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Application filed November 24,1888. Serial No. 291,784. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, George B. Putnam, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and 5 useful Improvements in a Combined Cane and Camp-Stool, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has forits object to provide a folding stool which can be used as a cane at io the convenience of the owner; audit consists in the improvements which I will now proceed to describe.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 represents 15 a side view of my improved device arranged as a walking-cane. Fig. 2 represents a perspective view of the same arranged as a seat. Fig. 3 represents a section on line x x, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 represents a section on line y y, Fig. 1. 20 Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view of the seat.

The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures.

In carrying out my invention I provide three rods 2 2 2, preferably of steel tubing, of 25 suitable strength to support a person when in use as a seat, and of such diameter as that they may be inserted at their upper ends into a cylindrical portion a, which constitutes the handle of the cane. The bottom ends of the 30 rods are secured by a ferrule &, adapted to be removed when necessary to form a seat.

The cane is formed into a seat by removing the upper portion a and sliding a loose ring c down on the rods a sufficient distance 35 to allow the top and bottom of the same to open and assume the position represented in Fig. 2. I then place over the upper ends of the rods a seat d, preferably of duck or other suitable material, said seat being provided 40 with pockets 3 3 3 at each of its corners, adapted to receive the ends of the rods and hold them in position, as shown in the abovementioned figures. Any other suitable means may be provided to engage the seat with the 45 rods.

It will be seen by reference to Fig. 2 that ring c forms an effective device for retaining the rods in position to form a seat, and when the seat d is in position it forms a convenient stool. The rods being hollow, render the de- 50 vice of sufficient lightness to be convenient as a walking-cane.

When using the device as a cane, I prefer to attach the ring c to the upper portion a by a screw-thread, or in any other suitable way, 55 so as to prevent said ring from being lost.

The device is easily and quickly changed from a cane to a seat, as the ferrule b and case a are fitted to be readily removed from the rods. The case a may be of sufficient length 60 to entirely cover the rods 2. The upper portion of said case may be of sufficient size to permit the seat d to be inserted in it when compactly folded or rolled.

It is obvious that more than three rods 65 may be employed.