A New or Improved Portable Invalid's Bedside Bracket.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Oct., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 5th July, 1892-Accepted, 6th Aug., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Portable Invalid's Bedside Bracket.
We THOMAS KENDRICK, of Summer Lane Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick Manufacturer, and BARNARD SAINTY, of The Vines London Road, East
Dereham in the County of Norfolk Mechanical Engineer do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows :--
Our invention consists of a portable bedside bracket to be affixed to the angle iron
side of a metallic bedstead, the parts of the said bedside bracket being constructed
and combined substantially as hereinafter described.
The said bracket consists essentially of a vertical pillar or standard affixed to
the angle iron side of the bedstead and a horizontal compound hinged arm or
bracket jointed to the said pillar or standard, with which parts are combined
a lamp and sconce or candle holder, or a sconce or candle holder only, and a table
and reading desk as hereinafter described.
The vertical pillar or standard of the apparatus is affixed to the angle iron side of
the bedstead by means of an adjustable clamp consisting of two parts. The
principal part of the clamp consists of a horizontal plate resting upon and
adjustable on the horizontal web of the angle iron of the bedstead framing the
inner edge of the said plate having clips for engaging with the horizontal edge of
the angle iron. The outer edge of the said clamp plate is furnished with a socket
to receive the standard or pillar described. Underneath this part of the clamp is a
second and smaller part a clip on which engages with the bottom edge of the angle
iron, the two parts of the clamp being secured together and clamped to the angle
iron by a screw working in an elongated slot in the first named or principal part
taking into a screw box in the second or smaller part of the clamp. By means of
the said screw, the clamp is made to firmly grip the angle iron and by the elongated.
slot described the compound clamp can be adjusted to any size of angle iron.
The standard or pillar having been placed in the socket of the clamp the hinged
arm or bracket is attached to the pillar by a curved plate which fits upon and is
bound to the pillar by a horse shoe shaped screw clamp, indentations or recesses
being provided at opposite sides of the curved plate to receive the ends of the,
screw clamp. The arm or bracket is hinged to the curved plate clamped to the
standard or pillar.
In place of the last described screw clamp and curved plate a socket may be
employed for the same purpose. This socket is passed onto the pillar from either,
end and is secured in any required position on the pillar by a clamping screw. In
the said socket is a cavity or chamber into which a setting block is placed prior to
sliding the said socket onto the pillar. The inner face of this block is concave to
fit upon the convex surface of the pillar; the said block being placed between the
pillar and the clamping screw prevents injury to the surface of the pillar by the.
clamping screw and a firmer grip is obtained by its use than could be obtained by.
the use of the said screw alone acting directly upon the pillar.
The top of the tubular pillar is open and forms a socket to receive a lamp
preferably of the kind called a Princess lamp; or the top of the pillar may be
provided with a holder for receiving cut flowers and when a lamp or flower
holder is not required the top of the pillar is completed by a finial or terminal
ornament.
The middle joint of the arm or bracket hinged to the pillar consists of a
compound hinge so constructed as to admit of the two parts of the bracket folding
closely against each other or parallel to one another, the said hinge having a
cylindrical hole passing through its middle portion which hole serves as a socket

page_text: for receiving a candle holder or sconce. This sconce is fitted with a cylindrical rod
which is placed in the cylindrical socket and is screwed in any adjusted position
therein by a set screw.
At the extremity of the bracket is another socket in which is fitted a similar
rod to that affixed to the sconce. This last named rod and its socket are for the
purpose of supporting and adjusting a table and reading desk of the kind next
described. The table and reading desk consists of a square or oblong tray of a
non-metallic or metallic material having a raised edge or flange. To this tray is
affixed a base plate having on its underside two sockets, one of which is placed at
an angle of ninety degrees with the plate and the other at or about an angle of forty-
five degrees. When the tray is to be used as a table the socket at right angles
with its base plate is fitted upon the rod at the extremity of the bracket and when
the tray is to be used as a reading desk the other or inclined socket is fitted upon
the said rod. The rod supporting the table or reading desk is secured at any
height in its socket by a set screw and a small collar near its upper end prevents it
falling through the socket when the said screw is relaxed.
The positions of the candle holder or sconce and the table or reading desk may
be reversed; that is, the table or reading desk may be supported upon the rod at
the middle joint of the bracket and the candle holder or sconce upon the rod at the
extremity of the bracket.
