US1046189A

US1046189A - Combined cradle and crib.

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Publication number: US1046189A
Application number: US68033812A
Authority: US
Inventors: Llewellyn G Houser
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1912-02-27
Filing date: 1912-02-27
Publication date: 1912-12-03
Anticipated expiration: 1929-12-03

Description

L. G. HOUSER.

COMBINED CRADLE AND CRIB.

APPLICATION FILED M127, 1912.

1 %6 1 I Patented Dec. 3, 1912.

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i LLEWELLYN G. HOUSER, F READING, PENNSYLVANIA..

COMBINED CIEtADLIEl A1 \TD CRIB.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed February 27, 1912. Serial No. 680,338.

Patented Dec. 1912.

I To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LLEWELLYN Gr. HOUSER, citizen of the United States, residing at Reading, in the county of Berks and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements. in Comhinted Cradles and Cribs, of which the following is a specification.

his invention relates to an improvement in ombined cradle and crib construction, and the object in the present invention is to prov'de a device that may be easily and rapidly converted from a cradle to a crib, or v1ce versa.

A further object is to provide means for adjusting the height of the crib, either while being used as a crib or as a cradle.

The invention consists of a pair of vertically slidable and adjustable rocker mem- 'bers, together with a crib body havmg means thereon for permitting the said members to slide in its ends, and means for securing the parts in any position in which they may be placed, said means comprising tension springsicarried by the crib body and bearing against the sliding members. e

The invention is more fully described in the following specification and clearly illustrated in the accomparty-ing drawlng, 1n

F igure 1 is an end View of my device with the rockers raised, the crib standlng on its casters. Fig. 2 is a like view w1th the rocker i members lowered, the crib body being raised from'the floor. Fig. 3 is alike view with the rocker member removed; Fig. t isa sectional view on line 4 4 of Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 is anend view with the rocker member in reversed position and with the crib body raised.

-. The numeral 1 designates the crib body which may be of any suitable form or de'-.

mned with vertical corner posts 2, which is formed with a vertical groove 3 extending upward from its lower end. v

' The numeral 4: designates the rocker members. These members are formed with a rounded or curved lower edge 5, to serve as a means for rocking the device. The upper edge is straight and at right angles to the sides. These members fit loosely and slide vertically in the grooves 3 in the posts, and

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means of which it may be moved.

of the crib, and these springs are located between the surface of the end boards 8 and the inner surface of the rocker members, andthe tension of these springs is such that the rocker members will be held by them in any position in which they are set in the grooves. Inasmuch as the device is intended for infants, the weight of the combined crib body and its occupant will be such that these springs will securely hold them from moving down in the grooves. It is of course possible that more than one spring may be required in some cases, but it has been found that this is not often required.

It is evident that when the device is to be used as a crib, the rocker members are raised, permitting the body to rest upon the bers need be raised which will prevent rockingv just as eifectually as with both raised. When it is desired to form a cradle, both rocker members arelowered, raising the body portion, and permitting the device to rock on the members 4, as a cradle. Should \t be found desirable to use the device as a c 'b, and still have the body raised from the H or, the rocker members 4 may be removed and replaced in the .grooves in inverted position, as shown in Fig. 5. By this means the crib may be adjusted as to height very easily.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is I In a device of the character described, the combination of a crib body comprising a box-like member formed with upright corner posts, and a series of rail members joining said posts, each of which post-s isformed with a vertical groove on its inner face extending upwardly from the bottom; a flat spring centrally located on the outer surface of each of. the end boards of the body, one end of said springs being inserted into the body of the end boards and the free ends "being curved to form bearing surfaces for the rocker members; a pair of removable rocker members fitting slidably in said grooves and in contact with the springs, said rocker members being reversible and y The numeral 7 designates a tension spring, locatedon the end boards, one. at each end,

floor, or if desired, only one of these-mema suitable handle 6 is provided thereon byfi eapahle' of vertical adjustment in the In testimony' whereof .I affix signature I v grooves; Oneof the longitudinal edges of in presence of twowitnessesr each member being straight-and at right I I angles to the vertical ec'iges, and the' opposite LLEWELLYN, HOUSER' longitudinal edge being'curved, and a cen- Witnesses? trally disposed handkfion ear-h of the rock- En. A. KELLY,

ing members.

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