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C. T, FREIB. `COMBINED CRADLE AND CHAIR.

No. 469,131. Patented Feb. 16, 189.2.`

ATTOH/VEKS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CALVIN FREID, OF ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF i AND CLEMEN JAMES EVERETT, OF SAME PLACE.

COMBINED CRADLE AND CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 469,131, dated February 16, 1892'. l Application led September 23,1891. Serial No. 406,54?.- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, CALvIN T. FREIE, of Allentown, in the county of Lehigh and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Combined Cradle and Chair, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This inventionconsists in a chair-cradlethat is, a cradle or crib composed of end uprights or standards, a bed-bottom or platform suspended from or carried bysaid standards, and a detachable articulated body-section consisting of a series of panels hinged or jointed to one another and adapted to receive a raised Hoor or bottom within them a-nd to form a receptacle that when detached from the platform or bed portion of the cradle constitutes a crate-like chair or inclosed seat on and Within which the child may either stand or sit, with freedom for exercise, substantially as hereinafter described, and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,

in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l represents a view in perspective of my combined cradleand chair when erected and adapted to be used as a crib or cradle. Fig. 2 is a View in perspective of the articulated body-section detached and erected and itted with a supplement-al folding bottom to form a crate-like chair or inclosed seat. Fig.

3 is an elevation as seen from the interior of of the bodyfsection.

the end portion in part of one of the panels Fig. et isa similar, but partly sectional, view of the end portion in part of one of the panels of the body-section, with a portion of the platform that forms the bed-bottom fitted therein. Fig. 5 is a plan view of a folding supplemental bottom to the panel-body section when erected to form the crate-like chair or inclosed seat, said bottom then being unfolded or distended. Fig. 6 is a side view of a folding bottom formed of three sections; and Fig. 7 is a side view, upon a larger scale, of the bottom shown in Fig. 5 when folded or closed. Fig. 8 is a View in perspective of the cradle with its mattress and bolster after the panel-body section has been detached from it.

A A indicate the end uprights or standards united by a brace B.

C is the platform or bed-bottom of the cradle, receivingon it the mattress and pillow or bolster. Said platform is represented as suspended from or carried 'by the uprights by means of looped end Wires b h, adapted to provide for the swinging of the cradle.

The body-section of the cradle iscomposed 6o of a series of independent panels D, (here shown as six,) preferably of balustrade or other open-Work construction. These panels, which exceed thenumber of sides of the bedbottom, are tied, jointed, or hinged together up their sides, as at c c, and are of such a length or Width that they may be extended to closely hug and receive within a lower groove d in each of them the marginal portions of the platform or bed-bottom proper C of the 7o cradle, after which they may be securely closed by a latch or catch s, applied to either terminal panel in the series, Which last-named panels are not hinged or jointed together.

This construction of the body-section of the cradle not only serves to provide for attachment of said section to and around the bedbottom C, but also for its detachment therefrom and for folding the panels in a zigzag manner, one upon the other, when packing the 8o cradle away or to facilitate shipping. Said construction of the panel-body section has, however, another and more prominent use. Thus when detached from the bed-bottom C its panels D may be passed around and made separate Wide and roomy receptacle that con- 9o stitutes a crate-like chair or inclosed seat, on and Within which the child may either stand or'sit, with freedom for exercise Without fear of being hurt, and the bottom C of which is raised from the floor, as by feet f, so as to secure ventilation, and is a close or solid one,

thereby preventing soiling of the carpet or v coverin g on the floor of the apartment by passages froIn the child. This bottom C maybe formed ofV two sections, as shown in Fig. 5, or roo of three sections, as shown in Fig. 6, hinged together at e e, and It has the'fsame number of sides as there are panels D in the body-section, said sides being of a length .to correspond with the panels. When not in use, the bottom may be folded up so as to economize space in packing away.

Vhen the articulated body-section is used to form the crate-like seat or chair, the rest of the cradle, With its mattress and bolster, is also in place ready for use, as shown in Fig. 8. The change, also, of the articulated bodysection from its one application or use to the other and back again is readily and quickly made.

' Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patentl. A cradle or crib composed of end uprights or standards, a bed-bottom or platform suspended from or carried by said standards, and an articulated body-section consisting of a series of panels hinged orloosely jointed to one another and detachably secured to the bottom or platformfso as to inclose the same,L

substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

2. In a cradle or crib, as described, the detachable and opening and closing articulated body-section composed of a series of panels of greater number than the sides of the bedbottom hinged or loosely jointed to one another and provided with lower grooves adapt'- ed to receive the marginal portions of the bot-

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