US1253805A - Bed-spring brace. - Google Patents

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F. M. FICHTEN.-

BED SPRING BRACE. APPLICATION FILED DEC-11' 191s.

L253,@5, Patented Ja11.15,1918.

0" ALE 7K 0* 1 a J 5 Z L K 7' I L FRANK M. FIGHTER, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

BED-SPRING BRACE.

. Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 11.5, ilfilflltl.

Application filed. December 11, 1916. Serial No. 136,173.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK M. FIcH'rEN, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of IVisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bed- Spring Braces; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact de seription thereof.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in bed springs, more particularly of that type including a woven wire mesh suspended from the end portions of a frame.

Bed springs of this nature present a con siderable tendency to sag toward the center, and this tendency is particularly objectionable when the bed is occupied by two persons, since the springs then tend to sag transversely, and to throw the persons together in the center of the bed. I

It is primarily the object of the present invention to provide brace means associated with bed springs of the present nature, to prevent their transverse sagging tendency, yet in such manner as to not detract from the desired general resiliency of the support afforded by the bed springs. It is further an object to provide such brace means, which also serve to limit the longitudinal sagging tendency of the springs.

A still further object resides in the provision of a brace means which may be readily attached to finished bed springs, although in some instances my invention contemplates the association of my improved brace means with the bed springs, during the manufacture thereof.

With the above and other objects and advantages in view, the invention resides more particularly in the novel combination, formation and arrangement of parts hereinafter specifically described and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a bed spring, with one form of my improved brace means associated therewith.

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view through one attached end portion of the brace means, on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view through said end portion as indicated by the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawings, 5 designates the body frame of a conventional type of bed spring, wherein the resilient woven body mesh 6 is secured to the end sills ofthe frame, andfreely movable with respect to the side sills thereof. The present form of my improved brace means comprises a pair of end attaching plates 7 each bent to form a U -shaped cross section, and passing through the sides of each plate adjacent to one end thereof is a bolt 8 which is also passed through a corresponding end of a bar 9 connecting the plates, whereby said bar is secured to each plate, and these bolts also pass through the adjacent portions of the mesh of the spring body. Secured by bolts 10 to the lower side of the other ends of the plates is a second bar 11 which is thus held in spaced parallel relation to the bar 9 and this bar 11 is relatively wider and thinner than the bar 9 and thus possesses considerable resiliency. To hold the brace structure thus described against possible twisting movement on the spring body, the upper sides of the plates adjacent the bar 11 are provided with inwardly extending arms 12 which seat on the body mesh.

In attaching the brace device, the body mesh is preferably stretched between the bolts 8, and the surplus material of the mesh is bunched in upwardly bowed portions of the upper sides of the plates. The brace dcvice thus holds the body mesh against lateral sagging particularly adjacent its inter mediate portion, and the brace device also serves to hold the spring mesh against longitudinal sagging inasmuch as the longitudinal sagging tendency is thus distributed. It will be appreciated. therefore that the present brace device does not detract materially from the resiliency of the body mesh, but rather distributes the yielding tendency oi the body mesh, so that an excessive yielding does not occur at the center of the bed, and it will be appreciated that upon the disposition of the mattress over the spring mesh the presence of the brace member will not present any inconvenience.

"While I have shown one specific form of my present invention, it is to be appreciated that, inasmuch as the essential feature of the invention resides in the provision of a transverse brace member carried by and movable with the intermediate portion of the spring mesh, various structures may be employed till lOb

Within the spirit of the invention and that the invention is limited in scope only by the appended claims.

WVhat is claimed is l. A bed spring brace comprising a pair of plates bent in U-shape to adjustably embrace the sides of the spring, body mesh of a bed spring, a bar having its ends secured to corresponding ends of said plates and a second bar having its ends secured to the other ends of thesaid plates.

2. A bed spring brace comprising a pair of? plates bent in U-shape to embrace the sides; of the spring body mesh of a bed spring, a barconnected. with corresponding ends of the plates, means for securing said corresponding ends of the plates to the spring body mesh, a bar having its ends secured to-corrtaspondihgside portions of the other ends of the plates, and inwardly extendingarms at the other sides of said other ends of the plates. I

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I havehereunto set myhand at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, in the presence iof two witnesses-a FRANICM; .FIOHTEN; Witnesses:

FRANK. St RATCLIFFE, VERN Boswontrm Copies-of thispatnt. ma be obtained: m five: cents each, by addfe ssingrthe s Commissioner of Patntm- Washington; 11.0.

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