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Patent For Invalid-Chair
The nature of my invention consists in combining with a chair loosely jointed, a curved brace running from the joints of the rockers and front of the chair, and constituting a secondary back piece for giving the requisite stiffness to the chair when in position for rocking, and also acting as a brace when the chair is converted into a couch; the details of construction and operation being as follows....