US107348A - Improved spring-bed bottom - Google Patents

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Leners Parent No. 107,348, dmc member 13, 1870.

IMPROVED SPRING-'BED BOTTOM.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the'same.

To all whom it may concern vBe it known that I, ALEXANDER HAMILTON FA'r- ZLNGER, of the city, county, and State of N ew York, have invented a new and improved Spring-Bed Bottom; and 1 do hereby declare that the lfollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference heilig had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked' thereon making a part of this specification..

-The object of this. inventionV is to obtain a spring- .bed bottom of simple and economical construction, which will be capable of being readily repaired by any one of ordinary ability, without the aid of a mechanic, as for instance, in case of the breaking ot a slat, and one which will possess the necessary degree of elasticity, so as to conform to the movements of the person reposing thereong,

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a plan or top view ot' my invention.

Figure 2, a longitudinal section of a portion ot' the same, taken in the line a: fig. 1.

Figure 3, a transverse section of'a portion of the same, taken in the line y y, ig. 1.

Figure 4,21. detached perspective 'view of a collar pertaining to the same.

Figure 5, a longitudinal central section of fig.' 5, ,vithone end of a sla-t adjusted therein.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents .the head and foot-rails, and

B, the side rails of a bedstead.

lhese parts, being of ordinary construction, do not require any special description.

To the inner surfaces of the head and foot rails A there are secured, by screws a', cast-metal hooks c, shown more particularly in fig. 2.

These hooks have a iiat form, or have sutcient breadth, so that they will not cut or chaf'e India-rubber rings or loops b, which are placed on or over them, to sustain the slats c of the bed-bottom.

The slats c are made of wood, (spruce would probably be the preferable material,) and they may be of any suitable width and thickness.

'lhese slats are connected to the hooks ain the following manner:

0n the ends of the slats are fitted cast-metal colpurpose set forth.v

lars d, and these collars are cast with projections e at their lower sides, each projection having a hook,f, at its outer end, turning downward, as shown clearly vin lig. 4.

The collars have each a hole made through them, near `their rear ends, through which holes screws g pass, to secure the collars on the slats, (see iig. 5.)

The India-rubber rings or loops b are fitted ou or over the hooks f, as shown clearly in Iig. 2.'

Each slat c has eyes or staples h drivcninto it, one at each side. These eyes orstaples are near the ends of the slats, and are for the purpose of receivinghooks i, which connect the several slats together, as shown clearly in-g. 1. A

The advantages attending this construction are as follows': p v

By having the ends of the slats inserted in collars d, the former may be readily secured to the bedstead and removed therefrom, and it is not necessary to. bc very particular as regards the precise length ot' al slat, as the collars admit of quite a material difference in the length of the former; for instance, the Slat' may extend entirely through its collars, or only part way vthrough it; so long as the screws g pass through it,

(the slat,) it is sufiicient.

The hook-and-eye connection for the slats admits of an individual slat being removed, without disturbing the others. This is a very great convenience -in 4insert-ing a slat, to replace al broken one.

Almost all of the spring-bed bottoms which are in common use, have their slats connectedby transverse cords or bands, but, so tal' I am aware, none have been so arranged as to admit of anindividual removement ofthe slats.

Having thus described my invention, lVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

The combination of the hooks a, secured to the inner surfaces ofthe head and foot-rails A, the'collars d on the slats c, with the hooksf attached. or 'cast with them, and the India-rubber rings or loops b, all constructed and arranged substantially as and for the Witnesses: VA. H. FATZINGER.

A. R. HAIen'r, Y f G. M. ACKERMAN.

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