Patent Model - Improvement in Folding Chairs and Life-Preservers
Maker and role
J. Rudiger, Patentee
Production date
Jul 18 1871
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Wood, fabric, cork
Measurements
9 x 6 1/4 x 6 1/2" (22.9 x 15.9 x 16.5cm)
Description
Rudiger's patent "consists in so constructing a folding chair that, when it is folded or closed, it will readily form a life-preserver." He explains that "when the chair is folded it can be carried vertically between people, and occupy comparatively but little room, while its legs being closed in will not be thrust against the passengers nor cast in the way of feet. The preservers will readily float and afford sufficiently large and safe resting places for the persons thereon. A life-raft can easily be constructed from a number of chairs." (Patent Number 117,209)
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Object number
2015.14.1326a,b
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