Improvements in Children's Cots.
Year: 1892

page_text: ate of Application, 17th June, 1892-Accepted, 23rd July, 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Children's Cots.
I, GEORGE WASHINGTON MOON of 16 New Burlington Street in the Parish of
St. James' in the City of Westminster in the County of Middlesex, Honorary
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature of Great Britain and Ireland, 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:—
a
This invention for improvements in children's cots has for its objects to provide
cot capable of being elongated to suit any length of child or to accommodate itself
to the increasing length of a growing child, and consists essentially in forming the
frame of the body of the cot in sections connected together in such manner that
they may be slidden apart horizontally to any desired extent and securely fixed
by suitable clamps or screws, the body so adjusted being mounted on suitable
supports.
In the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings :-
Fig. 1 represents a side elevation of a cot constructed according to this invention,.
and Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same.
Fig. 3 is a plan of the frame-work and supports of the cot with the body
frame in its contracted condition, its open or extended condition being indicated
by dotted lines.
The body of the cot comprises a top frame a, b and bottom frame a¹, ¹ connected
together by net-work c, the bottom being also composed of the same material. The
parts a, a' are free to slide in the tubular parts b, b', but may be secured in any
desired position by the clamping screws d, d'. A bent pillar e serves for the support
of a canopy to protect the child from the light and insects.
The body is supported by cross-standards whose upper ends are formed with
vertical screw pins passing through corresponding holes in the upper members a, b
of the body frame, and are secured in position by nuts i. These cross-standards are
secured together by the hinged joints 1, and rigidly connected cross-wise by the
cross-bar cranked downwards to permit of its clearing any lowering of the
bottom of the body of the cot.
In order to vary the length of the body of the cot it is removed from its supporting
standards, and the connecting parts a, a¹ pushed into or withdrawn from the tubular
parts b, to the required extent, and replaced upon its supports.
Fig. 4 shows an alternative form for the cross-section of one pair of connecting
members of the body frame when secured together. The two connecting ends are
formed of a solid bar n sliding in a bar of channel of U shaped cross-section o and
secured by a clamping screw p.
It will be obvious that cross-sections of many different shapes may be combined
together to form the body frame without departing from the nature of this
invention.
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. Varying the length of the body of a child's cot by sliding the connecting
parts of one section of the frame within or along the corresponding parts of the
other section substantially as described.

page_text: 2. A child's cot arranged and constructed substantially as described with reference
to the drawings hereunto annexed.
Dated this 17th day of June 1892.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40, Chancery Lane, W.C., Agents.