will be understood that the invention may be 35 lower horizontal members 4, preferably of flat variously modified and embodied within the scope iron, connected to the base frame, said upper of the subjoined claim. and lower members being connected by converg- I claim as my invention: ing members 5, also preferably of angle iron. A seat comprising a base frame, a swinging o Extending between the upper and lower memarm pivoted on a vertical axis on one end of said ,bers of each transverse frame are a pair of bolts frame, a swinging arm pivoted on a vertical axis 6 forming vertical axes or pivots for purposes on the other end of said frame, each of said arms hereinafter described. having an extension projecting in the opposite The seat frame 1 is rectangular in shape and direction, a link pivotally connected to said exis preferably formed of angle iron as illustrated tensions causing said'arms to swing in unison, 45 in Figures 1 and 4. Any suitable form of upa seat frame supported by said swinging arms, holstery may be applied to the seat frame, and if and a spring connected from one of said exdesired, a back frame 8 of any suitable constructensions to the other. tion may be secured to the seat frame. At each FRANK A. EICHEL.
