US1159913A - Bed-spring support. - Google Patents

Description

W. H. EYSTER.

BED SPRING SUPPORT.

APPucATloN FILED FEB-.16. 1914.

Patented Nov. 9, 1915.

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WILLIAM I-I. EYSTER, 0F INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ELMER E. EYSTER, 0F INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

BED-SPRING SUPPORT;

Speccation'of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 9, 1915.

Application led February 16, 1914. Serial No. 819,036.

reference being had to the accompanying.

drawings, in which like letters refer to like parts.

'l`he object of this invention is more readily to fit wire bed springs to various kinds of bedsteads, whether the rails thereof be formed of wood or metal.

`The chief feature of the invention con-- sists in combining with the side bars of wire bedl springs, longitudinally extending bars or angle bar frame or their equivalents, at right angles to each other and pivoted or hinged at the angle between them to the side bars of the wire bed springs, so that one bar or side of the angle bar frame may project outward for supporting the wire bed springs on the angle bar railing of the metal bedsteads, or may fold in againstthe iron rail of the wire bed springs when the springs are placed in a wooden bedstead. Along with the foregoing there are hooklike members for holding the wire bed springs from lateral escape from the side rails of the iron bedstead. y

The full nature of the invention will be understood from the accompanying drawings and the following description and claims:

In the drawings,i1i`igure 1 is a perspective view of a section of the wire bed springsv upon an angle bar side rail of an iron bedstead in its regular position. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a portion of wire bed springs similarly equipped, supported upon the bars of a wooden bedstead, parts being broken away. Figs. 3l and s are transverse sections of parts showing a modied form. Figs. 5 and 6 are transverse sections of parts showing another modified form. Figs. 7 and 8 are transverse sections of parts showing still another modified form.

There is shown in the drawings, wire bed springsr having suitable springs 10, cross bars 11 and side bars 12 to which said cross bars are rigidly secured. There is also shown an angle'bar side rail 1 3 o f an iron bedstead in Fig. 1, and in Fig. 2 there is shown a side rail 16 of a wooden bedstead with a ledge 17 on the inner side thereof supporting wooden slats 18 extending transversely of the bedstead in the well known manner.

The foregoing features are old and in fact the invention is not limited to any particular arrangement Vor construction of wire bed springs or bedstead. Y

'lhe angle frame consists of a bar 2O extending for the full length of the wire bed springs or any desirable portion thereof and is secured to angle plates 21 at intervals and said angle plates are hinged at the inner side of the angle on a hinge plate 22 which is riveted to the side bar 12 of the wire bed springs frame. This enables the angle frame to be rocked in either of the two positions shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and when in the position shown in Fig. 1, the bar 20 and the outer ends of the angle plates 21 lie upon the side rail 13 of the bedstead and thereby support the wire bed springs frame thereon. When such wire bed' springs frame is, however, placed in the wooden bedstead, as shown in Fig. 2, the angle frame is rocked to its other position so that the bar 2O and the outer ends of the angle plates 21 are turned downward inside of the side rail 16 of the bedstead and rest along the side of the rigid member 12.

lVhile the bar 20y is herein shown as far preferable for holding the plates 21 in position, it is obvious that it could be dispensed with. rIhere is also added a hook plate 25 which has an inner portion having a vertical slot 26 therein through which a headed,

pin 27 from the inner end of the angle plate 21 slidably projects and said hook plate 25 has a horizontal portion overlapping the bar 20 and an outward downward portion which overlaps the side rail 13 of the metal lbedstead. This is for the purpose of preventing lateral displacement of the means for supporting the wire bed springs frame. The slidable mounting of the hook plate 25 permits it to be used effectively upon the bedstead sides 13 when in the position shown and also in its reversed position.

In the modified form shown in Fig. 3, upwardly projecting arms 80 are secured to the side bar 12 of the bed spring frame and said arms have heads or other means on their outer ends and the arms project through slots or openings 31 through the,

angle of the angle plate 21 or angle frame so that said angle plate or frame may be tilted in either of the positions, as shown in Figs. 3 and 1n the modified form shown in Figs. 5 and 6, an ordinary leaf latch has one member secured to the inner surface of the side bar 12 and the other member when turned backward to its limit is adapted to be supported upon the side rail 18 of the bedstead, it abutting against the lower edge of the bar 12 so as'to maintain it in a rectangular position. `When used in wooden bedsteads, the free member of the hinge is turned to the position shown in Fig. 6, where it rests upon the slat 18.

