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`Speci?cation of Letters Patent.
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`Patented Mar. 25, 1919.
`Application ?led January e, 1918. Serial No. 210,881.
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`Fig. 7 is a plan view of the rockers shown
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`Be it known that I, HUGH A. KENNEDY, a
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`citizen of the United States, residing at
`showing the manner of connecting the chair
`Metaline, in the county of Pend Oreille and
`State of Washington, have invented certain
`with the base as shown in Figs. 1 and 2; and,
`Fig. 9 is a fragmentary sectional view
`new and useful Im rovements in Convert
`showing the manner of connecting the tray
`' ible Chairs, of whlch the following is a
`speci?cation.
`with the arms of the chair.
`This chair is provided with a seat 10
`This invention relates to an improved
`convertible chair and the principal object of
`mounted upon legs 11 braced by the cross
`bars 12 and having their lower ends pro
`the invention is to provide a chair which
`vided with lugs or pins 13, the heads of
`may be used either as a high-chair or as a
`which are provided with curved under faces
`nursery chair and when used as a nursery
`thus permitting the lugs to act as sliding
`chair may be. provided with rockers.
`casters for the chair. This seat 10 is pro
`Another ob]ect of the invention is to so
`construct this chair'that the base portion
`vided with an opening 14.- covered by a grat
`ing 15. The back 16 and arms 17 are rig
`thereof when used as a high-chair may form
`a walker when the chair portion is removed
`idly upon the seat 10 and in order to mount
`a tray 18 upon the arms, these arms are pro
`from the base.
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`vided with sockets 19 into which will ?t the
`Another object of the invention is to so
`ends of the U-shaped fasteners 20 slidably
`construct this convertible chair that the lugs
`mounted in depending ?anges 21 and yield
`or pins for connecting the chair legs with
`the base may form sllding supports acting
`ably held in the positlon shown in Fig. 9 by
`s rings 22. When puttingthis tray in place
`as casters when the chair is used without
`t e latches 20 will be drawn outwardly and
`the rockers.
`so
`the tray then put in place, after which the
`Another object of the invention is to pro
`vide an improved type of eating tray having
`latches will be released and will be drawn
`improved latching means for locking the
`inwardly to extend into the sockets 19. The
`tray upon the arms of the chair.
`' snap hooks 23 of the line 24 will be con
`Another object of the invention is to so
`nected with the eyes 25 to assist in holding
`the tray in place. If desired this tray may
`construct this improved chair that it may be
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`easily and quickly assembled to provide
`be left suspended from the line when not in
`either a high-chair or a rocking chair and to
`use or it may be entirely removed from the
`further so construct this chair that there
`chair.
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`will be no danger of it 'slippin out of posi
`The base for this hi h-chair which base
`tion when mounted upon the ase or upon
`forms a walker when t e chair is not con
`the rockers.
`nected with the base is provided with a lat
`This invention is illustrated in the accom
`form 26 supported upon legs or stan ards
`panying drawings, wherein :
`27 which legs or standards are carried by
`Figure 1 is a view showing the improved
`theframe 28. This frame is provided with
`casters 29 provided to permit easy moving
`chair in front elevation when assembled as a‘
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`high-chair,
`of the high-chair. In order to releasably
`Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through
`and yet securely connect the chair with the
`base, the platform has been provided with
`the chair assembled as a high-chair,
`‘ sockets 30 covered by plates 31 which plates
`Fi . 3 is a view in side elevation showing
`are provided with key-hole openings. The
`the 0 air removed from the base,
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`Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the improved
`lugs or ins 13 extend through the larger
`ends of t e key-hole openings formed in the
`chair shown in F1g. 3,
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`plates 31 and the chair will then be moved
`' Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the walker
`forming the base of the high-chair shown in '
`to bring the necks of these pins into the re
`duced end portions of the openings. The
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`Fig. 6 is a view in side elevation of the
`enlarged heads will then be positloned in
`lower ortion of the chair shown in Fig. 3
`the sockets beneath the cover plates 31 and
`the chair will be securely and yet releasably
`with the rockers‘ connected therewith,‘ '
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`ency to move transversely‘ and bend the
`held upon the platform. When- the chair is
`-removed from the base, this base may be
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`What is claimed is :—
`used as a walker or exerciser, the child being
`A structure of the character described
`placed within the base and seated upon the
`comprising the base, casters vcarried by the
`saddle 32 or positioned to straddle the sad
`base frame, standards carried by the base
`dle while standing upon the ?oor.’ This
`frame, a latform carried by the standards
`saddle is suspended from the platform 26
`and provided with an opening, a plurality
`by springs 33, the rear springs being di
`of spaced sockets opening into the upper
`rectl connected with. the saddle and the for
`face of said latform, covering plates se
`war sprin being connected with the saddle
`cured to the p atform over said sockets, each
`by an a justable strap connection 34.
`of said covering plates having a slot formed
`Through adjustment of the strap 34, the
`therein, and enlarged at one end, a chair
`incline of the saddle may be controlled and
`‘ provided with supporting legs, and ins
`thus the child permitted to sit comfortably
`carried by said legs and rovided at t v ir
`upon the saddle. ‘
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`outer ends with enlarged eads ?ttin into
`After the chair has been removed from the
`the sockets beneath said plates, said eads
`base, the chair may be used as a nursery
`being inserted through the large ends of the
`chair, the line 24 hanging as shown in Fig.
`slots and then moved toward the narrow end
`3 and the child resting its feet upon the foot
`thereof.
`board 35. If it is desired to have a rocking
`In testimony whereof I a?ix my signature
`chair, the lugs or pins 13 will be passed
`in presence of two witnesses.
`into the sockets 36 of the rockers 37 through
`the key-hole slots formed in the cover plates
`HUGH A. KENNEDY.
`38 for these sockets and ‘the rockers will
`then be securely but releasably connected
`with the legs 11. _ These rockers are braced
`by cross bars 39 thus preventing any tend
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