US965522A - Crib attachment for beds. - Google Patents

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R. J. HOLT.

CRIB ATTAGHMENT FOR BBDSr APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 25, 1909.

Patented July 26, 191 0.

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APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 25, 1909. I 965,522 Patented July 26, 1910.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ROBERT J. HOLT, or ATLANTA. enoncranssrenon or ONE-HALFTO nnnnnr nnn EMANUEL KAUFMANN, BOTH OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

CRIB ATTACHMENT FOR BEDS.

Beds; and I do hereby declare the following to be a'full. clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the'same. This invention relates to a crib attachment for beds, and has for an object to provide a crib that can be quickly and efiioiently applied to and removed from an ordinary side rail of a A further object of the invention is to provide a crib with upstanding sides and ends that can'easily be folded. flat-ion the base thereof for convenience in packing and ship ping.

With these and otherobjects in view the invention comprises certain novel constructions, combinations and arrangement of parts as will be hereinaftermore fully-described and claimed.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is perspective view showing the rail of a bed. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary part sectional end elevation showing. the manner of attaching the Fig. 3 is a fragmentary partsectional end elevation showing a slightly modifiedform of attaching means to an iron barren.

. Referring to represents the end frame pieces of the base a crib. which are connected by side frame pieces 3 and 4. Beneath 'the side frame pieces 3 and 4 and secured thereto are slats Secured to the side frame piece 3 by.

5. hinges 6 is a folding side frame 13 composed of top and bottom rails 7 and 8 re spectively and connected by standards 9. Mounted upon the folding side frame 13 near each end thereof and hinged thereto by hinges 10 is a folding end frame 12 consisting of "top andbottom rails 11 and 12 respectively and connected by standards 13.

Secured .to the end frame pieces 2 are hinges having wings 14 and 15. The wings 14 are each provided with an upstanding ear l6 ha'vinga .hole 17 formed therein for receiving a pin 18 carried by the members 12, which are adapted to bear against the ears Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed September 25, 1909. Serial 170 51952 A bolt crib attached to the side.

crib to a Wooden'bed rail.

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'members 32 and portion 39 through bolt 44 having an Patented July 261119.

with an elongated head 21 adapted to tpass through the slot 19 when the long axis 0 the head is parallel with the long axis of the is carried by the h rizon;

e clamping member 23 slot. The bolt 20 tal portion 22 of th and is made rotatable in the same. The clam-ping member 23 is provided with a down-turned projection 24 connecting with the horizontal portion 22.

The main body of the clamping member 23, the horizontal portion 22 and the downturned portion 24 are adapted to engage the the side rail 27 of an ordinary iron bed. 28 with a head 29 is. adapted to be screwed through the down-turned portion 24 to engage the rail 27 for the purpose-Of holding the, clamping member engagement with the rail. 7 member 23 is provided at its bottom with a projection 30 adapted to receive the extremity of a brace rod bottom side of the end frame members 2 and connected with the same by supporting brackets 32 and 33 secured to the frame piece 2 by any desirable means The sup- The clam ing porting bracket 32 is formed with an opening therein. to receivethereduced portion 34 at the outer end 'ofzthe brace rods 31 (not shown) and35. The brace rods 31 and 35 are easily removed from the sup orting ,33 when it is desired to disconnect the same. 7

In Fig. 2 a slightly modified form of clamp1ng member 36 is shown in connection with a modified form of bed rail 37. 'The clamping member 36 is provided with a horizontal portion 38 and a down-turned which is screwed a bolt 40 having a head 41. The bolt 40 is adapted to engage the bed rail 37 to rigidly connect 14 of',the hinges are se- 2 by screws or .in' The wings 15 of the 1 are provided with transverse elongated slots 19 through which passes a bolt 20' 3 in rigid 31 extending to the i vertical and horizontal webs 25 and 26- of the clamping member 36- therewith. -A securing member 42 is frame piece-2 by screws or in'any desirable manner, and is formed with an elongated transverse slot 43 through which passes a elongated head 45 adapted to engage'the material of the securing connected with the endmember 42upon each side of the elongated 'slot 43, as shown in Fig. 2. The securing member 42 is provided with an ear 46 having a hole 47 therein adapted to'engage' the pin'18 carried by the bottom rails 12 ofthe end frame members 12. The clamping member .36 is provided with an adjustable sorew 48 having a head 49 to which is glued or otherwise secured a cushion member 50 made of felt or other suitable material to protect the wooden bed rail 37. y

The clamping member 36 is provided at its. bottom end with a recess 51 which receives' one end of thebrace rod 35. In Fig. '3 a slightly modified form of clamping member is shown at 52 in which the downturned flange is omitted. To the horizontal portion 53 of-the clamping member 52 is secured a beveled key 54 which is connected to the horizontal portion 53 by means of a screw bolt/'55 having a cotter pin' 56 passtherethrough and through the beveled key 54 to make the bolt rigid with the key. The bolt 55 'is'rotatable within themember 53 and' when it is desired to disconnect the crib from the bed rail '58 the bolt 55 is turned until the key. 54 eirtends parallel witfithe "horizontal leg 57 of the bed rail 58. The other features of Fig. 3 are thefrom the bed rail the securing membersen- I gaging the bed rails, comprising the bolts 28 or or ;thebeveled key 54 according to the embodiment are moved out of engagethe side frame members 13v are adapted to be folded between the side frame pieces 1 3 and 4 and the end frame pieces 2 for convenience in shipping and storing.

'What I claim is p 1. The combination with a bed rail, of a bracket adapted to fit over and .bear against the exterior of the bed rail," means carried by the bracket proportioned to engage the inner edge of the bed rail, ahinge member removably secured to the bracket, a crib body carried by the hinge, and a brace carried by the crib body and adapted to removably engage the bracket.

2. In a deviceof the class described, a bracket adapted to engage the exterior surface of a bed rail, means carried by the bracket-adapted to engageunder the inner edge of the bed rail, a hinge removably secured to the bracket, a crib body carried by the hinge, a folding brace carried by the crib body adapted to removably engage the bracket, and folding sides and ends car ried by the crib body.

In testimonywhereof I affix my signa'-. ture in presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT J. HOLT.

Witnesses: I

ALBERT KAIJFMANN, H. A. Moses;

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