Dated this 19th day of October 1891.
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Portable Invalid's Bedside Bracket.
We, THOMAS KENDRICK, of Summer Lane, Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Manufacturer and BARNARD SAINTY, of The Vines, London Road,
East Dereham in the County of Norfolk, Mechanical Engineer do hereby declare
the nature of our invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to
be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
Our invention consists of a portable bedside bracket to be affixed to the angle
iron side of a metallic bedstead, the parts of the said bedside bracket being
constructed and combined substantially as hereinafter described.
The said bracket consists essentially of a vertical pillar or standard affixed to the angle
iron side of the bedstead and a horizontal compound hinged arm or bracket jointed
to the said pillar or standard with which parts are combined a lamp and sconce or
candle holder, or a sconce or candle holder only and a table and reading desk as
hereinafter described.'
The vertical pillar or standard of the apparatus is affixed to the angle iron side
of the bedstead by means of an adjustable clamp consisting of two parts. The
principal part of the clamp consists of a horizontal plate resting upon and adjust-
able on the horizontal web of the angle iron of the bedstead framing, the inner
edge of the said plate having clips for engaging with the horizontal edge of the
angle iron. The outer edge of the said clamp plate is furnished with a socket to
receive the standard or pillar described. Underneath this part of the clamp is a
second and smaller part, a clip on which engages with the bottom edge of the
angle iron, the two parts of the clamp being secured together and clamped to the
angle iron by a screw working in an elongated slot in the first named or principal
part taking into a screw box in the second or smaller part of the clamp. By
means of the said screw, the clamp is made to firmly grip the angle iron and by the
elongated slot described the compound clamp can be adjusted to any size of angle
iron.
The standard or pillar having been placed in the socket of the clamp the hinged
arm or bracket is attached to the pillar by a curved plate which fits upon and is

page_text: bound to the pillar by a horse shoe shaped screw clamp, indentations or recesses
being provided at opposite sides of the curved plate to receive the ends of the screw
clamp. The arm or bracket is hinged to the curved plate clamped to the standard
or pillar.
In place of the last described screw clamp and curved plate a socket may be
employed for the same purpose. This socket is passed onto the pillar from either
end and is secured in any required position on the pillar by the clamping screw.
In the said socket is a cavity or chamber into which a setting block is placed prior
to sliding the said socket onto the pillar. The inner face of this block is concave
to fit upon the convex surface of the pillar; the said block being placed between
the pillar and the clamping screw prevents injury to the surface of the pillar by the
clamping screw and a firmer grip is obtained by its use than could be obtained by
the use of the said screw alone acting directly upon the pillar.
The top of the tubular pillar is open and forms a socket to receive a lamp
preferably of the kind called a Princess lamp; or the top of the pillar may be
provided with a holder for receiving cut flowers and when a lamp or flower holder
is not required the top of the pillar is completed by a finial or terminal ornament.
The middle joint of the arm or bracket hinged to the pillar consists of a
compound hinge so constructed as to admit of the two parts of the bracket folding
closely against each other or parallel to one another the said hinge having a
cylindrical hole passing through its middle portion, which hole serves as a socket
for receiving a candle holder or sconce. This sconce is fitted with a cylindrical
rod which is placed in the cylindrical socket and is secured in any adjusted position
therein by a set screw.
At the extremity of the bracket is another socket in which is fitted a similar rod
to that affixed to the sconce. This last named rod and its socket are for the
purpose of supporting and adjusting a table and reading desk of the kind next
described. The table and reading desk consists of a square or oblong tray of a
non-metallic or metallic material having a raised edge or flange. To this tray is
affixed a base plate having on its underside two sockets one of which is placed at
au angle of ninety degrees with the plate and the other at or about an angle of
forty-five degrees. When the tray is to be used as a table the socket at right
angles with its base plate is fitted upon the rod at the extremity of the bracket
and when the tray is to be used as a reading desk the other or inclined socket is
fitted upon the said rod. The rod supporting the table or reading desk is secured
at any height in its socket by a set screw and a small collar near its upper end
prevents its falling through the socket when the said screw is relaxed.
may
The positions of the candle holder or sconce and the table or reading desk be
reversed; that is, the table or reading desk may be supported upon the rod at the
middle joint of the bracket and the candle holder or sconce upon the rod at the
extremity of the bracket.
