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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.
ROSE HUFFT, OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS, ADMINISTRATRIX OF JOHN L. HUFFT, DE-
CEASED, ASSIGNOR TO CULLEN CARR HARRELL, OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS.
COMBINATION CHAIR AND IRONING-BOARD.
937,701. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Oct. 19, 1909.
Application filed April 22, 1908. Serial No. 428,651.
To all whom it may concern: . easily convertible into the latter owing to the
Be it known that I, Rosn HUTFT, a citizen hinged construction of the device. In the pre-
of the United States, and a resident of Port ferred form shown in the drawings, there is
Arthur, in the county of Jefferson and State combined a rocking chair and an ironing
5 of Texas, administratrix of the estate of board, although the form of the chair or 60
JOHN L. HYFFT, deceased, late a citizen of stand is immaterial, and the constructive de-
the United States, and a resident of Port tails can be varied to suit individual prefer-
Arthur, in the county of Jefferson and State ence or special conditions. This invention
of Texas, as by reference to the duly-certi- is particularly adapted for homes where
10 fled copy of letters of administration hereto furniture space is at a premium and where 65
annexed will more fully appear, who did combination furniture of this kind is of
in his lifetime invent certain new and useful special advantage.
Improvements in Combination Chairs and Referring more particularly to the draw-
Ironing-Boards, do hereby declare the fol- ings, there is provided a combination chair
15 lowing to be a full, clear, and exact descrip- and ironing board having rockers 1, seat rails 70
tion of said invention. 2 having their ends extended to form supports
This invention relates to combination 3 terminating at the rockers, a cross bar 4 be-
chairs and stands, and more particularly tween the rockers, uprights 5 secured to the
such as combine the features of a rocking rockers and the seat rails, arms 7 carried by
20 chair and an ironing. board, the former be- the seat rails and the uprights, and a cross 75
ing easily convertible into the latter. member 8 between the upper ends of the up-
An object of the invention is to provide rights 5. Secured at the forward ends of the
a device of the class described which in its rockers 1 by means of an arched brace 9, to
normal form constitutes a chair, and which which it is secured by means of screws or
25 can easily be changed from the normal form the like, is a foot board 11. The latter is 80
into a stand, such as a table, ironing board, further secured to a member 12 which is lo-
or the like. cated between the ends of the seat rails 2.
A further object of the invention is to pro- Resting on the seat rails is a seat 13 having
vide a combination chair and ironing board, its forward edge 14 suitably beveled to co-
30 simple and inexpensive to manufacture, and act with the beveled upper edge 15 of the 85
which effects an economy in space. foot board 11 to form a seamless joint.
The invention consists in the construction Hinges 16 are employed to secure the seat
and combination of parts to be more fully to the foot board, and are located at the
described hereinafter and particularly set under side so that they are normally invisi-
35 forth in the claims. ble. The rear edge of the seat has suitable 90
Reference is to be had to the accompany- extensions 17. A back 18 having its upper
ing drawings forming a part of this specifi- end 19 resting in a recess 20 in the cross
cation in which similar characters of refer- member 8, has extensions 21 which co-act
ence indicate corresponding parts in all the with the extensions 17 of the seat to form a
40 views, and in which- dove-tailed hinge. A hinge pin 22 located 95
- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the de- in registering openings in the extensions 17
vice as a chair; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sec- and 21, serves to hold the seat and back piv-
tion showing in inverted plan view the chair otally together. A catch 23 of common or
extended to form an ironing board; Fig. 3 preferred form, is located at the rear of the
45 is a perspective view of the device as an back and serves to secure the latter to the 100
ironing board; Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sec- cross member 8. The back 18 is preferably
tion on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3; and Fig. 5 of tapered form to constitute the end of the
is an enlarged longitudinal section on the ironing board.
line 5-5 of Fig. 1, showing the catch used Arranged on the rear of the back 18 and
50 to secure the back to the cross member when on the under side of the seat 13, is a guide 105
the device is a chair. way 24 having undercut sides. A portion
Before proceeding to a more detailed de- of the guideway is at an angle with that of
scription of the invention, it should be un- the back when the device is used as a chair,
derstood that there is provided a combination but when the device is converted into a stand55 chair and ironing board, the former being and the back and seat lie in one plane, these 110
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Hufft, Rose; Harrell, Cullen Carr & Hufft, John J. Combination Chair and Ironing Board, patent, October 19, 1909; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth511659/m1/3/?q=%22Science+and+Technology%22: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.