US580051A - Mosquito-net canopy - Google Patents

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(No Model.) 2 Sheets8heet'1. O. 0. LEE. MOSQUITO NET CANOPY.

No. 580,051. Patented Apr. 6,1897.

(No Model.) 2 SheetsSheet 2. V G. 0. LEE.

MOSQUITO NET CANOPY. No. 580,051. Patented Apr. 6, 1897.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES C. LEE, OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY.

MOSQUITO-NET CANOPY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 580,051, dated April 6, 1897.

Application filed May 23,1896. Serial No. 592,778. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES 0. LEE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Paducah,

in the countyof McCracken and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Mosquito-Net Canopy, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to folding frames which form a support for either netting to keep oif flies, mosquitoes, and other insects, or for canvas or like fabric to ward off the rays of the sun. Thus it will be seen that the invention can be used as an awning or canopy support. In the latter capacity the invention is designed to be applied to beds, couches, cots, &c.

The purpose of the invention is to provide a frame which will fold against the headboard of the bed, and which, when fitted to folding beds, will fold and unfold simultaneously with the closing and opening of the bed, and which can be changed to any angle desired.

Other objects and advantages are contemplated and will appear as the nature of the invention is understood; and to this end the improvement consists of certain novel features and details of construction which hereinafter will be more fully described, illustrated, and claimed.

The improvement is susceptible of various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof, and to a full disclosure of the invention an adaptation thereof is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a folding bed, showing the invention in operative relation. Fig. 2 is a rear view of the headboard and frame, showing the relative disposition of the parts when the canopy and bed are folded. Fig. 3 is a detail view showing the manner of changing the inclination of the canopy.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in the several views of the accompanying drawings by the same reference-characters.

The invention is shown applied to a folding bed of ordinary construction, the latter distance.

bed is closed.

comprising a frame or stand 1 and the bedstead 2, having a sliding head-board 3, which is directed in its vertical movements by suitable guides on the side pieces of the frame or stand 1. Strips 4 are secured to the frame or stand 1 and extend above the latter a short Brackets 5 are attached to the upper ends of the strips 4 and overhang the top piece of the frame or stand. A canopy 6 has pivotal connection with the front ends of the brackets 5 and is adapted to fold between the frame or stand 1 and the bedstead 2, so as to be concealed from view when the The canopy maybe of any desired outline and may be formed of wooden strips or stout wire.

Eyes are provided at the rear ends of the side members of the canopy and receive the upper ends of the connections '7, extending between the canopy and horizontal levers 8, which are pivoted a short distance from their inner ends to the top piece of the frame or stand 1. An operating-bar 9 is slidably mounted upon the frame or stand 1, and its upper end is adapted to engage with the inner ends of the horizontal levers 8, so as to elevate the said ends and correspondingly lower the outer ends of the levers 8, whereby the rear ends of the side bars of the canopy are depressed and the canopy brought into an approximately horizontal or operative position. An actuating-bar 10 is secured to the sliding head-board 3, and its upper end projects within the path of the lower end of the bar 9, so as to move the latter upward when the bed is unfolded.

The connections 7 are flexible and comprise two or more links and are adapted to be engaged by hooks 11, so as to secure the canopy in any required position, the hooks 11 being applied to the strips 1 or otherwise conveniently located to attain the desired end.

A wire 12 of proper length is doubled upon itself and twisted for a short distance, as

shown at 13, and its end portions are bent in the canopy when required. This cord or rope 15 extends down in the rear of the frame or stand 1, beneath the bedstead, and over the foot-board, so as to be easily grasped by the occupant of the bed for manipulating the canopy as desired. The canopyis secured at the required angular adjustment by taking Weight of its front portion and the attached netting. When the bed is lowered into an operative position, the actuating-bar 10 will move upward with the verticallysliding headboard 3, and, engaging with the operatingbar 9, will cause the latter to rise and lift the inner ends of the horizontal levers S, and through the connections 7 will bring the canopy into an approximately horizontal or operative position.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. In combination, a support, a canopy pivoted to the support a short distance from its rear end, oppositelyextending levers fulcrumed near their inner ends to the support, connections between the outer ends of the levers and the rear end of the canopy, and an operating-bar movably connected with the support and adapted to engage with the inner ends of the levers to bring the canopy into position for effective service, substantially as set forth.

2. In combination, a support, a canopy pivoted to the support, oppositely-extending levers fulcrumed near their inner ends to the support, connections between the outer ends of the levers and the canopy, an operatingbar slidably mounted upon the support and adapted to engage with the inner ends of the aforesaid levers, an actuating-bar, and amovable support bearing the actuating-bar and adapted to bring it into positive engagement with the operatingbar for bringing the canopy into working position, substantially as described.

3. In combination, a support, a canopy comprising side bars pivoted near their rear ends to the support, oppositely-extending levers fulcrumed near their inner ends to the support, link connections between the outer ends of the said levers and the rear extremities of the said side bars, hooks attached to the support and adapted to engage with the link connections, and an operating-bar for actuating the levers to throw the canopy into operative relation slidably mounted upon the support, substantially as set forth.

4. In combination, a canopy pivotally supported to the frame or stand of a folding bed, oppositely-disposed levers fulcrumed near their inner ends to the stand and operatively connected at their outer ends with the rear end of the canopy, an operating-bar adapted to engage with the inner ends of the aforesaid levers, an actuating-bar carried by the sliding head-board of the bed to throw the canopy into operative relation when lowering the bed into position, an operating part comprising a middle and end portions secured to the rear end of the canopy, and an operating cord or rope having connection with the operating part and extendin within convenient reach to be grasped by the occupant of the bed, substantially in the manner set forth for the purpose described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES 0. LEE. IVitnesses:

FRED ACKER, CHAS. E. GRAHAM.

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