A New or Improved Combined Mattress and Bedding, applicable also for Pillows, Cushions, and the like.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Mar., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 5th Dec., 1896-Accepted, 9th Jan., 1897
IDIONAL
A New or Improved Combined Mattress and Bedding, applicable
also for Pillows, Cushions, and the like.
I, WALTER EDWARD CLARKE of the Firm of Richard Clarke and Co. of
Beehive Mills, Heckmondwike, Yorkshire, Flock Manufacturers and Feather
Purifiers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to a new or improved mattress or bedding, pillow,
cushion or the like, my improvements consisting in combining a down, feather,
flock or like soft bedding, pillow or cushion with a straw, hair or like hard mattress
or foundation.
In carrying out my invention I make the mattress or foundation somewhat in
the ordinary manner but with-say-only about half the quantity of hair or straw
now employed, and when making the mattress or foundation case I attach to the
upper edges thereof by sewing or equivalent means, strips of material which are
adapted to form the sides of the bedding, pillow or cushion.
When the mattress or foundation is filled and completed, I attach, by stitching
or other means, the top of the bedding or pillow to the strips or borders already
attached to the mattress or foundation and then fill in the ordinary way with down,
feathers flocks, cotton or other similar material and so complete the combined
bedding and mattress, or pillow, cushion and the like.
The quantity of down, feathers, flocks or cotton employed is much less, or-say-
about half the quantity employed in ordinary beddings, and by combining this
covering or case of down, feathers or the like with a hair, straw or like hard
mattress or foundation of half the usual depth or thickness as hereinbefore set
forth, I obtain a bedding or mattress which will give support to every part of the
body resting thereon but cannot, by reason of the mattress or foundation, be
depressed or hollowed by the weight of the body as in the case of ordinary feather
beddings, and therefore avoids the enervation which results from sleeping on the
latter without loosing the advantages and comfort attaching to a feather or soft
yielding bedding. To those preferring to sleep on a hair or hard mattress there is
also the advantage in the combined bedding or mattress of a soft yielding surface
which will adapt itself to each portion of the body laid thereon and give it the
required support without lessening the advantages otherwise derivable from a hard
mattress. Although more especially intended for beddings or mattresses, the above
combination may also be applied to pillows, cushions and the like.
Dated this 4th day of March 1896.
TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Huddersfield, Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: A New or Improved Combined Mattress and Bedding, applicable
also for Pillows, Cushions, and the
like.
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I, WALTER-EDWARD CLARKE, of the Firm of Richard Clarke and Co. of
Beehive Mills, Heckmond wike, Yorkshire, Flock Manufacturers, and Feather
Purifiers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:-
This invention has reference to a new, or improved mattress, or bedding, pillow,
cushion or the like, my improvements consisting in combining a down, feather,
flock or like soft bedding, pillow or cushion with a straw, hair. or like hard mattress
or foundation.
My said invention will be more fully understood by reference to the annexed
sheet of drawings forming a part of this specification, in which :-
Fig. 1 is perspective view of my improved combined bedding and mattress, a
portion of the upper cover of the bedding being broken away. and some of the
down," feathers, or flocks removed to shew the interior thereof; and
Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same.
One method of making my improved combined bedding and mattress and which,
perhaps, is the simplest and least expensive method, is to make the mattress or
foundation a somewhat in the ordinary manner but with, say, only. about half the
quantity of hair, straw or like material now employed, the case or envelope a¹ of
same having attached to its upper edges by stitching or equivalent means, a strip
or strips of material 6 to form the sides and ends of the bedding C or pillow or
cushion.
When the mattress or foundation a is filled and completed, I attach the top sheet
or cover d of the bedding or pillow to the strip or. strips or. borders.b. by stitching
or other similar means a portion being left unstitched to give access to the inside
of the bedding which is subsequently filled or stuffed in the ordinary way with
down, feathers, flocks, cotton or other material suitable for a bedding, and the
unstitched portion then sewn up, thus. completing the combined. bedding and
mattress, or pillow, cushion or like body support.
The quantity of down, feathers, flocks or cotton employed is much less, or say
about half the quantity employed in ordinary beddings, and by combining this
covering or case of down, feathers or the like, with a hair, straw or like hard
mattress or foundation of half the usual depth or thickness as herein before set
forth, I obtain a bedding or mattress which will give support to. every part of the
body resting thereon but cannot, by reason. of the mattress or foundation, be
depressed or hollowed by the weight of the body.as.in the case of ordinary feather
beddings, aud, therefore, avoids the enervation. which results from sleeping. on the
latter without loosing the, advantages. and comfort. attaching. to a feather or- soft
yielding bedding. To those preferring to sleep on a hair.or hard mattress.there is
also the advantage in the combined bedding, or mattress. of a soft-yielding surface
which will adapt itself to each portion of the body laid thereon, and, give, it the
required support without lessening the advantages otherwise derivable from a hard
mattress. Although more especially intended for beddings or mattresses, the above
combination may also be applied to pillows, cushions and the like.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
The combined bedding-mattress or pillow cushion or like head or bedre montan

page_text: support comprising a down, feather, flock or like soft bedding, pillow or cushion
combined with a straw, hair or like hard mattress or foundation in manner and for
purposes substantially as herein shewn and described.
Dated this 4th day of December 1896.
TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Huddersfield, Patent Agents.