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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
GUSTAV PETERSON, OF GALVESTON, TEXAS.
WALKING-STOOL FOR CHILDREN.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 265,482, dated October 3, 1882.
Application filed Jne l3 I .2. (No model.)lTo all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, GUSTA PETERSON, of
Galveston, Galveston county, Texas, have in-
vented a new and Improved Walking-Stool for
5 Children, of which the following is a full, clear,
and exact description.
My improvements relate to stools for the use
of children when learning to walk, which as
heretotblre constructed have consisted of a ring-
;o shaped top supported upon legs, and which
have been used by placing the child's feet fore-
most through the top of the stool.
The object of my improvement is to facili-
tate placing the child, and to avoid any risk of
15 injury, and, further, to make the stool eas for
the body and arms of the child.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying
drawings, forminga part of this specification, in
which similar letters of reference indicate cor-
20o responding parts in both the figures.
Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved
walking-stool, and Fig. 2 is a detail view.
A is the ring-shaped top of the stool, sup-
ported upon legs b b, which are preferably four
25 in number. TheringAisformed withahinged
section, a, between two of the legs b, which sec-
tion is attached to the main portion of the ring
by a hinge, c, so that the section may be swung
outward. The section rests at the ends upon
30 two legs, b, and is provided at its under side
with a sliding bolt, d, fitted for engagement
with a socket or keeper, e, thus retaining the
segment in its closed position; but hooks or
other fastenings of suitable character may be
35 used in place of the bolt. The ring A is up-
holstered or padded upon its upper side andon its inner periphery with any suitable mate-
rial of yielding or elastic nature. In the lower
ends of the legs b are balls J; that are provided
with stems or shanks entering holes in the btit- 4
toms of the legs, so that theballs can be readily
removed. The object of these is to allow va-
riation in.the height of the stool to suit the
child, as in somecases children grow very rap-
idly before Ieainingto walk. 45
It will be seen that the child can be readily
placed within the ring by swinging out the re-
movable section, and when the child isin piace
the section is to be closed and fastened in place.
This avoids the necessity of placing the child 50
in the ring feet foremost, and avoids the risk
of injuring or breaking its limbs. At the same
time a ring of smaller size, that will hold the
child more snugly, can be used and the padded
top and sides of the ring render the stool easy 55
to the child's bodyand arms. Thispartial sup-
port of the weight by the ring is a great ad-
vantage when the child is first learning to walk.
I am aware that it is not broadly new to use
a stand with a ring-shaped top or made hollow, 60o
or made with an opening section, by which the
child may be placed within the stool or with-
drawn from it; but
What I do claim as new is-
A child's walking-stool having the hinged 65
section a arranged in its ring shaped top be-
tween two of the legs, and resting at each end
upon one of said legs, as shown and described.
GUSTAV PETERSON.
Witnesses:
N. B. BENDY,
HUGo Bitozl[.
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Peterson, Gustav. Walking Stool for Children., patent, October 3, 1882; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth170421/m1/2/: accessed June 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.