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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
DANIEL S. ASHBY, OF STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND
MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO CYRUS D. H. BUSTARD, JAMES G. BUSTARD,
AND HEZEKIAH L. SNAPP, ALL OF SAME PLACE.
HEAD-REST FOR CHAIRS.
SIECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 346,634, dated August 3, 1886.
Application filed February 12, 1886. Serial No. 191,772. (No model.)To al whom, it mcay concern,:
Be it known that I, DANIEL S. ASHBY, of
Stephenville, in the county of Erath and State
of Texas, have invented a new and useful Im-
5 proved Head-Rest for Chairs, of which the fol-
lowing is a full, clear, and exact description.
My invention relates to head rests for chairs
or seats, and more particularly to head-rests
intended for use with barbers' chairs, where-
To in the head of the person being shaven must
assume different positions for the convenience
of the operator.
The invention has for its object to provide
a simple, inexpensive, and efficient head-rest;
15 and it consists in certain novel features of
construction and combinations of parts of the
head-rest, all as hereinafter fully set forth.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying
drawings, forming part of this specification,
20 in which similar letters of reference indicate
corresponding parts in all the figures.
Figure 1 is a side view of the head-rest
and a sectional elevation of a portion of the
rack-bar and of the chair-back, together with
25 the rack-bar-holding pawl. Fig. 2 is an un-
der side view thereof. Fig. 3 is a sectional
elevation of the ball and its retaining or sock-
et plate, taken on the line x x, Fig. 2.
The upper portion of the head -rest con-
30 sists of a wood plate or block, A, to which is
applied the upholstery B, on which a person
occupying a chair to which the device is at-
tached rests his head.
To the under side of the block A is fixed,
35 by screws or otherwise, the metal plate C,
which has formed on it at the four corners
the guides or slideways c,. which range to-
ward the center of the plate C, and in each
of which is fitted a jaw, D, which has a slot,
40 d, through which a fastening -screw, E, is
passed into the plate,which has a central sock-
et, F, in which a ball, G, fits, and when the
ball is laid in this socketthe jaws D are moved
inward until their inner curved faces rest
45 tightly against the ball,whereupon the screws
E will be tightened to hold the jaws D to
place on ,the plate and hold the ball G be-
tween the jaws. The ball G is connected by
a pin or stem, g, with a metal plate, H, to
50 which is connected a rack-bar, I, having teeth i.
The connected metal plate H and rack-bar I are
fastened in a correspondingly-shaped recess in
the wooden bar J, which is to be fitted inguides or slideways on the back of the chair
to which the head-rest is to be applied, and a 55
suitable pawl pivoted to the chair will en-
gage any one of the teeth i of rack-bar I, as
required to hold the top support, A B, of
the head-rest in higher or lower positions rela-
tively to the seat of thechair,as circumstances 6c
may require.
The chair and its guides for the bar J and
the pawl for engaging the rack-bar I are not
shown in the drawings, but may be of the
usual or any approved construction. 65
It is obvious that when the head-rest is
supported at the back of a chair-a barber's
chair, for instance-or a seat of any kind,
the top A. B will very easily move backward
or forward, or to either side, or at any re- 70
quired angle upon the ball G to accommodate
the position taken or to be taken by the head
of a person sitting on the chair or seat. The
ball G may be made either of rubber or metal,
and the parts C D g H I will be made of cast 75
metal, either malleable iron or brass, as may
be preferred.
Having thus fully described myinvention, I
claim as-new and desire to secure by Letters
Patent- 80
1. A head-rest for chairs, comprising a top
support, as at A B, a plate, C, fixed thereto
and provided with a socket, F, and guides,
as at c, a ball, G, fitting socket F, and retain-
ing-jaws D, held in the guide c of the plate 85
C around the ball, substantially as herein set
forth.
2. A head-rest for chairs, comprising a top
support, a plate fixed thereto and having a
central socket, the jaws arranged radially to 9c
the said socket and adjustable to and from
said socket, said jaws. having longitudinal
slots which receive screws entering said plate,
and the ball fitted to the plate-socket and the
inner ends of the jaws, substantially as and 95
for the purpose set forth.
3. In head-rests for chairs, the plate C, pro-
vided with a socket, F, and guides c, and adapt-
ed for attachment to a top support,* a ball, G,
fitting socket F, and connected to a support- Ioo
ing-bar, retaining-jaws D, fitted in guides c,
and screws E, holding the jaws D to plate C,
substantially as herein set forth.
Witnesses: DANIEL S. ASHBY.
DANIEL A. ROYER,
MAcC CRESWELL.
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Ashby, Daniel S. Head Rest for Chairs., patent, August 3, 1886; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth171311/m1/2/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.