US194177A - Improvement in folding bedsteads - Google Patents

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W. W.ROGERS. FOLDING-BEDSTEADS.

No. 194,4177. Patented Aug.14,1877.

Ilia o UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM W. ROGERS, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN FOLDING BEDSTEADS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. [94.177, dated August 14, 1877; application led May 21,1877.

To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM W. ROGERS, oflndianapolis, county of Marion, and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Folding Bedsteads, of which the following is a specication Figure l is a side elevation, in section, on line a' rv, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a plan view. Fig. 3 represents the bedstead folded.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts.

The object ot' my invention is to provide a bedstead that may be easily and quickly folded together, so that it will occupy but little space, and that may be as readily unfolded and put into condition'for use.

In the drawings, A A are the corner legs ot' the bedstead, and A1 A1 are legs placed at the center of the sides and ends. To the legs A bars A2 are jointed, and to the legs A1 bars A3 are jointed. These bars A2 A3 are jointed at their lower and inner ends to a spider, B, and above the center of this spider an internallythreaded sleeve, (l, is supported by braces a, that are attached to both it and the spider B. Braces D,having the bent forked ends b, are pivoted to the bars A2 at the extremity of their forked ends. These braces are also jointed to a spider, B', which is placed centrally over the sleeve C. Braces D are also jointed to the spider B', and are provided at their outer ends with the forks c, which embrace the bars A3, andare slotted to receive the pins d, that pass through the saidvbars. A screw, E, passes through the spider B into the sleeve C, and is capable of drawing the spiders B B together when screwed into the said sleeve.

To each ot' the corner posts A a rod,` c, is jointed, which is provided with a hooked end, that engages one of the loops f on one ofthe posts Al at the side ot' the bed, and rods g are jointed to the posts A1 at the ends of the bedstead, and are provided with hooked ends, that engage loops IL at the side of the posts A. At the head and foot of the bedstead bows F are supported by sockets 'i on the posts A. These bows are covered with canvas to form head and foot boards of the bedstead.

A bed-bottom, G, consisting of a netting of cords having a rope border, j, is provided with a number ot' hooks, k, having oblong loops l, which are secured to the bottom Gby a strap, m, of webbing, which passes around the rope border j of the bottom, and through the oblong loops l of hooks k, and one or both of its ends are fastened by buckles. The oblong loops Zot' the hooks are divided centrally by a bar. n, that prevents the strap from sliding in the loop.

In the present case the main portions of the bedstead are of wood, having metallic joints; but I do not confine myself to this particular mode of construction.

The manner of folding the' bedstead is as follows: The screw E is loosened, and the bottom Gfis removed, when the hooks c g are taken from their loops, and the screw E removed from the sleeve C, when the spider Bl is raised up, drawing the braces D Dl with it.

The legs and other parts may now be folded The combination of the legs A A1, bars A2- A3, braces D D', spider B, sleeve G, spider B and screw E, and the rods e g, in combination,

substantially as shown and described.

W. W. ROGERS.

Witnesses: e

BYRON DAWSON, S. B. REMLEY.

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