US279426A

US279426A - Cabinet bedstead

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Publication number: US279426A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1883-06-12
Anticipated expiration: 1900-06-12

Description

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. F. G. PAYNE.

OABINET BBDSTEAD.

No. 279,426. Patented June 12,1883.

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2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

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F. G. PAYNE.

CABINET BEDSTEAD.

Patented June 12,1883.

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FREDERICK o. PAYNE, on NEW YORK, Y.

CABlNET-BE-DST EA D.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 279,426, dated June 12, 1883,

' Application filed January 11, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK C. PAYNE, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cabinet-Bedsteads, of .which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a folding bedstead which, when folded, has the appearance of a cabinet. The novel and peculiar construction which forms the subject-matter of my invention is pointed out and explained in the following specification.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a longitudinal Vertical section in the plane a a, Fig. 2, when the bedstead is un folded. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section in the plane y Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical section when the bedstead is folded up. Fig. 4 is a similar section'on a larger scale than the pre vious figures.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

In these drawings, the letter A designates the back of a cabinet. 13 is the top; 0, the base, and D the stationary front. This stationary front forms the support for the movable front or bed-bottom E, the two being c011 nected together by hinge-joints a, so that the movable front or bed-bottom can be turned down to the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2, or that the same can be turned up to the position shown in 3. Vhen the bedbottom is turned up the hinge-joints a are concealed by a hinged flap, b,and the grating which forms the bed-bottom proper is concealed by a suitable drapery, 0, formed of silk or other textile material. To the outer or open end of the bed-bottom E are connected the legs F by hingejoints (l, and when the bed-bottom is turned down said legs drop into the position shown in Fig. 1., a stop, 6, serving to retain them in the required position; but when the bed-bottom is turned up to the position shown in Fig. 3 the legs F turn down automatically,

so as to bear against the drapery c and to form ornaments for the cabinet. At the same time the stop e assumes the position shown in Fig.

3, thereby imparting to the cabinet a finished appearance.

By referring to Figs. 1 and 2 it will be seen I D, the bedbottom E, hinged thereto, and com 100 that the bedbottom E extends beyond the 111- ner surface of the stationary front D, and to the inner ends of the intermediate slats, f f, of said bottom is firmly secured a bal an ce-weight, G, while to the inner ends of the outside slats, g g, is connected the head-frame H by hingejoints h, and to this headframe is connected the headboard I by hinge-joints i.

Vhen the bed is folded up to the position shown in Fig. 3 the headboard rests against the back A of the cabinet, and between said head-board and the bed-bottom E sufficient room is left for the mattress, the sheets, the blankets, and the pillows, the head-frame H serving to support the bedding and to prevent the same from sliding of from the bed-bottom.

Vhen the bed-bottom is being turned down to the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the weight of the outer end of said bottom is balanced by the weight G, together with the weight of the head-frame H and the headboard I; and in order to facilitate the motion of the head-frame said frame is furnished with rollers j j, which ride up on inclines 7.175, formed on the base of the cabinet. As the downward motion of the outer end of the bed-bottom continues the head-frame assumes an upward]y-inclined position, (see Fig. 1,) in which it isretained by the contact of its inner ends with the inner ends of the slats g 9, while the head-board I slides up on the back A of the cabinet and catches behind stops 1, fastened to the sides of said cabinet, so that it is prevented from drop ping forward. By the time the bedebottom' has reached the position, shown in Fig. 1 the ,mattress and the pillow reach the position inposed of outside slats, g g, and intermediate slats, f f, with aweight, G, carried by and moving with the inner ends of the intermediate slats, the head-frame H, hinged to the outside 5 slats, and the head-board I, hinged to the head frame, substantially as described.

3. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore described, of the stationary front D, the bed-bottom E, connected to said station- 10 ary front by hinge-joints, the balance-Weight G, the head-frame H, hinged to the inner end of the bed-bottom and carrying a hinged headboard, the rollers j j on said head-frame, and the inclines k k on the base 0.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set I 5 my hand and seal in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

FREDERICK o. PAYNE. n 5.

\Vitnesses XV. HAUFF, CHAS. WAHLEns.