A New or Improved Hollow Cable Mattrass or Spring Bottom for Beds, Couches, Seats, and other such like Articles.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Feb., 1898-Accepted, 19th Mar., 1898
A New or Improved Hollow Cable Mattrass or Spring Bottom for
Beds, Couches, Seats, and other such like Articles.
I, JOHN MORLOCK, of 331, Woolwich Street, in the City of Guelph, County of
Wellington, and Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada, Manufacturer, 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 :-
The object of this invention is a mattrass or spring bottom for beds couches or seats
that can be easily set up or taken down, and that can be packed in very small compass
for storing away or for shipment.
It consists of separate hollow spring wire cables of closely coiled spring wire, and
means for attaching the same to the frame of the mattrass or spring bottom either
parallel to each other or crossed at any desired angle, so as to form a strong flexible
nattrass or spring bottom.
Reference being had to the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which :-
Fig. I. shows the hooked end of one of the hollow spring wire cables.
Figs. II. and III. are sections of the same on the lines w-x and y-z respectively.
Fig. IV. is the wire core of the hooked end of the hollow cable shown in Fig. I.
Fig. V. shows a loop on the end of the cable instead of the hook shown in Fig. I.
Fig. VI. shows the method of attaching the cables to metal bedsteads.
Fig. VII. shows the cable as attached to wooden bedsteads.
Fig. VIII. shows a method of permanently securing the cables to the frames of
bed couches seats and other suchlike articles.
Fig. IX. shows a method of stringing or lacing the hollow cables so as to form a
spring mattrass cushion or seat bottom.
Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts in all the drawings.
The hollow wire cable consists of a plurality of spring wires A, Figs. I. and III.
closely coiled together thus forming a close hollow spring or cable.
A short wire core B, Figs. I., II. and IV. large enough in diameter to fit tightly is
inserted into each end of the hollow wire cable, and is then bent into a hook C
Figs. I. and IV. or into a loop D, Fig. V.
Sinall double hooks E, Figs. VI., VII. and IX. with the rear hook bent at right
angles to the front ones serve to connect the ends of the hollow wire cables to a bar F
Fig. IX. or to the ends or sides of the frame of the bedstead couch or seat. Should
the bar be used it can be secured in place by means of bolts or screws in the usual
manner.
Holes G, Figs. VI. and VII. are drilled in the bars, or in the frames of the bed-
steads couches or seats, into which the rear hooks of the double hooks E, can be
inserted.
The loop D, Fig. V. may be used instead of the hook C, shown in Fig. I. and IV.
whenever desirable; it is formed in the same manner as the hook, but bent in further
and the end secured by a metal clasp.
The cables may also be used without hooks loops or wire core, in which case the
ends are bent square over the bar F, Fig. VIII. flattened, and a light bar H, nailed or
screwed down tight over them.

page_text: The cables may be full length or composed of short lengths joined together in any
suitable manner, and they may be arranged parallel to each other or crossed or inter-
laced at any desired angle, and forms a strong flexible mattrass.
In forming the mattrass or spring bottom for beds couches or seats, the bars (if
used) are first bolted or screwed into position, the rear hooks of the double hooks are
then inserted into the holes provided for them and the wire cables are stretched from
side to side of the frame either parallel to each other or crossed or interlaced at any
suitable angle, the ends being hooked on to the front hook of the double hook.
If desirable these double hooks may be dispensed with and the hooks at the ends
of the hollow wire cables inserted directly into holes drilled in the sides or ends of
the frame of the bed couch or seat.
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 :-
1st. The hollow cable composed of a plurality of spring wires wound into a close
coil, in combination with a hook formed by inserting a short core of tightly fitting
wire into the ends of the hollow cable, and then bending them into shape, as and for
the purpose herein before described and illustrated in the drawings.
2nd. The hollow cable composed of a plurality of spring wires wound into a close
coil, in combination with a loop formed by inserting a short core of tightly fitting
wire into the ends of the hollow cable, and then bending them into shape as herein-
before described and illustrated in the drawings.
3rd. The mattrass or spring bottom for beds couches seats or other suchlike
articles, formed of a number of independent hollow wire cables of closely coiled spring
wire, the ends being formed into suitable hooks for attaching them to the sides or
ends of the bed couch or seat, said cables being arranged parallel to each other or
crossed at any desired angle, as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the drawings.
4th. The mattrass or spring bottom for beds couches seats or other suchlike
articles, formed of a number independent hollow wire cables of closely coiled spring
wire, the ends being formed into suitable loops, for attaching them to the sides or
ends of the bed couch or seat, said cables being arranged either parallel to each other
or crossed at any desired angle, as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the
drawings.
5th. The mattrass or spring bottom for beds couches seats or other suchlike
articles, formed of a number of independent hollow wire cables of closely coiled spring
wire, the ends being bent square over the bar of the frame, flattened, and then
secured in position by a narrow bar being nailed or screwed down tight upon them
thus clamping them firmly into position, as herein before described and illustrated in
the drawings.
Signed at Guelph this 31st day of January 1898.
In the presence of:
JNO. J. DREW.
C. M. H. MACDONALD.
W. J. RICHARD.
JUIN MURE