US1270743A - Settee-bed. - Google Patents

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C. J. KINDEL.

SETTEE BED.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 14. 19w.

Patented June 25. 1918.

I)? were for Charles Jlfl'nde Z bed UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES J. KINDEL, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO GRAND RAPIDS TRU3T COMPANY, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN.

SETTEE-BED.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J une 25, 1918.

Application filed July 14, 1915. Serial No. 39,769.

citizen of the United States, residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State-of Michigan, have invented certain new and 'useful Improvements in Settee- Beds, of which the following is a specification. a

This invention contemplates further advancement in the-facility in o eration of that class of convertible beds w ich in one form' constitute comfortable elegant settees and in another form a full, size comfortable For the easy manipulation of these beds it is essential that the sections thereof be locked to hold the mattress and bed clothing in place when folded u with the bed and also to hold the first fol ed or 'foot-sec tion in proper position when folded into the frame of the settee whether or not the mattrem and bed clothin are contained in the space between the fol ed sections. It is also desirable that the folded sections of the bed be firmly held in place in the settee frame to make a comfortable perfect seat especially when as in the present instance a resilient-member is provided for assistin in raisin the seat of the settee in the initial act 0 unfoldin the sections of the bed.

To this end t e invention consists in the construction arrangement and combination of arts for the purpose s ecifi'ed substantia y as hereinafter set f0 and claimed.

The accompanying drawings which form apart of this specification illustrate these features of improvement. In them Figure 1 is an end v ew of the "settee the proximate end piece being removed; Fig. 2 is a like view illustrating the bed frame displayed themattress being omitted in both instances; Fig. 3 shows the position of the last or foot section with appurtenances locked in folded with the second or middle secvation of the arts in Fig. 3 in position of direct association with the coiiperating parts represented in Fig. 1; that is to say it is a front view of the settee bed with the third or foot section in folded and locked relationship with the unfolded middle section; and Fig. 5 is a vertical section on the line 5-5 Fig. 2 and broken at the middle to agree with Fig. 4.

The end pieces of the settee are typified at 6, the front board 7, the back at 8 and'the seat at 9 while of the usual metal bottom frame the rear angle iron is represented at 10 and the proximate end strip at 11 the remote end strip being hidden by strip 11.

The" bed frame may be considered as formed of three principal sections foldably connected by two intermediate narrower spacing-sections. The first or head section.

12 is contained in the settee frame and is hinged at 13 to spacin -section 14 which in turn has its off-set en s pivoted at 16 to the u rights or posts 17. The middle or secon principal section 18 is also pivoted at 16 to the posts 17 and at its front to the ad acent ends of the outer spacing-section 15?, as at 20. The third or foot section 21 is pivoted to outer spacing-section. 19, as at 22. The foot section 21 is supported by legs 23 pivoted at 24 thereto and the middle section 18 is-provided with legs 25 pivoted at 26 thereto. The inner end of the head section is supported by links 27 pivoted at their lower ends to the end strips 11 of the base frame and at their upper ends to extension lates 28 riveted to the side-rails of suspension links 29, the legs being pivoted at'30 to the ends of the seat and near their upper ends, at 26, to the middle section while the links 29 parallel the legs and are pivoted at their lower ends to the seat and at their upper ends to the'middle section '18. The seat (when the bed isfolded in the base) rests upon the side rails of the middle section 18, (see Fig. 1) and when the bed is unfolded it depends by said legs and links out of the way some distance below the bed bottom so as not to interfere with it when depressed by an occupant. A drop brace 31 consisting of a pi e bent into' the form shown in Fig. 41s ournaled at its ends between parts 19. The links 32 pivoted at the upper ends of rear legs 25 and to the front ends of side-bars of rear spacing-section 14 serve to direct said legs to fold and unfold as the bed sections are manipulated and links 33 perform the same ofiice for front legs 23. These latter links are pivoted to the upper ends of legs 23 which are preferablgizcurved and to front spacing-section 19 at Locking links 35 coiiperate with links 33 and front legs 23 to lock'the. foot section in ing-section 19, as at 34. I Rear links 27 serve ably connected to downwardly extending to direct the head-section 12 from one position to the other, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2.

