IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF MATTRESSES AND OTHER SURFACES FOR LYING RECLINING OR SITTING UPON
Year: 1884

page_text: We THOMAS CAPPER of Northwich in the County of Chester Auctioneer and
Surveyor and JAMES THOMAS LOCKEY of Manchester in the County of Lancaster
Engineer lo hereby declare the nature of the invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE CONSTRUCTION OF MATTRESSES AND OTHER SURFACES FOR LYING RECLINING
OR SITTING UPON to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the construction of spring or elastic mattresses for beds,
sofa and chair bottoms, seats for rooms ships and carriages and other analogous
surfaces for lying, reclining, or sitting upon, and is an improvement upon the
invention for which Letters Patent were granted to the said James Thomas Lockey
(then of Northwich) dated 1" November 1881. N° 4765.
The object of the invention is to dispense with the metal eyes, metal links, and
spiral springs referred to and illustrated in the Specification and drawings of the
Patent above referred to, and to fix both ends of the canes direct into the external
wooden frames. I drill a series of holes through both ends of the external frame
at a convenient distance apart, and of a diameter corresponding with that of the
canes to be employed.
The canes are cut to the required length and one end being placed in a hole of
the wooden frame at (say) the head of the mattress, it is fixed by two or more
A hard-wood
pins driven vertically through the frame and through the cane.
wedge is now driven in the hole between the interior thereof and the side of the
cane which holds it still more firmly and prevents splitting of the cane.
The other end is now passed through the corresponding hole at the opposite end
of the frame: it is then taken hold of by a pair of pincers or other suitable
instrument and strained perfectly tight, when it is pinned and wedged in the same
way as the other end.
The whole of the canes having been thus strained and fixed, the external ends of
the canes and wedges are cut off flush with the outside face of the frame which
can then be polished and finished in any suitable inanner.

page_text: The ends of the canes may be concealed and the appearance of the mattress
nuch improved, by driving an ornamental headed tack or nail into the end of
each canc.
The transverse tapes or strips for holding the canes in position are (by preference)
stitched together on each side of each cane instead of being connected by eyelets or
rivets as described in the Specification of the Patent previously referred to, being
also held together between the canes by india rubber or other cement, or metal
strips may be used.
The ends of the canes or the wedges or both may also for better security (if
desired), be glued or cemented before being fixed but in practise it has not been
found necessary to do so.
Dated the 15th day of January 1984
GEORGE DAVIES,
Agent for the Applicanis.

page_text: We THOMAS CAPPER of Northwich in the County of Chester Auctioneer and
Surveyor and JAMES THOMAS LOCKEY of Manchester in the County of Lancaster
Engineer do hereby declare the nature of our invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE CONSTRUCTION OF MATTRESSES AND OTHER SURFACES FOR LYING RECLINING
OR SITTING UPON and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following stateinent:-
This invention relates to the construction of spring or clastic mattressos for beds,
sofa and chair bottoms seats for rooms ships and carriages and other analogous
surfaces for lying reclining or sitting upon and is an improvement upon the
invention for which Letters Patent were granted to the said James Thomas Lockey
(then of Northwich) dated 1" November 1881. N° 4765.
The object of the invention is to dispense with the metal eyes, metal links, and
spiral springs referred to and illustrated in the Specification and drawings of the
Patent above referred to, and to fix both ends of the canes direct into the external
wooden frames.
Such being the nature and object of our said invention we will now proceed
to describe the manner in which the same is to be or may be performed or carried
into practical effect and in order that the same may be clearly understood we have
annexed hereunto a sheet of drawings illustrative thereof and have marked the
same with figures and letters of reference corresponding with those in the following
explanation thereof.
Fig. 1. in the annexed drawing is a sido clevation and Fig. 2. a plan view of a
mattress constructed according to our invention.
We drill a series of holes through both end pieces a a¹ of the external frame at
a convenient distance apart, and of a diameter corresponding with that of the
canes b, b to be employed.
The canes b, b are cut to the required length and one end being placed in a holo
of the wooden frame a, a at (say) the head of the mattress, it is fixed by two or
more pins c, c driven vertically through the frame a, a and through the cane b, b
(see detached section Fig. 3), a hard wood wedge d, d is now driven in the holo
between the interior thereof and the side of the cane b, b which holds it still more
firmly and prevents splitting of the cane.
The other end is now passed through the corresponding hole at the opposite
end a, a of the frame, it is then taken hold of by a pair of pincers or other
suitable instrument and strained perfectly tight, when it is pinned and wedged in
the same way as the other end. The whole of the canes b, b having been thus
strained and fixed the external ends of the canes b, b and wedges d, d are cut off
flush with the outside face of the frame a, a which can then be polished and
finished in any suitable manner.
The ends of the canes may be concealed and the appearance of the mattress
much improved, by driving an ornamental headed tack or nail e, e into the end of
each cano.
The transverse tapes or strips f,f for holding the canes in position are (by
preference) stitched together on each side of each cane instead of being connected
by cyclets or rivets as described in the Specification of the Patent previously
referred to, being also held together between the canes by india rubber or other
cement, or metal strips may be used.

page_text: The ends of the canes or the wedges or both may also for better security (if
desired) be glued or cemented before being fixed but in practise it has not been
found necessary to do so.
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 the construction of mattresses and other surfaces for lying, relining or
sitting upon by drilling holes in the external frame and fixing canes therein by pins
and wedges substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by the drawings
annexed.