US339182A - Hammock-chair - Google Patents

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(No Model.)

A. 0. HUBBARD.

I HAMMOGK CHAIR. No. 339,182. Patented Apr. 6, 1886.

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NlTE STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

ARTHUR OGDEN HUBBARD, OF SAUK CENTRE, MINNESOTA.

HAMMOCK-CHAIR.

QPEL'IPZCATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 339,182, dated April 6,1886.

Serial No.170,S0-l. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ARTHUR OGDEN HUB- BARD, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Sank Centre, in the county of Stearns and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hammock-Chairs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to combined hammocks and chairs; and it consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter shown and described.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the frame of the chair in the position it will assume when the occupant is in a semireclining position. Fig. 2 is a sectional side View of the same it will appear when the occupant is in a reclining position. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the seat-supporting web detached. Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional detail of the seat-web tension. Fig. 5 is a View of a section of the upper part of the baclcsection of the chair, showing the manner of attaching the fabric thereto.

The framework of this chair is formed of a footsectionya scatscction, and a back-section, covered. with a web of canvas or other suitable material, the three sections being so united flexibly that the frame may be made to assume the form of a couch or a chair at pleasure.

The foot-section consists of two main side bars, A A connected at their lower ends by a round or cross-bar, A, and pivoted at their upper ends by rivets or bolts a a to the for ward ends of two substantially horizontal bars, B B", forming the main frame-work of the scat-section.

The back-section consists of two main side bars, 0 C united at their upper ends by a round or cross-bar, O, and pivoted at their lower ends by rivets or'bolt-s b If to the rear ends of the seat-bars B B. The bars A A and G G will be provided with a series of holes, (I, at regular intervals, by which the web 1), (see Fig. 5,) which forms the support to the occupant of the chair, will be secured to the bars by lacings e.

Between the seat side bars, B B is placed an endless web, F, of canvas 01' other fabric, having wooden bars E E (see Figs. 3 and 4) in the ends of the web, the bars E E being secured. to the side bars B B by bolts g,

which pass through both the bars B and E and B and E", and are provided with thumbnuts g outside the bars B B so that the bars E E may be drawn toward the bars B B to tighten the web F and form a tension thereto. By this simple arrangement the web F forms an additional support to the web D beneath the seat-section, where thegreatest strains occur, and at the same time the web F may be stretched tightly between the sides'B B and its tension maintained by merely tightening up the thumb-screw g".

A foot-rest will be attached to the foot sec tion A A A.

lr G are two arms pivoted by rivets or bolts h 713- to the outside faces of the seat-bars B B and connected together beneath the seatbars by crossbars or rounds H H, and pivoted at their upper ends by rivets or bolts 2" 17* to the ends of two bars or arms, K K the latter projecting across the backsection side bars, (1" 0-, and pivoted thereto by bolts or rivets m on". These bars K K extend behind the bars C G, and are connected together at their rear ends by a round or cross-bar,K, as shown.

L L are two short arms, each pivoted by one end at a n to the bars A A and with their other ends provided with hooks adapted to rest over the round H and thus connect the arms G G and A A. together, while at the same time, by releasing the bars L L" from the round H, the foot and back sections may be folded over upon the seat-section for convenience of transportation, &c. By this means the arms G G and K K and L L serve to connect the foot section and back-section together, so that any movement of the foot-section will be communicated to the back-section, and vice versa, so that whatever position the foot-section assumes the back-section will assume a corresponding position or angle.

One noticeable feature about this chair is, that the web D touches no part of the wooden frame-work, except at its edges; hence the perbe drawn inward by the downward pressure on the webs; but the rounds H, H and K at this point serve an important function in forming supports to keep the sides spread apart and counteract the drawing-in tendency of the webs. The round H also serves an additional functionviz., as a stop to limit the movement of the back and foot sections by striking against the under side of the seat-bars B B as shown in Fig. 2, when the chair is in the form of a couch.

M M are the cords or rods by which the chair or hammock will be suspended from above by any suitable frame-work, and are shown connected to the forward ends of the seat-bars B B and to the rear ends of the arms K K, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. By connecting the rear cords, M", to the rear of the arms K K? the hammock is supported more firmly than if the cords or rods were connected directly to the seat-bars, as the supporting-cords thereby act in a certain sense as a brake to prevent the too easy adjustment of the chair, and also to prevent the back-section of the chair from tilting back too far.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is. g

1. In a hammock-chair, seat, foot, and back sections pivoted together, arms G G pivoted near their centers to the seat-section, links L L connecting thelower ends of said arms "with the foot-section, and arms K K pivoted near their centers to the back-section and at their forward ends to the upper ends of the arms G G, in combination with cross-bars connecting the lower free ends of the sides of the footsection, the upper free ends of the sides of the back-section, the lower ends of arms G G", and the rear ends of arms K K and a fabric attached by its edges to the sides of the sections and to the said cross-bars connecting the sides of the foot and back sections, substantially as set forth, whereby said fabric is at all times out of contact with any bar or rod throughout its length.

2. A hammock-chair frame consisting of a foot-section, a seat-section, and back-section hinged together and covered with a fabric or Web, in combination with pivoted arms G G, connected by rounds H H, arms K K pivoted to said arms G G and to said back-sec tion and connected by rounds K and arms L U, pivoted to said foot-section and adapted to be hooked over said round'H substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. A hammock-chair frame consisting of a foot-section, a seat-section, and a back-section hinged together, in combination with arms G G, pivoted near their centers to the seat-sec- .tion, rounds H H", connecting said arms,

links L L, connecting the lower ends of said arms G G with the foot-section, arms K K", pivoted near their centers to the back-section and at their front ends to the upper ends of the arms G G, a cross-bar, K connecting the outer ends of said arms K K and suspending cords or rods attached to the front ends of the seat-section and to the outer ends of the arms K K, substantially as set forth.

4. lhe combination, with seat side bars, B B of the endless web F, having supportingbars E E and connected adjustably to said bars B B by bolts 9 and nuts 9, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ARTHUR OGDEN HUBBARD.

Vitnesses:

GEO. H. HOSMER, C. M. SPRAGUE.

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