US441251A - Folding bed-lounge - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

F. E. MORRIS.

FOLDING BED LOUNGE.

N0.'441,251. Patented Nov. 25, 1890.

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FRANK E. MORRIS, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

FOLDING BED-LOUNGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 441,251, dated November 25, 1890.

Application filed March 14, 1890- Eerial No. 34:3,937l (N0 model.)

To 0022 whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK E. MORRIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Bed-Lounges; and I do hereby 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.

My invention relates to folding bed-lounges, and particularly to that class of folding bedlounges which consist of two parts hinged together in such manner that one part opens or unfolds for the purpose of forming the bed, the part which unfolds being provided with legs or supports, and the whole so constructed that an even surface is presented of sufficient size for an ordinary bed. I

The object of my invention is to provide the back of the lounge with a sufficient space to receive one half of the bed, which half is hinged to the frame-work and folding within the back, making an upholstered back for the lounge when not in use as a bed, the other half of the bed being adapted to fold into the receptacle in the frame of the lounge. This object I accomplish by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of my folding bed-lounge folded; Fig. 2, an end elevation of the same; Fig. 3, a transverse vertical section of the same open.

Like letters refer to like parts throughout the drawings.

A represents the frame-Work of the lounge proper or stationary section; B, the framework of the folding part, which is hinged to the stationary part by the hinges K, placed in that part of the structure forming the front legs when the bed is folded to form a lounge.

O is the mattress, having a tight board bottom O',provided with a frame-work having end pieces C", provided with slots M, and is hinged to the frame-work D of the back by means of slots M and pins N, secured to frame D. The upright frame-work D is open in front, and at the back is provided with a sack E, into which the mattress passes when folded up, the slot and pin allowing it to drop down, so as to pass freely into the same. The forward portion of C, which is its upper portion when vertical, is upholstered at F and forms the back of the lounge proper.

L is the bottom of the receptacle and supports the mattress O, which also has a covering J and springs O O.

The folding section B is simply a doublesided mattress having legs G, which, when the bed is folded, are in contact with frame D, as shown in Fig. 2, coverings H and I, and double-acting springs O O.

In folding the lounge, part 0 is first folded within the back, as already described. The part B is then folded over upon the part A, as shown in Fig. 2. The dotted lines I and L in the figure, showing the positions of these parts, indicate the space vacated by mattress O, which may now be utilized as a receptacle for the bedclothes.

I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States-* In a folding bed-lounge, the combination of the stationary section having an open back, a sack secured to said open back, a mattress 0, having a frame provided with slots, pins secured to the stationary receptacle and traveling in said slots, and a folding section hinged to said stationary section and comprising a frame and covered mattress carried thereby.

In testimony WhereofI affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' FRANK E MORRIS.

Witnesses:

DENNIS L. ROGERS, LUTHER V. MoULroN.

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