US989316A - Metallic mattress. - Google Patents

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G. J. WITZEL. METALLIC MATTRESS.

APPLIoATIoN FILED AUG. 4. 1909.

989,31 6. Patented Apr. 11, 1911.

2 SHEETS-'SHEET 1.

C. J. WITZEL.

METALLIC MATTRESS. APPLIoATIoN FILED 1110.4, 1909. v

2 SHEBTB-BHEBT 2.

LHARLES J. WITZEL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y

METALLIC :MATTRESS Specification of Lettersratcnt.

Patented Apr. 11, 1911.

Application led August 4, 1909. Serial No. 511,127.

To al? Vwhom itmay'oncem:

.Be it .known l`that I, 4Grensmaas J. lVrrzaL,

a citizen .ofdheUnited States, residing in New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county `of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements .in `Metallic Mattresses, of which the .following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in metallic formed mattresses, the object of the invention being to ,provide an .improved metallic formed .mattress whichfwill ,prevent the shifting or spreading ofithe hair or other stuffed mattress by locatingand holding the same securely -in .position in an effective, manner, and is in part an improvement upon .the construction shown and described in my Reissue Patent No. 13,125, dated June 28, .1910. As stated in the said reissue application, one yof the .bbjecti'ons to the metallic mattresses in general use is that the hair or other stulfed .mattresses which are ,placed thereon :shift on the same from one slde to the other Aor so spread in use that a very unsightly appearance is .the result. The present improvement, therefore, consists of a wire mattress' which is provided at each side .thereof with improved .longitudinal side guardsattached to the mattress Vor bent up .therefrom and which is .comparatively sim- .ple :in its construction and therefore inexpensive to ,produce .In `the drawings accompanyi and forming .part of this specification, lgure -1 is a perspective view of one yportion of .a bedstead illustrating one form of .this improved spring mattress having Van improved form v offside guard, the mattress in .this figure being hillustrated .as a woven wire mattress;

Fig. 2 is a. perspective view of one .portion of :a spring mattress 'illustrati' a National fabrichavmgthesei proved si e-.guards attached thereto; and ig. 3 is .a perspective view .of a ,portion of .this improved spring mattress. showing another form of sideguard.

.Similar characters of reference desi nate correspondin i arts throughout the ent ii .ures ofthe drawings.

.In ig. l .the .spring mattress .is shown .as a -woven wire mattress, .while .in .Figs 2 and 3 the :mattress is, shown .as of .that .formwhich is generally .known .as a National fabric.` Each of these mattresses 2 isvprovided with a side .guard -3 `attached thereto in an vimproved manner.

.In .the mattress shown in Fig. .1the wovenl this form of the improvement the woven wire mattress is ,provided with bentvup side guards Lformed of the same I.material 4as is the lbottom .4, each guard being `provided along .itsllower and upper edges with a reinforced or thickened portion '8, 9. The ends ofthe guard :are hooked to .the upwardly turned ,projections of the cross strip in any suitable manner, the,guard being severed intermediate its ends at Somesuitable point, as at L1, which may be at the middle -of its length-or adjacent .to one end, as is .most desirable in',practice,.andsuch severed portions spaced apart. .Each severed ,portion 12of the sideguard is suitablybound or clam ed by some 4suitable form of :metallic binding or clamp, as 13, and between these severe ends one or more, preferably a plurality, spiral sprin s 14 are located to .impart a tension to t eside guards. These sprin maybe hooked into-.openings 15 formed 1n the .metallic rbindings ofthe side guards in any suitable manner.

'In .the `form shown in Fig. 2 .the National fabric bottom 4. is secured b. .helical springs l 116 to .theend or cross bar 7 of .the mattress frame Ain the usual manner, but in this form the side guards, which are 4shown formed separately lfrom .the bottom but linked thereto along-its edges, are secured directly to the upwardly turned projections or-angle plates v18, |19, riveted or otherwise .fastened to the end of the cross bar` 'Ilhese side guards are likewise severed intermediate .their ends, as atI .111. and spaced apart .for the lreception of helicalsprmgs 14 which may be readily hooked 4to the links ofthe side guards. 'In this fornrof the improvement, as is also the Case -with .that shown in Fig. 3, the side guards, `being formed in the manner shown, require .no .metallic binding or clamping members at .the several ends thereof, since thehooks ofthe helical springs may be readily connected to :the :links or coupling membersbfthe .fabric in a .manner which will be readily understood.

