US332144A - Wardrobe or folding bedstead - Google Patents

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B. E. EVERITT. I WARDROBE OR FOLDING BEDSTEAD.

No. 332,144. Patented Dec. 8, 1885.

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WARDROBE OR FOLDING BEDSTEAD.

No. 332,144. Patented Dec. 8, 18-85.

1 I I H UNITED STATES,

PATENT OFFIcE.

ELISHA E. EVERITT, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

WARDROBE OR FOLDING BEDSTEAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 332,144, dated December 8, 1885.

Application filed March 14, 1885. Serial No. 158,834.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ELISHA E. EVERITT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in WVardrobe or Folding Bedsteads; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention has relation to folding or wardrobe bedsteads, and has for its object, first, the provision of a novel means of pivotally connecting the movable portion of the bed to the stationary portion thereof; secondly, the provision of a novel means of attaching the counterbalance-weights; thirdly, the provision of means for supporting a hinged pillow-board which supports the pillows.

Having the above objects in view, my invention consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and specifically claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an end elevation of the bedstead,

' looking at the back of the head-board. Fig.

2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the bedstead with the folding portion or front let down. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section of bed folded or elevated. Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional view of a portion of the bedstead, showing the manner in which the folding body is attached to the side-board. Figs. 5, 6, and 8 are details of the fulcrum upon which the movable portions turn, and Figs. 7 and 9 details showing the counterbalance-weights and the manner in which the same are secured in position.

A designates the head-board, which is of the usual construction. B B are upright boards attached to each edge of the head board A and projecting out some distance therefrom, so as to conceal the mattress, pillows, &c., in the bed when it is folded up,and form the sides of the apparent wardrobe.

0 G designate the side rails of the bed, and D the part which, when the bed is folded up, forms the front of the wardrobe-bedstead and on which the spring-bottom rests. The side rails, C 0, project some distance beyond the (No model.)

board 0, which connects said side rails, C 0,

so as to permit of the attachment of the frame upon which the counterbalance-weights are hung. This frame consists of two plates, F I

F, fastened upon the inner sides of the projecting ends of the side rails, O O, and sustaining two horizontal bars, G G. The weights consist each of a block of metal, G, having,

its edges curved to correspond with the shape of the plates F F, and each weight is formed r with two curved slots, H H, terminating insemicircular eyes h h, through which the bars G G pass when the weights are in position.

The weights are set upon the bars G G, as

shown in Fig. 9, and are not in any way displaced by the opening or closing of the bed,

but can be removed or replaced at pleasure. without dismantling the bed or disordering its contents.

I designates the pillow-board, which is suitable material, 1' i, to the bottom of the headboard and to a cross-piece, J, these strips serving to retain the hinged pillow-board I in position while the bed is being closed. A

pivoted stop or button, j, is attached to one or each of the side rails, C, so as to prevent the board I from accidentally falling forward upon the pillows when the bed is being lowcred.

K designates the foot-board, which is hinged tothe bottom of the bed at k. A stiff springwire, L, has a hook, Z, that engages with an eye or pin, Z,upon the foot-board K, and, passing through staples klc on the side rails, O C, is hooked over a pin, 79', on a plate, m, on the side of the fulcrum-plate M.

Referring to Figs. 2, 3, 4., and 8, it will be observed that the side rails, C O, are each formed with a large semicircular slot, N, and that the lower corners of the rails arecut away at 0, so as to allow the entrance of bearings which are attached to the upright boards B B, and form, in connection with the convex edges of the slot N, the movable fulcra upon which the movable portion of the bed turns. These bearings consist each of an arcshaped plate of metal, M, which has lateral" 1.0 B, and serve to prevent the rollers from binding. The plates M extend above the middle rollers, as shown at M, and these extended portions of the plates serve as guards to prevent too great a lateral movement of the side I rails upon the rollers. The rollers P P P are arranged in the arc of a circle concentric with the convex side of the slot N. The convex portion N of the slot N may be covered with ,-:-sheet metal, as shown in Fig. 4, to prevent it from wearing out.