Still another modified form is shown in Figs. 7 and 8 where a hinge membere() is secured to the outer side of the bar 12 and in that event a stop arm 41 extends from the free member of the hinge so as to hold said free member in a horizontal position, as shown in Fig. 7. vWhen used with a wooden bedstead, the parts are as shown in Fig. 8.k

The invention is not limited to the number of plates 21 at each side of the spring frame, nor to the use of short angle plates and in fact the bar 20 and the angle plates 21 which are shownk secured together may for all praetical purposes be considered a single plate hinged to the side bar of the spring frame so that in one sense there is but one plate hinged to each side of the spring frame. The eiiicient and essential portion of the angle plates is the outer portion or portions thereof which are adapted to rest'upon the bedstead rails, the inwardly extending portion beyond the hinge or pivotal connection, whether it be a part of an angle plate or merely a projection like projection 411 shown in Figs. 7 and 8, being merely to hold the supporting plate proper in its horizontal position, whereby it will support the spring frame upon the rails of thevbedstead.

The invention claimed is: f

1. The combination with the side bars of a bed spring frame, of plates for supporting said frame on the rails of a bedstead which are hinged to the side bars ofsaid frame with extensions beyond the hinges thereof arranged so that when said plates are turned to a horizontal position, they may rest and beheld by said extensions in rigid position upon the side rails 0f a metal bedstead and when folded will extend down outside the side bars of the spring frame and be parallel therewith. Y

2. The combination with the side bars of a bed spring frame, of plates for supporting said frame on the rails of a bedstead which are hinged to the side bars of said frame .and are provided with means beyond the hinges thereof for limiting the hinge movement of said plates so that said plates may bemheidnin a rigid horizontal posicion and upon the side rails of a metal bedstead and when folded will extend downv outside the side bars of the spring frame and be parallel therewith.

3. The combination with the side bars of a bed spring frame, of angle plates for supporting said frame on the rails of a bedstead 'pivotally mounted at the anglesthereof to bed spring frame, of angle plates for sup-V Y porting said frame on the Vrails of a bedstead pivotally mounted at the angles thereof to said side bars, and means for limiting the pivotal movement of said plates Yso that when said angle plates'are turned to one position they will rest upon the side rails of metal bedsteads and when turned to another position may be folded down outside said side bars and parallel therewith, substantially as set forth. Y f

5. The combination with the side barsof a bed spring frame, of angle plates for supporting said frames on the rails of a bedstead hinged at the` angles thereof to said side bars so that when the outer ends of said angle plates are turned ina folded position they will lie parallel with and along side of saidside bars andV when turned to an open position they will extend at right angles to said side bars, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination with the side bars of a bed spring frame, of angle plates for supporting said frames on the rails of a bedstead hinged at Vthe angles thereof to said side bars, and a supporting bar secured to the outer ends of a plurality of said angle plates so that when the outer ends of Said angle plates are turned in a folded position they and said supporting bars will lie parallel with and along side of said side barsV and when turned to an open position willextend at right angles to said side bars and hold said supporting bar in a horizontal position adapted to rest upon the side rail of the bedstead. Y Y

7. The combination with the side bars of a bed spring frame, of angle plates'for supporting said frame on the rails of a bedstead mounted astride said side bars and pivoted at their internal angles to the upper edges of said side bars so that when the outer ends of said angle plates are turned ina folded position they will lie parallel with and along side of said side bars and when turned to an open'position they will extend?v at right angles to said side bars, substan-A tially as set forth. l

8. The combination With the side bars of a bed spring frame, of angle plates for supporting said frame on the rails of a hedstead mounted astride said side bars and pivoted at their internal angles to the upper edges of said side bars so that when the outer ends of said angle plates are turned in a folded position they Will lie parallel with and along side of said side bars and when turned to an open position they Will extend at right angles to said side bars, and hook plates enveloping the upper surfaces of said angle plates and secured therewith and having on their outer ends hooks adapted to hook over the side rails of the bedstead, substantially as set forth.

9. The combination With the side bars of a bed spring frame, of angle plates for supporting said frame on the rails of a bedstead mounted astride said side bars and pivoted at their internal angles to the upper edges of said side bars so that When said angle plates are turned in a folded position they Will lie parallel With and along side of said side bars and when turned to an open position they Will extend at right angles to said side bars, and hook plates enveloping the upper surfaces of said angle plates and slidably connected With the inner ends of said angles plates and having on their outer ends hooks adapted to hook over the side rails of the bedstead, substantially as set forth.

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto alixed my signature in the presence of the Witnesses herein named.

WILLIAM H. EYSTER.

Witnesses J. H. WELLS, O. M. MGLAUGHLIN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

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