US484722A - Folding bed - Google Patents

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v(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. J. PENNEY.

FOLDING BED.

No. 484,722. Patented Oot. 18, 1892.

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UNTTEDy STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH PENNEY, 0F GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

FOLDING BED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 484,722, dated October 18, 1892.

Application filed February 25, 1892. Serial No. 422,765. (N0 model.)

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in folding beds; and it consists in a folding bed in which the case covers and incloses from sight the bed-body when folded and which opens so that when the bed-body is let down or unfolded the bed may be thoroughly aired from beneath.

It also consists in combining a head-piece and body-piece of the bed-body hinged together, so that they may be folded when the bed-body is closed and opened and extended by means of suitable ways as the bed-body is lowered, substantially as hereinafter more fully described.

It also consists in moving the bed-body in ways, said ways placed at an angle to each other, for the purpose hereinafter described; also, in the construction and operation, hereinafter more fully described.

The objects of the invention are, first, to construct a folding bed which will have the advantage of thorough ventilation when open and of inclosing and concealing the bed-body when closed; second, in the construction of a bed which may be operated without weights or springs; third, in the combination of abedbody in two sections, the upper section adapted to fold upward within the upright case as the lower portion slides toward the case, the whole adapted to move downward as the longer portion folds into the upright case; fourth, in the combination of alight and movable concealing front with folding supporting-frames acting together to secure at one operation the stripping oi of such concealing front to entirely eXposethe bed-bottom, which is an independent part, to air and brush, and to provide supports (ways) upon which the bedbody may be at will extended partially or wholly -to its horizontal position for use without disturbing its folded upright position; fifth, in the details of construction hereinafter fully described. These objectslaccomplish by means of the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of the bed unfolded with a portion of the upright oase cut away in order to show the internal arrangement for guiding the bed-body when raised and lowered. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view on line 2 2 of Fig. l.' Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a bed with the bed-body partially folded, with parts of the upright case cutaway to show the position of the head-piece of the bed-body, and the foot-piece of the bed-body when it is folded to an angle of about fortyiive degrees with the base; and Fig. 4 shows a side elevation of the folded bed with the side of the case removed, showing the position of the bed-body when folded Within the case.

Similarletters referto silnilarparts throughout the several views.

A represents the upright case, which may be constructed in any suitable form, but which in the example of my invention shown in the drawings presents the outer appearance of a desk.

B represents the lower or main part of the bed-body, and the same is provided with a roller attached thereto, one on either side, traveling in guides; also, a roller in the end adapted to travel in guides or ways, as hereinafter more fully described.

B represents the head part of the bed-body, which is hinged to the main part B bya pivot or hinge B. The object of constructing the bed-body in two parts is to enable the user to fold the same Within a comparatively-small space.

D represents aroller connected to the headpiece B and adapted to travel in the vertical slot formed by the sides C (l.

D is a roller attached to the upper or head end of the lower part of the body or bed-body proper and adapted to travel in the oblique way or groove formed between the sides C C', and D represents aroller on the bed-body adapted to move in the way formed between E and E', E and E forming a frame with a way or groove in it for the roller. It will be understood that these rollers are each duplicated, there being one on either side of the bed-body in each of the places mentioned.

The frame, composed of Eand E', is hinged to the main upright frame by the pivot G, which pivot G is preferably made integral IOO with the plate F on the frameE E', the pivot G forming the fulcrum or turning point of the frame E E. The frame E E', turning upon the pivots G, is adapted to fold into the case when the bed is folded, as shown in Fig. 4, and is adapted to be let down, so as to form a support for the bed-body when said bed-body is unfolded, as shown in Fig. 1.

H is`a panel hinged to the case atiL and also hinged to the support I at L. The support or brace I is hinged to the frame E E all) IJ. y

H' is a panel attached to I. The panel H, however, may be made in the form of the brace I. When the frame E E is folded up into the case, the panels H and H cover all that portion of the bed-body which is not covered by the panel H. The panel H is attached to legs J, which legs .I fold down into the position shown in Figs. 3 and 4 as the bed-section B is folded up. The panel H, however, may be made separate from the legs J and may be attached solidly to the bottom of the end of the bed-section B, so as to occupy the position shown in Fig. 3, in which case the panel H would not swing with the legs, but would remain stationary.

The object of connecting the panel H to brace I or to panel H', used as a brace, in the manner described, is to cover and conceal the lower part of the bed-body when the bedbody and the section B is folded, as shown in Fig. 4. They subserve the further purpose, also, of supporting the frame E E in place when the same is let down, forming a way and support for the bed-body.

The legs .I or the panel H, when attached as `above described, is hinged to the bed-body at K. M represents a cord, which is attached to the upper section of the bed-body and passes over a pulley, as N, and is preferably provided with a tassel. The object of this cord is to raise the upper end of the headpiece B in order to move the same upward in the groove formed by the side pieces C C, in order to more readily fold the bed-body within the case.

