US172084A - Improvement in sofa-bedsteads - Google Patents

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SOFA-BEDSTEAD.

No.172,084. Patenteajnn. 11, 187e.

. FHOTOlITKOGRAPHEH. WASHINGTDN. D (I4 ZSheets-Sheet 2.

W.E.BUSER SOFA-BEDSTEAD. I

\ Patented Jan. 11., 1876.

No.17Z,084.

N-PETEG, FliOTO-UTHDGRPNER, WASHINGTON D C UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

WILLIAM E. BUSER, `OF OHILLIOOTHE, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENTIIN SOFA-BEDSTEADS.

Specification forming partof Letters Patent No. 172,084, dated January 11, 1876; application led September 9, 1875.

l To all whom 'it may concer/n:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. BUSER, of the city of Chillicothe, county ofRoss apd State of Ollio, have invented a new and useful Im provemcnt for an Adjustable Extension Bed- Lounge; andI do declare that the following is a clear, full, and exactdescription of the construction and operation of the same.

The invention is an improvement in the class bf sofa-beds or bed-lounges provided with a sliding top and an adjustable bottom.

` The invention relates to the construction and arrangement of parts, whereby the bottom is supported and adjusted, as hereinafter described. l

In the drawing, Figure A, Sheetl, isa perspective view of the sofa adjustedlforuse as a bed, the top being shown removed or slid od, andthe false bottom elevated. Fig. B, Sheet 2, is a perspective view of the sofabedwith the 4false bottom removed and supported on its side, in order to show theconstruction and arrangement of the inner parts, particularly the oi'ierating-c'ords. Figs.Gand

D are detail perspective views.

The body or main portion H of the sofabed'is consructed hollow and provided with 'a back, L, as usual in this class of furniture.

The part I is arranged to slide on or oi' the body H by means of metallic slide-bars V, attached to their respective ends.

The feature to which (in connection with its operating-cords) my invention particularly relates is the bottom K, having afolding end, l, attached thereto by means of hinges The joint is beveled, as shown, whereby said end is supported in an inclined position when thrown back to form `part ot the entire bed-4 bottom, as shown in Fig. 1. Cords H H are attached to the foot of the bottom K, and

i pass around pulleys P, journaled in the footpiece R of the sofa.

A single cord, p, is attached directly to, the ends of cords O, as in Gr, as in Fig. B. This cord extends forward through or over the head of the sofa-bed, to

adapt it to be conveniently grasped and pulled. When the false bottom K is not adjusted for use, as in Fig. A, it rests on the bottom proper of the part H.

1t Will be apparent, however, that when the cord p is pulled it Will raise the head of said bottom by upward pressure against the under side thereof, while the lower end will be simultaneously raised by the. upward traction of cords Hf H. When the false bottom K has been elevated into a position parallel with the top of partH, as-shown in Fig. A, the rod4 T and pins S, which project from and are secured to the bottom K, will be in line with the sockets R R and g q, respectively, and will enter the same ou the traction ot the cords being continued sufficiently to` cause the bot tom to move endwise toward the 't'ootR ot' the sofa.' The cords being then released, the bottom K will be at rest, and supported. by the rod F or pins S, as will be readily understood. The hinged `head-piece l is then adjusted, as

`in Fig. A, and the sofa-bed is ready for use.

.part I is then slid back to its place.

- What I claim is- The combination of cords p and H', `pulleys P, pins S, and rod T with the false bottom K l and the hollow body H of the sofa, having l sockets q R', as shown and deseribedQ WILLIAM E. BUSER. Attest: 'l

J oHN I. THROOKMOETON, J oEN M. VANMETEIL

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