US225393A - kendeick - Google Patents

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:"UNI'T'ED STATES PATE T "OFFICE.

ANDREW w. KENDRIOK AND CHARLES "1. KENDRIOK, OF BROOKLYN, N. Y.

,To all whom it may concern:

FOLDINIG CABlNET-BEDSTEZAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 225,393, dated March 9, I880.

' Application filed February 4, 1880.

Be itknown that we, ANDREW W. KEN Derek and CHARLES T. KENDRIOK, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Cabinet- Bedsteads; and we dohereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,'and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specificatiomand in which- Figure l is a perspective view of our improvedbed. Fig. 2 is a sideview of the bed when open. Fig. 3is a vertical section of the bed when closed. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal vertical section of the bed when partially opened. Fig. 5 is an enlarged detached view of the head-board andits connection to one of the folding sections of thebed. Fig. 6 represents a sectional plan view of a modification to be used in place of the movable sections of the base for giving the requisite play to the cross-bars in openingandclosing the sections of the bed.

Our invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in the class of bedsteads which are adapted to be folded up when not in use, so as to resemble a sideboard, bureau, or other similar article of furniture; and the invention consists in a novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts for connecting, operating, and supporting the several parts forming the bed, all as will be hereinafter fullydeseribed, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

To enable others skilled in the art to which our invention is most nearly connected to make and use the same, we will now proceed to describe its construction and operation.

In the drawings, A represents the base of our improved bed, which, in the present instance, is composed of the movable sections a a, one of which is provided with guidegrooves a in the side rails thereof, in which work the guides a of the side rails of the other section in opening or-closing the bed.

B and 0 represent thetwo half-sections or outer cornersto the front and rear cross-rails of the base attheir upper corners, as clearly showninFig. 4. The sides B O of the sectionsB 0 project at their lower ends beyond the front and rear portions, thereof,so that they form the side rails of the bed when open,

and a finish for the sides of the sideboard, cabinet, or other case when the sections B O are closed.

D represents the movable central drop or bottom, suspended near its four corners from 1 the lower ends of the side rails; B G, by pivotedlinks d.

c 0 represent pivoted cross-bars connecting the side railsof the movable sections a a of the base with the lower and outer ends of the side rails, B G, and b b represent pivoted crossbars connecting the lower and inner ends of the side rails with the pivoted cross-bars 0 a, the functions of said pivoted cross-bars being to control the movements of the pivoted or hinged sections B O and the movable sectional base, and also the movable drop or bottom, in opening and closing the bed.

E E represent side panels connected tothe central cross-rail, D, of the drop orbottom D by the inetallicstraps c c, and said panels are provided at the top with hinged panels F F. When the bed is opened and said panels FF are turned down, as shown in Fig. 2, theirfree ends rest ontheside rails of 'the base, and thus form 1 vertical supports for the movable drop or bottom.

By cutting awaythe side rails, BO, openings are formed in the sides of the case, when the sections B O are closed,for properly ven- "tilating the bed, and said openings are closed when desired to form acomplete finish tothe bed when closed by the hinged supportingpanels F F, when turned up as shownin Fig. 3. These hinged panels, when made of sufficient length to turn down and form vertical supports-for the central drop or bottom, when turned down toventilate the bed, when closed, are so long as to project out in the room away from the bed, forming obstructions; and to obviate this defect the panels are provided with one or more hinged doors, e, as shown in Fig. l, and when open form ventilatingapertures for the bed without the necessity of turning down said panels.

In using the pivoted cross-bars c c for connecting the side rails, B O, with the base, and to permit of said bars acting as supports at all times for said sections B C, it is necessary to make the base in movable sections, as before described, in order to give the necessary play to the cross-bars in opening or closing the sections of the bed, and. when desired, the front and rear cross-rails of the base, to which the sections B 0 are hinged, may be connected by dowel-pins to the side rails of the base, whereby they are adapted to turn sufficiently to form inclined braces, as shown in Fig. 2, for giving additional support to the sections B 0 when opened to form a bed.

The head-board G is provided with legs g 9, having curved slots 9, in which the bent ends of the metallic brackets it work, said brackets being secured to the rear side of the section B, near the top thereof. This construction forms hinges for the head-board to turn upon in opening or closing the sections, and which, upon being removed when the head-board is not desired, leaves the top surface of the case in a perfect finish, thus obviating any defacing of the top surface thereof, as now is the case where the head-board is connected to the top of the section by hinges let into the top surface thereof.

The head-board G is automatically operated by links H H, connecting the legs of the headboard with the vertically-movable drop or bottom D, so that in opening or closing the sections the head-board is turned so that the legs thereof form vertical supports for the bed when opened, and which, when the bed is closed, are drawn close against the rear side of the section B, out of sight.

I I represent the hinged legs connected to the, front of section 0, forming vertical supports for the foot of the bed when opened and trimmings for the front of the bed whenclosed. These legs in a full-sized bed will drop down in proper position by their own gravity when opening the sections. The hinged legs, however, maybe connected to the vertically-movable drop or bottom by similar links H H, so as to be automatically opened or closed, similar to the legs of the head-board G.

As the ends of the side rails, B 0', have to turn toward each other in opening or closing the sections, they should be rounded off on their upper sides, as shown in Fig. 4, so as not to interfere with the raising and lowering of the side panels, E E, of the movable drop or bottom D.

The front exterior of the section C may be finished to represent or imitate any desired piece of furniture, and the edges of the meeting sections or different parts composing the sides of the bed when closed or opened may be furnished with moldings to give the outside a neat and attractive appearance.

Instead of making the base of the bed in movable sections, in order to give the requisite play to the pivoted braces c c in opening and closing the sections of the bed, said braces may be provided at their lower ends with headed bolts adapted to work in horizontal grooves on the inner sides of the side rails of the base, of

sufficient length to give the braces the requisite play in opening or closing the sections of the bed, as shown in Fig. 6 and dotted lines, Fig. 2.

The operation of opening thebed is as follows: Take hold of and press forward and downward on the front section, 0, which, through the medium of the pivoted bars, simultaneously opens the other section, B, both of said sections, in their downward movement, raising the central drop or bottom on the same horizontal plane therewith when fully opened. During the above described operation the head-board G automatically changes its position (to form a head-board as well as supporting-legs for the front or head of the bed when opened) through the medium of the movement of the central drop or bottom, while the front legs drop by their own gravity, when the hinged panels F F being turned down to form vertical supports for the central drop or bottom completes the operation. In closing the bed, turn the hinged panels up into avertical position and then take hold of and press upward and backward on one of the sections, when the several parts will automatically assume their original position.

When the folding sections are being opened or closed the pivoted cross-bars 0 0 push the two sections of the base away from each other until they reach a certain point, when they are drawn toward each other until they meet, all as clearly shown in Fig. 4.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a folding cabinet-bed, the combination, with the movable sectional base and sections B O, hinged thereto, of the pivoted cross-bars c 0, connecting said sections and base, substantially as and for the purpose herein shown and described.

2. In a folding cabinet-bed, the combination, with the movable sectional base A and hinged sections B O, of the pivoted cross-bars b b and c 0, connected together and to the base and hinged sections, substantially'in the manner as and for the purpose herein shown and described.

3. In a folding cabinet-bed, the combination, with the hinged sections B O and pivoted head-board G, of the vertically-movable drop or bottom D and pivoted links H H, whereby said head-board is adapted to automatically change its position in opening or closing the bed, substantially in the manner as and for the purpose herein shown and described.

4. In a folding cabinet-bed, the combination of the head-board Gr, having legs g, pro- IIO vidcd with curved slots 9, and the hinged section B, provided with the stationary brackets h, working in the slots of the legs g, subable sectional base A a 0/, having the pivoted front and rear cross-rails, forming inclined supports for said sections when opened, substantially in the manner herein shown and described.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

ANDREW W. KENDRIOK. CHARLES T. KENDRIGK.

Witnesses: DEWI'IT G. ALLEN N. L. ALLEN, RUssELL A. GREEN, GEo. W. GREEN.

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