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| EXCERPT: The nature of our invention consists in making an upholstered chair, with back that may incline backward to any given point, by means of steel catches in socket-joints at foot of back posts; with having two wheels, instead of back legs, attached to the back part of the seat by means of springs; also, in having a foot-rest, which is elevated and lowered independently of all the rest, by means of a cogged quadrant attached to either side, and worked by two small cog-wheels turned by a small crank, all so adjusted that it may be an upright chair, or a flat lounge, as the occupant may desire.... |
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| TITLE: |
Patent For Improved Invalid-Chair |
| CREATOR: |
A.P. Blunt and Jacob S. Smith (patent holder) |
| DATE: |
February 16, 1869 |
| FORMAT: |
Patent |
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| SOURCE: |
United States Patent and Trademark Office (http://www.uspto.gov) |
| CONTROL NO.: |
Patent Number 86,899 |
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| KEYWORDS: |
Assistive Technology, Blunt, A. P., Government, Invalid, Inventions, Jacob S. Smith, Patents, Physical Disability, Washington D.C., Wheelchair |
| | | OBJECTS | FROM THIS ARTIFACT:
- Design For A.P. Blunt & Jacob S. Smith Invalid Chair (still)
- Patent For Improved Invalid-Chair (doc) | | | | FUNDING | SUPPORT PROVIDED BY: NEC Foundation of America | |
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