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N.PETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. 0. C.

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FRIEDRICH NEUHAUS, OF BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS

Letters Patent No. 78,472, elated June 2, 1868.

IMPROVED TAILORS’ SEAT.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, Friedrich Neuhaus, of Belleville, in the county of St. Clair, and State of Illinois, have invented a new and improved Tailors’ Seat; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which—

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my improved tailors’ seat.

Figure 2 is a plan or top view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

This invention relates to a new seat for tailors, which is so arranged that it will allow its occupant to assume a convenient position, and that it will not prevent the proper circulation of the blood.

Heretofore, tailors at work had their choice between three very inconvenient postures. Generally they would sit with their legs crossed under them. If they sit thus for half an hour, the circulation of the blood in their feet will be completely stopped, the back and breast are afflicted with pain, and the second position has to bo assumed, which consists in sitting with the legs stretched forward, the right leg crossed over the left leg, but this posture cannot be retained for any length of time, as the back will bo bent and the br-east contracted, and circulation in the left leg will soon be stopped.

The third position is then resorted to, which consists in drawing the right leg under the body, and in keeping the left leg strained·; This position will also soon cease to be comfortable, as circulation in the right leg will be stopped.

From these defects in the seats of tailors originate their general infirmity, they being much more afflicted with diseases, and live, on an average, not as long as mechanics in any other trade.

The object of my invention is to produce a seat in which tailors can conveniently sit with their legs supported, and with their lower extremities in such position that the circulation of blood will not be interrupted.

My invention consists in the use of a seat with a fixed or hinged back, and with an up-and-down, backwardand-forward, as well as latcrally-adj us table elevated knee-support.

.- A, in the drawing, represents a scat, made of wood or of other suitable material, upholstered or not, as may be desired. It is either supported by legs, or is altogether without them, in case it is to be put on a table.

B is a back-support; the same is either rigidly fastened to the seat, or is hinged thereto, being, in the latter case, more convenient for travellers, as it can be folded down.

On one side of the seat is formed, by means of a metal plate, a, or otherwise, an eye or loop, a, through which a rod or bar, C, is fitted.

This rod C is backward and forward adjustable in the loops a, and can be clamped in any desired position by means of asct-screw, 5, or some other equivalent device.

On the front end of the bar C is formed a vertical socket or tube, c, through which a rod, D, is fitted, that is up and down adjustable in the tube, and that can be fastened in a desired position by means of a set-screw, d, or some other equivalent device.

I prefer to have the rod D round, so that it can be turned in the tube c.

On the upper end of the rod D is formed a horizontal socket or eye, e, through which a bar, E, is fitted that can be laterally adjusted in the eye e, and that can be clamped by means of a set-screw, f, or some other equivalent device.

On the rod E is supported a narrow cushion, F, as shown.

This cushion is, owing to its aforesaid connection with the seat, backward and forward, up and down., as well as laterally adjustable, and can be even turned in any desired direction, so that it can be adapted to the size and convenience of the occupant of the seat.

The occupant of the seat rests his back against the support B, places one leg over the cushion F, and keeps the other leg stretched or otherwise, as he may from time to time find to be most convenient.

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The garment, or other article to be sewed, is or may be held on that leg which rests on the cushion F. Thus all inconvenience is removed, and the circulation of the blood remains uninterrupted.