Improvements in and connected with Swinging Side Curtain Brackets for Bedsteads.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Nov., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Aug., 1900—Accepted, 15th Sept., 1900
Improvements in and connected with Swinging Side Curtain
Brackets for Bedsteads.
I, WILLIAM BARNSLEY, of Globe Works, Highfields, Bilston, in the County of
Stafford, Brass Founder and Brass Finisher, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to swinging side curtain brackets for metallic
and other bedsteads and consists of the herein described improvements whereby.
the curtain bracket is retained in any desired position standing out parallel
with the bedstead sides or at right angles therewith flat against the wall at the
head of the bedstead, or at any desired angle therewith.
In carrying out my invention the top and bottom pivots, usually the ends of
an upright pivot tube or rod at the back of the said bracket (and with which
the said bracket is formed) turn in two metallic eyes or lugs one at the top and
the other at the bottom fixed to the corner pillar or post of the bedstead by any
convenient means as by a screw passing through the pillar or post from the
back into the base of the said eye.. One or both of the said eyes or lugs is pro-
vided with a spring catch which engages with anyone of a series of holes notches
or projections on the pivot tube of the bracket so as to permit of the bracket
being swung round to different positions where it is retained by the spring
catch engaging with one of the holes notches or projections on the pivot tube.
The said spring catch may be arranged in various ways. For instance the
catch may be made in the form of a spring bolt concealed in the neck of the
lug or eye and made with a rounded fore end which engages with any one of a
series of holes notches or projections formed in the part of the pivot tube which
is concealed in the lug or eye; or the said tube may have a metallic ring fixed
on it and made with the necessary holes notches or projections to engage with
a spring catch which is fixed to or formed with one or both of the eyes or lugs
with which the pivot tube turns.
When the curtain rod bracket is constructed as above described it can, by
merely swinging the curtain in the desired direction, be turned and held where
desired by the spring catch engaging with one or other of the holes notches or
projections on the pivot tube.
In a modification of my invention instead of one or both of the eyes carrying
a spring catch to engage with holes or notches or projections on the pivot tube,
this arrangement is reversed, that is to say, there is a spring catch carried by
the pivot tube at one or both ends of the same which engages or engage with
a series of holes notches or projections formed round one or both of the stationary
eyes or lugs.
Dated this 13th day of November 1899.

page_text: Improvements in and connected with Swinging Side Curtain
Brackets for Bedsteads.
I, WILLIAM BARNSLEY, of Globe Works, Highfields, Bilston, in the County of
Stafford, Brass Founder and Brass Finisher, 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 swinging side curtain brackets for metallic
and other bedsteads and consists of the herein described improvements whereby
the curtain bracket is retained in any desired position standing out parallel
with the bedstead sides or at right angles therewith flat against the wall at the
head of the bedstead, or at any desired angle therewith.
I will describe my invention by referring to the accompanying drawings on
which Fig 1 is a side elevation of a swinging side curtain bracket and one of the
pillars of a metallic bedstead embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a full size
side elevation partly in section of the upright pivot tube and lugs and part of
the pillar shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a sectional plan of the parts shewn in
Fig. 2 Fig. 4 is a separate view of the collar or bush part of the top lug shewn
in Figs. 2 and 3: Fig. 5 is an elevation partly in section of the lower part of the
pivot tube and the lug securing the same to the pillar and illustrating a
modification of my invention; Fig. 6 is a plan of part of the modification shewn
in Fig. 5; and Figs. 7 and 8 illustrate a further modification of my invention.
The same letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding parts in all
the figures.
In carrying out my invention, the top and bottom pivots, which are usually
the end parts of the upright pivot tube or rod A at the back of the bracket B
and with which the bracket B is formed turn in two metallic eyes or lugs C D
the lug D being situated at or near the top of the pivot tube A and the other
lug C situated at the bottom of the same and fixed to the corner pillar or post E
of the bedstead by any convenient means as by the screws f f passing through
the pillar or post E from the back into the bases c d of the lugs CD respectively.
One or both of the eyes or lugs CD is or are provided with a spring catch which
engages with any one of a series of holes notches or projections on the pivot
tube A of the bracket so as to permit of the bracket being swung round to
different positions where it is maintained by the spring catch engaging with
one of the holes notches or projections of the pivot tube A.
This spring catch may be arranged in various ways and it is by preference
applied only in the bottom lug or eye C as I find that this is sufficient. For
instance as shewn in Figure 2 the catch may be made in the form of a spring
bolt G concealed in the hole in the neck of the eye or lug C made with a
rounded fore end in the form of a ball g¹ which engages with any one of the
holes a formed in the tube A and near the lower end of the same. These holes
are by preference four in number arranged on the cross diameters of the tube
so that the ball G will by the spring 9 acting on the bolt G be forced into one
or other of these holes a¹ and thus retain the bracket either standing out at right
angles from the pillar or post as in Fig. 1 or turned at right angles to this
position that is parallel with the wall at the head of the bedstead. In order that
the pivot tube A with the bracket B may be readily removed from the lugs or
eyes CD and replaced therein without detaching them from the pillar E, I
make the upper lug D with a front gap d' wide enough to admit the tube A and
this Jug D is bored out at larger than the tube A and a taper bush I made

