US1044638A - Folding bedstead or couch. - Google Patents

Description

G. FISH.

FOLDING BEDSTEAD OR DOUGH.

APPLIUATION FILED MAP 2, 1912 Patented Nov. 19, E912.

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APPLICATION TILED MAILZ, 1912.

Patented Nov. 19, 1912.

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CHARLES H. rrsn, on ST. LOUIS, ivussouna. ASSIGNOR or ONEEALF no nanny KNICKMEYER, on ST. LOUIS, mrssoum.

FOLDING BEDSTEAD 0R COUCH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 19, 1932.

Application filed March 2, 1912. Serial No. 681,277.

To all whom it may concern:

lie it known that I, CHARLES H. FISH, a citizen of the United States, and resident of St. Louis, Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Bedsteads or Couches, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in a folding bedstead or couch and has for its object a pii'otal rear section, an intermediate section and a front section all hingedly connected together, and a supporting frame with which the said sections c0- operate for converting the device from a sofa or settee into an extension bed.

A further object of my invention is to provide a sofa frame with a plurality of sections hingedly connected together, the same to be extended from a sofa into an extended bed position by the mere pulling forward on the end section.

A further object of my invention is-to construct a sofa bedstead by having three sections hingedlyconnected together, orie of said sections pivoted to the sofa frame, and the intermediate section acting as the sofa bottom or seat when in a folded or sofa position, the three sections acting as the bed portion when placed in an extended position.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention. Fig. 2 is a central sectional View of the same. the same in the act of being converted from the sofa to a bed position. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of my invention shown in its extended or bed position. Fig. 5 is a detail, top plan View of a portion of the sofa frame and the pivotal section in relative position therewith. Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail sectional view of a portion of the sofa frame and pivotal rear section showing the man ner of supporting the same when in an ex tended position. Fig. 7 is an enlarged, de-

tail, sectional view of a portion of the sofa frame and bed section and the locking device for supporting the same. Fig. 8 is a detail plan view with a part broken away and in'section of the bracket or locking device by which the end section is supported horizontally with the intermediate and pivotal sections.

In carrying out my invention I provide a suitable frame which forms the sofa portion consisting of two side frames 9 composed of Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing the rear.aiid the rails 17 and 18 at the front end thereof. For additional support and rigidity provide supporting rails 19 and 20, the rails 19 connected to the cross-bars 13 and the rails 20 to the cross-bars 14. The side frames are provided Witlrordinary hand rails or arm rests 21 and a back rest 22; this of course is optional and may beregulated according to the quality of bed to be constructed and may also be eliminated if desired.

In the sofa frame is mounted a pivotal or rear section 23, the same consisting of a frame provided with braces 24 and projecting arms 25 by which the section is pivotally attached to the side bars 14 at the point indicated by the numeral 26; onv this frame is attached a spring fabridQT, which supports a mattress or padding 28. To one end of this section is hingedly connected an intermediate section 29, its fram'e'being suitably braced by the brackets 30, this section acting as the seat portion of the sofa when the device is in its folded position as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and also acts as a portion of the bed section when in its extended position as shown in Fig. 4; this section is hingedly attached to the pivotal or rear' section at the point indicated by the nuiiieral 30; to the opposite end of the intermediate section is hingedly attached a front section 31 and is connected thereto at the point in-- dicated by the numeral 32; this section when in a. folded position extends downwardly and forms-the front end of the sofa, but when in an extended horizontal position the same is converted into, and acts as a portion of the bed section; to this section is pivotally attached supporting arms 33, the free end tapered and provided with a recess'34 forming a projecting tooth 35, this arm operating in elongated slots 36 formed in supports 37 rigidly attached to the forward end of the intermediate section 29 and held in rigid posit-ion bythebraoes 38; the tooth 35 on the supporting arms 33 contacting with the supports 37 at the lower end of the slots (see Fig. 8) and when the end section 31 is in a folded position, the supporting arms 33 assume a position as shown in Fig. 2

projecting into the interior of the sofa frame. The standards 11 and the supports 37 are provided with casters 39 and 40.

The frame comprising the intermediate and front sections is also provided with a spring fabric which is a continuation of the spring fabric mounted on the frame of the pivotal or rear section, and on the fabric is located the mattress or padding which is also a continuation of the mattress or padding located on the pivotal or rear section; this mattress or padding is held in position by the fastening device 41 and acts as a clamp so that themattress remains in close contact with the frame when in a position as shown In ljig. 2.

On the rails 15 are located stops 42 which project slightly beyond the rail and against which the frame of the pivotal. or rear section contacts so as to retain the same in proper horizontal alinement, and when in this position the same is locked by the locking device 43 pivotally supported to the side of the side-bars 10, the projecting ends 44 being shifted to come in contact With the under side of the frame holding the frame rigid and preventing downward movement (see Figs. 6 and 7). These locking devices are also used to support the intermediate section when the device is in afolded or sofa position and contact with the under side of the frame of the intermediate section so that this intermediate section can be used as the seat portion of the sofa.

The essential feature of my invention is the formation of a sofa bedstead having the seat portion of the sofa, front portion, and pivotal or rear sectlon extended by drawing the same outwardly into a horizontal position. By a device of this eharac' ter and constructed in this manner the sofa canreadily be converted into a bed by the mere raising of the end section, pulling the same forwardly; the mattress or bed padding being at all times intact and ready for immediate use.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A folding bedstead or couch comprising a sofa frame, an intermediate section acting as a sofa seat, a leaf section acting as the sofa front, a pivotal section located in the sofa frame beneath the intermediate section, said sections arranged to be extended into a horizontal position by the mere pulling upon the end section, substantially as specified.

2 A folding bedstead or couch comprising a sofa frame, a section pivotally located therein, a section forming the seat of the sofa hingedly connected to the pivoted section a section forming the. front of the sofa hingedly connected to the seat portion, said sections being readily arranged in a horizontal position by pulling the same forwardly, and means for supporting the same in said horizontal position, substantially as specified.

3. A folding bedstead or couch comprising a frame, a pivoted section located therein, an intermediate section connected to the pivoted section and acting as the seat of the sofa, front section connected to the intermediate section, a support carried by the intermediate section, and supporting arms carried by the front section for retaining the same in horizontal position, and means for locking the sections when in a folded position and when in an extended position.

substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, 111 presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES H. FISH.

Witnesses:

ALFRED A. EIcKs, VVALTER O. STEIN.

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