Improvements in Folding Bedsteads and other Folding Furniture.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Mar., 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Folding Bedsteads and other Folding Furniture.
HENRY FREDERICK BANGERT, of 66, Hampstead Road, London, in the County
of Middlesex, Cabinet Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to'
be as follows:-
My invention relates to the method of adapting a simple apparatus for fold-
ing bedsteads whether applied to cabinets or other combination bed-and-sitting-
room furniture. I need not describe the character of the combination in which
my invention may be used as far as the particular cabinet wardrobe bureau.
cupboard or other article is concerned. It consists of the adjustment of a metal
swing in suitable sockets in the sides of the cabinet upon which I balance the
frame of the bed intended to be folded up or concealed. At a fixed distance
from the end of the said frame along the sides thereof the said swing is hung
upon bearings which allow the said frame to move freely from the said sockets
upon either side as centres. Upon either side of the cabinet or outer framework
intended to hold the said frame I place in suitable position certain stop blocks
and a curved guide along which a rolling wheel fixed in the side of the said.
frame is intended to run. The said frame is so guided thereby as to cause its
weight when (in the case of a bedstead) the mattress is placed. thercon to be
thrown to the bottom part of the whole combination. The result is that the
swinging frame thus balanced requires no system of weights or pulleys in con-
nection with the outer piece of furniture to keep it in an upright or firm posi-
tion.
This method of adjusting a swinging frame to an outer framework can be..
equally well applied to a bedstead or couch or table or any similar article of
furniture consisting of a horizontal level surface which it is required to have
the means of conveniently removing or concealing in a vertical position.
Dated this 1st day of March 1899.
Improvements in Folding Bedsteads and other Folding Furniture.
HENRY FREDERICK BANGERT, 66, Hampstead Road, Euston Road, London, N.W.,
Cabinet Maker, 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:-
My invention relates to the method of adapting a simple apparatus for fold-
ing bedsteads whether applied to cabinets or other combination bed-and-sitting
room furniture.

page_text: I need not describe the character of the combination in which my invention
may be used as far as the particular cabinet wardrobe bureau cupboard or other
article of furniture is concerned.
This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1
is a side elevation partly in section and Figure 2 is a front elevation of a ward-
robe or cabinet embodying the same.
It consists of the application of a metal swing A" placed in suitable
sockets "B," "B," in the sides of the cabinet upon which I balance the frame "C"
of the bed intended to be folded up or concealed. At a fixed distance from the
end of the said frame " C" along the sides thereof the said frame is hung upon
bearings "DD" which allow the said swing to move freely in the said
sockets "B, B" upon either side serving as centres. Upon either side of the
cabinet or outer framework "E" intended to hold the said frame I place in
suitable position stop blocks "FF" and curved guides "G, G" along which
rolling wheels HH" fixed in the sides of the frame "C" are intended to run.
The frame "C" is so guided thereby as to cause its weight when in the case of
a bedstead the mattress is placed thereon to be thrown to the rear or inner part
of the whole cabinet. The result is that the swinging frame "C" thus balanced
requires no system of weights or pulleys in connection with the outer piece of
furniture or framing "E" to keep the latter in an upright and firm position.
This method of applying a swinging frame to an outer framework can be
equally well applied to a bedstead or couch or table or any similar article of
furniture consisting of a horizontal level surface which it is required to have
the means of conveniently removing or concealing by raising the same to a
vertical position.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:-
In a folding bedstead or the like combined with a cabinet, wardrobe or similar
piece of furniture, the arrangement for enabling the moveable portion (the bed-
stead or the like "C") to be swung into vertical or horizontal position by means
of the use the metal swing "A" the sockets "B, B" bearings D D"
guides "G, G" rollers or wheels "H, H" and stops "F F" all constructed
and adjusted substantially as set forth and shown in the drawings.
Dated this 30th day of November 1899.
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HENRY FREDERICK BANGERT.