-In the form shown in 3l the sidey the guard and the upwardly turnedl projection securedto the end or cross bar of'the mattress frame, and the other set located in a similar manner to that shown i-n Fig. 2.

1 would ordinarily occur, and so materially stiifen the side guard'and `prevent it from yielding improperly. Furthermore, by having the side guard formed separate from the bed bottom, when'this side guard is made of either one continuous length. orof short lengths as shown herein, the vbed bottom may;l be under a different tension from that of the side guard. In other Words, as the bed bottom receives the Weight of the user and is usually first attached to the cross members or bars, it may be placed under considerable tension, While, as the side guard is not slept upon, the tension thereon may be less and the des ired tension given thereto when it is attached subsequent to the .attachment of the bottom fabric, so that the tension given to the bed bottom fabric does not necessarily haveto be t-lie same as that given to the side guards, so that, ifdesired, springs of different strength or size may be usedrespectively with the bed bottom land the side guards, as

occasion may require. Furthermore, it will be observed that when the side guards are formed separately from thel bed bottom they may, if desired for any reason, be removed,

from such bottom by disconnecting 'the same from the upstanding suppprting brackets carried by the bottom and yfdisconnecting the same along the bottom edges thereof from the bottom at the points Where such connection is made, and it will be-observed vthat Where the tension imparting means `is 'located laway from the -e-ndsof the side guards such side guards may be more easily disconnected from' the upstanding projections than would be the case if the helical springs were located at the ends of the side guards, for the reason that it would be less difficult for the user to unhookthe ends of the side guards from the upstanding projections'than it would be to u-nhookthe helical springs themselves, in yvievvy of the 4fact that thosel portions of the side 'guardsAbetween the springs andthe upstandingjgprojections,

- could be more easily handled owing to their flexibility than could the springs themselves.

of these side guards the hair orother stuffed mattress will be maintained in position when lthe same is placed on the spring mattress so that` the lateral `shifting or spreadingfof such stuffed mattress is prevented. Therterm fabric as used herein is intended to mean any suitable structure whether made up of'linls or criss-cross membcr's or of relatively long lengthwise-extending members connected by short links or members, or any structure which' Would y serve the purpose of a Woven fabric; i,

-I claim as my invention: i l. A metallic formed mattress comprising a suspensively supported bottom stretched under tension, a metallic fabric mattress guard extending along each side edge of the `V bottom and means for holding said bottom and guards underindependent tensions, the connections of the guards and bottom to their respective supporting means being such as to allow the tensioning of the guards in-l Vdependently of the bottom.

2. Ametallic formed mattress comprising i.

a suspensively vsupported bottom'y stretched under tension, a metallic fabric ymattress guard formed independently vof the bott-o i1 but connected thereto at each side edge thereof, supporting means for said bottom and guards, said guards"being also .stretched Yand maintained under tension, the connecf' tions of the guard andbottomto their re-v s ect-ive supporting means being such as to i ,3. A metallic formed mattress comprising a suspensively supported bottom stretched under tension, a metallic fabric 'mattress i guard extending along each side edge ofi'the bottom, supporting means for the bottoni and supporting means for the guards andy effective to maintain the latter in upright positions, and tensioning means forming a continuation of each guard, the.' connectionsof the guards and bottom lto their respective supporting means being such as to allow the?" tensioning of the guards independently of the bottom.' l

4. A metallic formed mattress comprising a suspensively supported bottom stretched iis under tension, a` metallic fabric mattressl -guard extending'along each side edge of the "bottom, supporting means for the bottom' and supportingl inc ansfor the guards and effective to maintain the latter in upright positions', and tensioning means forming a 3 continuation of each guard and running" lengthwise relatively to such guard andcomprising helical springs, the connections of the guards and bottom to -their respective supporting means being such asto allow the tensioning of the guards independently vofaisim-aan. t

5. IA metallic formed mattress comprising yrac osition relatively to the bot-tom,- and metal, fabric side guards each consisting of lor-gv lengthwise extending members connected by short links or members and formed independently of the bottom and stretched under Vtension along the longitudinal edges of -the i bottom and removably connected to said side guardsupporting means.

7. A metallic formed mattress comprising a supporting frame, ai suspensively supported bottom connected thereto and stretched under tension, side guard supporting means for'supporting side guards in an upri` ht position relatively to the bottom, metalic fabric side guards formed independently of the bottom and stretched under tension alongthe longitudinal edges ofthe bottom and removably connected to said side guardsupporting means, and tensioning means for the side guards, the connections of the guards and bottom totheir respective su porting means bein such as to allow t e 'tensioning of the guards independently of the bottom.

