US947858A

US947858A - Bedstead-corner.

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Publication number: US947858A
Application number: US52180609A
Authority: US
Inventors: Barnett Shapiro
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1909-10-09
Filing date: 1909-10-09
Publication date: 1910-02-01
Anticipated expiration: 1927-02-01

Description

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, and useful Improvements in Bedstea'dor BABNETTSHIAPIRO, F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 9, 1909. Serial No. 521,806

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To all 'whom it may concern:

'Be it known that I, BAnNii'r'r SI-IAPIRO, a citizen of the United States, `residing in Brooklyn, in the county of New, York, have invented certain new ners7 tion. This invention relates to brackets or corner members of .bedsteads especially metallic bedsteads, and has for its objectto provide an improved member in the nature of a tubular device, that can be formed from a stamping, thereby reducing tl-ie weight of these vmembers that have heretofore usually been a 'solid casting.

of which the following, is a specifica- -f ln the'accompanying drawing representing embodiments of my invention, Figure 1 of Kings and State is a section through the corner iii'ember and adjacent portion of the post, being taken' on vthe line 1-1 of 2. Fig. `2 is a horizontal section on the line 2*:2 indicated in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 8-3 indicated in Fig. 2. et shows if desired, is provided with a wedge 34: se-

the corner member detached, partly broken to `show the interior. Fig. 5 shows detached the angle brace for the corner member. Fig. 6 shows inverted the attaching end of the longitudinal or side bar. Fig. 7 shows the attaching portion of the post with the two slots.

' member that is 'attached to the. side rail.

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and 21 respectively. A post 22 is shown having slots 23 tongues portions25 and 26'ion one side being'fthe extremities of the side wall, and also `abut- `and"p2-tinto '

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81 and 19 eXtend,as shownin Fig. l. At the base of thetongues are abutment' ments 2 and 28 on the oppositeside` being y extremities ofthe wall 16. the post and limit the entrancefoftlie tongues. A wedge member is iiise ted in the openings 20fand 21, the upperof which is made larger to,accommodatethe These enga-ge taper of the wedge, so that'when the wedge i is driven down the tongues will be drawn in until the four abutment faces aredrawn up against the post, and the corner member a size to receive the bracket member, may loe/first slid on the post, and then the bracket entered 'and secured as stated, when the sl'iell-will be locked in its usual position.

is rigidly secured to the posti` If desiredfa `a suitable opening 32 of The side rail 33 that may be an angle bar cured to its vertical side, and sufliciently y off- E set thereon to enterthe opening 18in the `top Y' Fig: 8 shows the wedge post instead of a round one.' Fig. 12 is a l horizontal section on line 12-12 of Fig. 1-1.l Fig. 13 is a perspective view of the saine; and Fig. 14 shows the angle piece used inside of the square post. w

The corner member is shownas aflatsided tube preferably rectangular and bent up from a flat blank by giving it three right. i

,angle bends asat ci, and c, the edges d and e meeting to form the fourth angle, that is preferably one of the bottom edges.

y This member 14 is shown as having a coinparatively, narrow slot 15 in, the side 16 extending from the top down a portion ofA its length. The top meinber'l'has a slot 18 extending at right angles to the slot 15, and communicating therewith. This bracket member may beY secured to the post in any suitable manner. It is showrt ias having its top and bottom members extended at 8l and 19 forming tongues havingapertures l l l tube.

member 17, the side walls of theslot '15 inI the vertical member passing between the side faces of the wedge and the rail. Preferably a narrow strip 35 is secured betweenn the wedge and the railwhich strip fills the opening 15.` `The with the wedge 341, and the combined inem` bei' may be secured to the rail by'rivets. The wedge member will snugly fit in i the slot 18 in the top member, while the vertical strip is preferably. integral slot 15 engaging the strip 35, will prevent A,

lateral movement. y l y Where the two edges d and e of the blank meet to form the corner'or edge of the reef taiig'ular tube-,an angle piece' is secured ,inv side to .insureI solidity and strengthen the angle piece is cut away belowrtlie opening 18` in the top wall `to admit `the wedge 34,

This angle piece has two parts 37Yaii`d 410o and is preferably provided with flangesBQ and 40 extending inward in alineinent with the ends :of the slot 18,/w'hichflanges are slightly inclined jto engagetthe tapering edges of the wedge 34. `B

f this iueansthe wedge will tightly `engage throughout its length. The bottom wall of the,` member preferably hasa slot. 42`opposite the slot 18 whereby the wedge can projectthroughthe yat the head, r foot.

, In Figs. ll-lt the corner member is shown attached to a square post 50. The construction-of the corner member is substantially the same, but the slots in the square post are adjacent one side, and an angular member 51 having slots 52 and"53 in its two sides is placed inside ofthe post, and a four-sided .wedge st is used, which engages the two y faces of the angle piece 51 to securely lock all of the parts in position.

