Nov. 7, 1939. H. A. YERRICK HANGER STRUCTURE FOR GLIDERS Filed Oct. 26, 1938 91) one of the hanger rods showing the manner in bent end 25at the upper end of the arznZG may 20 Patented Nov. a H t umrs o srsrss rarest orrics Harry A. Yer-rick, ToledmOhio, assignor to The Hettriclr Manufacturing Gompany, Toledo, Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Application October 26, 1938, Serial No. 236,970
2 Claims. (Cl. -424) This invention relates to articles of furniture Each angle iron leg 28 has flanges 3i and 32 but more particularly to gliders in which a supdisposed at substantially right angles to each porting structure is suspended for to and fro other, the flange or wall 32 being outermost and. swinging movement between a 'pair of laterally having a notch 33 at itslower end. Secured to spaced uprights or end frames and an object is the flange or wall 35 by rivets 3 3 is a substantially 5 to producenew and improved hangers for gliders right angle piece of metal 35 providing a wall which enable to and fro swinging movement but parallel with and in opposed relation to the wall militate against side sway. iii. in such wall is a hole 36. It will be apparent Another object is to produce a simple hanger that the horizontal portion 25 of the hanger rod is device for gliders which is easy to install, inexdisposed in the notch 33 and hole 36 so that the 10 pensive to manufacture and is sturdy and reliable edges of these apertures bear against the portion in construction. iii; to provide a two point bearing for each of the Other objects of the invention will hereinafter hanger rods thereby to militate against side sway.
. appear and for purposes of illustration but not of In assembling the hangers it will be apparent l limitation, an embodiment of the invention is that the hooked or bent end (ill may be readily shown in the accompanying drawing in which-- inserted through the notch 33 and hooked into Figure l is a front perspective of one end por the hole as indicated by the dotted lines on tion of a glider; Figure 2. Thereafter the arm may be tilted up- Figure 2 is an enlarged sectional elevation of wardly to the full line position. Thereafter the which it is connected; and be inserted through the hole i l in the annulus Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary perspecit. It will be understood that four hangers as tive view of the mounting for the lower end of the above described are used for suspending the suphanger rods. porting structure, two being provided for each of The illustrated embodiment of theinvention the end frames. The above described construccomprises an article of furniture which may be a tion enables the supporting structure to be quickchair or, settee having a supporting structure proly and conveniently connected to the end frames vided witha back cushion ill and seat cushion it with a minimum amount of effort. .The hangers and a metal panel providing an arm rest l2. At are all disposed inside of the end frames and in opposite ends of the supporting structure and positions out of the way. The extreme simplicity in laterally spaced relation are end frames 13 of the construction enables the parts to be in- (only one end frame being shown). Each end 7 'expensively manufactured and eliminates the use frame made of angle iron and is generally of bolts and nuts as a fastening means. trapezoidal in shape having a cross bar it hor- It is to be understood that numerous changes in izontally disposedat its upper end. An upright details of construction, arrangement and opera- 5 panel ill is disposed centrally of each end frame. tion may be effected without departing from the The end frames are connected at their lower ends spirit of the invention especially as defined in the by a cross bar it suitably braced by braces ll.- appended claims.
Each cross bar M has a downwardlyextending What I claim is: 40 fl e Ni a c d the eto by rivets I9 is a 1. In an article of furniture having a pair of 40 pair of spaced hangers 2i! formed of sheet metal laterally spaced upright end frames ancla supfolded upon itself and p ov th a o e abou porting structure disposed between said end t e edges of Which i a OVB track f0! ba frames for to and fro swinging movement, and bearingsii. The innorrace 3 o t e ba bea means for suspending the supporting structure ings is providedwith a central aperture it to refrom said end frames, said means comprising a 45 ceive the bent end 5 of a hanger r d 6- he pair of rods pivotally secured at their upper ends hanger rod 26 inclines downwardly and inwardly respectively to each end frame and spaced longitoward the suppo ting Structure; thence Curves tudinally thereof, a leg for each rod depending inwardly at 2? to a point adjacent an angle ron from said supporting structure, each leg having a 28 Which is fixed t0 and depends from the pair of spaced walls, the inner wall having a hole 50 supporting structure. Thence the rod 26 extends and the outer wall having a notch, an inwardly downw d y s indicated at 213 d 131161106 i extending substantially horizontal portion on the wardly in a substantially horizontal direction as lo er end of each rod, and a substantially right indicated at 29. The extreme end of the rod is angle bend on the free end of said horizontal bent downwardly as indicated at 30., portion, said horizontal portion extending through 5 said notch and through said hole to form a twopoint horizontal bearing for the leg with the bent end disposed inwardly of the said inner wall, the rod being consequently connectible to or detachable from the leg by tilting in the notch whereupon the bent end may be inserted in or removed from the hole.
2. In an article of furniture having a pair of laterally spaced upright end frames, each end frame having a longitudinally disposed bar at the upper end thereof, a supporting structure disposed between said end frames for to and fro swinging movement, and means for suspending the supporting structure from said end frames, said means comprising a pair of hangers spaced longitudinally of each bar and depending therefrom, each hanger having a ball bearing unit, rods having outwardly bent upper ends engaging respectively in said bearing units, each rod inclining inwardly toward the supporting structure, a leg for each rod depending from said supporting structure, each leg having a pair of spaced walls, the inner Wall having a hole and the outer Wall having a notch, an inwardly extending substantially horizontal portion on the lower end of each rod, and a substantially right angle bend on the free end of said horizontal portion, said horizontal portion extending through said notch and through said hole to form a two-point horizontal bearing for the leg with the bent end disposed inwardly of the said inner wall, the rod being consequently connectible to or detachable from the leg by tilting in the notch whereupon the bent end may be inserted in or removed from the hole.
HARRY A. YERRICK.