I I represent strips secured to the inner sides of the upright boards BB, and forming guides for the hinged pillow-board 1, whose endS fit inside or back of the same. These strips prevent the pillow-board from falling forward when the body of the bed is lowered,

as shown in Fig. 2. When said body is raised, the pillow-board moves away from these strips.

When the body is being lowered, the buttons 9' keep the pillow-board from falling forward until said board comes in contact with theguide-strips I.

' Operation: The plates M and the rollersP P Q, P which are journaled therein,being secured in 3 5 position upon the upright boards B B,the bed body is set horizontally with the bottoms of theside rails, at O, resting upon the first or forward roller on each side. The body is now pushed toward the head-board until the roll- 46 ers have entered the slots N, as seen at Figs.

2;and- 4:, the supplemental pillow-board setting back against the head-board and the, rodsK being hooked over the pins 70 The rgweights are then placed'in position upon the 5 rods G G, and the buttons j, being turned-to occupy position shown in Fig. 2, the bed is ready to be folded up. Upon lifting the movable portion of the bed at the bottom or foot ,g;the rollers P P P follow the slot N until the 50 bed is folded up, the foot-board meanwhile being. swung down or around by the action of the rods K, so as to occupy a verticalposition,-the pillow-board I bearing-against the cystra'ps 11 i,which-prevent said board from falling out of place. The movement of the side rails, O 0, upon the rollers is easy and noiseless, and the plates M prevent lateral play of the side-rai1s,so that the legs on the foot-board -will always rest firmly and neatly upon the it when finished.

1 It-will be noted that in opening and closing v the bedstead or lowering and raising the'body, the fulcra upon which thebody turns change or move the bearing-surfaces of the side rails, which consist of the slots N N, moving over the stationary supporting-surface,which consists of the rollers P P P.

The plates m m may be secured by screws to the. fulcrum-plates M, or may be cast integral with the latter.

In some cases a rigid foot-board may be used, and in this case the spring-wires K, for movinga pivoted foot-board, may be dispensed 7 5 with.

In putting the bed together and taking it apart the button should be turned so as to allow the hinged pillow-board to be turned; down toward thefoot-board and allow itto pass below the guides I. In. actual'use the, button j should be adjusted to occupy the po.-,, sition shown in Fig. 2.

It will be noted that one end of each of the rods L connects with the stationary part 011185 the bedstead, their other ends connecting with the hinged foot-boards, and that said rods pass through staples in the side rails, the; latter being the medium through which the foot-1 board is caused to swing; or, in other words, 0 whilethe foot'board partakes of the longitudi-v nal movement of the side rails, the rods re-g main stationary asregards such longitudinal, movement. A o 1,1

What I claim as myinvention is as follows; 9

1. In a wardrobe or folding bcdstead, the combination,with the stationary side boards,.

B B, having anti-friction rollers journaledj thereon, of the side rails, G G, havingeacha curvedslot or way, N, said rollers forming 0116 fulcra for said side rails, and traversing, the curved ways therein as the latter arewr aised and lowered, substantially as shown and described. p

2. The combination, with the upright boards, 1o 5 B Band the side rails,O G,having curvedbearing-surfaces N N,,of the plates M, secured to, said upright boards, and the rollers P, all cone; structed and arranged substantiallyias de scribed. 1o

3- In a folding bedstead, the combination, with the side rails, C C, and the cross-bars-GG;

at the ends thereof, of the weights Gr;G, l 1a r ing the slots H H, whichreceivesaid'bars, sub stantially as described. 1 1

4., In combination with, the folding, side; rails and hinged pillow-board I, abutton, or, buttons, j, substantially as. and for the purpose set forth. Y's-f1.-

In testimony that I claim the foregoing L izo have hereunto set my hand this 28th, day of}; February, 1885.

I ELISHA E. EVEBIT I Witnesses:

ORMOND RAMBO,

, WILL. H. POWELL.

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