US1659778A

US1659778A - Combined fabric support and brace

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Publication number: US1659778A
Application number: US53900A
Authority: US
Inventors: Benjamin F Lindsley
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1925-09-01
Filing date: 1925-09-01
Publication date: 1928-02-21
Anticipated expiration: 1945-02-21

Description

Feb. 21, 1928.

B. F. LINDSLEY COMBINED FABRIC SUPPORT AND BRAGE Filed Sept. 1, 1935 Patented Feb. 21, 1928.

UNITEDHSTATES.

BENJAMIN FPLIITDSLEY, F MANSFIELD, OHIO COMBINED FABRIC SUPPORT AND BRACE- Application filed September 1, 1925. Seriailh. 53,900.

This invention relates to a combined fabric Support and brace. i It is well known to those skilled in the art pertaining to the manufacture and" use of ness and elasticity andalso tending tocause it to bend or give way under sive' pressure. I I I 'The primary ob]ect of the present lnvention consists in providing a combinedfbrace and supporting member for a fabric and attaching and supporting same from a fabric frame close proximity to the corners thereso of, so that the'strain or pulling efiect due to weight or pressure on the fabric will be exerted upon the most rigid portions of the fabric frame preventing the end frame members from bending at the centers and thereby shortening the distance between the end frame members, which cause the fabric to sag. f 7

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a fabric preferably made 80 up of a series of wire links and yieldingly connecting same to a frame to provide a resilient fabric which will rebound or recoil when subjected to weight or pressure.

Another object of the invention is to pro- 5 vide a combined braceand support toreinforce, support and brace the fabric at its point of least resistance-that is at or substantially in the center or the middle of the fabric. I I

j A further object is to provide a combine support and brace which can be yieldingly supported from the fabric frame under a tension which tends to hold the combined brace and support in juxtaposition to the bottom of the support thereby sustaining and upholding the fabric and tending to prevent the yieldmg, sinking or giving way of said fabric at its center or point of least resistance.

A further object of the invention is to provide a combined, brace and support that will tend to support and strengthen the sides of the fabric and to assist in yieldingly maintaining the plane of the fabric at the sides thereof when the fabric at the sides a load or excesis subjected to undue pressure or weight as for instance when a person sits on the side of the bed for any purpose.

A further object is to provide an elongated rectangular member which is preferably composed of two square members yield ingly connected together and which is adapted to be supported at the center of thefabric. These and other objects, are attained by the mechanism illustrated in' the drawings in which: f

Figure 1 is a plan view in erspective showing the fabric frame, the preferred wire fabric construction and the combined brace and support for the fabric, assembled.

* Figure 2 is an enlarged plan view of one corner of Fig. 1.

j Figure 3is an enlarged side View of the rectangular member takenon the line 11 of Figure 1.

. In the preferred embodiment of my invention I have shown a fabric composed of a series of wire link members connected together in a longitudinal and right angular relation to each other, the fabric being supported by a series of helical compressed springs which are attached to the fabric and tothe fabric frame.

The invention is shown applied'to a fabric made of wire links and is constructed as follows: V i

A frame comprising longitudinal side members 1 and 2 is provided having risers 33 fitted at the ends thereof. The lower portions of the risers as shown at 4 are adapted to fit the rails of a conventional bed frame. The upper portions as shown at 5 are fiat and extend rearwardly and inwardly in opposed relation to each other as shown at 6.

The free inwardly extending ends of the risers are connected together by cross frame members 7 which arepreferably made angu lar in cross section with the upper portion connected on a plane with the flat portions 5 of the risers as, shown in Fig. 1.

A series of apertures 8 are provided in the upper flat leaf of the angular members; A series of compressed helical springs 9 are provided with hooked portions 10 which are inserted in the apertures 8. The opposite ends of the compressed helical springs 9 are also provided with hookedportions 11 and are connected to a series of wire links ,12 formed substantially U-shaped and provided with hooked free ends 13 (which arev connected to links described hereinafter) pro-. viding intermediate connections between the helical compressed springs 9 and the body portion of link wire fabric.

