US853630A

US853630A - Combination furniture.

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Publication number: US853630A
Application number: US35267407A
Authority: US
Inventors: David Froehlich
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1907-01-17
Filing date: 1907-01-17
Publication date: 1907-05-14
Anticipated expiration: 1924-05-14

Description

PATENTE im? 14, i907;

be folded into the nlain frame as shown ill Fig. l orto be extended as shown in Fig. 2. The main freine l of the deviee is also provided with an auxiliary freine e Composed ot' parallel side bars e2 and transverse end bars e, and said frame is provided with the usual bed sprintr material et, and the side bars and end bars of tlle auxiliary frame e of the nuln franle (t are preferablr composed of angle iron and the tops of the eorner posts or legs u" of the lnain frame a. lit in the eorners of the freine r when the latter is folded over the frame u its shown in lfigs. l, 2 and .3, and the franle e pivoted to the tops of the rear eorner posts or legs e of the traine u as shown ntf, this eoi'lstruetion being best shown in Fig. o.

The su iplenlental frame t), or the part ll of the supplemental frame which is pivoted to the front eorner posts of the inaili frame is provided with supper-ts adapted to support it when in an extended position as shown in lligs. 2 and 3. These supports consist of two sets of legs y Connected by transverse bars g`l and pivotalllyY eonneeted with or hinged to the opposite end. portions of therods b4, and' double link nlenlbers'g eonneeted with the rods b4 and with the leg members 7 ill suoli manner that when the supplemental frame is extended as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the lei,r members g may be lowered to support seid frame, and when the sup lenlental freine is folded within the main Fig. 1, the said legr members may be folded so as to rest Within said supplemental frame ln the form oi eonstruetion shown, tlle top of the supplemental frame is below the top ofthe man frame when the plu-ts are extended for use as a bed as eletti-lv indieslted in Figs, 2 and 3, and in prnetiee, l provide the sup ilelnental frame with n llulttress la whieh is tfiieker than the mattress /lg enlpldved on the main frame.

In order to lfold the supplelllentlll fralne into the nlain frame as shown in Fig. l, the auxiliary part e of the lnain tralne nlnst be folded lines in Fig. 3, and tllis operation must also be repeated in evtending the supplemental freine, but when the sumilelnental frame is folded into the n'lain frame as shown in Fig. 1 the auxiliary part e of the lnain franle is folded ther-novel', and when the supplemental frame is exlelldedlts shown in Fig. 2 the nllxlizlrv part e of the nlaiu fran ie is folded over onto the top of said main frame.. VVilell the supplemental frame is folded into the nlain frame as shown in Fig. l, the mattress /l` rests on the strips fi of the main frame and the supplemental fra'nle rests on said inattress, and if desired any amount of bedding or bedding material may be placed in the aine as shown in baekwardly as indieated in dotted.

supplemental frame or between the parts b and l of said frame,

It will be observed that the Isupplemental frame Il may be entirel)` separated froln the untill frame rf. by simpl)v raising;r the supplenlental lrltllle out of the loek forlned by the parts e and e, the `fornler being dropped into th(` latter ill order to connect said frames and when th(I said frames nre thus disconnected the)v nul)v be used indepernlently ol each `other or both may 4be used separately as rouehes, dlvllns or snlall beds.

Havingr fnllr deseribed luy invention, what l ellliln als new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isz-- 1. A eolnbimltiou article of furniture adapted to be used both as n bed and as a eoueh, comprising,r a main frame provided eentrallv and horizontally witll supports, a supplemental frame detaehablvpivoted in the front top portion of the lnain frame by means of vertically arranged slotted keepers secured to the front eorner posts of the main frame, and headed lugs or projeetions secured to the em'responrling,r parts of the supplemental fralll'e and adapted to enter said vertically slot ted keepers, said supplemental frlllne bein;r also adapted to be folded into the niain frlune and to be extended in front thereof and provided with mattress springs and between its ends with folding legs, the main frame beineP also provided with an auxiliary frame whit-,h is hinged to the tops of the rear corner posts thereof and which is adapted to be folded over said lnain frame and rest on the front eorner posts thereof. said auxiliary frame being also provided With mattress springs.

2. A l-.onlbination artiele of furniture adapted to be used both as a bed and a couch, eonlprisiner n main frame provided eentrally and longitudinally with springs or supports, a supplemental fra-lne detaellablyv pivoted in the` iront top portion of the nlrlin frame and provided with nlattress springs and between the ends thereof lwitll l'oldable legs and adapted to be folded into the lnain frame and to be extended in front thereofl the main frame beine' also provided with an auxiliary frame which is hinged to the tops of the corner posts thereof and which is adapted to be folded over and rest ou the corner posts thereof, said auxiliary frame being;r also provided with mattress springs.

Vln testimony that l elailn the foregoingr as my invention I have signed my naine in presenee of the subseribing witnesses this 15th dav of January 1907.

i DAVID FRUEIIIJCU.

Witnesses:

Sinonimi Scinnsinon, .JAMES B. Ihn'snALE.