Combined stool and cane.

(Application filed July 18, 1901.) (No Model.)

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THE NORRIS PETERS CO., PHOTO-HTHO,. WASHINGTON, 0. C.

No. 690,122. Patented Dec. 31, 1901.

E. SLAGLE.

COMBINED STOOL AND CANE. (Application filed July 18, 1901.) (No Modal.) 2 Shoots—Sheet 2.

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. THE NORRIS PETERS CO. PHOTO-LITHO.. WASHINGTON. O. C.

United States Patent Office.

EDWIN SLAGLE, OF QUINCY, ILLINOIS.

COMBINED STOOL AND CANE.

SPECIFICATION forming· part of Letters Patent No. 690,122, dated December 31, 1901.

Application filed July 18,1901. Serial No. 68,837. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Edwin Slagle, a citizen of the United States, residing at Quincy, in the county of Adams and State of Illinois, 5 have invented a new and useful Combined Stool and Cane, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a combined stool and cane; and the object of the same is to proίο vide simple and effective means for supporting a person while at labor or during the pursuance of those classes of vocations requiring an upright or standing posture or for other purposes, the improved device being support15 ed on the person of the wearer and transportable in supported condition from place to place without interference with the free movement of the person carrying the same, the improved device also having a cane attach20 ment.

The invention consists in features of construction and arrangement which are improvements on the similar device disclosed in Patent No. 671,638, granted to me April 9,1901.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved device shown applied to a figure in dotted lines and inoperative position for seating purposes. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of a portion of the im30 proved device shown converted into a cane with the seat removed. Fig. 3 is a section through the upper portion of the device as shown arranged by Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal vertical section through the seat and 35 upper portion of the staff without the cane attachment. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the seat and upper portion of the staff looking toward the under side of the seat and showing a simplified form of the improve40 ment. Fig. 6 is a detail view, partially in section, showing the lower end of the staff.

Similarnumerals of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

The numeral 1 designates a staff or pedestal of any suitable length having an upper enlarged angular extremity, which may be either rectangular or square, as at 2, the lower end of the staff being enlarged, as at 3, for 50 the purposes of stability in resting upon a support and for the securement therein of oppositely-inclined contacting'studs 4, with re duced ends o^a, to prevent the staff from slipping from the position it is desired it shall maintain. The staff will be constructed of 55 suitable material, preferably wood, though metal may at times be used, and the upper enlarged angular extremity 2 is removably fitted in a wooden or other socket 5, having an opening 6 therein extending vertically 60 therethrough and of a contour corresponding to the shape of the said extremity, the said head being adjustably secured to a metallic seat 7. Around the entrance to the opening 6 in the socket a metallic wear and strength- 65 ening plate 8 is secured by end screws 9, the opening through the said plate being similar in shape to the cross-sectional contour of the extremity 2 of the staff, and the walls of said opening in the plate are adapted to snugly 70 embrace the staff extremity. Within the socket - opening 6 and located adjacent to one of the end walls of the latter is a stiff plate-spring 10, which prevents any movement of the staff extremity in the socket 75 by instituting a frictional bind thereon, and also takes up or compensates for wear of said extremity, the lower end 11 of the spring being outturned at a substantial right angle and held by one of the adjacent screws 9, which 80 passes therethrough. To prevent the staff from accidentally pulling out of the socket, the portion of the extremity 2 within said socket is engaged by a transversely-inserted pin 12, the latter when not in use being dis- 85 posed in a seat-opening 13 in the rear upper portion of the socket. The socket is elongated in a longitudinal direction toward its upper side 14, which is concave to snugly receive the seat 7, the latter being concavo-con- 90 vex for obvious reasons, the lower portions of the opposite ends of the socket being formed with angular recesses IS to provide upper bearing-shoulders 16. The socket is held in connection with the seat by two screw-bolts 95 17, one at each end, and supplied with removable nuts 18, that bear against said shoulders 16 when tightened up, both bolts being inclined inwardly toward each other to produce a stronger and more durable fastening means 100 to resist the weight strain brought to bear on the seat 7 and also to project the nutted ends of the bolts outwardly, so they can be easily reached for readily operating or turning the

600,122 nuts. The lower ends of the bolts, as at 19, are reduced and made smooth to serve as a guiding means in applying the nutSi The seat is provided with a series of openings 20 5 to permit adjustment of the socket thereon, and thereby project the seat either forwardly or rearwardly, as may be desired by the user.

The front reduced end of the seat 7 is in the form of a nose 21, which may be either a io wooden block, which is rounded and made smooth, or the said end of the seat may be swaged over to form such rounded smooth nose, and to this nose an eye 22 is secured, having the lower end of a wire or like loop 23 15 connected thereto. At the rear under side of the seat at the center is a hook 24, and by means of the loop and hook the improved device is held in connection with the person of the wearer. To the loop 23 a hook 25 at the 20 lower end of a doubled adjustable length 26 of elastic webbing is removably secured, the said webbing depending from the center of a front spreader 27, engaging the lower terminals of supplemental straps 28, depending 25 from the webs of a pair of suspenders 29. To the central portion of the back of the suspenders a connector 3Q is secured, and therefrom depends an adjustable strap 31, having a lower terminal loop 32 to removably engage 30 the hook 24, and by this means the seat and staff may be suspended from and held in connection with the body of the user. It will be understood that when the improved device is suspended from the body of the user it will 35 always be ready for disposal in resting position.

The staff 1 has permanently in engagement therewith a cane-head 33, com prising a wooden or other horizontal member 34, with a metal40 lie strap 35 secured thereto in such manner as to form a socket 36, slidable over the upper angular extremity of the staff. The member also has the upper horizontal portion of an angular brace 37 secured to the under side 45 thereof, the depending arm 38 of said brace having its lower terminal formed with a bifurcation 39 to engage the head 40 of a transverse clamping-bolt 41 in the staff, the said bolt having a winged clamping-nut 42 there50 on to tighten the same, and thereby hold the cane-head in desired position. When the seat is removed, the device can be used as a cane alone; but in many uses the cane head and seat will remain on the staff, so that a 55 grip will be provided for use as a support, particularly by invalids, convalescents, or the like. Extra openings in the staff will also be provided, as shown by Fig. 5, to still further vary the adjustment by changing the po sition or elevation of the clamping-bolt 41 60 from a maximum elevation to a lower one, and the length of the staff may also at times be varied to suit persons of different stature or other staffs obtained. The form of canehead just set forth always remains on the 65 staff and will therefore always be ready for adjustment.

The device is intended for use by barbers, invalids, convalescents, and others requiring an upright rest or sitting posture during the 70 performance of certain vocations, or as a rest at intermediate points in traveling or moving from one place to another. Itis unnecessary to use the suspending means set forth at all times, and, in fact, said suspending means will 75 be dispensed with in many uses. It is also proposed to ornament the device in such mannenthat it will present a pleasingappearance.