Chair.

Application filed June 14,

To dll whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Eugene A. Howe, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of 5 Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Chairs, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of 10 this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in chairs, particularly to chairs used on beaches, lawns, campuses, porches and by camping and outing parties generally.

The objects of my invention are to provide a chair which may be easily carried about from place to place and which will occupy but little room when not in use and to those ends I provide a chair so constructed that 20 when it is not in use it may be folded so that all of the folding parts will lie in a single plane. A further object of my invention is to provide means to protect the person occupying the chair from the rays of the sun and 25 which will at the same time fold with the other elements of the chair.

My invention will be better understood by reference to the accompanying drawings which form a part of the present specifi30 cation and in which—

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a chair, embodying my invention, in position to be occupied and

Fig. 2 is an enlarged front view of the 35 chair folded, the sun shade being rolled up out of the way.

The main frame of the chair comprises two substantially upright legs 1 and 2, which are held in proper position by the cross bars 40 3 and 4. The space between the cross bars 3 and 4 may be closed or partially closed with canvas or a thin board but I prefer to provide the slats 5 which are spaced a suitable distance apart so as to permit air to pass be45 tween them. The main frame of the chair is supported by the legs 6 which may be hinged to the top of the legs 1 and 2 or to the upper cross bar 3. The legs 6 are prevented from spreading apart by means of 50 the cross bar 7. The lower ends of the legs 6 are held at a proper distance from the legs 1 and 2 of the main frame by means of the chains or braces 8. A seat 9, which may be a solid piece of material or a frame provided 55 with canvas or other material stretched across it, is secured to the lower cross bar 4

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of the main frame by means of the hinges 10. The seat 9 is supported in proper position by means of the legs 11, 11, which are pivoted at one end to brackets 12,12, mount- 60 ed on the under side of the seat 9. The legs 11, 11, may be secured at the bottom to the main legs 1 and 2 in any suitable manner, but I prefer to provide the notches 13 in the legs 11, 11, which are adapted to catch on 65 pins 14, 14 provided on the inside edges of the legs 1 and 2.

At the top of the main frame I provide a cross bar 15 on which are mounted the brackets 16,16. A U-shaped frame 17 is piv- 70 otally secured to the outwardly extending flanges 18, 18, of the brackets 16, 16, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The U-shaped frame 17 may be held in any suitable position by means of the braces 20 and 21 which 75 are pivotally secured to the U-shaped frame 17 and the.main frame as clearly shown. The braces 20 and 21 are joined at 22 to form a hinge and may be held at any angle by means of a thumb-nut 23. 80

The shade 24, which may be of any suitable material such as canvas or the like, is mounted upon a spring roller 25 which roller is mounted between the outwardly extending flanges 19,19, of the brackets 18. 85

When not in use the chair may be folded up so that all of the main elements will lie in a single plane. The seat 9 folds upwardly and when not in use rests against the slats 5 between the main legs 1 and 2. By loosening 90 the thumb-nuts 23 the U-shaped frame may be drawn down over the seat 9 so that it will rest flat against the main frame. The shade 24 may be rolled upon the roller 25. so that it will be out of the way. The folding opera- 95 tion is completed by drawing up the back legs 6, 6, so that they will lie against the main legs 1 and 2.

It will be apparent from the above description that I have provided a chair which 100 is adapted for any out-of-door use and owing to the fact that it may be readily collapsed or folded up, it may be easily transported from place to place and when stored away will occupy but very little space. 105