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Excerpt from: Patent For Improved Invalid-Chair 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.... | ![]() Read Full Text |
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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 | |
Source: | United States Patent and Trademark Office | |
Control no.: | Patent Number 86,899 | |
Keywords: | A. P. Blunt; Assistive Technology; Government; Invalid; Inventions; Jacob S. Smith; Labor & Commerce; Patents; Physical Disability; Technology & Equipment; Washington, DC; Wheelchair | |
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Funding Support Provided By: | NEC Foundation of America |