We will now proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying drawing
the manner in which our invention is to be performed.
Figure 1 represents in perspective our new or improved portable invalid's bedside
bracket applied to a bedstead and
Figure 2 represents in side elevation the said bedside bracket drawn to a larger
scale;
Figure 3 represents in side elevation the parts of the adjustable clamp
detached and
Figure 4 represents a plan of the principal part of the said clamp ;
Figures 5 and 6 represent a modified clamp;
Figure 7 represents drawn to a larger scale, the socket arrangement and parts
detached for connecting the horizontal arm or bracket to the standard or pillar on
the angle iron;
Figure 8 represents a modified arrangement of the same and
Figure 9 represents a modified arrangement of the table and reading desk as
hereinafter described.

page_text: The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in the several figures of the
drawing.
a is the vertical pillar or standard affixed to the angle iron c of the bedstead
frame, the said pillar being open at top and constituting a socket in which the
lamp a is fitted, or a holder for receiving cut flowers; or the top of the pillar may
be completed by a finial or terminal ornament a as seen in Figure 8; b b is the
horizontal compound arm or bracket jointed to the said pillar or standard a, the
said arm or bracket carrying at its middle joint the sconce or candle holder d and
at its extremity the table and reading desk e. The vertical pillar or standard a is
affixed to the angle iron side c of the bedstead by an adjustable clamp consisting of
the two parts fand 9 and the clamping screw h. The part of the clamp consists
of a horizontal plate resting upon the horizontal web of the angle iron c (see
Figures 2 and 4) clips ff on the inner edge of the said plate engaging with the
horizontal edge of the angle iron. The clamp plate f has on its outer edge the
socket for receiving the standard or pillar a. The second or smaller part of
the clip is situated under the principal part f and has at its edge, a seat for
engaging with the bottom vertical edge of the angle iron (see Figure 2). In the
said smaller part g of the clip is a screw box g³ for the clamping screw / to engage
with, the said screw passing through an elongated slot in the principal part f
of the clamp (see Figure 4).
In attaching the pillar or standard a to the angle iron c of the bedstead frame
the clip ends of the principal clamping plate fare engaged with the hori-
zontal edge of the angle iron c and afterwards the smaller clamping plate g is
engaged with the vertical edge of the angle iron c. By driving home the clamping
screw the two parts of the clamp are bound together and made to firmly grip the
angle iron as represented in Figure 2. The elongated slot f permits of the
compound clamp being adjusted to any size of angle iron.
The compound clamp may be modified in the manner represented in Figures 5
and 6; Figure representing the clamp in the act of being engaged with the angle
iron and Figure 6 the clamp after it has been fixed to the angle iron.
In this modified clamp, the under clamping plate i is made in the form of a lever
turning on the centre one arm of the lever clamping plate having near its outer
end a seat for engaging with the vertical edge of the angle iron and the other
arm of the lever clamping plate being provided with a clamping screw ³. The
principal clamping plate f in this modification is the same as that represented in
Figures 2, 3 and 4. By arranging the lever clamping plate i in the manner repre-
sented in Figure 5 the principal plate ff can be engaged with the horizontal
edge of the angle iron c, and by then driving home the screw the seat of the lever
clamping plate i can be made to engage with the vertical edge of the angle iron c
and thereby secure the pillar of the bedside bracket to the angle iron of the
bedstead frame as represented in Figure 6.
The horizontal compound hinged arm or bracket bis jointed to the pillar a in
either of the following ways. According to the arrangement represented in
Figures 2 and 7 a tubular socket k, capable of adjustment, is fixed on the pillar a
the said socket carrying at one side the lugs or knuckles 1, 1 to which the lugs or
knuckles m, m on the half or limb 6 of the compound arm or bracket b 6' are hinged
_ by the joint pin m². The socket k may be passed onto the pillar a from either end
and is secured in its adjusted position by the clamping screw k² and setting
block, the said setting block being placed in a cavity in the socket k prior
to sliding the socket on the pillar (see Figure 7). The inner face of the block k
is concave to fit upon the convex surface of the pillar a. The end of the clamping
screw bears upon the flat face of the block and by driving home the said
screw the concave face of the block is made to grip with great firmness the pillar a
and secure the socket to the pillar.