The main body (preferred type) of fabric is constructed as follows: p i

The links are preferably made of one piece of wire which is turned or bent to provide eyes 1% and 15 having members '16 and 17 extending therefrom with the free ends bent to form hooked members 18 and 19. The eyes 1e and 15 are connected to the hooked members 13 of the intermediate link connecting members 12 and each succeeding wire link member is connected in a longitudinal direction in the same manner in parallel rows. 7

,Each row of wire links comprising the fabric is connected to the frame bars 7 at each end of the frame in exactly the manner described.

It will also be observed that the link members, which are provided with two eyes and two hooks as hereinbefore described compose or comprise the main body portion of the fabric. I

A series of link clips 20 are provided and connected to the eyes of the links 12 (which run in a longitudinal direction) in right angular relation thereto. so as to-mai'nt'ain the eye links in their proper positions with relation to each other.

In order to strengthen the fabric at the sides thereof side bars 21 are yieldingly connected to the risers 6 by compressed helical springs 22. r 7

Attention is called to thefact that the side bars are connected to the risers 6 so as to be located in'a position directly in alignment with and over the top of the frame bars 1 and 2 so that the weight or pressure exerted upon the side bars will be in direct alignment with the frame bars 1 and 2 for strengthening purposes.

In order to hold the fabric as a whole substantially in alignment in a sidewise direction with the side bars and frame bars 1 and 2 of the fabric frame, link members 23 are connected to the eyes of the longitudinal eye wire links adjacent to the side bar and to the side bars thereby maintaining the fabric in normal position lengthwise and sidewise.

The above describes the preferred embodiment of the fabric frame and means of supporting the fabric from the frame, whichI prefer to use in association with the combined brace and supporting member. v

The combined brace and supporting mem her is preferably constructed as follows:

Tie plates 24 preferably formed triangular are provided and link members 25' are connected thereto forming a member substantiall square. Two of these members are provide and connected together through the medium of compressed helical coiled springs 26 to provide a yielding connection therebetween. i

Supporting brace rods 27 are connected to the tie platesi24, diverging from each other in a sidewise direction and are con 7 nected to the end frame members 7 by compressed helical springs 28, one end of the springs 28 being connected near the corner In order to further strengthen and" sup;

port the sides of the fabric at an interme diate point between the supportingmeinber and the side bars of the bed, auxiliary supporting, brace rods 30 are connected at one end to the tie plates '29 and the opposite ends are connected through the medium of springs'32. 7 i w 1 4 The auxiliary supporting brace rodsl are heldintheir normal positions by cliplink members 33 which preferably are disposed t'oincline toward the center supporting and bracing member as shown'in Fig. 1. 1

7 It will be observed as shown in Fig. '3 that the combined brace and supporting vmember is so constructed and assembled as tie. plates 31 and the helical compressed to lie in'juxtaposition to thejfabricunder tension tending to take up the'sl'ack or sag of the fabric at its weakest point or line of least resistance and further tending to support the fabric yieldingly under pressure or weight substantially on a horizontal plane.

It will furtherbe observed that the fabric frame, fabric and combined supporting and bracing member are so associated together as to brace and reinforce each other when subjected to weight or pressure, but at all times the fabric and combined supporting and brace member are resilient and yielding in action to provide for thecomfort, convenience and ease of the user of the bedor thelike. I I Attention is calledto the fact that while the combined brace and 'support'is preferably shown as appliedto a bed frame or the like in connection with a wire fabric that application thereof can be made to couches, settees,cots or the like and'the'same results obtained, without deviating fromthe principle of theinvention as described in the specification and shown in the drawings.

Iclaim;

In a bracing means for abe'd-fabric carof rectangularly-arranged, {interconnected plates and springsconnecting one series with the other, brace rods extending from the cen- 1 tral member diagonally of the frame, plates ried by the adjacent ends of such auxiliary connected to the outer ends of the brace rods, brace rods, springs connecting said last springs connecting said plates to the end named plates, and means for connecting said 10 bars of the frame, an auxiliary brace rod last-named plates to the fabric.

5 connected to each of said plates, the auxil- In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature.

iary rods on each side of the central member extending toward each other, plates car- BENJAMIN F. LINDSLEY.