US10315A - Sectional bedstead - Google Patents

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i. i an UNITED srATEs i` 'sEc'rIoivAL BEDSTEAD.

To all whom #may concern y Y Be it lcnown that I, CHALEs PAGE, of North Danvers, in the county' of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sectional Bedsteads; and I hereb-yv declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being vhad to the annexed drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure l is an isometric view of the bedstead, Fig. 2 a longitudinal section through the center of the same, and Fig. 3V an end view showing the bedstead folded up and ready for transportation.

The nature of my invention consists in certain improvements upon asectional bedstead by which it is made capable of being converted at any time into an invalid bedstead in which the position and inclination of the body and head of the patient may be adjusted independently of each other, and his feet are furnished with an elastic, yielding rest, much conducing to his ease and comfort.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention I will proceed to describe its construction and operatio-n.

A is the body of the bedstead, B B the end sections which revolve upon the former on hinges a. r

C is the head board, C the foot board, which revolves in either direction upon hinges b, b. Both head and foot board are securedin an upright position as seen in Fig. l by spring bolts' c, which take in recesses in the plates d and are vwithdrawn when it is desired to move the boards, by means of the cords e, e, which pass through holes f and are attached to rings g, upon the outside of the bedstead.

B are the feet or legs of the bedstead, and are of cast iron or other material. They are formed with tenions h, ywhich fit into mortises in the bottom of the bedstead by which means they may be speedily Vput in place or removed.

z' are transverse bars or slats which support the foundation springs 7c of the mattress E. v

Z are pawls which are hinged to the end sections at m, and which takinginto the notches n. n, of the feet D support the sec,- tions in any desired position. These pawls the spring mattress.

maybe regulated. Y i I when the bedstead ist@v te'peaked` f'rf transportation, the feet D'a'r taken olf,'th`e bolts o areV withdrawn', and the head; 'and foot boards are permitted to fall over upon The end sections are then revolved upon the hinges a into the position shown in 3, and the bedstead may be transported without being taken apart.

g is a dog or hook having several teeth 1- any lone of which may be made to enter t-he eye s, by which means the head board may be held in one of various positions for a purpose which will now be explained.'

By means of the motion of the section B, upon its hinges a, the head may be raised to any required height, but it is often desirable, particularly in cases ofsickness, to bend the couch immediately beneath the hips, that the patient may be raised more or less in bed, at the same time that the head be adjusted to the position required, independent of the motion of the body. In such case a mattress F, is required, as also some means of holding the mattress in place and preventing it from slipping'down when the head section is raised to a considerable height. It is also desirable that the patient' say when in this elevated position, should have a support against which he may rest his feet, and it is much conducive to his comfort if such support or rest be slightly yielding and not rigid like the foot board of an ordinary bedstead. All these desiderata are ac# complished in my bedst-ead by the following means and inthe following manner. The head boardC (Fig. 2) is thrown outward and held in the required position bythe hook g and eye s. v This produces an exten-i sion of the bedstead upon which the upper mattress F may be placed, to hold which and also to furnish the elastic rest for the feet ofthe patient, thefoot board C is depressed upon the section B which isthen thrown up andheld in position as seen in Fig. 2, by the pawls Z. The bedstead then has the following peculiarities. It` may be Vbent immediately beneath the hips of the patient so that the upper portion of thebed may be made to take any intermediate posi-y tion from horizontal to vertical, at the same time that the head and shoulders may be raised and lowered independently of the motion of the body, by means of the adjustability of the head board, the mattress as.

already described being prevented from slipping down by the foot boardwhichalso furnishes a spring rest for the feet of the patient, the ro,om occupied by the bedstead not beingincreased by the change.

I do not claim a sectional bedstead the I portions of Which revolve upon hinges, for

the purpose of more convenient transportation, or of raising the head as may be required. Neither do I claim securing the mattress permanently to the bedstead, but

What I do claim and desire to secure by manner set forth.

'CHARLES `PAGE. a

Witnesses:

HEZEKIAH VDURmiLL, M. BLACK, Jr.

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