US95192A

US95192A - Improved bed-bottom

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Publication number: US95192A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1869-09-28
Anticipated expiration: 1886-09-28

Description

y f @Madama new* @llivf .DAVID M. BYE, or RoAN'oKE', INDIA-NA, AssIGNoRTo Hit/[SELFv AND H. BAsH, or SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent Nc. 95,192, dated Sqftemher 28,1869.

IMPROVED BED-BOTTOM.

u Th'e lSchedule referred to :in these Letters Patent and` making part 0f the same.

T0 all whom @t mail 00m/WH y i al, which hook upon the loops of the ropes E, as shown Be it known that I, DAVID M. BYE, of Roanoke, in in figs. 1 and 2.

the county of Huntington, and State of Indiana, have F and G are cross-bars, which arc grooved longituinvented a new` and useful improvement in Springdinally along their outer side edges, and Yhave holes Bed Bottoms; and I do hereby declare that. the folformed through them at suitable distances apart, for

lowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', the reception of the ropes E.'

which .will enable others` skilled in the artto make `The ropes E are passed doubled through the holes 'and use'the saine, reference being had to the accomin the cross-bars F Gr, to form the loops, pass along panyingdrawings, forming part of this specification, the groovcs'in said bars, and their ends are secured to in Whih- I y "said bars FG, near their ends.

Figure l is a top view of my improved spring-bed lhe ends of the cross-bar F rest in notches in the bottom as attached to 4a bedstead. blocks or cleats H, attached to the ends of the side Figure 2 is avertical longitudinal section of the rails B. same, taken through the line a: x, fig. 1. The ends of the 'cross-bar G rest upon' the blocks or 'Similar letters of reference indicatey corresponding cleats I, attached to the other end ofthe sidev rails B. parts. J are screws, which pass through the end rail O of My invention has for its object to furnish an im-` the bedstead, and screw vinto nuts let into the crossproved adjustable spring-bed'bottom, whichshall be barG, so that by turning the said screws in one or simple in constructiomstrong, durable, and elastic in the other direction, the bed-bottom may be tightened use, whiehcan be readily attached to any bedstead, or slackened, as may be desired. and which can be made and sold for a comparatively The bed-bottom thus constructed can be readily atsmall amount; and tached to any bedstead, and forms a strong, serviceable, It consists in the construction and combination of durable, very elastic, and cheap bed-bottom. the various parts'of the bed-bottom, as hereinafter Having thus describedrmy invention, V `more fully described. I 'claim as new,fand desire to secure by Letters A-are the posts, Bare the side rails, and G are the Patentend rails of the` bedstead, about the construction of The combination ofthe cross-bars F G, cleats HI, which parts thereis nothing new. and adj listing-screws J J, all constructed as described, n S D are the spring slats, which may bemade of halfwith the ordinary hooked slats D aud ropes E, to form 'inch stu, and about two inches wide, and of suitable a bed-bottom, as described.

length. Witnessesz DAVID M. BYEA Upon the under side of the elds of the slats D are D. H. GRIM, formed, or to them are attached hooks or catch-blocks, WM. PAYTON.