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S. A, SGOFIELD. PILLOW SHAM HOLDER.

Patented'Feb. 1, 1887.

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UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SILAS A. SOOFIELD, OF MORENOI, MICHIGAN.

PlLLOW-SH AM HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 357,043, dated February 1, 1887.

Application filed March 30, 1886 Serial No. 197,108. (No model.)-

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SILAS A. SCOFIELD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Morenei, in the county of Lenawee and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pillow-Sham Holders; and I do declare the following to be a full, 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 the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to that class of pillowsham holdersin which the sham is folded in elevating it-from over the pillow. Heretofore it has been common to construct the frame supporting the shams of wire or open work. They are objectionable, as the shams are liable to become displaced in dropping through such frames.

The object of my invention is to overcome this difliculty. I attach to suitable rook-shafts two solid concavo-convex sham supports or wings, which are adapted to slide one over the other, so as to lengthen or shorten the support to correspond with the varying widths of bedsteads to.which it may be attached. The wings supporting the shams are made solid and curved outward, tov give a swell or rounded appearance to a pillow-sham when spread over them; and my invention consists in the general arrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a front elevation of my invention as attached to the head of a bedstead. Fig.2 is an end elevation. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are enlarged details, all of which'will be hereinafter fully set forth.

O 0 represent the supporting-plates. Said plates are raised at the center and provided with a flat surface, as shown at r of Fig. 3. s is a spring, formed from the same plate by bending over at 12, (see Figs. 2 and 3,) and isdepressed at 0, thus forming a pocket for the reception of the square end e of the bar D.

The plates and springs are secured to the bedsteads by means of screws a a, and the presstire of the springs s s on the ends 6 of the rockshafts D is regulated by the screws c a. The rock-shafts D D are formed of sheet-metal, their free ends are folded over, forming a square bearing, as shown at e.

P P represent the sliding wings, which are concavo-convex in cross-section, and are made to slide one over the other to lengthen or shorten them, for the purpose hereinbefore stated. These wings may be made of paper pressed into the desired form, or I design using two thin sheets of wood or veneer, being first bent into shape and firmly glued. Over the upper edge of each wing I fold the metal bars D, being pressed firmly to secure the wings to the metal bars. The wings are made to lap one over the other at the center, as shown in Figs. 1 and 5, and to secure them together I form along the outer face of each bar D a bead or swell, a, as shown in Figs. 1, 4, and 5. The metal at the inner end of each bar is cut transversely, as shown at m of Fig. 4. The cut portion of each bar is folded over the opposite bar atl, the folding edge being crimped over the head a ofthe opposite bar, as shown at Z of Fig. 4, thuslocking the wings and bars together, but allowing them to slide one on the other when extending the wings, as shown in Fig. 5, or closing them up to the dotted posit-ion shown in said view.

The operations are as follows: The plates '0 C being attached to the bedstead, as shown in Fig. 1, the wings P P are extended sufficiently to bring the free ends 6 of the bars D opposite the plates 0 C, when the square ends of said'bars are pressed down back of the springs 's 8 into the pockets 0 c, and by the pressure of the springs the wings P P are firmly held when turned out to a horizontal position, as shown in Fig. 2, or to the dotted positions shown in said figure. When the wings are placed in the horizontal position shown in Fig. 2, they form a support over which a mosquito-net may be placed at night to exclude the insects from the person, and when the wings are elevated the mosquito-net or the shams are elevated from the bed.

The wings, being formed of solid material, present asmooth even surface, and their outer faces may be painted or covered with some bright color which will show through lace shams, giving them a rich and handsome appearance.

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5 of the solid concavo-convex wings mounted In testimony whereof Iaflix my signature in 15 independently on extensible shafts and mechpresence of two witnesses.

anism, substantially as set forth,.for attaching SILAS A. SCOFIELD. said shafts to the bedstead. \Vitnesses:

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10 of the extensible shafts, their free ends being B. F. XVHEELER.

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