US95076A

US95076A - Improved table and bedstead

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Publication number: US95076A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1869-09-21
Anticipated expiration: 1886-09-21

Description

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initrd me JAMES L. BnANDEaoF BoSTon, MASSACHUSETTS.

\ LettersLPatent No. 95,076, dated September 21, 1869.

IMPROVE!) TABLE AND BEDSTEAD.

l The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part bf the same. I

To all whom it may concern A Be it known,` that I, J-Anns L; Barranca, of Bosl .ton,in the county of Su'olk, and State of Massachusetts, .have invented a Combined Table and Bedstead; and I do hereby declare that'the following, taken in connection with the drawings which accompany and' form part ot' this specification, is adescription of my invention, suticient to enable those skilled in the ait to practise it. r l

High Yrents and the'frequent necessity of economiz- Ving room,'have led to the extensive introduction of secret beds or bedsteads,` Vwhich may befolded into such form that they'V constitute, in appearance, or-

`dinary articles of sitting-room or dining-room furniture, but by change of position and form,'are con- .verted into beds.l A

It is to such convertible articles of furniture that nly` improvement relates, and my invention consist-sk m atable, the top supportingframe of which is com posed `of Abox-shaped parts, hinged together, and forming, when swung down, a bed or bedstead, while the t0p,tself, hinged to the box-shaped sections, constitutes the head'and foot-boards of the bedstead, when the outer boxfframes arefswnng down. y

The drawings representa piece of furniture (combining` a table and bedstead) made iuaceordance with my invention.

A shows the article spread open for a bed; `15 shows it closed up to forma table;

C is an end elevation of the table; and D is an end elevation of the bed. a denotes 'a centre base-piece, having two end walls or uprigbts, b. f

Upon eacl side of" this base` a is hinged .a boxframe, c or el, composed of a main board, c, side-boards f, and end walls g, the main board c being hinged to Vthe centre-base aas'seen at h, the length of each frame, c d, being slightly 'less than the centre frame a b, so that the frames cand d can swing vertically belothe outer .edge ot each side-board f is hinged a 'and form the side rails, and the pieces ff, into vertical position to 'form the end rails, while, by opening theleaves i m, 'and bringing them' into vertical line with the end rails j, the head ,and'foot-boards are formed, thus completing the bedstead, the leaves i m being locked in upright position by suitable buttons or hooks. d l

The bedstead thus formed, is `strong and rigid, maybe of suitable s ize for containing a full-sized bed or mattress, o, and is neat, and not nnornamental in appearance.

To form the table, the leaves 'are unfastened from the buttons or hooks, the end frame's c d are tipped up into vertical position, and are brought together, (as seen at 13,) the ends of the bed turning up with the frames.

The end-walls ff, are by this movement, brought into horizontal position, with their edges abutting, as seen at B.

The main leaves 'L' are folded against the pieces f, and form the table-top, the auxiliary leaves m being extended, as seen at B, or depending from their hinges,

as s een by the red lines. v

The two frames c d, being locked together in their 'upright position, a til-m foundation is made for the 'table-top, as Will-be readily understood.

It will be obvious that these changes may be very readily and quickly made, and the Amost ordinary skill.

require no other than' The bedstead is at hand when no table is needed, 4 and furnishes avery useful purpose as a table in the day time, occupying the space which might otherwise be necessarily occupied by a table, instead of being a mere case for the eoricealnient, of a bed.

`I claim- A combined table and bedstead,in which the up-V top andleaves Y right head and foot-boards serve as the of the table, substantially as described. Y

` Also, the combination with the Vcentre-piece a 11, of the lhinged box-frames c (I, and the pieces im, as

Yshown and described. t A

1 l JAMES L. BRANDER.

\Vitiiesses:

J. B. CROSBY, FRANCIS GoULn.-