US1808846A - Bedspring guard - Google Patents

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June 9, 1931. M. GOLDBERG BEDSPRING GUARD Filed March 18. 1929 2% m a, 3% fi I a w H i H a f M m 1 5 a x e #7 W f H i i w u 5 I z zm r 1. 122 5 V/ fi 1 mg Patented June 9, 1931' UNITED STATES MORRIS GOLDBERG, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK BEDSPRING GUARD V v Application filed March 18, 1929. Serial No. 347,917.

This invention relates to improvements in beds and the improvements are directed to a novel form of bed spring embodying guard members adapted to prevent injury to mattresses or similar parts forming a bed.

Primarily the object of the present invention resides in the provision of aguard member of the above-mentioned character, said guard member or members being provided with reinforcing means to prevent bending or misshaping of the same.

Another object is to provide a guard member adapted to be positioned at each of the longitudinal edges of a bed-spring, each member presenting a smooth exterior to pre vent injury to the bed clothing.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of a web portion having an upstanding portion arranged vertically within a tubular portion of the guard, in order that the latter may be reinforced to prevent bending or distortion thereof when unusual loads are applied to the edge of the spring or bed.

A still further object is to provide a novel form of web portion especially fashioned to augment the reinforcing effect due to said upstanding portion.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of means for connecting the guard members to a bed spring already in use.

With these objects in view, together with others which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the novel formation, combination and arrangement of parts, all as will be described more fully hereinafter, illustrated in the drawings, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In said drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a bed-spring equipped with my novel guard members, certain portions of the usual fabric, comprising the spring, being omitted.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional perspective, the section being taken transversely of a guard member to illustrate certain corrugations and the position of the upstanding portion of the web portion within a tubular member.

Fig. 3 is a typical section taken through one of the tubular members to illustrate the longitudinal slit therein.

Fig. 4 is a view like-unto Fig. 2, but showing a modified form of web portion; and

Fig. 5 is an elevation of one end of the guards, showing the same flattened and apertured for attachment to an adjacent frame member. I

Referring now in detail to the accompanying drawings, wherein like'characters of reference denote similar parts throughout the several views, let 5 indicate the frame members of a bed-spring connected by a fabric spring 6, or the. like, said spring, in some instances, being braced by longitudinal strips 7, said strips and spring 6 being resiliently coupled to said frame members by means of coiled springs 8. j g i As pointed out hereinbefore, it is proposed to provide guard members adapted to be positioned at'opposite sides of the spring, each of said members presenting a smooth outer surface to avoid the catching and subsequent tearing of the bed clothes thereon, and at the same time of sufficient strength and rigidity to prevent bending or defiectingwhen abnormal loads are sustained thereby.

To this end, said bed-spring guards 10, each include a tubular member 11 and a web portion 12, the former being longitudinally slitted, as indicated at 13, into which is received the upstanding portion 14, the latter being preferably disposed at right angles to that section of said web portion projecting beyond said tubular member, as indicated in Fig. 2 of the drawings. It will be noted that the upper edge of said upstanding portion 14:

contacts the inner peripheral surface of said tubular member and that the lower section of said upstanding portion 14 is tightly clamped within said slit 13. As indicated in the drawings, said upstanding portion coincides with the vertical axis of said tubular member and hence its reinforcing effect precludes the danger of collapsing of said tubular member when an abnormal weight rests thereon. Each of said tubular members 11 are coupled to the frame members 5 by means of springs 15, the outer ends of said tubular members 11 being flattened to present vertical portions 16 and 17, each being apertured, as indicated at 18 for the reception of springs 15.

As shown in the drawings, the exposed portion of said web portion 12 may be apertured, as indicated at 19, (see Fig. 1), into which are received links 20 having their other ends secured in apertures 21 of said strips 7 The ends of each of said web portions 12 are also apertured, as shown at 22, to receive one end 10 of springs 23 joined to said frame members 5.

Since each of the tubular members 11, of the bed-spring guards 10, are substantially circular in cross-section, and in view of its position at the outer longitudinal edges of 5 the spring, a smooth and unobstructed area is presented and over which the bedding may be moved or slid without injury thereto.

WVhile the provision of the upstanding portion 14 within the tubular members 11, materially reinforces the same, I may corrugate the exposed section of the web portion 12, as indicated at 24, (Figs. 1 and 2), in order that additional rigidity may be imparted to the structure as a whole. In Fig. 4 the exposed section of said web portion 12 is shown uncorrugated, but in all other respects it resembles the form shown in Fig. 2.

From the foregoing it is manifest I have developed a bed-spring structure embodying guard members adapted to support an abnormal load and which atthe same time is adapted to prevent injury'to bedding.

WVhile the present is a disclosure of the preferred embodiments of the invention, it 35 is to be understood that the same are not limited thereto, as various changes in the minor details of construction, proportion and ar rangement of parts may be resorted to with-' out departing from the spirit of the inven- 4! tion as defined in the appended claim.

1 I claim;- v

A side guard member for a bed spring comprising a tubular member split longitudinal- 1y at its base and an angle iron presenting 4- horizontal and vertical legs, said vertical leg being clamped within'the split of said tubular member and having its upper edge abutting the upper peripheral wall thereof, said horizontal leg being adapted for attachment to a bed spring. 7.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

MORRIS GOLDBERG.

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