US835992A - Counter-seat. - Google Patents

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIoE.

TO CHARLES E. BLOOD, OF BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN.

COUNTER-SEAT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented' Nov. 1s, 1906.

Application filed December 7,1905. Serial No. 290,732.

To au whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS TRUAx, a citizen of the United States, residing at Battle Creek, in the county of Calhoun and State of Michigan,` have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Counter-Seats, of which the followin is a specification.

My invention re ates to counter-seats, and belongs to the class including those provided with devices enabling them to be adjusted in usually two positions, one position being flatwise against the wall or counter and a second polition projecting fromy the wall horizonta y. l

My invention consists in the special construction of the constituent parts and their articular arrangement substantially as set orth in the accompanying drawings,` of which- Figure 1 represents my invention in its extended o`r horizontal position, and Fig. 2 shows my invention in its lowered position.

Fig. 3 is a front view of my invention as' shown in Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 represents a top plan view of my invention when in the posltion shown in Fig. 1. In Figs. 3 and 4 the scale of drawing has been reduced to permit the introduction of those figures.

Like letters are used to refer to the same parts throughout.

Considering the drawings, the letter A refers to a wall-plate adapted to be secured in any desired manner to a wallI or the front of a counter. The wall-plate has the projecting downwardly-curving li a, the outermost edge of which is markea and will be again mentioned. The sides a2 extend ,below the iip and join the wall-plate, as best shown in 1g s. 1 and 2. It is my practice to form the walllate with the lip a and sides a2 in a sinle piece. The lower ed e of the wall-plate 1s designated by a3 and will be again referred to. From the sides a2 are twin inwardlyprojecting cylindrical stu'ds a4, also formedl of one piece with the wall-plate.

The seat portion proper is marked B.

Between the studs a4 is inserted the fiat head of the bracket-arm C. The bracketarm possesses the flange c, upon which the seat rests, and a longitudinal fin or spline c", extending into the seat, thus holding the seat in place. The fin c also stiflens the bracketarm and materially strengthens it. The flat head of the bracket-arm is provided with a front recess c2, a diagonal slot c, and a catchpoint c4. The parts are secured in their assembled relations by the Ipin D, which passes through the studs a4 and through the slot c of the bracket-arm, as shown.

In explaining the operation of my invention let 1t be assumed that the seat B hangs down in its drop ed position, as illustrated 1n Fig. 2. Now w en it is desired to use the seat the lower edge of it is grasped and raised outwardly and upwardly. It will be found that the recess c2 engages the edge a of lip a and limits the upward movement. From this position, slanting somewhat upwardly, the seat is ermitted to drop as a whole into a horizontall attitude, and it will be found to have arranged itself without effort or attention on the part of the user in its extended osition with the catchoint c4 beneath the holding edge a3 of the wa l-plate, in which position it will remain and be retained as long as there is weight upon it. In order to restore the seat into its hanging position, which takes it out of the way, it is necessary to relieve it of weight and to draw the outer edge of the seat B slightly upward and forward.

' The seat will then fall if allowed, or it may be gently lowered into. the position of Fig. 2, from which it was taken, as stated.

Having thus described my invention and explained the mode of its operation, what I claim isf 1. In a counter-seat, the combination with a wall-plate having a rojecting lip and a holding edge arranged below and in rear of said li of a bracket-arm provided with a recess a apted to engage the edge of the lip and limit the upward movement of said bracketarm, said bracket-arm having a slot through its head and a catch-point projecting from the head and adapted to engage the said holding edge of the walllate and to hold the seat horizontally, and) a pivot-pin supported by the wall-plate and passing through the slot in said bracket-arm, substantially as `described.

2. In a counter-seat, the combination with a wall-plate having a rojecting lip and a holding edge arranged Below and in rear of said li of a bracket-arm provided with a recess adhpted to engage the edge of the lip and limit the upward movement of said bracketarm, said bracket-arm having a diagonal slot through its head iand a catch-point projecting from the head and adapted to engage the sald holding edge of thewalllate and to hold the seat horizontally an a ivot-pin supported by the Wall-plate an passing through the slot in said bracket-arm, substantially as described.

3. Inacounter-seat, the combination With awallplate having a projecting li and downwardly-extending sides integra ly formed, the said plate having also a holdin edge arranged below and in rear of the sai 1i of a bracket-arm provided with a recess a apted to engage the edge of the lip and limit the upward. movement of vsaid bracket arm,

said bracket-arm having a slot through its 15 head and a catch f point Aprojecting from the head and adapted to engage the said holding edge of the wall-plate and to hold the seat horizontally, and a pivot-pin passing through

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