US1103494A - Bed-cover holder. - Google Patents

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H. G. BWALDL BED COVER HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 2a, 1913.

1,103,494. 1 Patented July 14,1914.

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BED-COVER HOLDER.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 14, 1914.

Application filed March 28, 1913. Serial No. 757,443.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY C. EWAL a citizen of the United States, residing at Louisville, in the county of Jeiferson and State of Kentucky, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bed-Cover-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cover holders, the object in view being to provide a simple and effective device especially designed for use in connection with small beds or cribs for holding the bed clothes securely in place, and for preventing the same from being kicked off or displaced.

A further object of the invention is to provide a simple construction of such a device, as above referred to, enabling the device to be constructed almost entirely of spring wlre.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereunto appended.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective View of a holder, embodying the present invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, illustrating its application to a bed and the cover therefor. Fig. 8 is a perspective View of the holder, showing a modified form of shoe.

The device contemplated in this invention comprises essentially a lower bed clamping arm 1, and an upper cover engaging arm 2.

These arms, as well as the rest of the device, are formed of spring wire of suitable strength, and the lower arm, as well as the upper arm, is of double construction, that is to say, the wire of which the device as a whole is formed, is bent to comprise the two oppositely arranged U-shaped members lying in parallelplanes, forming the lower spring arm, andterminally connected by a cross arm 1. The upper arm is similarly formed of the curved members 5 and 6 lying in parallel planes which are terminally connected by a cross bar 7 which forms the presser bar of the device, in that it presses down against the cover on the bed or crib.

The arms 1 and 2 are connected by two sets of coils 8 and 9, so as to impart the requisite spring action and yielding properties thereto, and furthermore to enable the pp j gripping jaw to perform its function, as will hereinafter appear. a

, Extending outwardly from the presser bar 7 is a double U-shaped gripping arm 10, comprising the opposite members 11 and 12 lying in parallel planes, which may be or may not be connected at their highest portions by means of a link or cross bar 13. The members 11 and 12 are terminally connected at their free ends by a cross bar 14, around which is disposed a coiled gripping shoe 15, the convolutions of which are adapted to embed themselves firmly in the bed cover.

All of the arms of the device are substantially semi-circular in shape as shown.

A corresponding presser shoe 16 is coiled around the presser bar 7 and also serves to obtain a firm gripping hold upon the bed cover.

By reference, now, to Fig. 2, it will be understood that when any particular stress is brought to bear upon the bed cover by the movements of the child or person, an upward pressure will be brought to bear against the presser bar 7 and a corresponding downward pressure will be brought. to bear on the thereby firmly embedding the spiral shoe 15 in the cover, confining the same closely against the mattress, and acting almost with a positive grip to hold the bed cover and prevent the same from being displaced.

It is preferred to make the device as a whole of a width which will adapt it to be inserted between the vertical bars or slats at opposite sides of the crib, and the device will thus act as a stop for preventing lateral, as well as longitudinal, displacement of the cover.

The lower arm 1 may either be engaged directly with the side rail of the bed or crib, or it may be merely inserted under the mattress, so as to secure the cover directly to the mattress.

Instead of employing the separately made spiral shoes 15 and 16, hereinabove described, the connecting bars at the ends of the jaws may be formed into the spiral or scalloped shoes, as shown at 15 and 16, to enable the said parts to obtain the necessary frictiona grip upon the bedcover.

What is claimed is:

A bed cover holder formed wholly of spring wire, embodying a lower "ed clamp upper and. lower arms being connected for relatlve yieldlng movement, a presser bar at the extremity of the upper arm, a cover gripping arm extending outwardly from the upper arm and. also comprising members 10 lying in substantially parallel planes, each of said arms being substantially semi-circw lar, and a cover gripping jaw at the eX- tremity of the gripping arm, said jaw embodying a plurality of gripping points. 7

In testimony whereof I aflix'my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

HENRY C. EWALD. Witnesses:

LULU'G. EWALD, LUORETIA M. BUCKSTUHL.

Gopiel of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, I). 0.

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