Improvements in or relating to Children's Cots with Sliding Side Rails or Sides.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Oct., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 19th July, 1898-Accepted, 3rd Sept., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Children's Cots with Sliding Side
Rails or Sides.
We, BERNARD RICHARD PEYTON, of Messrs. Peyton & Peyton Limited,
Bordesley Works, Birmingham, Manufacturer, and JOSEPH PITT, employed as
Modeller at the aforesaid Bordesley Works, and residing at 62, Prince Albert
Street, Small Heath, Birmingham, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
Hitherto childrens cots have been made with the side rails to slide down usually
by means of various attachments to the pillars which enable the side rails to be
lowered and raised at will.
According to my present invention I slot the pillars vertically or divide the
pillars vertically into two parts so as to leave a vertical slot or open space between
said parts in which vertical slots the ends of the side rails are adapted to travel
or slide and are thereby guided and held in suchwise that the side rails may be
lifted or lowered as and when desired suitable catches or means being employed
as desired to hold and fix the side rails in the raised position.
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
31, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London,
Chartered Patent Agents.
Improvements in or relating to Children's Cots with Sliding Side
Rails or Sides.
We, BERNARD RICHARD PEYTON, of Messrs. Peyton & Peyton Limited,
Bordesley Works, Birmingham, Manufacturer, and JOSEPH PITT, employed as
Modeller at the aforesaid Bordesley Works, and residing at 62, Prince Albert
Street, Small Heath, Birmingham, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following 'statement:-
Hitherto children's cots have been made with the side rails to slide down usually
by means of various attachments to the pillars which enable the side rails to be
lowered and raised at will.
According to the present invention we slot the pillars vertically or divide the
pillars vertically into two parts or otherwise form said pillars so as to leave a
vertical slot or opening in each said pillar in which vertical slots the ends of the
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page_text: side rails are adapted to travel or slide and are thereby guided and held in such wise
that the side rails may be lifted or lowered as and when desired suitable catches
or means being employed as desired to hold and fix the side rails in the raised
position.
Referring to the drawings hereunto annexed-Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a
bedstead having the present improvements applied thereto.
Fig. 2 is a part end view (on an enlarged scale) of said bedstead.
Fig. 3 is a view at right angles to Fig. 2 i.e. looking in the direction of the
arrow 3 Fig. 2.
Each pillar a is provided with a slot a¹ in the upper part thereof and with
another slot a² in the leg or lower portion thereof--all these slots a¹ and a² respec-
tively in the head and foot pillar to one side of the bed being in the same direction
and in the same vertical plane and similarly with the two pillars on the opposite
side of the bed.
The ends at the upper part of the side rails extend and are adapted to slide
or travel in the slots a¹ and similarly the ends 62 at the lower part of the side rails b
are adapted to slide or travel in the slots a² as shown in Fig. 1.
care catches on the pillars a in which the ends b¹ of the side rails b are adapted
to be held while by slightly raising either side rail b and removing its catches c
out of the way thereupon said side rail can be lowered when desired and again
raised and held fixed in its raised position by the catches c as described.
It will be obvious that if desired the side rails may be constructed and arranged
so as to slide in or upon the head and foot pillars otherwise than by the precise
construction shown in the drawings.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is
1. Constructing children's cots with the side rails or sides adapted to be raised
or lowered by sliding up and down in or upon their respective head and foot
pillars and guided thereby and means to hold said sides in the raised position
substantially in the manner and for the purposes herein before described.
2. Providing the head and foot pillars such as a a of children's cots with vertical
slots a¹ a² or guideways adapted to receive and guide therein the ends 6163 of the
side rails 6 of said cots and means such as the catches c to hold said side rails b in
the raised position substantially in the manner and for the purposes herein before
described.
3. The improved arrangement and construction of children's cots with the side
rails or sides thereof adapted to be raised or lowered without detaching the latter
substantially in the manner and for the purposes herein before set forth.
Doted this 10th Ja of T... 1000
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicants.