US1139099A - Bed or cot. - Google Patents

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C. D. BROUYETTE 6: G. P. McENTlRE.

BED 0R COT.

. APPLICATION FILED JULY 7, 19l3. 1;139,099. Patented May11,1915.

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CHARLES ID. BROUYETTE AND GEORGE P. MCENTIRE, OF TOPEKA, KANSAS, ASSIGNOBS TO MGENTIRE BROTHERS, A COPABTNERSHI]? CONSISTING 0F RALPH N. MQENTIBE AND GEORGE P. MGENTIRE.

BED OR COT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 11, 1915.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, CHARLES D. BROU- YETTE and Gnonen P. MGENTIRE, citizens of the United States, residing at Topeka, in the county of Shawnee and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Beds or Cots, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to beds or cots of the collapsible or folding sort, and has for its object to provide a collapsible bed or cot of novel character which will be light, strong, very simple in its construction, cheap to manufacture, collapsible into small compass and very easy to fold and unfold as occasion may, require.

A specific object of the invention is to provide a bed or cot of this sort having, when in position for use, upstanding sides and ends so that it may be used as an infants crib, the sides and ends'being so arranged with respect to the other parts of the crib that they will fold or collapse therewith.

The invention is illustrated, in a preferred embodiment, in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a view, in perspective, of the article set up ready for use; Fig. 2, a crosssectional view of the same; Fig. 8, aview of the article collapsed; and Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional view illustrating a modified form of attaching the legs to the sides of the article.

Like characters of reference designate like parts in the several figures of the drawing.

Referring to the drawing, the numerals 10 designate two pairs of folding legs, the legs of each pair being preferably pivoted together at the points designated 11.

12, 12 designate the rigid side members or upstanding sides of the cot. These members are preferably made of wood.

13 designates the flexible bottom and 14, 14 the flexible ends of the cot. The bottom 13 and the ends 14 may be and preferably are made from a single strip of duck or canvas secured to the sides 12. The sides, when the cot is in the usable position, bear upon the tops of the legs 10, which are cut on the diagonal. The sides are foldably secured to the legs by any suitable means, for example, by means of the metal hinges 15, pintles of which are preferably cotter pins 16. The engagement of the sides with the tops of the legs prevents the sides from collapsing "in- V wardly from their upright position. Their hinged relation with the legs would permit the sides to fold outwardly were it not for the fact that they are held together by the fabric ends. As the ends 14 are flexible a collapsing movement of the legs will slacken the ends sufficiently so that the sides may be folded down upon the legs in the manner indicated in Fig. 3. It will be seen that this collapsing of the cot can be accomplished by simply lifting the article, pressing the sides together and then turning the sides downwardly upon the legs. There is no chance that the cot will be accidentally collapsed because any weight therein spreads the legs and holds the ends taut and consequently, the sides in upright position. The pintles of the hinges 15 are preferably cotter pins in order that the legs may be readily separated from the sides 12 when the article is to be shipped. It will be seen that by removing the legs from the side pieces the device can be made up into a very small compact package.

We have shown the bottom of the cot as consisting of a single continuous piece of fabric (which also preferably provides the ends) but this is not essential to the invention.

By the term bottom we intend any structure suitable for sustaining the body of the person resting upon it or bedding of the sort required. The essential thing about the bottom is that it must be capable of collapsing or folding in order to permit the ends to slacken sufliciently to allow the sides to fold out upon the legs when the cot is folded up.

While we have shown and described our invention in a preferred construction it will be understood that certain modifications might be made without departure from the invention. Therefore, we do not wish to be understood as limiting the invention to the exact construction shown.

As shown in Fig. 4, it is not essential that the sides should rest on the tops of the legs. The important thing is to provide means for holding the sides in upright position and this might be done by so constructing the hinges that the leaves thereof cannot flex beyond a certain point.

We claim:

1. In an article of the character described,

the combination with supporting legs; of a bottom of flexible material; and sides and ends one pair of which are made of flexible material the other pair being rigid members which seat on the legs, when the article is unfolded, and which are hinged thereto'so that they fold outwardly. V

2. An article of the character descrlbed comprising two pairs of crossed, pivotedso that they fold outwardly, and ends of flexible fabric.

4. An article of the character described comprising two pairs of crossed, pivoted legs, rigid sides which seat on the tops of the legs when in upright position and are hinged thereto so as to be foldable outwardly, and a single sheet of flexible fabric secured to the extremities and lower edges of the sides so as to constitute ends and a I bottom for the article.

. 5. An article of the character described comprising foldable supporting means, sides Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the hinged to said supporting means, and flexible ends secured to the sides which hold the sides in upstanding position when the sup- I legs, a bottom of flexible fabric, rigid sides which seat on the tops of the legs when in upright position and are hinged thereto, and ends of flexible fabric secured to the sides. 7

7. In an article of the character described, thecombination with two pairs of crossed pivoted legs, rigid sides each hinged to one of the legs ofeach pair of legs so that it may be held from folding in one direction from the upright position but can fold in the other direction, a collapsible bottom and collapsible ends.

8. In an article of the character described, the combination with .tWO pairs of crossed pivotedlegs, rigid sides hinged at their bottom edges to said legs, and ends and a bottom both of flexible material.

CHARLES D.,BROUYETTE. GEORGE P. MCENTIRE. Witnesses:

H. A. MnsA'rtr, G. P. BENSON.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0.

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