IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CANOPIES OF BEDSTEADS OF METAL OR WOOD, OR BOTH COMBINED, AND OTHER ARTICLES OF FURNITURE USED TO SIT OR RECLINE UPON
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Angelo James Sedley at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
17th July 1863.
I, ANGELO JAMES SEDLEY, of No. 210, Regent Street, London, W., in the
County of Middlesex, Upholsterer, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CANOPIES OF BEDSTEADS OF METAL OR WOOD,
OR BOTH COMBINED, AND OTHER ARTICLES OF FURNITURE USED TO SIT OR RECLINE
UPON," to be as follows:-
In constructing a canopy according to my principles a pin is attached by
preference to the outside face of each of the head pillars of the bedstead, or
other article of furniture used to sit or recline upon, by preference about (3 ft.
6 in.) three feet and six inches from the top of such head pillars, and in French
bedsteads to the side pillars which are used to support a canopy, and to these
pins are attached or pin-jointed one or more moveable bracket levers or arms
projecting forwards and upwards, at the same time on a level with or above
or below the tops of the head pillars of the bedstead. To the upper ends of
these bracket levers or arms are suitably attached cross or rectangular framing
to form the skeleton frame of the canopy. On the top or near to it of the
head pillars is attached a roller similar to a blind roller, with a pulley or
sheave attached at one or both ends. If, therefore, the head cloth of suitable
size and fabric for the canopy, before described, be attached by one end to the
framing before described, and the other end be fastened to the roller before
described; then by attaching a cord to the cross or rectangular framing,
and winding it one or more times round the pulley of the roller above

page_text: described, by pulling this cord by the end depending from the pulley the
head cloth will be wound round the roller, and the canopy will be drawn back,
if desired, as far as the head pillars, and can be fixed there or at any desired
distance from the head pillars by means of hooks or studs for fastening the
cord of a suitable description, and, further, to prevent the curtains of the bed-
stead from forming an unwieldy bulk when the canopy is drawn back to the
head pillars, these are retained in good position by means of the cord above
described, the rings attached to the curtains being run on this cord in the
space intermediate between the cross framing before described and the head
pillars of the bedstead; therefore as the cord is pulled or loosed, so the
canopy can be let forward from the head pillars or drawn back towards them
to the distance desired, and there fixed. It only remains to be added, that a
blind, with a suitable roller, may be attached to the under part of the frame
at the front of the canopy to be used when it may be desired to exclude the
light. This blind may be made to draw at any angle or to any desired
distance.
Having now described my Invention, I make my claim for novelty and
useful arrangement in the combination and application of the mechanical
details herein described for bedsteads and other articles of furniture used to
sit or recline upon..