In the arrangement represented in Figure 8 for attaching the arm or bracket b
to the pillar a, a curved plate n and a horse shoe shaped screw clamp p are used.
The curved plate n carries lugs n², n² for jointing the lugs m, m on the arm to the

page_text: said plate. The curved plate n having been fitted upon the pillar a it is fixed in its.
place by the ends of the horse shoe shaped clamp p being engaged in indentations
or recesses at 9 in lugs on opposite sides of the curved plate and the screw of
the clamp driven home against the pillar as seen in the sectional plan of
Figure 8.
The middle joint r, r of the compound arm or bracket b, b' is so constructed as to
admit of the two parts of the said bracket folding against or parallel to one another..
The middle part of the compound joint r, r has a cylindrical hole or socket at
for receiving the part d' of the candle holder or sconce d. The candle holder or
sconce is secured in its adjusted position in the cylindrical socket by the set.
screw
The extremity of the part 6' of the compund arm or bracket is provided with a.
sockets in which a rod works for the purpose of supporting and adjusting the
table and reading desk e represented in Figures 1 and 2. It will be seen by
referring to Figure 1 that the table and reading desk e consists of a square or
oblong tray of a non-metallic or metallic material having a raised edge or flange.
Affixed to the bottom of the tray e are two sockets t and t for fitting on the top.
of the rods. The socket t is placed at an angle of about forty-five degrees with.
the bottom of the tray and the other socket t' at an angle of ninety degrees. When.
the tray is to be used as a reading desk as represented in Figures 1 and 2 the
socket t is fitted upon the end of the rod as represented; and when the tray is to.
be used as a table the other socket is placed upon the end of the rod s² as
indicated in dotted lines in Figure 2. The rod supporting the table or reading.
desk e is secured at any height in its sockets by the set screw and a collar s
near its upper end prevents the said rod s falling through the socket when the set.
screw is relaxed.
In place of the two sockets on the bottom of the tray, by the use of which sockets.
the tray can be arranged either as a reading desk or table the combination of parts.
represented in Figure 9 may be employed. In this modification, the bottom of the
tray e carries the arm u which is jointed at u³ within the head or enlargement at.
the top of the rod. In the enlargement s' is a quadrant slot in which the
clamping screw & carried by the jointed arm u works. By relaxing the clamping
screws, the tray may be inclined to form a reading desk, or placed in a horizontal.
position to form a table and fixed in either position by driving home the screw s'.
Although we have represented in Figure 2, for convenience of illustration a
lamp a and a candle holder or sconce a combined in the same bedside bracket,.
yet it must be understood that when a lamp is carried by the pillar a, the candle
holder d is not used the candle holder being only used in the absence of a lamp at.
the head of the pillar a; and although we have represented the reading desk and
table as supported at the extremity of the jointed arm or bracket and the
candle holder d supported at the middle jointed part of the said arm or bracket yet.
the positions of the said reading desk and table and the said candle holder may be
reversed as hereinbefore described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our inven-
tion and the manner in which the same is to be performed we declare that
we claim as our invention of "A new or improved portable invalid's bedside
bracket."
First The arrangement or combination of the compound clamp for fixing the
vertical pillar or standard to the angle iron side of the bedstead substantially as
herein before described and illustrated in Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the accompanying
drawing; also the modified compound clamp hereinbefore described and illustrated
in Figures 5 and 6 of the accompanying drawing.
Secondly: The arrangements or combinations of parts hereinbefore described
and illustrated in Figures 1, 2, 7 and 8 of the accompanying drawing for attaching
the hinged arm or bracket to the pillar or standard fixed to the side angle iron of
the bedstead.

page_text: Thirdly The combination with the compound hinge of the horizontal arm or
bracket, of a socket for receiving a candle holder or sconce as hereinbefore
described and illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawing.
Fourthly: The combination with the extremity of the outer limb or part of the
hinged arm or bracket of a socket for receiving a rod by which a table and
reading desk may be supported substantially as hereinbefore described and
illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawing.
Lastly: Providing the underside of the board or tray constituting the table
and reading desk with two sockets of the kinds described and illustrated whereby
the said board or tray can be used either as a table or reading desk as herein-
before described and illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawing;
also the modification of the table and reading desk hereinbefore described and
illustrated in Figure 9 of the accompanying drawing.
Dated the Fifth dex of Iul 1800
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicants.