US894034A - Bedstead. - Google Patents

Description

No. 894,034. v PATENTED JULY 21, 1908.

E: T. MORRIS.

BEDSTEAD.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 2*. 1907.

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J EL 13F 42 iEF atwenloz E. 7. Mar/'15 EMERSON T. MORRIS, OF DERWENT, OHIO.

BEDSTEAD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 24, 1907. Serial No. 380,521.

Patented July 21, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMERSON T. MORRIS, citizen of the United States, residing at Derwent, in the county of Guernsey and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bedsteads, of which the following is a specification.

The purpose of this invention is the provision of a bedstead involving a yielding bottom of novel formation and a framework of unique structure admitting ofthe parts being readily assembled and dismembered for any desired purpose.

For a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction and the means for eflecting the result, reference is to be had to the following description and accom anying drawings.

VVhi e the invention may be adapted to different forms and conditions by changes in the structure and minor details without departing from the spirit or essential features thereof, still the preferred embodiment is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side view of a bedstead embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a cross section, upper and lower portions of the legs being broken away. Fig. 4 is a sectional view of a modification. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a further modification. Fig. 6 is a sectional view showing the spring connection between a post and the bottom. Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view of a block and socket. Fig. 8 is a detail perspective view of either a modification of the bottom or a portion of the head and foot showing the rods connected by tie bars. Fig. 9 is a sectional view of a further modification showing the coil springs exterior to the post and housed by means of a casing. Fig. 10 is a detail perspective view of a modified form of block and socket, the parts being separated. Fig. 11 is a sectional view of the lower end of the post showing a spring caster. Fig. 12 is a detail view of a further modified form of block and the coupling end of a rail.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

A bedstead in common with like structures comprises head and foot pieces, connecting rails and a bottom. The corner posts 1v are connected by means of longitudinal rails 2 and transverse connecting pieces 3. The connecting parts 2 and 3 may be rods or bars and their end portions are preferably fitted in sockets 4 which are applied to the posts at the points indicated. To admit of ready separation and assembly of the parts, the connecting pieces 2 and 3 are secured in the respective sockets 4 by means of set screws. When dismembered, the bedstead may be arranged in compact form since the several rods or bars may be formed into a comparatively small bundle.

The bottom is yieldable to secure ease and,

may consist of a series of rods or bars having individual and independent connection with the head and foot pieces or may consist of a single structure having yieldable connection with the corner posts. In the construction shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the bottom is formed of a plurality of supporting members 5 which may consist of rods or bars solid or tubular, each having independent yieldable connection with corresponding parts of the head and foot pieces. As indicated in Fig. 3 the transverse connecting pieces 3 support posts 6 which are hollow and recelve blocks 7 having sockets 8 and in Which latter the members 5 are secured by means of set screws 9. The posts 6 have vertical slots at their inner sides through which the connecting shanks between the sockets 8 and blocks 7 ass, said slots being of a length to admit of ample vertical play of the bottom or the members 5 thereof. By having the members 5 separate, the strain is not equally distributed upon the series of supporting springs and while desirable, nevertheless, it is preferred to connect the members or to form the bottom of a single piece to admit of its yielding as a whole, as indicated in Figs. 4, 5 and 8, the latter showing a structure in which the bars 5 are con nected by means of tie rods 11 upon which are slipped spaced sleeves 12.

The blocks 7may be arranged between upper and lower springs 13 and 14 or may be suspended by means of springs 15, as indicated most clearly in Fig. 4. In the construction shown in Figs. 6 and 9, the rebound of the bed bottom is sustained by the upper springs 13 and by connecting the u per ends of said springs 13 to the posts, t e block 7 may be sustained thereby and at the same time supported from below by means of the spring 14, thereby getting the com- I bined action of the springs 18 and 14 in susprotected by means of a housing or casing I7 taining the load and strain. The springs may be arranged within the posts, as indicated in Figs. 3 and 6, or may surround the posts, as shown in Fig. 9, or may be arranged between rods or bars 16, as indicated at Fig. 4. When the springs are arranged exterior to the posts, as indicated in Fig. 9, they are and are confined between stops 18, which latter also close the ends of the housing 17 and sustain the end'thrust of the springs. Various ways may be devised for connecting the sockets 8 to the block 7, some of which are indicated in Figs..7, 10 and 12. In the construction shown in Figs. 4 and 5, the extreme longitudinal rods or bars of the bed bottom are connected by means of transverse members 1 9 and have yieldable connection at their ends with the respective corner posts 1 of the bedstead. As indicated in Fig. 4 the corner posts have their lower portions forked or formed of spaced members between which the springs 15 and the longitudinal bars are fitted. The blocks 20 supporting the ends of the longitudinal and transverse connecting pieces are also secured between the forked members.

To add to the yieldable qualities of the bed it is proposed to mount the same upon spring casters, as indicated in Figs. 5 and 11, the blocks 21 receiving the casters being slidable upon the lower ends of the posts 1 and bearing against springs 22 arranged within said posts and confined therein between stops and the upper ends of the caster blocks 21.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is: i

1. In a knock down bedstead, the combination of corner posts provided with sockets, longitudinal members connecting the corner posts at opposite sides of the bed and having their extremities detachably clamped within the sockets, transverse members connecting the corner posts at opposite ends of the bed and also having their extremities detachably clamped within the sockets, a plurality of blocks yieldingly mounted upon the bedsockets, and a bottomcomprising longitudinal bars having the extremities thereof deby the blocks.

2. In a bedstead, the combination of cor ner posts, spaced transverse members connecting the corner posts at opposite ends of the bedstead, a series of upright posts confiecting the said spaced transverse members, a block yieldingly mounted upon each of the said upright posts, and bars connecting the blocks upon corresponding upright posts upon opposite ends of the bedstead.

ner posts, spaced transverse members connecting the corner posts at opposite ends of the bedstead, a series of upright posts connecting the said spaced transverse members, a block yieldingly mounted upon each of the upright posts and provided with a socket, and bars detachably connecting the blocks upon corresponding upright posts at opposite ends of the bedstead, said bars having their ends clamped within the sockets.

4. In a knock down bedstead, the combination of corner posts provided with sockets, longitudinal members connecting the corner posts, a pair of spaced transverse members connecting the posts at the head and foot of the bedstead, the said longitudinal and transverse members having their ends clamped within the before mentioned sockets, a series of upright posts connecting the spaced transverse members at the head and foot of the bed respectively, blocks slidably mounted upon said upright posts and provided with sockets, bars connecting the blocks upon cor responding upright posts at the head and foot of the bed, the said bars having their ends removably clamped within the sockets carried by the blocks, and yielding means bearing against the blocks.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

EMERSON T. MORRIS.

IVitnesses N. K. DEVOE,

stead, the said blocksbeing provided with R. P. KING.

tachably clampedwithin the sockets carried 3. In a bedstead, the combination of cor-

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