Improvements in Combined Sofas and Beds.
Year: 1892

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Combined Sofas and Beds.
I, DANIEL LOCKHART OULTON, of No. 22 Main Street, Haverhill, in the County of
Essex, State of Massachusetts, United States of America, Manufacturer, do hereby
eclare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed,
be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:—
My invention relates to that class of furniture known as a combination sofa and
ed, and the invention consists in certain details of construction hereinafter fully
escribed and set forth in the claims.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Combined Sofas and Beds.
I, DANIEL LOCKHART OULTON, of No. 22 Main Street, Haverhill, in the County of
Essex, State of Massachusetts, United States of America, Manufacturer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed,
be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
My invention relates to that class of furniture known as a combination sofa and
ed, and the invention consists in certain details of construction hereinafter fully
described and set forth in the claims.
Referring to the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 represents a perspective view of the frame arranged as a sofa.
Fig. 2 is a similar view showing it as a bed.
Fig. 3 is a vertical cross section when arranged as a sofa.
Fig. 4 is a similar section when opened out as a bed.
Figs. 5 to 8 are detail views of various parts.
Fig. 9 is a face view of the pillow frame.
Fig. 10 is a cross section of the same taken on line .r, x, of Fig. 9, showing it in
its lowest position.
Fig. 11 is a similar view showing the pillow partly raised.
The frame consists of three parts, . the lower or supporting frame A, the
bottom or settee frame B, and the back frame C. These three frames are secured
together by two hinges the construction of which is best illustrated in Fig. 5, and
consists of three arms or straps D, E, F, enlarged at their upper ends, through
which a pin is passed to connect them together, and upon which they are all free to
turn. The long arm D, is secured to the lower frame A, the arm E, to the bottom
frame B, and is at its upper end formed with two eyes e, e, to which the pillow is
secured as hereinafter described, and the arm F, is secured to the back frame C.
By means of a hinge thus constructed all the frames can be folded one upon
another, or the back frame can be placed at nearly right angles to the other frames
as shown in Figs. and 2, or parallel thereto as shown in Figs. 2 and 4, or at an
angle between the two positions as may be desired, while at the same time the hinge
supports one end of the pillows by the eyes e, and the bottom or settee frame B, can
be raised so as to place the bed clothes under the same or remove them therefrom
as may be required.
When used as a sofa, the back frame C, is held at the desired inclination by
ineans of notched and weighted arms G, G, (one of which is shown detached in
Fig. 7) each arm is provided with a hinge piece g, which is secured to the bottom
frame A, the upper and rear portion of the arm is provided with a series of notches
or recesses g', either of which is caused to engage with a small angle piece H,
secured to the back of the back frame C, a weight g, on the other end of the arm G,
causing the notched portion to come in contact with the angle piece H. A cord I.
is secured to the weights g, and passed through eyes i, to the front of the frame A,
so that when it is desired to lower the back frame C, a person draws upon the
cord I, in front of the sofa which raises the weights g², and thus throws the upper
ends of the arms G, G, back so as to be out of contact with the angle pieces H, and
the back frame C, is free to fall until the cord I, is released and the angle piece
takes into another notch or is lowered entirely down as shown in Fig. 2.
When used as a bed as shown in Fig. 2, the back frame C, is supported by
legs J. that are operated automatically in the following manner: each of the legs
are connected to a longitudinal bar K, that passes from end to end of the frame C.
and is so mounted that it is free to turn; at or about the centre of this bar K, is
secured a plate L (shown in two portions in Fig. 8) which is cut through on one

