US110697A

US110697A - Improvement in folding-bedsteads

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Publication number: US110697A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1871-01-03
Anticipated expiration: 1888-01-03

Description

duidt Siate han can JOSHUA TURNER, OF OAMBRIDGEPORT, MASSA'OlI-USETTS, ASSIGNOR T0v BENJAMIN A; PETTINGILL AND ISAAC S. PEAB, OF SAME PLACE.

Lettere Patent No. 110,697, dated January 3, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN FOLDING-BEDSTEADS.

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

To all to 'whom these presents may come;

Be it known that I, JOSHUA TURNER, 'oOambi-dgeport, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new'and useful Improvement in-F0lding-Bedsteads; and dol hereby declare the same to be fully described in the following speciiication and represented in the accompanying drawing, of wliic'h- I Figure l is a-perspectire view of a folding-bed-` stead having my invention applied thereto, thc same being represented as open or ready for use.

Figure 2 is a top view of the saine in a folded state.-

My invention has reference to that class of bedsteads whose legs are so pivoted or hinged to their frames as to he capable of being folded into planes c0- incident or parallel therewith, in order to render the same compact, either for convenience when not inuse or for transportation.

The object of my invention is to remedy an evil iucident to folding bedsteads as ordinarily made, v'iz the swinging and displacement of the braces while the bedstcad is being either folded or unfolded, or during transportation also, to render such brace automatic, 0r selffolding and locking, as hereinafter set forth.

My invention consists in apeculiar'rnode of-'for'ming and applying the braces to the legs and frame, whereby the bracesare rendered self-adjusting, so as to both fold and unfold and lock automatically, while the legs are being correspondingly either folded or uufolded.

In the said drawingl A denotes the frame of the` bedstead as supported nponfour legs, 'BB B B, which are hingedor pivoted to theii'ame in theusual manner, so as to be capable of being either turned and folded withinthe frame, as shown in fig. 2,' or of being set at right angles thereto, as shown in lig. 1.

Each of the legs B is connected with the frame by means of ametallic brace, C, one end of which is pivoted or hinged to the leg, and the -other extends up through a tlat staple orguide-loop, D, which may be arranged on either the inner or outer side of the lon- Igitudinal bars ofthe frame as may be desirable.

The upper or outer end of each braceis formed with an angular projection o r lip, a, which,1by its action against the loop, serves toprevent the brace from becoming disconnected froml the frame. each of the said braces is formed with a recess or Furthermore, 1

notch, b, to receive and catch upon the lower part of the'loop D, and thereby securely lock the` parts 'ftegether, and maintain the legs firmly in position when the bedstead is in use. Or, if preferable, each brace .may have 'a slot made in it longitudinally from near itsupper end, and -be connected with the frame b y means of headed pin or stud, on which it may. freely slide, such slot having a transverse opening to catchv sired parallelism. v Bythis operation the braces are.

forced through the loops or staples, and are so guided as 'to be caused to fold or adjust themselves in parallelism with the sides of the frame, and in close coritact therewith, in which positiontheyare confined by the loops, and'thus prevented from swinging or getting out of place, as is the case with folding bedsteads, as ordinarily constructed. i

In case the bedstead is folded, and we desire to uufold the same,A or prepare it for use, all that is requisite is. to draw out the legs until they are brought-into the desired position, or at right angles to the frame, the braces in the meantime, guided by the loops, being drawn downward, their catches (through the action ot' gravity) are brought into engagement with or catch upon the lower parts of the loops, when the bedstead will be firmly secured in position.

I do not claim a folding bedstead, nor supporting the legs thereof by means of a brace attached to the legs and frame.

I claim- Y In a4 folding bedstead, composed of a frame, A, legs B, vand braces O, the construction and application of the braces to the legs .and frame, v in manner asdescribed, whereby the former are rendered selt` adjusting, while the legs are being either folded or unfolded,

in manner as set forth.

' JOSHUA TURNER. Witnesses:

F. P. HALE, F. O. HA'LE.