US479471A - Wardrobe-bed - Google Patents

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WARDROBE BED.

No. 479,471. Patented July 26, 1892.

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ISRAEL C. SMITH AND EDWARD E. HERRINTON, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

WARDROBE-BED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 479,471, dated July 26, 1892. Application filed May 20,1891. Serial No. 393,457. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.;

Be it known that we, ISRAEL C. SMITH and EDWARD E. ]-1ERRINToN,citizens of the United States, residingat Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Beds; and we 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.

Our invention relates to improvements in folding beds; and its object is to provide such a bed with certain new and useful features, more fully described in what follows, and particularly pointed out. in the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of a device embodying our invention as it appears when open and having portions broken away to better show the construction. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on the line :z: x of Fig. l; and Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line y y of Fig. 2, showing the position of the various parts when closed.

Like letters refer to like parts in all the ligures.

A is the stationary case, which may contain a series of drawers or be otherwise utilized as a receptacle, and is provided with an upwardly-extended back portion A', which may contain a mirror.

On the back of the dresser are studs J ,which are adapted to traverse grooves K K in the back of the vertically-movable case B, which studs have heads engaging theinner surface of platesL L at each side of said grooves and partially overlapping the same. The upper plates L are shorter than the corresponding groove to permit the disengagement of the stud at K. The lower grooves K extend to the bottom of the case B,and the heads of the lower studs are removed at the lower ends of said grooves.

C is the folding section, which is pivoted at F in an upwardly-open bearing in the upper edge of the outer sides of the vertical angleplates E. The forward sides of said angleplates serve to stop the folding section C as it reaches the vertical position. Said angleplates are mounted upon the outer ends of horizontally-movable slides D, which bring the vpivots F directly above the casters which carry the outer ends of said slides, which are connected by a bar D at their outer ends and are adapted to slide in ways O in the bottom of the case A. Said slides D also form asupport for and carry the case B when the bed is closed. Said folding section is provided with other pivots F at each side near its inner end,which engage down wardly-Open bearings M on the case B. Near the outer end of said folding section are hinged suitable legs H. These are automatically opened and closed by means of the longitudinally-movable rod G, having rods I I pivoted thereto, one of which ispivoted to the leg H and the other to the angle-plate E.

A pin N is provided,adapted to be inserted in a suitable hole in the case A, as indicated by dotted lines, and sustain the case B in an elevated position when occasion arises to detach the folding section C.

By inspection of the drawings the operation of our device will be readily understood.

The case B, being free to slide vertically, being pivoted upon the inner end'of and sustained by the folding section C, serves to balance the same. We are thus able to dispense with other weights or springs for that purpose. As the bed opens the slides D are drawn out freely and with but little friction in the ways, as the load is supported directly above the casters beneath the outer ends of said slides. By inserting the pin N and disconnecting the rod Ifrom the plate E the pivots F and F can be readily removed from their respective bearings andthe folding section C detached. The slides D can then be withdrawn and finally the case B moved upward and disconnected from A, when the structure will be in detached parts, light, and easily handled. By the reverse process they can as readily be replaced in position for use, no tools being required in either operation.

What we claim isl. The combination of a dressing-case having horizontal Ways near the bottom, horizontally-movable slides engaging said ways, casters beneath the outer ends of said slides, a folding section pivoted upon said slides sub- IOO stantially above said casters, and a verticallymovable case detacliably secured to the back of said dresser, said case pivoted to said folding section and resting upon said slides when the bed is closed, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a stationary case, a vertically-movable case detachably connected thereto, a folding section pivoted by vertically-open bearings to said movable case, horizontally-movable slides pivoted to said folding section and supporting said movable case when the bed is closed, and a stop-pin to limit the movement of said case, substantially as described.

3. The combination of a vertically-movable case, a folding section pivoted to the same and balanced thereby, horizontallynnovable slides beneath and supporting said verticallymovable case when the bed is closed, outer supporting-legs pvoted to said folding section, ahorizontally-rnovable rod on said fold ing section, and connecting rods pivoted to said movable rod and to the said legs and slides, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof We ax our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

ISRAEL C. SMITH. EDWARD E. I'IERRINTON.

lVitnesses:

MINNIE BLODGETT, J AMES ROBERTSON.

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