US317709A

US317709A - Bedstead

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Publication number: US317709A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1885-05-12
Anticipated expiration: 1902-05-12

Description

E. W. BLAKE.

BEDSTEAD. 110. 317,709. Patented May, 12, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD W. BLAKE, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT.

BEDSTEAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 317,709, dated May 12, 1885.

Application led July 16, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom, t may concern.:

Be it known that I, EDWARD W. BLAKE, of Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Bedsteads; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in

Figure 1, a perspective view of the bedstead, showing the foot-board or foot portion of the bedstead turned down into the extreme open position 5 Fig. 2, a perspective View showing the foot or folding portion of the bedstead turned upward and constructed with the frame to form the crib; Fig. 3, a perspective view showing the folding portion turned into a horizontal position to form an extension of the principal bedstead.

This invention relates to au improvement in that class of bedsteads in which the frame at the foot extends up above the sides to form what is commonly called the foot-board]7 the object of the invention being to construct this portion of the bedstead so as to be turned down to facilitate the making of the bed, and thereby attain other advantages; and the invention consists in the construction as hereinafter described, and more particularly recited in the claims.

In illustrating my invention I show a bedstead of common and well-known construction, and which in this case consists of four posts, with thel usual side and end picccs connecting them 5 but at the foot, instead of making the posts whole from top to bottom, they are cut oft' near the upper edge of the side and foot bars, the upper parts, a a, hinged to the lower parts of the post, as seen in Fig. 2. The parts a a are connected by any suitable frame-work, panel, or other device to form whatis commonly called a foot-board. By thus dividing the posts and hinging the upper parts to the lower parts, the upper parts, with the foot-board, may be turned outward and downward against the lower parts of the posts, as seen in Fig. l, thereby removing all obA struction to the making of the bed, so that the maker can readily approach the foot and reach every part to properly arrange the bed-clothing, and when this is done the folding portion may be raised and secured in its raised position by hooks, as seen in Fig. 2, or otherwise.

It frequently occurs that an extension of the bedstead is desirable at the foot. To this end the folding portion may be turned into a -horizontal position, as indicated in Fig. 3, and

theresupported by a standard or otherwise, so that the bedding may extend over the natural foot of the bed onto the turned-down portion. The extension thus made may be used as a childs crib by constructing it with a framelwork, c, surrounding its three sides, as seen in Fig. 3, and so that when the folded part is turned over onto the bedstead the framework will simply surround the foot portion of the bed, but without interference therewith, and so that when turned down as seen in Fig. 3 the framework forms one side and two ends of the crib, while the bed itself forms the opposite side, thus making a convenient childs bed in close connection with the larger bed. In many cases the crib-extension turned over the bed, as seen in Fig. 2, serves as a convenient receptacle for various articles, as in the oase of sickness7 or for surplus bed-clothing and other purposes.

It will be understood that the style of the bedstead or hinged portion of the frame-work is immaterial to the invention, as that may be adapted to many styles of bedstead.

I claim- 1. A bedstead having the foot-board hinged to the posts, and so that it may be turned down away from the bedstead, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. A bedstead having the foot-board portion hinged to the posts at the foot and adapted to be turned away from the bed or turned up to the bed, said foot-board constructed with a surrounding frame, substantially as described, and whereby said hinged portion when turned into a horizontal plane may form a crib-like extension to the bedstead.

EDWARD w. BLAKE.

Witnesses:

FRANK SGHMELZER, CHAs. F. HoLcoKB.