page_text: with a filling up piece i is provided which fits on the pivot tube A and also fits
in the eye D forming a proper bearing for the tube A and filling up the gap d¹.
The bush I is made taper and the hole in the lug D is made to correspond
therewith so that after the tube A has been placed with its lower end in position
in the lug or eye C and is then passed into the lug or eye D through the gap d
he bush I can be slided down into the lug or eye D whereby the fact of its
being tapered, it will be retained and also secure the tube A in position forming
a proper bearing for the same.
In the arrangement of my invention illustrated by Figs. 5 and 6 the tube A
has a metallic ring J fixed to it immediately above the lug C this ring J being
made with holes or notches j¹ and alternate projections to engage with the
fore end of a spring catch G which in this case is arranged in a lug formed
at the top of the neck of the lug or eye C.
When the curtain rod bracket A B and its pivot tube A and bearings are
constructed as above described the bracket can, by merely swinging the curtain
in the desired direction, be turned to any desired position and there held by
the spring catch G engaging with one or other of the holes a¹ or with the holes j¹
or projections on the pivot tube A.
In the further modification of my invention instead of one or both of the
eyes CD carrying a spring catch to engage with holes notches or projections
on the pivot tube A, this arrangement may be reversed, that is to say, there is
a spring catch carried by the pivot tube at one or both ends of the same which
engages or engage with a series of holes notches or projections formed round
one or both of the stationary eyes or lugs C D. Figs. 7 and 8 shew an arrange-
ment of this modification where the spring K and the ball (together forming
the spring catch) are arranged inside the bottom of the pivot tube A, the
spring K pressing the ball k¹ outwardly within the hole in the pivot tube A
so as to project beyond the periphery of the same and engage with one or other
of the notches m which are formed in the interoir of the eye C.
The accompanying drawings illustrate what I consider to be the best ways of
carrying my said invention into practice but it is to be understood that my
invention is not limited to the precise details shewn.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that
what I claim is :-
1. The combination, with the upright pivot tube of a swinging side curtain
bracket of a bedstead, of two lugs or eyes secured to the bedstead pillar and in
which the pivot tube turns, a spring catch in or on one or both of the eyes or
lugs, holes, notches or projections in or on the pivot tube with which the spring
catch engages, the parts being so arranged that the bracket can be swung to
any desired position where it is maintained by the spring catch or catches
engaging with one or other of the holes notches or projections of the pivot tube,
substantially as described.
2. The combination, with the upright pivot tube of a swinging side curtain
bracket of a bedstead, of two lugs or eyes secured to the bedstead pillar and in
which the pivot tube turns, a spring catch on or in said tube and projecting
beyond the periphery of the same, one of the lugs or eyes being made with
notches holes or projections with which the spring catch engages, the parts
being so arranged that the bracket can be swung to any desired position where
it is maintained by the spring catch in the tube engaging with one or other of
the holes notches or projections on the lug or eye, substantially as described.
3. The combination, with the upright pivot tube A of a swinging side curtain
bracket of a bedstead, of two lugs or eyes secured to the bedstead pillar and in
which the pivot tube turns, the spring catch G gl concealed in the bottom lug
or eye C, holes a¹ in the pivot tube with which the spring catch engages, the
parts being so arranged that the bracket can be swung to any desired position

page_text: where it is maintained by the spring catch engaging in one of the holes in the
pivot tube, substantially as described and illustrated by Fig. 2 of the accom
panying drawings,
4. The combination with the upright pivot tube A of a swinging side curtain
bracket of a bedstead, of two lugs or eyes secured to the bedstead pillar and in
which the pivot tube turns, the spring catch gl G concealed in the bottom_lug
or eye C, holes a¹ in the pivot tube with which the spring catch engages, these
parts being so arranged that the bracket can be swung to any desired position
where it is maintained by the spring catch engaging in one of the holes al in
the pivot tube, the top lug or eye having a front gap d and filling bush I to
permit of the pivot tube A and swinging bracket being readily removed and
replaced without removing the lugs or eyes from the bedstead pillar, all sub-
stantially as described and illustrated by Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the accom-
panying drawings.
5. The combination with the upright pivot tube A of a swinging side curtain
bracket of a bedstead, of two lugs or eyes secured to the bedstead pillar and in
which the pivot tube turns, the spring catch G carried by one of the lugs or eyes,
the collar J fixed to the pivot tube A with which the spring catch engages, the
parts being so arranged that the bracket can be swung to any desired position
where it is maintained by the spring catch engaging in one of the holes in the
collar on the pivot tube, substantially as described and illustrated by Figs. 5
and 6 of the accompanying drawings.
6. The combination, with the upright pivot tube A of a swinging side curtain
bracket of a bedstead, of two lugs or eyes secured to the bedstead pillar and in
which the pivot tube turns, the spring catch K concealed in the lower part of
the pivot tube A, holes or notches m in the lower eye or lug C with which the
spring catch engages, the parts being so arranged that the bracket can be swung
to any desired position where it is maintained by the spring catch K engaging
in one of the holes m in the eye or lug, substantially as described and illus-
trated with reference to Figs. 7 and 8 of the accompanying drawings.
Dated the 31st day of July 1900.