It will be apparent, especially from the section of Fig. Q5, that the corner will tit and can be rigidly' secured to bedposts both of smaller diameter and of greater diameter, the slots being simply'made of a size to fit the tongues,.and the wedge will be driven down a greater or less distance, according to the diameter of the post` the taper of the wedge permitting the attachment to different sizes of posts. And the same applies to the square posts shown in Figs. l1 and 12,' it being only -necessary to have the'corner bracket 51 of a size to fit into the square post. By this means the present objection tocorner brackets, of requiring the bracket to be shaped exactly corresponding to the size of post, is obviated, and my corner bracket is applicable to a large Variation in size` of the bedposts.

Having thus claim:

l. A bedstead corner comprising a vflatsvide tubular me'mb'er'having means for attachment with the bed post, one of the vertical sides of the corner member havin a described my invention, I

narrow slot leading down fromthe top e ge,

the'top of the member having a slot extending perpendicular to said slot and'connected therewitlna side rail having a vertical wedge member located inside of its vertical portion and offset therefrom, the wedge member being of a size to fit in the said transverse slot inthe top member of the 2. A ybedstead corner comprising a flatside tubular member having rogections on twovopposite sides at one end or attachment member located inside of its vertical portion and offset therefrom, the wedge member being of a size to tit in the said transverse slot in the top member of the corner.

3. A bedstead corner comprising a flatside tubular member having means for attachment with the bed post, one of the vertical sides of the corner member having a narrow slot leading down from the top edge, the top of the member having a slot extending perpendicular to seid slot and connected therewith, a side rait having a vertical wedge member located inside of its vertical portion, the wedge member being of a size to fit in the said transverse slot in the top member of the corner, the wedge member being offset from the vertical member and having a narrow strip connecting the two members which strip is slidable in the ver,- tical slot in the side member.

et. A bedstead corner comprising atlat-side tubular member having means for attachment with the bed-post, one of the vertical sides of the corner member having a narrow slot leading` down from the top edge, the top of the. member having a slot extending perpendicular to said slot and connected therewith, a side rail lhaving a vertical wedge member located inside of .its vertical portion, the wedge member being of a size to tit in the said transverse slot in the top member of the corner, the wedge member being oiiset from the vertical member of the rail and having a narrov.` strip crmnecting the two members which strip is slidable in the vertical slot in the side member, the tubular member having abutment portions in its bore to engage two opposite edges of the wedge member.

5. A bedstead corner comprising a iat.

side tubular men'iber having means for attachment with the bedpost, one of the vertical sides of the corner member having a narrow slot leading down from the top edge, the top of the member having a slot extending perpendicular to said slot and connected therewith, a side ra-il having a vertical wedge member located inside of its vertical portion, the wedge member being of a size to fit in the said transverse slot in the top member of the corner, the wedge member beingotfset from the vertical 'meinber and having a strip connecting the two members which strip is slidable in the vertical slot in the side member, the tubular member having an opening in the lower side alining with the said upper opening for receiving the lower end of the wedge member.

6. A bedstead corner comprising` a {iatside tubular member having means for attachment with the bcd-post, one of the ver tical sides of the cornerv member having a narrow slot leading down from the top edge, the top of the member having a slot eenen@ extending aerpendioular to said slot and .wnneoted t ierewith, a side rail having a vertical wedge member located inside of its vertical portlon, `vthe wedgeI member being lofa size to fitl in the said transverse-slot in the top member ofthe corner,4 the wedge member being voffset from the vertical mem-A ber and having a narrow strip connecting the two members-which strip 1s slidabie in the vertical slot 1n the side member, the

' tubular member having abntment portions a size to fit in vthe' said transverse slot in` the top member of the corner, the wedge? in its bore to engage two opposite sides of .the wedge member, the tubular member hav'- ying anbpening inthe lower Side alining with the'said upper openingfor receiving the lower end of the wedge member.

7. A bedstead corner comprising a Hatside tubulaimember having means for at jt-achment with the bed post, one of the vertical sides-'of the corner member having a narrow slot leading down from the topl edge, the top of the member `having a. slot 'extending perpendicular to said slot and connected therewith, a .side rail having a vertioalwedge member located inside of its vertical portion, the wedge member being of member being oiset fromfche vertical member and having a narrow strip connecting A the two members which strip is slidable in the vertical slot in the side member, the tubular member having an integral eXtenytical portion, the wedge member being of a size to fit in the'said transverse slot in the top of the corner member, the Wedge member being oii'eet from the vertical member and having a narrow strip connecting .the two members which 'strip is slidable in the vertical Slot in the side member, the tubular `member being formed :from a Hatblank whose edges meet at one of the four edges of the tube, the member having an angle piece at the said meeting edges secured inside to the contiguous sides one of which sides contains the said narrow slot, said angle piece having bent abutment portions for engaging the two narrow sides of the wedge.

BARNETT sHArino.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM H. REID, FRED. J. Donn..