page_text: side for about half its length and the portion 1, bent at right angles to the main
portion, to the portion 7, is pivoted a bar or rod M, supported near its centre by an
cye m', secured to a cross bar N, and at its inner end by an eye m.
Upon this rod
is secured a washer n, and between the washer and the eye m, is interposed a spiral
spring P, so that the action of the spring is to keep the bar M, drawn to fold the
legs on a line with the frame C, as shown in Fig. 1, but when the frame C, is
lowered the end of the bar or rod M, comes into contact with a wedge shaped
piece Q, secured to the back of the frame A, (see Fig. 4) and the rod is forced
rearward thereby turning the bar K, and lowering the legs to the position shown in
Figs. 2 and 4, and as soon as the frame C, is again raised the pressure on the end
of the bar M, is released and the springs P, draw the legs J, up.
The pillow frames each consist of two circular end pieces R, cut flat on one side
(see Figs. 10 and 11) and connected together by a suitable frame r.
Upon the
flat surface of the end pieces are secured plates S, which are provided with
hooks, s, and on one side is an additional hook s², these looks are for attaching
the pillows to the frame either to form a sofa or bed.
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At each end of the front of the frame B, is secured a short standard T, provided
at its upper end with a slot t, and adjacent thereto is a spring catch U, so that when
it is desired to secure the pillows to the frame B, to form a sofa, the hooks, at
one end of the pillow is inserted into the eye e, of the hinge and other hooks
the eye t, in the standard T, the pillow is then brought over so that the hooks',
will enter the spring catch U, and the pillow is secured in place, to release the
pillow the arm is depressed when the hook s will be free to be raised out of the
spring catch.
The frame C, is also fitted with standards T, so that when used as a bed the
pillows are by the hooks s' secured to the two standards T, and to the eyes e, e, of
the hinge, the hooks, resting against the ends of the frames B, C.
In order to be able to adjust the pillows to any desired inclination I secure to the
front portion of the pillow a bar V, by means of two arms or hangers v, and to the
bar V, is pivoted a ratchet bar W, that passes through an opening in a plate X,
secured to two cross bars a, a, that extend from end to end of the pillow so that
when the rear of the pillow is raised the hooks s', s', form fulcrums upon which it
turns and the bar V, being hung loosely keeps in contact with the end of the frame
so that the ratchet teeth ride over the plate X, until the pillow has been raised to
the desired height where it will be retained by a tooth of the bar W, coming into
contact with the edge of the plate X, to release the ratchet bar W, so as to lower
the pillow the cord ie, is drawn upon which raises the ratchet bar from the plate X,
and allows the pillow to fall, a spiral spring Y, connected to one end of the frame",
and at its other end to the bar V, assisting to return it to its normal position.
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. In combination with a combined sofa and bed, having three frames A, B, C,
hinges each consisting of three arms or straps D, E, F, connected together by a
pin, the outer arm E, having two eyes e, e, at its upper end, standards T, cach
having an eye t, and pillows having hooks s, whereby the pillow can be attached to
the eyes e, t, to form the end of a sofa or bed, substantially as and for the purposes
set forth.
2. In combination with a combined sofa and bed, the arms G, G, hinged near
their lower ends to pieces, secured to the bottom frame A, the arms having
teeth or notches in their upper portions, and having weights g², g, ou their lower
portion in combination with angle piece H, secured to the lower edge of the back
frame C, and cord I, passing through eyes i, to the front of the sofa substantially
as set forth.
3. In combination with a combined sofa and bed, the legs J, attached to bar K,
mounted in frame C, so as to partly rotate; the angle plate 1, secured to the bar K,

page_text: near its centre, bar M, one end of which is secured to said angle plate and carried
by eyes m, m', on the cross piece N, a collar a, mounted upon said bar M, and a
spiral spring interposed between this collar n, and eye m³, and a wedge shaped
piece Q, secured to the frame A, whereby when the back is lowered the end of the
bar M, will come in contact with the piece Q, and be forced rearward thereby
lowering the legs, and when the back is raised the spiral spring will force the bar M,
forward thereby raising the legs as set forth.
4. In a combined sofa and bed, the standards T, each having an eye t, in com-
bination with a three armed hinge for connecting the lower frame A, bottom
frame E, and back frame C. one of the outer arms of said hinges having eyes e, e,
for supporting the pillow provided with hooks when used as a bed substantially as
shown and described.
5. In a combined sofa and bed, the standard T, having an eye-t, in combination
with a hinge having three arms, the outer one of which is provided with eyes e, e,
and the spring catch U, for supporting the pillow when used as a sofa substantially
as shown and described.
6. In combination with a combined sofa and bed, a pillow frame consisting of two
circular end pieces R, connected together by frame, the bar V, attached to the
side pieces by rods e, rack bar W, pivoted to said bare, and the cross bars, ag
plate X, and spring Y, all arranged and operated substantially as and for the
purposes set forth.
Dated this 11th day of March 1899
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.