8. A metallic formed mattress comprising a suspensively supported bottom stretched under tension, a metal fabric side guard extending along each of the side edges of the bottom and consisting' of long lengthwise members connected by short links or members, supporting means for said bottom and guards, and Itensioning means for the guards, the .connections of the guards and y bottom to their respective supporting means being suchV as to al ow the tensioning of the bottom. 9. A metallic formed mattress oomprisin a suspensively supported bottom stretched under tension, metallic fabric side guards extending along the side edges of the bottom, supporting means for said bottoml and guards, and tensionin "means for each of the guards and locate between the ends of the guard, the connections of the guards and bottom to their respective supporting means being such as to al ow the tensioning of the guards independently of the bottom.

10. A metallic formed-mattress comprisin a suspensively su ported bottom' stretche under tension an having adjacent to its sion.

corners upstanding projections, side o'uardsA secured to said projections and each formed of a plurality of alined lengths each shorter than the distance between such projections and spaced apart between their opposing ends, and tension imparting means spanning the s aces between thelengths of the side guarcs and'connect-ing such spaced a artends and maintainin the guards under ongitudinal tension, tie connections `of the guards and bottom to their respective supporting means lbeing Isuch as to allow the' tensioning of the guards independently of the bottom.

1l. A. metallic formed ymattress comprising a suspensively supported bottom stretched under tension and having adjacent to its corners upstanding projections, side guards secured to said projections and each formed v of a plurality. of alined lengths of metallic fabric each shorter than the distance. between 'suchprojcctions and spaced apart be-4 tween their opposing ends, and helical springs spanning the spaces between the lengths of the side guards and connecting such spaced apart ends for maintaining thiA guards' undertension, the connectionsot,

ytheguards and bottom to their `respective Imembers connected by short links or members each shorter than the distance between such projections and spaced apart between" their opposed ends, and means spanning such space and connecting such spaced apart ends for maintainin the guards under tension. 13. A metal lic formed mattress havin a suspensively su ported bottom stretchedunder tension and having adjacent to its corners upstanding projections, side guards running len liwiseof such bottom and secured to sai proections, each formed of a' plurality of alli; lengths of metallic fabric eac'h shorter than the length of the bottom and spaced apart between their opposed ends, and tension imparting means spanning such sgiace and connecting such spaced apart ends or maintaining-the guards under ten- 14. A metallic fonned, mattress having fa suspensively su ported bottom stretche under 'tension an having adjacent to its corners upstanding projections, side Iguards running len hwise of such bottom and secured to sai pro'ections, each formed of a plurality of almed lengths of metallic fabric under tension an each` yshorter than thev length ofv the bottom and spaced apart between their. op-

posed ends, and tension imparting meansl of a'plur'ality of alined len hsof metallic fabric each' shorter than t e distance between the projectionsand s aced 'a art between their opposed'ends, an helica springs spanning such .space and conncctin -the spaced:.apartr` endsjof' the iside vguar s for maintainingthe'guards under tension.

16..; Ins ring mattress construction, ay metallic4 fabric bottom,` a metallic fabric-mattress guard independent of 'said bottoni butconnected thereto at intervals, supporting members for said bottomv and guard, tensioin ingy means for the bottom `and tensioning'v means for the guard,.the v'connections lof the guard tothe bottom, and ofthe guard and bottom to their respective supportngmembers being such as to allow the tensioning of the guard independently of the bottom.`

17. In spring mattress constructions, ya

metallic fabric bottom,fa inet-allie -fabric l mattress guard, supporting. means forv said bottom and guard, tensioning meansfor the bottom and independent tensioning means for the guard, the connections oftheguard V4t) 'and bottom to their respective Asupporting l means being such as to allow.thetensioning of the. guard independentlj7 of the bottom, Y

18. A metallic formed mattress comprising y 'a supportingframe, a suspeiisively supported bottom connected thereto 'and stretched under tension, upstanding brackets or pedesners of the frame, vertical side guards located in proximity to the lateral edges of the bottom' and extending longitudinally thereof, each composed of a metallic fabric and formed independently of the bottom,

tals supported at substantially the our'cor'- y and connecting elements secured to the side. l

uards and received within or projecting .into said brackets or pedestals, the connections of the guards and bottom to their res ect-ive supporting means being' suchas to f a low the tensioning ofthe guards independently of the bpttom. l 'CHARLES J. 'VITZEL.

lVitnesses: l CHAs. E. Twice,

C. A. WEED,

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