Improvements in Bedstead Fittings and Appliances for Use upon Cots.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Dec., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 21st Sept., 1894-Accepted, 27th Oct.,
1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION,
Improvements in Bedstead Fittings and Appliances for Use
upon Cots.
I ARTHUR HERBERT GRANT of 2 The Square Isleworth in the County of
Middlesex Plumber do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention has reference to the manner in which I construct and arrange
screens or guards for attachment to bedsteads or cots, for the purpose of preventing
the child from climbing over the side of the cot, and for enabling the nurse or
attendant to safely leave the child without having to provide for care or watching
during her absence.
In carrying my invention into effect when constructing my fittings for attachment
to an ordinary rectangular framed in cot having four corner posts or uprights to
form the supporting legs, I make hook like rings or clips to pass over these uprights
and I attach to these clips rings or hooks, a piece of netting capable of passing
from one side or end of the cot to the other, in such a manner as to completely
cover the upper or open portion of the cot and thus to cover the bed of the
child.
I prefer to make my netting to slide along side bars or rails upon the cot when
possible, and I make the sides of the netting when thus arranged for sliding with
rings or clips for passing freely over the guide rods of the cot.
I make my netting to slide or roll from either side to side or end to end of the
cot and I make the meshes of the net as large as convenient for covering the open
space without possibility of the child getting through when the net is drawn over.
I make the nets of silk, ordinary cord wire or other suitable material, or I arrange
bands of canvas in the form of a net for the same purpose when making a strong
kind of enclosure.
I construct my sliding rods and fittings of metal or other suitable material and
I vary the shape and configuration of the same to suit any particular form of cot or
framework to which it is to be attached.
I sometimes make my screen or covering to be in the form of a spring which can
be rolled up at one end or side of the cot.
Dad the Decho 1802
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bedstead Fittings and Appliances for Use
upon Cots.
I, ARTHUR HERBERT GRANT, of 2 The Square, Isleworth, in the County of
Middlesex, Plumber, 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 has reference to the manner in which I construct and arrange
screens or guards for attachment to hedsteads or cots, for the purpose of preventing
the child from climbing over the side of the cot and for enabling the nurse or

page_text: attendant to safely leave the child without having to provide for care or watching
during her absence. My fittings and appliances are also suitable for attachment to
bedsteads which are occupied by demented persons.
In the accompanying sheet of explanatory drawings-
Figure 1 is a plan of a bedstead or cot having my improvements attached.
Figure 2 is an elevation of a portion of the end of the bedstead or cot showing
my sliding bar in position.
Figure 3 is an elevation of a bedstead or cot end pillar and frame with an
independent guide frame bar for my netting rings to slide upon.
In carrying my invention into effect when constructing my fittings for attachment
to an ordinary rectangular framed-in cot having four corner posts or uprights A to
form the supporting legs, I make hook like rings or clips B to pass over these
uprights and I attach to these clips or hooks a piece of netting C capable of
passing from one side or end of the cot to the other, in such a manner as to
completely cover the upper or open portion of the cot and thus to cover the bed of
the child.
I prefer to make my netting to slide along side bars or rails D upon the cot
when possible, and I make the sides of the netting when thus arranged for
sliding with rings or clips E for passing freely over the guide rods of the cot.
I make my netting to slide or roll from either side to side or end of the cot,
and I make the meshes of the net as large as convenient for covering the open
space without possibility of the child getting through when the net is drawn over.
I make the nets of silk, ordinary cord wire or other suitable material, or 1 arrange
bands of canvas in the form of a net for the same purpose when making a strong
kind of enclosure for covering the bed of a demented person.
I construct my sliding rods and fittings of metal or other suitable material, and I
vary the shape and configuration of the same to suit any particular form of cot or
framework to which it is to be attached.
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 and arrangement of fittings for attachment to bedsteads
and cots for enclosing the occupant by means of a netting or covering passing
over the open upper portion of the bedstead or cot, substantially as hereinbefore
described.
2. The combination of a netting or covering for use upon a bedstead or cot with
guides for attachment to the frame or pillars of the bedstead or cot, substantially
as and for the purposes hereinbefore described and as illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
Dated L
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MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicant.