Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Feb., 1887.
Specification Accepted, 18th Mar, 1887.
I, JOHN FRAZER, of Summer Hill Foundry, Birmingham, Warwickshire,
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 :--
This invention consists in a metallic bedstead and seat combined together the seat
being situated outside and adjacent to the foot rail and constructed substantially as
hereinafter described.
In order to facilitate description I will at once refer to the accompanying drawings
on which Fig. 1 represents an ordinary metallic bedstead combined with a seat
constructed according to my invention, Fig. 2 represents parts of the same separately
and the remaining Figures illustrate modifications of the same as hereinafter fully
set forth.
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Referring firstly to Figs. 1 and 2 A is the foot rail of the bedstead and B¹, B², are
the pillars which support the angle iron sides C1, C2, and angle iron end D¹. The
sides C, C, and the end D' are dovetailed to the pillars B, B2, in the ordinary
manner. According to my invention I provide a rectangular seat E formed of two
short side pieces F1, F2, and a front piece G each of which consists preferably of a bar
of angle iron provided at each end with a cast iron dovetailed chill similar to an
ordinary angle iron side piece of a metallic bedstead. On the outside of each of the
pillars B1, B2, is an extra dovetailed recess e¹ into which recesses the ends of the two
side pieces F1, F2, fit. The outer ends of the short side pieces F1, F, fit into
dovetailed recesses 1, 2, in the corner pieces H1, H2, each of which forms a leg h.
The corner pieces H1, H2, are connected together by the front piece G the ends of
which fit respectively into dovetailed recesses ³, i, formed therein. Ordinary sheet
metal laths, stretch from the end piece D' to the front piece G and a lath j* from
the side piece F¹ to the side piece F' where they fit on to buttons in the ordinary
manner. The tubes forming the legs h, h, may be prolonged upwards at ³, h³,
bent respectively towards the pillars B1, B2, so as to form arms for the seat, their outer
ends, ², each having a semi-circular notch to fit against the pillar. The seat as
above described and illustrated can very readily be taken to pieces and fixed together
and

page_text: again when required similarly to an ordinary metallic bedstead as will be readily
understood.
It will be evident that the construction of the seat above described and the method
of attaching it to the foot of the bedstead may be varied in many different ways
without departing from the nature of my invention. The remaining Figures illustrate
as examples several modifications which I will now more particularly refer to and
describe..
In the modification illustrated by Fig. 3 the sides of the seat are formed by
elongating the angle iron sides C₁, C², of the bedstead so as to project beyond the
foot of the bedstead and to take into the corner pieces H1, H2, the pillar BI and the
side C¹ and the pillar B2 and the side ( being respectively joined together by
the castings K. The corner pieces H1, H2, also may be cast on to the front piece G as
shown by Fig. 3.
In the modification illustrated by Figs. 4 and 5 the angle iron sides C¹, (3, are
prolonged similarly as above described with reference to Fig. 3 but the pillars B¹, B',
are made loose therefrom for convenience of packing, their lower ends fitting into
corresponding holes in the castings L which fatter are cast on to the sides C1, C2,
(see Fig. 5 which represents the parts separately). The upper ends h³, 13, of the
arms ', ' are in this modification secured to the pillars B1, B2, by screws m, m, which
pass through the pillars and are screwed into the ends 12, 12, after the seat has been
otherwise fixed together. The end D₁ is dispensed with and the longitudinal laths of
the bedstead fixed to the front piece G.
In the modification illustrated by Figs. 6 and 7 the sides F1, F2, of the seat are
respectively formed with the corner pieces H1, H2, and with the legs h, h, and are
hinged to the pillars B1, B2, so that when the laths j, j, j³, j, and the front piece G
have been removed (see Fig. 7) the sides F1, F2, and the legs h, h, can be turned on
their hinged joint and stand flat against the foot of the bedstead.
A further modification is illustrated by Figs. 8 and 9 in which the seat is hinged or
jointed to the pillars so that it can be turned up for use as shewn by Fig. 8 or turned
down when not required as shewn by Fig. 9. In this modification the corner
supports H1, H2, are dispensed with and the scat is supported at each side by the
ordinary folding stays N1, N2, each of which consists of two limbs jointed together
at n¹ and to the seat at n² and to the legs at no.
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:
The combination with a metallic bedstead of a seat connected to or formed with
the foot of the bedstead and constructed and arranged substantially as described and
illustrated.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.