It is refinements in structure that work for perfection in devices like the present one. By bending the upper ends of-posts 17 outwardly as shown the pivotal points 16 are carried to the extreme front of the settee frame thereby making it possible to decrease the width of the seat 9 and so make a more comfortable settee. The angle irons in sections 12 and 14 of the bed have also been inverted from the usual 'position thereby making more room for bedding between the folded sections. This inversion of the angle irons of sections 12 and 14 (Fig. 5) is effected by securing to the outer ends of side-bars of section 14 the extensions 15 which are pivoted at 16 to said posts. Therefore when section 12 is in depressed position (Fig. 1) in the settee frame the fabric, 39, forming the mattress-support, is lower by the width of the angle irons than it' would be were the sections 12 and 14 retainediwith'the vertical web of the angle-irons extending downward as they do in the other sections.

Helical springs 40 are provided to assist in the initial movement of opening or .1111- foldingthe bed. These springs are preferplates 41 riveted to the side bars of headsection 12 and plates 42 riveted to --supporting links 27. It will b'e seen thatthese springs are under tension when the" bed sections are folded into the settee frame Fig. 1 and therefore tend to elevate the bed; To hold the folded sections down against the action of these springs a catch or lock may be provided. The preferred form of such lock is seen in Figs. 1, 2 and 4 and is attached to the lower edge of the sofa back 8 and operable by a push *rod 43 at the upper rear side of the back; This form of lock has a plate with a downward projection 44 to the sides' of which are pivoted shouldered latches .5 for engagementwith a fixed catch 46" on the back edge of the sofa seat 9. A trip lever 47 is pivoted to the lower ends'of said latches and has 'a toe for engagement with the back of the sofaseat. A light coiled spring 48 connected to the projection 44 and to the lever 47 tends to. hold the latches for: ward either above or in the path of the projection 44.. By depressing the outer end of the lever 47 the latches are withdrawn from sald 'catch, the toe of the lever serv:

- ing as the fulcrum in prying the latches parts tonormal position raising the overturnedor otherwise enlarged upper endof rod 43 to its position flush with the top of the back of the settee within easy reach of due desiring to open the bed.

In converting the. settee into a bed the push rod is depressed when therear edge of the sofa seat 9 will be forced upwardly 1 by the springs 40 so that the operator may easily grasp its rearedge. The head, middle and foot sections .of thebed are then turned outwardly into the position seen in Fig. 3, the head section having at the same time been elevated to the position seen in Fig. 2 by the links 27 Then by raising the outer ends of legs. 23 the pivots at their opposite ends will be carried downwardly and across the line through the centers of pivots 24 and 34 thereby unlocking the toggle formed by said legs, the links 33 and 35 and sections 19 and 21. The foot-- section having been unlocked maybe turned outwardly into the position shown in Fig. 2 and the bed is ready for use. as such. By the reverse manipulation the bed may be folded up and into the settee frame the foot -section being locked folded when by pressing down on the rear edge of the seat the catch 44 will pass the latches 45 which will be forced forward by spring 48 over said catch 'and'thus .lock and holdthe seat and attached parts in closed position.

The invention claimed is:

1. In a sofa-bed, he combination with a main-frame, vof'a folding-bed-frame com prising a spacingl sebtion, a -fixed pivotal support for the front end of the same, an

inner head-section pivotallyconnected to the rear end of the spacing-section, oppo site upwardly disposed extensions carried by the head-section, opposite downwardly disposed extensions carried by the headsection in advance of the upwardly disposed sections, opposite' supporting-links pivoted at their lower ends in the mainframe and at their upper ends to said upwardly disposed extensions at points above the headsection and helicalfsprings connecting the front downwardly disposedextensions and the supporting links.

. 2. In asofa-bed, the combination with a ;'main-frame, of ,a pair of opposite, stationary, forwardly curveds tanda'rds located at the front of the main-frame, a; spacingsection pivoted at its front end. to' said standards-,a head-section in rear of and pivoted to the spacing-section, a pair of supporting-linkspivoted at their lower ends a the main-frame and at-their upper ends to the head-section, and s rings connected to intermediate points 0 the" said links and at their front ends to the head-section eccentrically with the pivot points between the spacing and head-sections.

3. In a 'sofa-bed,the combination with a main-frame, of a rear head-section, links for supporting the same, a spacing-section loosely Connected at its rear edge to the front edge of the head-section, means for supporting the front edge of the spacingsection, a middle-section connected pivotwith the front edge ally at its rear edge opposite legs interof the spacing-section,

mediately pivoted to the op osite sides of the middle-section, a pair 0 leg operating links pivoted at their front ends to the upper ends of the legs and at their rear ends to the spacing-section eccentrically with re lation to its front supports, short links depending from the middle-section in rear of the supporting-legs, and a soft-seat ivotally connected at its rear inverted e ge to the lower ends of said links and in front of the same pivotally connected to said supporting-legs.

CHARLES J. KINDEn

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