US107509A - Improvement in bedsteads or cots - Google Patents

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Letters Pateat'No. 107,509, dated September Pl), 1870; antedated September 8, 1870.

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To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HERMON W. LADD, of Chelsea, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Wood Bedsteads; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,'reference being bad to theaccompanying drawing which is made apart of this specification, and of which- Figure 1 is a side elevation, and I igure2, a transverse section of a bedstead cmbodying my'improvement;

Similar letters indicate the same parts in the two figures.

The object of this invention is to provide a bedstead which shall have the appearance of the modern French or other style of bedstead, and yet be adapted to be made to assume a compact form, or, inother words, folded up, so that it may be conveniently removed, transported, or stored, without detaching the parts from each other; and which shall, furthermore, be less expensive, but notless sightly, or ornamental, or in any other particular less desin ble than the bedsteads which it is designed to supplant.

In orderthat others skilled in the ,art to which my invention appertains may be enabled to fully understand and use the same, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation with reference to the accompanying drawing.

A may represent an oblong frame, of any desirable dimensions, the sides and ends whereof serve the purposes of the ordinary side and end pieces or rails of common bedsteads. v

The parts of the frame A are, by preference, permanently joined together, but this is byno means essential so far as my invention isconcerned.

B B represent wooden or partially wooden head and foot-boards, which may consist of posts or uprights I) b, connected by turned rods or by panels, as

shown, and, in order to add to their appearance, I ornament the said wooden posts, panels, or rods, by scrolling, molding, turning, engraving, carving, or painting, either or all,,as may bedesirable, theobject being to imitate a bedstead of ordinary construction.

These head and foot-boards, while they may be similar in structure to those of other or common bedsteads, are applied in a different manner, as will now be explained.

The head or foot-board is made separately from the frame A, but the posts or uprights. b of the head or foot-board rest upon the side rails of the frame A, at the ends thereof, when thc boards are in avertical position, as they are in use.

The posts 12 may extend-somewhat below the intermediatepart of I the head or foot-board, and to each postb is attached an arm or connecting-piece,

0, long enough to extend thence to the inside of the adjacent'side pieces of the frame A, to which it is pivoted, as shown at a.

The head and.foot-boards B B, being thus connected to the frame of the bedstead by means of thearms 0, may be folded or turned toward each other, so as to he made tolie flat upon the frame A, as represented by their dotted outlines in fig. 1.

The slats or bed-bottom may, if desired, he so applied that the mattress or bedding shall not interfere with the turning of the head and foot-boards into a horizontal position.

D D are the legs upon which the frame A rests.

I apply'the legs independent of each other, so that, when in use, they may present the appearance of the ordinary leg of a bedstead. These legs, for convenience, I prefer to have permanently attached to the frame A at (l. The legs, when in use or in their supporting posisitiou, are --held in place by the braces E, or -ot-her-.

wise. Tile braces are preferably employed. They-are strips of metal, one end of each being permanently pivoted to the leg, and the other end adapted to he hookedrupon the frame A, as at e, or rice cersa.

' As before stated, this mode of attaching the legs is designed to'adapt them to be folded up under or inside of the frame A, for convenience iu storing, re

moving-or shipping.

Another important advantage that a bedstead made upon the principles of my invention has over ordrnary bedsteads is the greater facility and chea'pness with which it can be combined with a spring bottom. v I

Crossbars may be secured to the frame A in such a manner as to be either permanent or detachable, as may be desired, upon which the springs, forming either a part or the whole of the spring-bottom shall rest.

When the parts of the frame A arepermauently fastened together, it is preferable to secure the spring supporting cross-bars permanently to the'frame A", but I this is not essential.

bed frame, and producing 'a unitedbedstead and spring bottom muchchea'per than as if theybedstead and spring bottom were made independent of each other. r The head and foot-boards BB turn down over the spring bottom in such a manner as'not to necessitate its removal when the bedstead is prepared for removal or shipment, as is the case when the ordinaryspring bottoms and {ordinary bedsteadsare used together,

thus saving me and trouble in packing, and expense in moving, as there are less packages.

I have thus descn'bed a cheap portable bedstead, which may be likened unto a cot, yet possessing all the desirable features of a substantial bedstead, and having like stability and susceptibility of ornamentation.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new herein, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-'- The combination of the head and foot-boards B B, the braces or connecting-arms O, or equivalents, frame A, and hinged legs, operating substantially as and for the purpose described.

The above signed by me this 18th day of January,

H. W. LADD.

Witnesses:

G. F. LADD, Jonx S. GRAY.

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