US580278A

US580278A - hastings

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Publication number: US580278A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1897-04-06
Anticipated expiration: 1914-04-06

Description

(No Model.)

2 Sheetsf-SheetvL G. S. HASTINGS &; W. W. PLAGLER.

FOLDING BED.

Patented Apr ATTORNEYS.

(N0 Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

G. S. HASTINGS 8v W. W. FLAGLBR.

FOLDING BED.

Patented Apr. 6, 1897.

WIM/58858 UNITED STATES I PATENT OEEicE.

GEORGE S. HASTINGS, OF LONG ISLAND CITY, AND VILLIAM 1V. FLAGLER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FOLDING BED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 580,278, dated April 6, 1897'.

Application filed June 29, 1896.

To all whom it 71mg/ concern-.-

Be it known that we, GEORGE S. HASTINGS, of Long Island City, in the county of Queens, and WILLIAM W. FLAGLEP., of New York city, in the county of New York, State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Folding Beds, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of our invention is to provide a ro multiple folding bed or a structure in which a number of beds may be folded so as to be out of the way and whereby when the beds are not in use they will be located one back of the other in like manner to berths upon a vessel.

A further object of the invention is to construct a bed of the character above described which will be exceedingly simple, durable, and economic and wherein a number of beds 2o may be employed in one inclosure, occupying but a minimum of space when folded in said inclosure.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several 2 5 parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth,

and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indi- 3o cate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is an end View of two beds and a box-support for the same, the beds being in position for use. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the beds and supporting structure, the beds being folded out from the structure. Fig. 3 is an end view of the supporting structure and The beds folded up therein, and Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the supporting structure and the beds in their folded position.

In carrying out the invention the structure A, in which the beds B and C are to be folded, preferably consists of two side pieces, each comprising upright front and rear beams 10, a bottom connecting-beam 1l, a top connecting-beam l2, and a diagonal brace-beam 12% The sides of the structure are connected at top and bottom by means of beams 13 or their equivalents, and if in practice it is found desirable the back of the structure maybe en- 5o tirely boarded in or otherwise inclosed.

The beds B and C are of the box pattern Serial No. 59 7,297. (No model.)

and are adapted to fit in the supporting structure between the side pieces. The bed B is located at the upper portion of the structure and the bed C at the lower portion, one bed over the other. The upper bed B is provided with pivots l5, located one on the foot-board and the other on the stationary head-board of the body of the bed near the rear side, and these pivot-pins are made to enter and prop- 6o erly turn in bearings 16, located upon the uppercross or connecting bars 12 of the supporting structure, near the front oft-he same, as shown in Figs. 1 and Feet 17 are pivoted by means of pins 18 to 6 5 the foot and stationary head board of the upper bed B near its outer or front side, the pivot-pins 18 being preferably nearer the lower or bottom edge of the bed than its upper edge, as shown in Fig. l, and the afore- 7o said legs extend upward a predetermined distance beyond the body of the bed, being connected at their upper ends by a cross-bar 19, and the legs are furthermore connected near their lower ends by a second cross-bar 20. The legs are of such length that when in the vertical or supporting position they will eX- tend downward to an engagement With the floor, and when the upper bed B is lifted slightly upward to release the legs from the 8o door the weight of the upper cross-bar 19 will assist to carry the lower portions of the legs upward to a position longitudinally upon the foot-board and the stationary head-board, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. 85

The vertical position of the legs 17 and likewise the horizontal position of said legs are defined by stops 2l, which are in the nature of plates and are secured to the stationary head and to the foot board at the rear of the 9o legs and above their pivots 18.

A folding head-board 22 is provided for the aforesaid upper bed B, and the said folding head-board is attached to the side board of the bed by links 23, and in Fig. 2 a head- 95 board is shown in both an upright and in a horizontal position. The lower bed C is also provided with a folding head-board 24, connected with the body of the bed by links 25, and from the head and foot sections of roo the lower bed near its rear side lugs 26 are projected outward at an angle to the bottom of the bed, and these lugs are pivotally attached to the lower cross or connecting bar 14 of the supporting structure at their inner faces and near their forward ends, as is particularly shown in Fig. 1. The outer or front portion of the lower bed, when the bed is in use, rests upon the lower cross-bar 20 of the legs 17. The lower bed may be pivoted to the flooring of the structure and it is preferably provided with such, as shown.

Sockets 28 are preferably attached to the outer faces of the sides. of the supporting structure, and these sockets adjustably receive the lower ends of rods 29, which extend above the supporting structure and are connected by cross-rods 30, and these rods at each side are in turn preferably connected by a front rod 30u and a corresponding rear rod, if desired, and these rods form a support for a canopy or covering adapted to conceal the supporting structure and the beds when the latter are folded in the former. The canopysupport is held in adj usted position by means of set-screws 3l or the equivalents of the same.

The beds having been folded out to the position shown in Fig. 1 and it being desirable to fold the beds within their supporting structure, the lower bed is first carried upward within the structure until it is in the vertical position shown in Fig. 3, rest-ing upon its inner side surface quite close to the back of the said supporting structure. The upper bed is then slightly raised and the legs 17 will fold themselves parallel upon the foot and head sections of the bed, whereupon the upper bed may be dropped downward within the said supporting-frame, as shown also in Fig. 3, enabling the canopy employed to completely conceal both the framework or supporting structure and the beds. Under such a construction beds in the nature of bunks maybe expeditiously and economically erected, and when not required for use will occupy b ut very little room, and such beds are particularly adapted for use on shipboard or in hotels or lodging-houses, where a number of persons are to be accommodated and but little room is available.

Having thus described our invention, We claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1.l A folding bed, having a frame, beds piv;

oted in the said frame at their rear ends,.be ing arranged to fold within the frame one back of the other, legs pivotally connected with the uppermost bed near the outer side o of the same, a supporting-bar connecting said legs and receiving the outer portion of the lower bed, and a weight attached to the upper portions of the said legs, whereby the legs when relieved from the weight of the lower bed and raised from the floor, will be assisted to a position longitudinally of the end portions ofthe bed, folding within said frame with the uppermost bed, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A folding bed having a frame adapted as a fixture, of an upper bed having its inner side located within the frame and pivotally connected therewith at its head and at its foot board portion, a lower bed also having its inner portion within said frame, arms projected from the inner portion of said lower bedat an angle to its bottom, said arms being pivoted in the bottoni portions of the aforesaid frame, weighted legs pivotally connected with the outer portion of the upper bed, a rest carried by the legs and adapted to support the outer portion of the lower bed, and stops located on the'upper bed, and limiting the movements of the aforesaid legs, as and for the purpose set forth.

GEORGE S. HASTINGS. WILLIAM WV. FLAGLER. lVitnesses:

J. FRED. ACKER, JNO. M. RITTER.