US102012A - Improved closet and bed - Google Patents

Description

N. PETERS, PHOTO-LITNOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D C.

iutm guitare und @Mitte WILLIAM KELLY,

or earn, MAIN 1.

Letters Patent N 102,012, dated April 19, 1870.

IMPROVEI: cLosET AND BED.

.Nature and Use of the Invention.

The invention relates to thecombination of several useful and necessary articles of household furniture and apparatus, viz: a closet, washing apparatus,jmir ror, writing-desk, drawers, bedstead, and bed, and all so arranged that the whole or a part of the same,

when in use, occupies but little space, and need not be moved from its position for the purpose of using any part of the same, and its object, of course, is to have much in little, and that much accessible and convenient.

.Description of the Accompanying Drawings.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the invention, closed.

Figure 2 is a view of' the same, with closet, washing apparatus, mirror, writing-desk, and drawer, open.

Figure 3 is a view of the same, with the bed open and ready for use.

The letter A represents the whole frame.

B, door opening to the bedstead.

a a', closet-doors.

b b, shelves in closet.

' c, shelf for washing-apparatus.

(I, mirrorfhaving a lecess, a.

e, writing-desk.

j, its bracket or support.

g, drawer.

h h', parts of bedstead.

i i, notches at union of these parts.

jj, legs at middle ofthe bedstead.

k k, legs at the end of' the bedstead, with its bar l and lm, the bed, with cord n to keep the same in place when turned up, and

p p, joint strap-hiuges.

There are a great many combinations of these various articles, all having the same object in view, but I claim that -my arrangement of the articles above enumerated, their compaetness, number, convenienee, and accessibility, surpass any invention new in use.

Arepresents the entire frame of the invention, and when all its parts are closed, it resembles a bureau or wardrobe, standing in any convenient part of a room, as seen in fig. l, in the accompanying drawings.

If a writing or work-table is wanted, I have only to lift the shelf e, and adjust its support, j, which may be turned down again easily, these being attached to either or both sides of the frame A.

If the mirror is wanted, raise the lid d, and turn it back. It is attached to the top of the frame, near the back, by hinges, and may be. sluit into the recess 9:, when not in use, or the top is to be used for anything else.

In the front' part I have arranged a closet, having doors a (1f-opening upon hinges, as seen in iig. l; within are shelves c c, or any number convenient; upon the door (l, (seen iig. 2,) I have placeda shelf, b, suitable for washing apparatus. This shelf is hingedupon the inner side of the door a, and has a hook or other fastening at the unattaehed angle oi' the shelf, which t'astens intothe eye of the door-hook of the door a when the washing apparatus is to be used, and the shelf is let down when not in use.

When the bed is to be used, open the door B, which swings the front of the frame, carrying the closet with it.

The bedstead is in two parts, h h', (see fig. 3,) hinged at the head to a cross-piece in the frame A, and the parts are. hinged near the middle of the bed# frame, the part h being the longest.

Ihe slats or springs of the bedstead are laid in the usualway, except I place cushions, of rubber, under the ends of the slats for the spring, and also to prevent ereakin g.

It will be perceived that the union of the two parts of the bedstead, h and h is, by a joint strap-hinge, fastened to the side pieces ofthe bed-frame, and that 4the joint of the side pieces is slanting, having a notch,

i, in the slant, and, directly under it and the joint strap-hinge, is the stationary leg j.

' Hinged in this way, there is no weakness to the middle of the hedstead, which necessarily follows when the union of tl're two pieces of bedstead is by a vertical joint.

At the end of the bedstead are placed legs k k, hinged to the under side ofthe bed-frame, with a bar, Z, connecting them. These, when not in use, are turned up, inward;

'Ihe bed-frame is let down in front, and opens outward.

The bed is in two parts, united, and opening and shutting like the bed-trame, its longest part conforming to the bed-frame.

The outer part of the bed is secured by an elastic band, n,- or other device, attached to the sides of the bed-frame, to keep the bed up or iu place in opening and shutting.

There is also a drawer, g, on either side of the frame A, used for any purpose desired.

I am aware that nearly the same articles of furniture have been used in one piece of furniture, but arranged differently, and less conveniently for use.

I claim- The combination and arrangement of the frame A with the door B, having in its front side a closet with doors a a', shelves b b, and the iwashing-shelf c attached to the door a, the several parts being con structcd and arranged substantially as described.

' Also., the combination and arrangement of the frame A and door B, with the mirror al shutting into

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