A New or Improved Camp-bed for Soldiers, Travellers, and the like.
Year: 1895

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Camp-bed for Soldiers, Travellers, and the like.
I PIERRE PERRINON, Retired Army Officer, of 17 Rue de Plaisance, at
Asniéres (Seine) in the Republic of France do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a new or improved camp-bed for soldiers travellers and
the like the object being to provide a portable means for resting the human body
whether in the open air, hospital, or elsewhere.
The construction is as follows:-A box has fitted upon the two sides thereof
socket pieces for the reception of extension arms, plain, and jointed in two parts.
The free ends of these arins serve to carry end pieces or rollers (arranged crosswise
in relation to the box or case) and over these rollers are arranged a waterproof or
canvas sheet.
Upon the ends of the cross-pieces or rollers at the ends of the side arms metal
rings are slipped on and these carry knee-jointed bars which will serve as legs to
aid in the support of the cross pieces or rollers. These legs being jointed will
fold up when out of use but any other means of attachment may be employed.
Upon the cross pieces or end rollers is fixed or secured the supporting sheet
which extends from end to end, and is conveniently stretched by means of straps
and buckles working over a second roller or bar at one end and the end roller to
which the sheet is secured (at that end).
Other sheets may be attached to the aforesaid main sheet:—for instance, one
may be used for a bolster and another as a palliasse (these may be air proof bags
and be fitted with an air-nipple so as to be inflatable).
According to a modification the arms at one end of the box or case may be
suppressed and the lid of the box be used to extend the supports of the supporting
sheet of the camp-bed. A. Y shaped end leg or support may, in such case, be
applied. The supporting sheet may in such case be fixed to extend only from the
end of the box where the lid is hinged to and over the end roller supported by
the side arms at the head of the bed.
The whole subsiduary portions as before described may when not in use be
folded up and be contained in the main box for convenience of packing and
transport.
D
1.00.1 ML 1905
WALTER A. BARLOW,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Expert,
7 John Street, Bedford Row, W.C.,
For the Applicant.

page_text: A New or improved Camp-bed for Soldiers, Travellers, and the like.
I PIERRE PERRINON, Retired Army Officer, of 17 Rue de Plaisance at
Asnières (Seine) in the Republic of France, 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 a new or improved camp-bed for soldiers, travellers and
the like the object being to provide a portable means for resting the human body
whether in the open air, hospital or elsewhere.
The danger to health resulting from sleeping upon the ground need only be
adverted to, and the advantage of providing additional sleeping accomodation in
case of emergency is equally obvious.
The camp-bed which is the subject of this invention was designed mainly for
officers' use as in moving large bodies of men bagage has to be reduced to a
minimum and even the bagage allowed to officers must not exceed a prescribed
volume or weight.
In order that the following more particular description. may be well understood
I have annexed hereto a sheet of drawings wherein
Fig. 1, is a side view.
Fig. 2, is a plan with the sheet C partly broken away as shown by the
broken line.
Figs. 3 and 4, shows a modification of construction wherein, in side and plan
view the box lid is employed instead of subsiduary arms in making-up the bed.
The constituents are as follows:-
c is an impermeable sheet.
xx¹ one or more rollers fixed at its upper end according to the length of the
sheet C.
B B', are suspension arms serving as fulcrums or supports either by buckles and
straps or holes and centres.
These suspension arms are fastened to the sides of the box A in any way which
will allow of their turning around on their centres and to be replaced in the box
or they may be fitted into sockets outside the box A as shown.
If it be desirable to lengthen the arms B' they may be jointed at b¹.
This arrangement or any of like kind serving the same end will admit of the
bed being lengthened as required and will allow of the arms being folded up in
the box.
Four triangular feet d d¹ fixed to the cross pieces x and x2 by the means shown
or otherwis allows of being folded.
These four or two supports according to the case will sufficiently ensure the
stability of the bed.
The sheet C, may he stretched as may be desired by straps and buckles e
Figs. 1 and placed at the head or at the foot or by rolling the sheet around the
cross piece X when pierced with holes.
The arms B' may be suppressed by using the lid A' of the box.
.
When this arrangement of the cover is employed to replace the two suspension
arms, the straps ii of the box may serve as supports to the body of the bed or
sheet e, supported also by the triangle d.
ff are pieces of material fixed at T and capable of furnishing a cover or
paliasse.
care rings at the ends of the crossbars or rollers.

page_text: 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 new or improved camp-bed for officers, soldiers, travellers, and the like charac-
terised by a box to which is adapted suspension arms, sustained at their extremities.
by feet and serving as supports of the crossbars upon which is held the impermiable-
sheet C, conveniently attached, substantially as herein described and shown by the-
drawings.
WALTER A. BARLOW,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Expert,.
7 John Street, Bedford Row, W.C.,
For the Applicant.