US249454A - Bedstead - Google Patents

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E. M. BROWN.

BEDSTEAD. No. 249,454. Patented Nov; 15,1881.

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DW RD M. BROWN, F NASHUA, Assrenoa or onn-HALn TO BENJAMIN R. TI LTON,OF GHIOKASAW COUNTY, IOWA. I

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 249,454, dated November 15, 1881.

' Application filed October 4,1881. (No model.)

. To all whom 't't may concern:

Be it known that 1, EDWARD M. BROWN, a

' citizen of theUnited States of America, residing at Nashua, in the county of Chickasaw and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bedstead-Slat Rests and Locks; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure l is a plan of a fragment-bedstead embodying my improvements; Fig. 2, a section of a side rail of the same with myimprovements attached, and Fig. 3 a perspective of theunder side of' one end of a slat adapted to be used with my improved slatlock attached to the same.

The objects of my invention are to provide means for the attachment and support of the slats of bedsteads which shall be strong and simple, andwhich shallserve to retain the side rails in a straight line, thus preventing their spreading and allowing theslats to fall down,

and to provide such means as shall secure figuresnA represents the side rail of a bedstead, which is attached tothe head and foot board in any suitable well-known manner.

To the side rail I attach brackets B by means of a blind stud, b and screws 1) 11 passing into the side rail, the onefrom theinside and the other into the bottom of the rail, whereby the brackets are securely held and are not liable to be detached by downward or lateral strain or pressure. The brackets B, besides the extensions for the reception of the screws 1) b, are

also-provided with apertures b forthe reception, retention, and supportof the slat-supporting rodsO, which snuglyfit the apertures b and become, with the brackets,a permanent fixture to the side rails A.

The brackets B consist of a body portion,

which is provided with an openingthroughwhich slat-supporting rods may bepassed and supported at a short distance from andin a direction parallel with the side boards of the bedstead to which the brackets are attached.

The slat-rods Gare shown square; but they maybe round, if desired, the brackets and other castings being adapted for the operation and use of said rods.

Theslats D are mortised at their ends at d, in order that they may receive and extend about the upper portions of the brackets B and over the slat-rods C.

To the under side of each end of each slat I attach, in any convenient manner, (in thisinstance by screws d d,) what I term the slatlocks E. These are castings E, mortised as and for a like purpose as are the slats D, and are also providedwith dependent lugs e, mortised orslotted to receive, pass over, and rest upon the slat-rails (1, their mortises or slots being in this instance square, to fit the rail 0, which, if round, would require but aslight and evident change in the form of the slots 0 e of the slat-locks E.

The operation of my improvements is as follows: The head and foot boards of the bedstead being in position, the side rails are placed in position in the usual manner, and, as'hereinbefore stated, my slat-rails being a part of said side rails, they too are in position to re ceive the slats. Each slat is thenplaced in position. The depending socketed lugs attached at each end thereof embrace the slatrail, and the mortised ends of the slats and their attached castings embrace the upper portion of the brackets, and these conjointly serve to hold the bedstead firmly against spreading or lateral strain, while any diagonal strain to which the bedstead is subjected in the endeavor to push it on casters by force applied at only one corner thereof, as is very often done, is wholly resisted by these mortised connections of the parts.

I deem itproper to add that other slats may be placed between the brackets when itis evident that only the dependin g socketed lugs e 6 would be: necessary, and the end mortise of the slat-lock and-slat may be dispensed with.

It will be readily observed that each slat is easily removable upward when it is desired to take the bedstead apart.

Having described my invention and its operation, whatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A bracket for side rails and slat-rods of bedsteads consisting of the body portion B, provided with extensions for the reception of screws b b, and an aperture, W, for the reception of said slat-rails, said bracket also having a blind stud,b substantially asshown and described.

2. A slat-lock for bedstead-slats, consisting of the plate E, provided with the depending slotted lugs e e and an extension for the reception of screws (1 d", substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination of the side rails,-A, slatrods-G, and brackets B, having integral blind stud b and a bottom projection or extension adapted for the reception of screw 1), substantially as shown and described.

4. The combination of the side rails, A,

brackets B, slat-rods O, and slats D, provided with slots 01, and the slat-locks E, provided with dependent lugs e e, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my sig- 4o nature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD M. BROWN..

Witnesses:

NATHANIEL MITCHELL, DAVID R. BRADFORD.

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