US879164A - Security attachment for beds. - Google Patents

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No. 879,164. PATENTED FEB. 18, 1908.

' I. M. HAMILTON.

SECURITY ATTACHMENT FOR BEDS.

APPLICATION FILED JAILZS, 1907.

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IRENE M. HAMILTON, OF SIMSBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO HERSELF AND JAMES E.

HAMILTON, OF SIMSBURY, CONNECTICUT.

SECURITY ATTACHMENT FOR BEDS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 18, 1908..

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IRENE M. HAMILTON, a citizen of United States, and resident of Simsbury, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful 1m rovements in Security Attachments for liieds, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

This invention relates to security-attachments for beds, and it has for one of its objects the provision of a device for preventing r0111 leaving the bed and which, on the other hand, will not interfere with the freedom of movement either in roll over from one side to the other, or shifting odily from one side of the bed to the other.

My invention has furthermore for its object the provision of a device of this character whereby a person may be securely held in bed without restricting themovement of the head, arms or legs.

My invention has furthermore for its ob-- ject the provision of means'for retaining the coverings in proper place over the occupant of the bed. v

Primarily the device is designedto hold a bab in its bed or cribin such a manner that all liability of its falling out, or its ris' from a recumbentposition will be prevente and yet with the positive assurance that the freedom of moving its head, arms and legs will not in any Way be interfered with, and that the coverings cannot be displaced or kicked off, no matter how much the baby may squirm around. In addition to these features, the device is so organized that the child cannot roll over. beyond a certain limit so that all danger of-lying on its face and stomach, and the consequent liability of smothering, will be entirel obviated.

In order to accomplish t e desired results, the physical conditions of the baby were taken into consideration, these conditions demanding that the respiratory organs must remain free from restriction of any kind, and also that all excessive strain or confinement of the abdomen must be avoided. Hence the device is attached to the body around the chest portion thereof, just below the arms, this ortion being by nature the strongest an(l at the same time best suitedto an attempt to rise to a sitting position.'

nits preferred form, the device consists of three bands or straps, each of which performs stitching 13 its own function, and all of which are coop 4 manner, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which similar characters denote similar parts, and in which Figure 1 represents atop view of the device as a whole, the several parts being shown in their relative positions on a person, as indicated by dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a-diagramm'atic View showing the condition of the hands when the person is resting flat on the back. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the bands when a person has rolled over on one side to the limit of its movement in that di' rection. I

It may be stated at this time, that, notwithstanding the fact that the device was rimarily designed for use in connection with infants, it may readily be employed for restraining invalids and patients from rising to tion by shoulder straps 11 in a manner com- 1 mon to suspenders and braces. The-strap 10 which constitute the body-band of the device ma be adjusted by a fastening device 12 whic may be in the nature of a button, sna socket, lacing or any other desired form,

so t at after the band 10 has been pro erly secured to the body, it will not be lab eto displacement, and yet not interfere with the freedom of movement of any of the body-.-

members. The body-strap 10 is secured by to a belt 14," which I preferably term a roller-belt, and'the free ends of which may be united by a fastening device,-

such as abutton 15 adapted to enter one of a series of holes 15. passes around rollers 16 j ournaled on chps 17 which are held by means of loop straps 18 ona strap or band 19, preferably extending e across the bed and having its ends branch as at 20, said branches being provided with tapes 21 whereb the strap 19 may be tightly stretched over t 0 bed and held bytying the tapes to the bed sides.

Attached to one pair of the oppositely disposed strap branches 20 are short straps 22 aving at their free ends fasteners 23, which only The roller-be t may be in the form of safety-pfiis, clips or the ordinary garment fastener herein illustrated, for enga ing the covering 24, which over, to either side until the slack s of theroller belt has been taken up by the movement of the stitched portion 13 away from the surface of the bed; while at the same time the upper run of said belt will naturally be raised b virtue of the form of the childs body, whic has simply rolled alon on the lower run of the belt 14. It is there ore selfevident that the rise of the stitched portion 13 will result in pulling the right-hand. end of the belt 14 around the roller and'gradually tighten the upper run, consequently causing a gradual .frictlon at f which serves to retard the rolling motion gradually until the slack is taken u entirely and further motion prevented.

rom this fact it follows:- that the extent of the rolling motion is directly controlled by the amount of the slack in the belt 14, and this amount can be varied as desired byadjusting the button 15 in the corre- I sponding aperture 15' above mentioned. In

some cases it may be-desired to (permit only very little rolling movement an in that instance the u per runs of both .of the straps 10 and 14 may e fastened together by a button or otherwlse, so that the rolling movement will be checked as soon as the slack on one side of the roller-belt 14 has been straightened out.

Having described gny invention, I claim: 1. The combination with a body-band, and a strap ada ted to be secured to a bed, of a belt secure to said band, and a pair of devices stationary on said strap at points remote from each other for movably holding said belt on the stra 2. The combination with a body-band,

and a strap ada ted to be secured to a bed, of a belt secure to said band, and a pair of rollers stationaryon said strap and for mov-v ably holding said belt on the strap.

3. The combination with a body-band, and a strap ada ted to be secured to a bed, of a belt secure to said band, a pair of devices stationary on said stra for holding said belt for movement in para lelism with said strap, and means for varying the length of said belt. I

- IRENE M. HAMILTON.

Witnesses: v

MARA M. 'FALKEN, JAMES E. HAMILTON.

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