US825763A - Foot-warmer. - Google Patents

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No. 825,763. I PATENTED JULY 10, 1906.

' 0. SGHABFER.

FOOT WARMER.

APPLICATION FILED 0GT.1l, 1904.

2 SEEETSSHEET 1.

I 3 uavlloz I Q vihwaow PATENTED JULY 10, 1906.

C. SGHABPER. FOOT WARMER.

APPLICATION FILED 00111, 1904.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

Queen l'oz Q/Vihwoaeo in contact therewith.

' device of this character in which t e device z may be held in either a horizontal or vertical feet.

with a covering of sheepskinor other Woolen 1n instead of a water-bag, 4

of Fig. 3.

UNITED srArEs PATENT orrron; i CHARLES SCHAEFER, or TOLEDO, .oHIo.

FfooT-wAamEn.

To all whom it mag concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES SOHAEFER, a citizen.of the United States, residing at T0- ledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Foot-Warmers, of which the following is a specification, reference behad therein to the accompanying draw mgs.

My invention relates to improvements in foot -warmers, and pertains more particularly to that class used in connection with beds and the like.

My invention consists in a holder provided material and in which a water-bag or elec tric heater is placed and covered by said woolen material, so that the feet will not come in contact with the heating a paratus, and thus preventing the burning of the feet or that portion of the body which may come The object of my invention is to 'rovid a position under or'on the outside of the .bed-' covers; but it is preferablyheld in a vertical position, and one flap of the sheepskin. is adapted to extend over the feet.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 showsa perspective view of my improved device attached to a bed, showing the rear flap turned over and adapted to extend over the Fig. 2 is an enlarged pers ective view of my device, showing one end 0 the cover of sheepskin turned back, exposing the waterbag. Fig. 3 is a perspective View similar to Fig. 2,0111? showing an electric heater therethe other parts being in' their relative positions. Fig. 4 is'a transverse vertical sectional view of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a transverse vertical sectional view Referring now to the drawings, A re resents a board which, as shown, is of an e ongated form and may be of any desired length and is most preferably made of a length. to extend across the entire width of the bed, but may be made in the proportions shown in Fig. 1. The upper edge of said board is provided with .a bar A, which has its ends turneddownward and either driven or secured within the edge of the board in any desired manner. The said bar, as shown, is spaced far enough from the ed e of the board Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented any 10., 1906. 1904. Serial No. 228,023..

orother woolen covering B, and thus the same is prevented from sliding off of the board when the holding means is released for the insertion of the water-bag or electric heater. bar A pass through eyes I),- carried by the covering B, and thus absolutely prevent the bar.

The lower edge of the board A is provided with a bar wardly at c and passing through the board, f the purpose of which will be hereinafter more fully described. The lower end of the board A adjacent the said inwardly-turned ends of the bar C is provided with screws D. The lower, end of the flap B is provided with plates d, having keyhole-slots which are adapted to pass over said screws and hold the flap B firmly on the board with the waterbag between the same. There may be any desired number of screws; but the flap B is provided with a corresponding number of op- I positely-arranged plates d. p As shown, the sheepskin covering B is placed upon the board with the wool-carry surface,

bag E, and thecovering is p mly secured to the lower edgefof the cold water The inwardly-turned ends a of the.

. covering from being pulled from under said I C, which has its ends turned inp i when it is desired to use cold applications to the feet. The water-bagis preferably provided with-an elongated metal barE at its lower end, which. is provided with eyes e at each end, through which the inwardly-turned ends a of the bar C holding the water-bag in its normal extended 'position. The said ends 0 of the bar-C pass into openings in, the board and are frictionally held therein, and thus it that the bar is removed when it is desired to remove the water-bag or heater, and thus the rings e or it may be readily slipped from the 'bar for either removin the electric heater or the water-ha In or er to more firmly hold the coverin so as to completely cover the water-bag,% provide an elastic band F at each end, which are preferably secured to the board on the opposite side from that carryto allow of the free passage 0 the sheepskin ing the water-bag, and thus the ends of the is readily seen are adapted to pass, thus too IIO

sheepskin are brought to bear firmly against the board and-protect the water-bag. One 7 end of'said elastic .bands F carries a plate f, which is provided with a keyhole-slot, which is adapted to pass'over the screw G, carried by the board. The opposite ends of the elastic bands F are provided with rings F,

' through which the bar A passes and by means of which the sanie are secured to the board. It will'readily be seen that when it is desired to raise'the flap B of the covering ing K of asbestos surrounding the gauze casing to prevent the covering B or board Afrom catching fire.

bands.

of sheepskin has no connection whateverv the member f is removed from over the screw G, and thus freeing the end of the elastic The opposite end B of the covering with the board, and, as shown, the device is preferably applied as shown in Fig. 1that is, with the board inserted between the foot of the bed and the mattress, with the waterbag on the inside and held in said vertical position.

The flap B of the sheepskin covering, as shown in Fig. 1, is turned back over the board and is adapted to rest upon the bed, the wool-carrying side being downward, thus forming a covering for the feet, whether the same is used on the inside or -outside of thebed-covering.

have shown an electric heater 111 feedewire J, which extend out through the end of the wire-gauze casin'g. When the electric heater is used, it is preferable to use a cover- In Fig. 5 I have shown my device with the board A removed, and in such a case the end of the sheepskin covering B is provided with rings L at its outer edge, and the water-bag E is simply placed between the same, and the edges drawn together by a lacing M, which passes throu h the rings L, carried bythe side B, and y means of which the casing is tightly drawn around the water-b ag. When this form is used, it is placed within the bed beneath the bed-covering.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desireto secure by Letters Pat- "ent, is

1. A foot-warmer, comprising an elongated board, a bar "carried by the lower ed e 0 said board, a covering passing under sai ba'rand secured thereto, means carried by the lower edge of the board for securing the cover there to, and heatin means between the covering and one side of said board. 2. Afoot-warmer, domprising anelon ated board, a bar carried by the upper ed e o said board, a covering passing under sai bar and secured thereto, means carried by the ends of said covering for detachablysecuring' it to the lower edge of said board, heating means between the covering and one side .of said board, and elastic bands secured to the bar carried by the upper edge of the board and passing over the coveringadjacent the heating means, and detachably secured to the loweredge of the board. 3

3. A foot-warmer, comprising a board, a covering'for one side thereof, a heater between said covering and said board, and a loose covering-on the opposite side of said board and adapted to swing loosely over the side having the heater.'

4. A foot-warmer, comprisin a board, a

' bar carried by the lower edge 0 said board,

heatin means carried by the bar, and a covering etachably secured to the board and covering the heating means.

5. A foot-warmer, comprisin a board, a bar carried by the lower edge 0 said board, heating means carried bly the bar and resting against the side of the cured to -the upper edge of the board, and means fordetachably securing the lower end of the coverto the lower edge of the board.

' -6. "A footwarmer, comprising a board, a

oard, a covering sebar carried by the lower ed e thereof, heating i means secured to the sai bar and restin against the side of the board, a bar carried by the upper edge of the board, a covering passing under said bar and having rings passing around the bar, means for detachably securing the lower end of the coverin to the lower edge of the board and holding the heating means thereon inits normal position.

11 testimony whereof I aflix my signature two witnesses.

CHARLES SCHAEFER.

' Witnesses: I GEORGE VoL'rE,

RALPH JAoKsoN.

in presence of

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