US1695961A - Side-rail fastener for beds - Google Patents

Description

Patented Dec. 18, 1928.

UITTED STATES PATEFNTVOFFI'CE...

PHILIP M. I-IOWSE, OF NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, ASSIGNOR TO HOL-FAST BEDLOCK COMPANY, OF-NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, A' CORPORATION OF TENNESSEE;

SIDE-RAIL FASTENER FOR BEDS.

Application filed May 5,

which project from the ends thereof and are intended to be fitted into slots formed in the head and foot posts where they engage pins extending transversely through the slots. This has been found, unsatisfactory as the hooks become tightly wedged between the cross pins and inner ends of the slots and it is very difficult to release the hooks. It is often necessary to strike the under portion of the side rail with a hammer or the like in order to release the hooks and this is liableto mar the side rail or break it if formed of metal.

Therefore, one object of theinvention is to provide a bed rail fastener which may have portions engaged with crosspins passing through a slot in a bed post and very securely held in engagement with the pins but permittedto be easily released therefrom. v

Another object ofthe invention is to provide the fastener with a body portion adapted to be secured to a bed rail and upon the body mount levers carrying arms to engage the cross. pins of a bedpost, means being provided to securelybut releasably retain. the levers in a set position.

Another object of the invention is to permit the levers tobe mounted upon a common pivot pin and also mount securing means upon the pin which will serve to retain the levers thereon and to securely hold them in a set position. I

Another object of the invention is to guide movement of the pin engagingarms so that they may be easily engaged with or disconnected from the cross pins carried by the bed posts. 7 I Another object of the invention is tolprovide a fastener of the character described which may be formed from stamped sheet metal and, therefore, strong and durable at the same time-cheap to produce.

Theinvention is illustrated n the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a View showing one endiport-ion of a bed railconnected witha. portion 192?. Serial No..189,055.

of a bed post by one of the improved fasteners, theview being principally in side elevation but partially insection; v r I Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the line 2+2 of Fig. 1; I

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view showing portion of one of the levers j constituting part of the fastener, and s V Fig. 4; is a side elevation illustrating modified form of fastener. a l I i The fastener constituting the subjectmatter of this invention is intended to connect a side rail 1 of abed with a post 2 forming a portion of the head or foot of the bed and-includes a body portion3 which is, preferably formed from stamped sheet metal and maybe provided with ears 4 and 5 extending fromits sides and one end so that thebody may be seated in a recess 6 formed in the bed rail and screws or equivalent fasteners 7 passed through the ears and intov the bed rail to securely hold the body in place. Iffdesired, the ears 4 and 5 may be omitted and the body or bracket ,3 disposed fiat againstthe inner face of the bed rail and-the fasteners passed through openings formed adjacent the margins of the bracket,as shown in Fig. 4. By having the bracket seated in a recess formed in the bed rail as shown in Figs. 1 and'2, it will be countersunk and elements carried by the bracket will be shielded andthereby prevented from being damaged. A flange 8 extends across the outer end of the bracket or body 3 and this flange is formedwith spaced slots or openings 9 through which pass arms 10 having hooks 11 at their outer ends. These arms project from the end of the bed rail. and are intended to be passed into a recess or pocket 12 formed in a bed post 2 and engaged with pins 13 which are carried by the post and extend transversely through the pocket, as shown in Fig. 2.

In order to actuate the arms 10, there has been provided levers 14 which are pivotally mounted upon astem 15 carried, by and extending I transversely from the bracket 3 adjacent the outer end thereof. Each lever, has its pivotallyinounted end provided with a side extension 16' to which an arm 10 is pivotally connected by a rivet or. equivalent faste'nerxlf? and about the pivot stem 15 the levers are formed with the arms rest upon the cross pins. The

levers are then grasped and pressure applied to move them toward each other from the position shown in Fig. 1 towards the position shown in Fig. 1. This movement causes the side extensions ofthe levers to swing away from the flange 8 and the arms 10 y will be moved longitudinally until their bed.

