IMPROVEMENTS IN CHILDREN'S COTS, PART OF WHICH IS APPLICABLE ALSO TO OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
I, GEORGE WASHINGTON MOON, of 164 Regent Street, in the parish of Saint
James, Westminster, in the county of Middlesex do hereby declare the nature of
my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN CHILDREN'S COTS, PART OF WHICH IS APPLICABLE
ALSO TO OTHER PURPOSES to be as follows:-
My invention has reference to children's cots which are attached to a stand that
supports the cot firmly while in use, but that readily folds under the body of the
cot for convenience in travelling; and also to a double canopy to protect the child
from falling out of the cot, and to prevent mosquitoes, cats and other animals from
getting in; and the said canopy, having rods falling in opposite directions, as
hereinafter described, provides that at whichever end of the cot the child be lying,
its head will be protected from draughts, by the curtains attached to, or falling
over, the said rods.
For the purpose of providing for the first part of my invention I attach the
upper ends of the stand, that supports the cot, to the upper rail of the body of the
cot by means of swing joints having stops which prevent the ends of the stand
from being let down from under the bottom to more than an angle of 100° with
the bottom. The ends are then kept apart from each other by means of a stretcher
or rod having either single or bifurcated ends which pass through sockets in the
stand and are secured in their places by screws or nuts.
The next part of my invention consists of two hoods forming when brought
together a canopy of half hoops of cane, or wicker, or metal, or other suitable
material, metal being preferred; the said canopy completely covering the top of
the cot. The half hoops of each hood may be either square, or square with the
corners rounded, or they may be semicircular, or semicircular more or less flattened
at the crown, to conform in every case to the shape of the ends of the cot on which
they will lie when let down.
The ends of the rods forming the said hoods converge in a socket or sockets at
or near the centre of each side of the upper frame of the cot, which sockets are
fastened to it by screws or nuts or other device, but are removable at pleasure. Or
the ends of the rods may be attached to the upper frame of the cot by hooks and
eyes, or by hooks and rings, either plain or more or less corrugated, each corrugation
serving as a place for the hooked end of each rod, to allow its having free play, and
so not rub against the next rod.

page_text: Each rod of each hood is to be attached, at a suitable distance, to the rod next
to it, by cord or netting or muslin, or other soft material, so that the rods of each
hood may lie flat on or near each other at each end of the cot when let down.
And while one rod of each hood rests on the upper frame of the cot, all the rest
may be raised at either end, or be raised at both ends so as to meet over the cot
and completely cover the child, and the two hoods being united by ribbons or
other means will form a protecting canopy above the child when the nurse is
obliged to be absent or asleep, or when it is needful to close the cot to exclude
mosquitoes and other pests.
Of course there is nothing new in having at one end of a cot a hood such as is
here described; but it is a novelty, in cots, and I claim it as such, to have two
hoods, one at each end, meeting when necessary and forming a protecting canopy
over the whole top of the cot in manner similar to the two hoods of a carriage
which are made to be brought up and form a closed carriage.
Such double hoods are also applicable to larger beds and to perambulators.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
I, GEORGE WASHINGTON MOON, of 164 Regent Street in the Parish of St James,
Westminster, in the County of Middlesex, Outfitter do hereby declare the nature
of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN CHILDREN'S COTS and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
My invention has reference to children's cots which are attached to a stand that
supports the cot firmly while in use, but that readily folds under the body of the
cot for convenience in travelling; and also to a double canopy to protect the child
from falling out of the cot, and to prevent mosquitoes, cats and other animals, from
getting in; and the said canopy, having rods falling in opposite directions, as
hereinafter described, provides that at whichever end of the cot the child be lying,
its head will be protected from draughts by the curtains attached to, or falling over
the said rods.
For the purpose of providing for the first part of my invention, I attach the
upper ends of the stand, that supports the cot, to the upper rail of the body of the
cot by means of swing joints having stops which prevent the ends of the stands
from being let down from under the bottom to more than an angle of 100° with
the bottom. The ends are then kept apart from each other by means of a stretcher
or rod having either single or bifurcated ends which pass through sockets in the
stand and are secured in their places by screws or nuts.
The next part of my invention consists of two hoods forming when brought
together a canopy of half hoops of cane, or wicker, or metal, or other suitable
material, metal being preferred; the said canopy completely covering the top of
the cot. The half hoops of each hood may be either square, or square with the
corners rounded, or they may be semicircular, or semicircular more or less flattened
at the crown, to conform in every case to the shape of the ends of the cot on which
they will lie when let down. The ends of the rods forming the said hoods
converge in a socket or sockets at or near the centre of each side of the upper
frame of the cot, which sockets are fastened to it by screws or nuts or other device,
but are removable at pleasure; or the ends of the rods may be attached to the
upper frame of the cot by hooks and eyes, or by hooks and rings, or by hooks
only.
Each rod of each hood is to be attached, at a suitable distance, to the rod next
to it, by cord or netting or muslin or other soft material, so that the rods of each
hood may lie flat on or near each other at each end of the cot when let down.
And while one rod of each hood rests on the upper frame of the cot, all the rest
may be raised at either end, or be raised at both ends so as to meet over the cot
and completely cover the child; and the two hoods being united by ribbons or
other means will form a protecting canopy over the child when the nurse is
obliged to be absent or asleep, or when it is needful to close the cot to exclude
mosquitoes and other pests.

page_text: 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
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
100
A
Cut with swing ends having a stop joint,
2nd A double hood to Cot.
Both substantially as herein described.