US1088800A - Bedstead attachment. - Google Patents

Description

T. A. THOMPSON.

BEDSTEAD ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 6, 1910.

1 ,O88,800, Patented Mar. 3, 1914.

lnventor Attorneys jamzifiuzamz THOMAS A. THOMPSON, OF LOREITO, KENTUCKY.

BEDSTEAD ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 3, 1914:.

Application filed July 6, 1910. Serial No. 570,597.

0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THoMAs A. THOMP- SON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Loretto, in the county of Marion and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Bedstead Attachment, of which the following is a specification.

It is the object of the present invention to provide an improved construction of cuspidor and particularly to provide a device of this class well adapted for use in connection with hospital beds. 7

The invention aims primarily to provide, in connection with a bed, a support carrying an arm mounted to swing in a horizontal plane above the head of the bed, and a receptacle supported from the end of the arm and adapted to be raised and lowered whereby it will normally be out of the way but may be readily lowered for use by the occupant of the bed.

More specifically, the invention aims to provide a device of this class embodying a support, an arm mounted to swing in a horizontal plane about the support, a cable mounted to run upon the arm, a weight carried at one end of the cable, and a receptacle removably supported at the other end of the cable, the weight normally overbalancing the receptacle and holding the same in elevated position but permitting of the occupant of the bed grasping the receptacle and pulling the same downwardly into position for use.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts shown in the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of the head end of a bed showing the device ap plied thereto. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the receptacle.

In the drawings, the bed is indicated in general by the reference character B and upon the bed is mounted an upright or post 5 which is preferably located midway between the head posts of the bedstead and at its upper end projects above the horizontal plane in which the top of the head of the bedstead is located. At the upper end of the post 5 there is mounted an arm 6 which is so arranged that it may be swung in a horizontal plane about the said upper end of the post as a center, this swinging movement being of tree character so that the arm may be readily swung manually to any desired position above the head portion of the bed. For a purpose to be presently explained, the post carries a guide eye 7 at its said upper end.

At the outer end of the arm 6 is arranged a bracket 8 in which is journaled for rotation an idler pulley 9 and trained over this pulley is a cable 10, the said cable being led through the eye 7 and also through an eye 11 which is carried also by the post 5 in a plane below the plane occupied by the arm (3. At one end of the cable 10, namely that end which is located rearmost after the cable has been passed over the pulley 9 and through the eyes 7 and 11, there is attached a weight indicated by the numeral 19. and normally supported upon a shelf 19. At its other end, the cable 10 is provided with a hook 13 which serves to removably support a receptacle which will now be specifically described.

The receptacle mentioned above comprises a body 14 which may be of any suitable size, capacity, and contour. A lid 15, preferably of flat disklike form, is pivoted at one side as at 16 to the upper end of the body 14 of the receptacle and normally lies flat thereon and closes the said receptacle. A bracket 17 is secured upon the side of the body of the receptacle at which the lid 15 is hinged or pivoted and in the bracket there is mounted a small hand lever 18 one end of which lever projects below the bracket and the other end above the same. The last mentioned end of the lever terminates in a plane above the horizontal plane of the lid 15 and to its said end is attached the intermediate portion of a cord forming a flexible connection 19, the ends or terminals of this cord being secured to the lid 15 near the side thereof opposite the pivoted side. The portion or the lever 18 which projects below the bracket 17 constitutes a handle which may be grasped for swinging this end of the lever in the direction of the body of the receptacle and thereby swinging the upper end of the lever in a direction away from the said body and exerting a pull upon the cord 19 resulting in the lid 15 being swung to open position. 'Whcn the lever is released, it will drop by gravity to normal position and will effectually close the receptacle. Itwill be readily understood from the foregoing that normally the weight 12 over-balances the receptacle and consequently the pull exerted by the weight upon the cable will serve to hold the receptacle in elevated position, it being removably suspended from the hook 13 by-means of a bail handle 20. It will furthermore be understood that the receptacle may be grasped by the occupant of the bed and may be pulled down to position for use and after being used may be released whereupon it will be automatically elevated by weight 12.

What is claimed is The combination with the head board of a bedstead, of a post connected to and extending upwardly from the head board, a horizontal arm supported by and adapted to swing horizontally relative to the post, a guide eye upon the top of the post, another guide eye upon the post below the arm, a guide sheave supported by the free end portion of the arm, a cable mounted on the sheave and extending through the eyes, an article engaging hook at one end of the cable, a weight at the other end of the cable, said weight constituting a counterbalance for the hook and an article to be engaged thereby, and a shelf extending from the post and into the path of the weight, said shelf constituting means for stopping the downward movement of the weight when the article engaging hook is brought to position close to but out of contact with the arm.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

V THOMAS A. THOMPSON. Witnesses i T. H. THOMPSON,

T. R. ADAMS.

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