hooks 11 are in firm engagement with the pins 13 and the flange 8 and end face of the bed rail held in close contacting engagement with the bed post. The winged nut 19 is now tightened upon the stem 15 and will bear against the levers to hold the teeth 18 in interlocked engagement and prevent the levers from returning to the position shown in Fig. at. Therefore, the bed rail will be very securely held in engagement with the bed post. W hen it is desired to release the rail, it is merely necessary to loosen the nut and the levers can then be swung away from each other. This will cause the hooked ends of the arms to be moved away from the pins carried by the bed posts and the rail may be easily lifted and the arms drawn out of the recess in the post. It will thusbe seen that with this fastener a bed rail may be very securely held in engagement with a bed post but may be very easily released when necessary. It should be noted that the levers are movable independently of each other and, therefore, are self-equalizing as each book 11 may be drawn into tight gripping engagementwith its pin 13 even if the pins are not disposed evenly in the recess and a very tight joint formed'between the posts and side rails of a Having thus described the invention, I claim: 7

1. A fastener comprising a body adapted to be secured to an article to be supported, a flange extending transversely from said body and formed with slots, a stem extending from said body, levers-pivotally carried by said stem and having handle portions movable towards and away from each other, arms 'pivotally connected with said levers :and extending through said slots and having their outer end portions provided with .sua ort-en 'a 'in means and means carried a flange extending transversely from said carried by said stem to releasably secure the levers in a set position.

3. A fastener comprising a body adapted to 'be secured to an article to be supported, a flange extending transversely from said body and formed with slots, a stem extending from said body, levers pivotally carried by said stem one against the other and having handle portions movable towards and away from each other,-arms pivoted to said levers at opposite sides of the stem and slidably passed through the slots of saidflange and having their outer end portions provided with support-engaging means and a securing nut for-said levers threaded upon said stem. 7 V

4. A fastener comprising a body adapted to be secured to an article to be supported, a stem extending from said body, levers pivotally mounted upon said stem and hav ing handle portions movable toward and away from each other, arms pivotedto said levers and having their outer end portion adapted to engagea support, and means-carried by said stem to releasably secure the levers in a set position with the arms in H firm engagement with a support.

5. A fastener comprising abody adapted to be secured to an article tobe supported, a flange extending transversely from said body and formed withslots spaced lon itudinally of the flange, a stem extenclinrom said body, levers pivoted upon said stem and having handle portions movable t'owards and away from each other, saidlevers 'having side extensions extending from opposite sides of said stem and contacting faces of the levers about the stem having interlocking teeth, arms pivoted to the side extensions of said levers and slida bly passed through-said slots and having-their outer ends provided with support-engaging hooks, and a securing nut threaded .upon said stem and adapted to hold the levers ina .set position with their teeth interlocked.

seated in said recess, securing tongues extending from marginal-portions .of said racket and engaging the 'walls of the reoess with their end portions overlapping the said face of said article and secured thereto, I

' a stem extending from said 'bracketand-disposed in the recess, levers loose upon said stem and extending longitudinally of the bracket within the recess, arms carried by seated in said recess and secured therein,

a stem carried by said bracket and disposed within the recess, levers pivoted uponsaid stem andextending longitudinally in the recess and movable towards and away from each other, arms pivoted to said levers and projecting from therarticle through one end of the recess and having support-engaging means at their outer ends, and securing means carried by said stem to releasably retain the levers in a set position.

8. A bed rail fastener comprising a body adapted to be secured against a bed rail,

levers disposed one against the other and at one end pivoted to said body, the pivoted ends of said levers being disposed about a common pivot and having side extensions extending 1n opposite directions, anchors pivoted to the side extensions of said levers and projecting from the levers in vertical spaced relation to each other, means to support the anchors and guide movement thereof, and means to releasably retain the levers in adjusted positions. I

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

PHILIP M. HOWSE. [L. s.]

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