Improved Means for Suspending Bed Valances.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Apr., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Jan., 1893-Accepted, 25th Feb., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by ROBERT WALTER Goudie, of Adelaide, South
Australia, Ironmonger.]
Improved Means for Suspending Bed Valances.
I, GEORGE CROYDON MARKS of 13 Temple Street, Birmingham, in the County
of Warwick, Engineer & Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the manner in which I construct and arrange metal or
other suitable material hooks or clips for attaching to bedstead angle iron for the
purpose of suspending and securing in position valances, and thus preventing the
constant slipping and untidy hanging common to the present methods of suspending
valances.
In carrying my invention into effect in one convenient manner, I form a metal
suspender as a loop of wire having two pointed ends or curved clips for entering
under the angle iron of the bedstead, the two points terminating two flat portions,
which I cause to pass over or across the top of the angle iron; the opposite or loop
end of the flat wires I bend down for the purpose of forming a loop on to which
the valance may be secured.
The suspender thus made I attach to the valance by first inserting the points or
hook ends through the back or inside of the valance, and I then attach the hook
ends across the top of the angle iron so that they may engage or hook under the
inside edge of the angle iron, the material of the valance hanging from the closed
or loop end of the suspender.
I sometimes make my suspenders out of plate material or strip, the ends being
bent down to form a loop or bow at the one side and hooks or points at the opposite
side.
I make the form of the suspender to suit the width or shape of the frame or bars
of the bedstead; in each case maintaining the hook or claw ends for passing
through the fabric, and for engaging with the inner edge of the angle frame of the
bedstead; while the loop or bow ends I bend down and leave closed to receive and
support the material of the valance. I make the strength of the suspender to suit
any particular weight of valance and I form the hook ends with two or more wide
points or claws to suit the material to be suspended or retained.
Dated this 22nd day of April 1892.
MARKS & CLERK,
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means for Suspending Bed Valances.
I, GEORGE CROYDON MARKS, of 13 Temple Street, in the City of Birmingham,
Engineer and Patent Agent, 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 :—
This invention relates to the manner in which I construct and arrange metal or
other suitable material hooks or clips for attaching to bedstead angle irons for the
purpose of suspending and securing in position valances, and thus preventing the
constant slipping and untidy hanging common to the present methods of suspending
bed valances.

page_text: In the accompanying sheet of explanatory drawings—
Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of an ordinary angle iron of a bedstead showing
my valance suspender A attached thereto; and
Figure 2 is a front elevation of the same.
Figure 3 is a general view of my improved bed valance suspender, and
Figure 4 is a modification of the same which I sometimes adopt.
Figure 5 is a view of a portion of a bedstead showing my suspender A and B in
position with the valance C secured thereto.
In carrying my invention into effect in one convenient manner as shown in
Figures 1, 2 and 3 of the accompanying drawings, I form a metal suspender as a
loop of wire A having two pointed ends or curved clips a a for entering under the
angle iron D of the bedstead, the two points terminating or being formed from
two flat portions a¹ a¹ which I cause to pass over or across the top of the angle
iron; the opposite or loop end of the flat wires a² a³ I bend down for the purpose
of forming a loop a on to which the valance C may be secured.
The suspender thus made I attach to the valance by first inserting the points
or hook ends through the back or inside of the valance, and 1 then attach the hook
ends across the top of the angle iron so that they may engage or hook under the
inside edge of the angle iron, the material of the valance hanging from the closed
or loop end of the suspender as shown in Figure 5.
I sometimes make my suspenders out of plate material or strip, the ends being
bent down to form a loop or bow at the one side and hooks or points at the
opposite side. I make the form of the suspender to suit the width or shape of the
frame or bars of the bedstead; in each case maintaining the hook or claw ends for
passing through the fabric, and for engaging with the inner edge of the angle
frame of the bedstead; while the loop or bow ends I bend down and leave closed
to receive and support the material of the valance. I make the strength of the
suspender to suit any particular weight of valance and I form the hook ends with
two or more wide points or claws to suit the material to be suspended or retained.
When desiring to provide additional support for the valance I sometimes make
my suspenders of the shape B shown at Figures 4 and 5, the bow end being
widened out, somewhat of a T form, to give greater bearing surface for the
valance material.
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 :-
1. The construction of bed valance suspenders substantially as herein before
described and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
2. The construction of metal or wire hooks having double pointed ends for
entering under the angle iron or frame of a bedstead, the other portion of the
hook being bent to suit and engage with the angle iron or frame for the purpose
of suspending valances or draping therefrom.
Deted this 21st day of January 1002
MARKS & CLERK,
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicant.