US97403A - Improved extension-crib and bedstead - Google Patents

Description

will be employedprincipall y when the hedstead contracted to a small size. i n

Various forms and modifications of this guard may he employed, butfor bedsteads, I prefer theqforms shown in figs. l and 2.

The construction of the side-guard T is clearly indicated in fig. 5, in `which V and W arey the two slats or pieces of which it is mainly formed.

The piece V is forked nearlyits entire length, while the piece W ischannelled out on its sides, as seen at j, to receive the forks of the piece V, which slide into these grooves j. l 4

A thumb-screw, i, passes through ythe ends of the piece V, and'one of the holes k, in the piece W, thus binding the two piecesv together, but permitting, by means ofthe holes k, a longitudinal adjustment of theI guard."`

The outer end of each piece Vaud W is provided with a pivot-pin orv journal, fm, inserted through a strap of metal, I, which is riveted tothe said, piece W orV.

The pivots lm have bearings in the plates n, which are fastened tothe posts of the bedstead.

A metallic 'socket may be sunk into thef used for caster-bearings, orthe guard maybe hung in any other convenient way.- Y. ,v `r'For thc purpose of inserting or adjusting the end guards in place, withoutjmovingthe bed-posts apart the pivot may be placed loosely in the guard, ,andl

post, to* form a bearing for thepivot,vsimilar to the sockets A modification of the guard, shown inyg. 9, conv. sistsofanendless band', o, mounted ou two rollers, 1)l and q, which are hung so `as to turn freely.

Strips of wood, orother suitable material, r, are fastened to the outer surface of this band o, to furnish a hold for the childs'ngers. Still another modification of the guard is shown in iig. 10.Y

placed with their axes in the same vertical plane, so

as to form a vertical wall, to 'bar the progress of a child in any' given direction.

' As often as a childv attempts to climb' over one of these guards, placed on a bedstead, or in any other suitable position, the roller, or movable surface, turns or slides, so as to let him fall gently back to the bed or floor, and he thus soon becomes discouraged by failure, and abandons the attempt.

It' desired, a bell may be hung to the guard,-in any desired position, so as to ringwhenever the guard is putin motion, and thus call attention to thel movements'of the child.

l Having thus fully described my invention, 4 I claimj l 1.,' lfhe ,bedst-ead` described, vcapable of both lateral and longitudinal extension, substantially as set foi-th. 2. The sliding or rolling guard, for barring the progress ot' a' child in any given direction, constructed and operating substantially as set' forth.v

" 3."lhecombination of the two parts V and W,

i forming an extensible guard, substantially as'and for ,the purpose specified.' 1

` 1 CHASa'H. HUDSON.

Witnesses:

H. J AMES WESTON, yWntsmmn.

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