The operation of my invention is as follows: When the bed-body is down in i the position shown in Fig. 1, the head end of the headpiece B' is raised by means of the cord M to an angle with the body-section B suiiicient to enable a gentle inward push upon the body B to easily slide it up in the ways C C to a vertical position, when the rollerD at thehead end of the body B has by moving inward reached the upper or open end of the ways C C'. The foot endBis then raised, turning ou the roller D as a fulcrum. This fulcrum being placed at aconsiderable distance from the upper end of the head-piece B' and the head-piece B being pivoted to the extreme upper end of the bed-bodyB the body-section B is nearly balanced. The roller D will descend in the groove between C and C', being hastened in its descent by the heft of the head-piece B', while the roller D will move into the upright case A. When the bed-sec tion B has reached about an angle of fortyfive degrees, as shown in Fig. 3, the roller D will be near the bottom of the oblique way, as shown in Fig. 3. By folding the bed-section B into the case the roller D reaches the position shown in Fig. 4 and the bed-body is folded into the case. The frame E E is now folded up, carrying the coveringpanels I-I and H and the folding ways E E to approximately vertical positions, moving respectively upon centers G and L" and united and co-operative through the hinge connections at L L and closing up the front of the case entirely, as shown in Fig. 4.` In un-` folding the bed the frame E E and its co-operative panels H and I-I are let down into the position shown' in Figs. l and 3, and thus prepared to receive and support the bed-section B, now to be moved down to ahorizontal position. As it is moved to its horizontal position the rollerD moves upward in the oblique way between C and C until the rollers D andD are in substantially the same horizontal plane, and the frame E E supports the bed-body. The bed-body is now drawn out in a horizontal direction, the rollers D and D moving in the grooves or ways in the frame E E', while the roller D moves downward until the body is fully extended, when the same assumes the position shown in Figs. l and 2.

The form of the case may be varied to suit the taste of the manufacturer or user, and the bed may be folded in any suitable manner, only the sections of the bed-body must be put together, so as to allow for the folding, as above described.

It will be observed that the bed-body is supported while folded up upon a block Xat the top of ways C', thus removingits weight from the folding frame E E', thus permitting them to fold up byrswinging upon the pivot G, which then is central with the supportingroller D and swings the ways E E around the then stationary roller D.

Immediately upon the unfolding of the supporting-frames and covering-panels to horizontal readiness to receive the bearingroller D and D the entire weight passes from the stationary block to the supportingframe until the body is extended to its full length, when the legs J may be let down so as to support the foot end of the bed-body.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim to have invented, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is,-

l. In a folding bed, the combination of an upright case, a bed-body provided with a fulcrum which travels in a folding frame, and a folding frame supporting two or more panels, said bed-body adapted to fold within the upright case and said frame adapted to fold IOO IOS

wit-hin the case, so as to cover or conceal the bed-body by means of the folding panels, substantially as described.

2. In a folding bed, the combination of an upright case, a bed-body having an uppe and a lower section hinged together, a frame pivoted to the upright case and provided with ways, one on either side, rollers attached to the outward section of the bed-body, adapted to move in these ways land serve to fulcrum the lower section of the bed-body, and a panel hinged to the upright case and to acsupport or panel, which support or panel is also hinged to the frame,said frame adapted to fold up into the case, so as to conceal the folded bed-body by means of the panels, substantially as described.

3. In a folding` bed, the combination of a bedbody, a folding frame provided with ways for supporting the fulcrum of the bed-body, and a frame consisting of two panels, one of said panels hinged to the upright case and the other of said panels hinged to the frame, and

said panels hinged together and adapted to support the frame bearing the ways and to be folded up in front of the upright case as the frame is folded, substantially as described.

4. In a folding bed, the combination of the upright case provided with oblique and perpendicular Ways, a frame hinged to the upright case provided with Ways, panels hinged to this folding frame, a bed-body having its upper sectionA provided with a roller adapted to move in perpendicular ways'in the upright case, and a lower section provided with a roller adapted to move horizontally in ways in the folding frame, and also with a roller adapted to move in the oblique Ways in the upright case, said bed-body composed of two sections adapted to fold within the case and to unfold and extend, substantially as described.

5. In a folding bed, the combination of an upright case, a folding frame bearing ways for the fulcrums of the folding bed, and panels hinged to said frame, to each other, and to the upright case, adapted to form a support for the frame when lowered and as a cover for the bottom of the bed-body when folded, substantially as described.

6. In a folding bed, the combination of an upright case, a bed-body provided with a fulcrum which travels in a folding frame, and a folding frame supporting the fulcrum of the bed-body and the bed when unfolded and adapted to fold into the upright case, substantially as described.

7. In a folding bed, the combination, with an upright case, of a folding supporting-frame pivoted to the case and having guideways and a folding bed portion having supporting guide-rollers adapted to engage said guideways and some of which form the fulcrum of the bed portion, while the others are capable of traveling to and froacross the pivotal point of the bed portion in folding and unfolding the latter, substantially as described.

8. In a folding bed, the combination, with a stationary case having inclined guideways open at their upper ends, of a folding supporting-frame pivoted at one end to the case and having guideways which communicate with the open upper ends of the inclined guideways when said supporting-frame is unfolded, and a folding bed portion having guide rollers or bearings which form the fulcrum ofthe folding bed portion, and other rollers or bearings which travel across the pivotal point of the bed portion in folding and unfolding the same, substantially as described.

9. In a folding bed, the combination, with a stationary case, of a folding supportingframe pivoted to said case, a folding bed portion supported by the folding supportingframe and a jointed or hinged frame pivoted at one end to said supporting-frame and at the opposite end pivotally connected with the stationary case at a point below the pivotal point of the supporting-frame, said parts turning on their respective pivotal connections to fold up within and against the stationary case, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of two witmesses.

JOSEPH PENNEY. [L. 8.]

Witnesses:

EDWARD TAGGART, HARRY P. VAN WAGNER.

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