Improvements in and connected with Supports for Upholstered Artioles.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Aug., 1896-Accepted, 3rd Oct., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Supports for Upholstered
Artioles.
I, OTTO SCHRÖDER, of 10, Stubenrauchstrasse, Berlin, Decorator, 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 relates to a support for bedding and upholstered articles of every
kind and has for it's object to evenly distribute the weight placed on the said
bedding or other article. My improved support is exemplified in the accompanying
drawing in which Fig. 1 is a plan without the bedding or other upholstered part
on it; Fig. 2 a section through the line - Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 a section through
line y-y also of Fig. 1. To the woodon or other frame a of any desirable shape
and dimensious, are attached the angle pieces b or b'. The vertical arm of tho
angle piece is provided at it's end with a fork c, engaging with a fork d of the
angle arm e. (A ball and socket joint may be used instead of the forks o and d.)
The arm of the angle pieco e has an hook-eyef which holds fast the woven wire
gauze g, the other end of the said picce e, ending in an eye h, which by means of
the spiral spring i is connected to the angle piece b. In Fig. 3, the connecting
piece is movable round the pin & fixed in the angle piece . The connecting
piece terminates at its upper end in an eye, through which is put the hook m.
The end of m is suitably connected to the woven wire gauze 9, and the other end
bas the eye m' to which is attached a spiral spring the other end of which is
Buitably connected to the lever n, movable around the pin . The lever n and the
hook m, are each provided with two immediately opposite catches or notches o,
between which is placed the fork ended rod p, the said rod p serving to actuate
the spring. The lever and spring arrangements above described are provided
at intervals along the side and ends of the frame a as shewn in Fig. 1, and above
the springs and woven gauzo the bedding, seats, cushions or the like g are laid.
The slanting position of the connecting piece which only turns on the pin k in
the direction of the arrow z, gives clasticity to the sides or edges r when a load or
weight is put on the woven gauze. The noset prevents a rotation in a direction
opposite to that of the arrow.
When a support of the above description has to bear a weight, the spring i
and are respectively brought into play by means of the above mentioned system
of levers in connection with the woven gauze, g, and on the other hand when
the weight is removed the tension of the spiral springs returns the woven gauze g
(and consequently the sets of levers) to their normal position.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A support for upholstery of all kinds, the said support having a spring action
constituted by two sets of levers and springs, one set consisting of the parts or
members band and the spring i, and the other set consisting of the parts or
members 61, 1, n, and p and the spring i', the sets being arranged diagonally and
ensuring great elasticity of the edges or sides r of the upholstery by means of the
The whole
connecting pieces which are movable in the direction of the arrow z.

page_text: substantially as described in the above specification and exemplified in the
accompanying drawings.
2. The combination of parts together forming and operating as supports for
upholstery substantially as described in the above specification and exemplified in
the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 26th day of August 1896.
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23, Coleman Street, London, E.C., Agents for the Applicant.