US1412064A - Camp bed - Google Patents

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H. SANFORD.

CAMP BED.

APPLICATION FILED MAY I6. 1921.

Patented Apr. 11, 1922.

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CAMP BED.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Apr, 11i, 1922.

Application filed May 16, 1921. Serial No. 469,974.

To all 'whom t may concern.:

Be. it known that I, HENRY SANFORD, gentleman, and residing at 400 Park Avenue, in the citv of New York` in the State of New York, in the United States of America, have invented new and useful Camp Beds, of which the followinor is the specification.

The invention re ates .to a camp bed as described in the present specication and Villustrated in the accompanying drawings that form part of the same.

The invention consists essentially of the novel Jfeatures respectively set forth broadly and specifically in the claims following the description of the preferred form of construction and uses.

The objects of the invention are to see to the comfort of campers and travellers in the wilder parts of the country and eliminate much of the .baggage customarily transported with camping outfits; to convert the bed into many convenient forms for emergency, pleasure and sporting purposes; and generally to provide a camping article of inestimable value in the woods or on the plains or elsewhere at a comparatively cheap cost.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of the bed complete.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the bed upside down with the side flaps undone.

Figure 3 is a plan view of the canvas.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the bed tipped up to show the lacing.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the canvas utilized as a hammock.

Figure 6 is a perspective view of the canvas as a stretcher.

Figure 7 is an enlarged perspective detail of one corner of the frame.

Figure 8 is a perspective view showingv the canvas as a sleeping bag.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

Referring to the drawings, the square 1 of canvas is headed at the ends with the minor squares 2 and 3 and intermediate of the distance between the centre of the main square 1 and the end edges the flaps 4 and 5 are sewn each fla 4 in length being about the width of an end square 2 or 3.

The ropes 6 and 7 extend from 'an eyeletted hole 8, one of the longitudinal rows of eyeletted holes 9 at the side edge of t-he main square, the opposite side having a row 10 of eyeletted holes into which the ropes '4 and 5 and the rows 13 and 14 are made along the end edges of the minor squares 2 and 3.

The ropes 15 and 16 are knotted to the endi holes of the rows 13 and 14 respectively and by means of these ropes the said minor squares 2 and 3 are turned in and' laced to the flaps 4 and 5 previous to the lacing of the longitudinal sides of the main square 1. The bed frame is made from small logs and the only tool required is an axe, thereby simplifyin the construction of a bed in the bush. he corner posts 17 are cut off a longer log and the longitudinals 18 and transverse dpieces 19 are bevelled oft' at each end 20 -an 21 with the axe and cut out at 22 and 23 to receive the corner posts 17 to which they are secured by the spikes 24.

'The canvas is secured to the frame by stretching the end squares 2 and 3 over and under the transverse or head and foot pieces 19 and these end s uares are then laced to the flaps 4 and 5. 'ghe longitudinal edges of the main square 1 are then brought over and under the longitudinal pieces 18 and laced over the end squares 2 and 3 and flaps 4 and 5, thus the canvas is strongly supported from ends and sides and ready for use. It is a simple matter to unlace it and bundle it up,

so that it will take little space and therefore prove to be -far from burdensome in transporting from one place to the other.

In Figure 5 the ropes are strung through the end square holes and brought together, so that the outstretched canvas can be used like a hammock.

In Figure 6 the main uare is laced around-stretcher poles 25 an 26 spaced by the rails 27 and 28.

This is an exceptionally useful conversion of this bed, as there are seldom conveniences against accident and sickness.

In Figure 8 the canvas is shown as an excellent form of sleeping bag and it is obvious that many illustrations might be given showing its adaptability to all sorts of out door work and play such as a tent, a shelter, a boat and canoe bed.

What I claim is v 1. In an article of the class described, a main central sheet and minor end sheets of substantially the same shape as the main sheet and of lesser dimensions lacing flaps intermediutely superposed on the main sheet and forming the lace holds for the end sheets, said main sheet being folded inwardly at the sides and laced over said enl sheets, and laces forsaid ends and sides.

2. In an article of the class described, a main central sheet substantially square, end

sheets of smaller dimensions and shapedl bevelled and itted at the corners in vertical, transverse and longitudinal lengths and a sheet of canvas material having a main square forming top and side under folds having eyeletted holes near the edges and end squares in line with said top and having eyeletted holes, intermediate flaps also with correspondin folds extending around the longitudinals of the frame and said end squares around the transverse pieces, and ropes, one secured to a side underfold and lacing the sides together and the other secured to end and securing the ends to the flaps.

Signed at Quebec, Canada, this 11th day of May 1921.

HENRY SANFORD.

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