US609654A

US609654A - Cradle

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Publication number: US609654A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1898-08-23
Anticipated expiration: 1915-08-23

Description

PatentedAug. 23, |898.

' R. BIRD. CRADLE. (Application led Apr. 9, 1898.)

(No Model.)

A TTOHNEYS.

NTTED STATES PATENT Crrrcs.

RALPH BIRD, OF JERSEY CITY, NEV JERSEY.

CRADLE.

.SPECIFICATIONformng part of Letters Patent N o. 609,654, dated August 23, 1898. Application filed April 9, 1898. Serial No. 677,063. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern."

Be it known that 1, RALPH'BIRD, of J ersey` City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Cradle, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention is a cradle constructed so that it may be readily folded into compact form when not in use, thus permitting it to be transported with great facility and stored `away in a small space when desired.

This specification is the disclosure of one form of my invention, while the claims define the actual scope thereof. j y

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

Figure 1 is a perspective View ofthe invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same in folded position. Fig. 3 is a detail section of the invention on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4. is a fragmentary view of one of the braces.

The cradle has head and foot arches 5 and 6, respectively, each fixedly mounted on a base-rail 7, which rails arein turn hinged to transversely-extending bars 8, located, respectively, alongside of the rails 7. The bars 8 are connected with each other, so as to form a rigid frame, by means of crossed rods 9, each provided with a retractile spring 10, by which proper tension is maintained. Fixed to each end of each bar 8 Vis a brace 11 and 12, respectively. These braces are therefore four in number, and are located two at each side of the cradle. The two braces at each side of the cradle are pivotally joined to each other by means of pins 13. The ends of the braces 11 and 12 opposite the ends that are attached to the bars 8 are provided with slots 14, wherein are loosely fitted pins 16, carried one at each side of each arch 5 and 6. By these means the arches are mount` ed on a framing so that the arches may be thrown down to horizontal position or may be raised to perpendicular position. When the arches are raised to perpendicular position, as shown in Fig. 1, the pins 16 lie in the outer ends of the respective slots 14.; but when the arches are thrown down to horizontal position the pins 16 move inwardly along the slots 14, and the base-rails 7 swing on their hinges so as to be raised from their first position, while at the same time the braces 11 and 12 in moving downward with the arches 5 and 6 slightly rock the bars 8. The arches 5 and 6 are held in raised position by means of two dog-plates 17, which are carried, respectively, on the braces 12 at the outer portions of theslots 14 the-rein. The dog-plates 17 are mounted so` that they may drop into the slots and engage with the coacting pins 16, thus preventing the pins from moving through the slots, and consequently holding the arches in perpendicular position. drop the arches, theplates 17 are thrown up to disengage the adjacent pins 1G, and con-A .or of swinging downward'to lie alongside of the arches, as shownV in Fig. 2. Fitted in each standard 18 is a casing 19, carrying a bolt 2O andalso a spring 21 to throw the bolt downward. The upper end of each bolt 2O is provided with a head 22, whereby the bolt may be manipulated. The bolt 2O of each standard 18 extends downward into a cavity 23 in the extension-standard 18. Each arch 5 and 6 is provided with a rigid keeper 24, said keepers projecting downwardly from the outer side of each arch and projecting inwardly at their upper ends into the respective cavities 23, so as to be engaged by the bolts 20, and thus to hold the standards 18 raised above the arches. By lifting the bolts 20 the keepers 24. are disengaged and the standards 18 may be thrown inward, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 3, to the position shown vby full lines in Fig. 3.

four corners of a rectangular frame-28. This` frame carries a iiexible web 29, forming the body of the cradle.

The cradle thus constructed may be adj usted to operative position, so that the child ToV IOO

may be held and rocked by the swinging of the slings 27 on the projections 26. When it is desired to fold the cradle, the bolts 20 should be lifted to disengage the keepers 24 andthe extension-standards 18 moved inward and downward. Then the dog plates 17 should be lifted to disengage the adjacent pins 16, whereupon the arches may be folded in- Ward and downward over the bodyof the cradle, which, being formed of fabric, collapses on the brace-rods 9 and assumes the position indicated in Fig. 2. This places the cradle in very compact form, and it may be handled and stored with great facility.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In a cradle, the combination of head and foot arches, a base-rail on which each arch stands, a bar hinged to each base-rail and running parallel therewith, brace-rods joining the bars to each other, additional braces xed to the bars and having sliding connection with the respective head and foot arches, an extension-standard carried by each arch, a keeper attached to each arch and projecting into proximity with the standard thereof,

a bolt carried by each standard and remov.

ably engaging the keeper thereof, a sling pivotally attached to each extension-standard, and a cradle proper hung from the slings.

2. In a folding cradle, the combination of an arch forming a support-ing member, a keeper attached rigidly to the outer side of the arch and extending upward and inward therefrom, an extension-standard pivotally mounted at the upper portion of the arch and having a cavity capable of receiving a portion of the keeper, and a sliding bolt carried in the eX- tension-standard and movable to engage and release the keeper.

3. In a cradle, the combination of head and foot members, a base-rail on which each member is mounted, a bar hinged to each base-rail and extending parallel therewith, two braces attached to each bar, the braces having slotted ends, two pins carried by each of said head and foot members and respectively fit' RALPH BIRD.

Witnesses:

WM. F. MORRELL, ARTHUR BIRD.