A NEW FORM OF ARTICULATED BACK REST FOR INVALIDS, SPECIALLY APPLICABLE FOR BEDS." OF ARTICULATED BACK REST FOR INVALIDS, SPECIALLY APPLICABLE FOR BEDS
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to François Hippolyte Maitrot, Cabinet Maker,
22, Rue de Trévise, in Paris, for the Invention of "A NEW FORM
OF ARTICULATED BACK REST FOR INVALIDS, SPECIALLY APPLICABLE FOR BEDS."
OF ARTICULATED BACK REST FOR INVALIDS, SPECIALLY APPLICABLE FOR BEDS."
Sealed the 25th February 1876, and dated the 27th August 1875.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said François Hippolyte
Maitrot at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 27th August 1875.
I, FRANÇOIS HIPPOLYTE MAITROT, Cabinet Maker, 22, Rue de
5 Trévise, in Paris, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "A NEW FORM OF ARTICULATED BACK REST FOR INVALIDS, SPECIALLY
APPLICABLE FOR BEDS," to be as follows:-
The object of my Invention is to give relief to the sick and to con-
valescents compelled to remain in bed for a long period, that is to say
to.maintain a horizontal position for weary months.

page_text: or other cloth, leather, caoutchouc, or other suitable material, and be
stuffed with wool, silk, velvet, or even "cappadine.". It is composed
of the back rest, properly so called, or wooden frame,. the bottom of
which is stuffed and covered as aforesaid. It. is provided in front with
two moveable arms or props united by a small horizontal bar or cross
piece, which serves as a rest for the arms of the invalid. This bar or
cross piece may be replaced by a small board, forming table for the
requirements of the sick person or convalescent, either for taking food
or drink, or for reading or writing.
The back of my back rest is provided with a system of trestle or stop
frame, by which any desired inclination may be given to it.
My apparatus is intended to be placed upon the bed behind the
invalid to support him in a sitting position nearly vertical or slightly
inclined backward, according to requirement.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said François Hippolyte Maitrot in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 25th February 1876.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, FRANÇOIS
HIPPOLYTE MAITROT, Cabinet Maker, of 22, Rue de Trévise, in Paris,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-seventh day of August, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in the
thirty-ninth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto me, the said François Hippolyte Maitrot,
Her special licence, that I, the said François Hippolyte Maitrot, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
François Hippolyte Maitrot, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and
at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and
lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle
of Man, an Invention for "A NEW FORM OF ARTICULATED BACK REST FOR

page_text: which any desired inclination may be given to it, as shown on the
Drawing, and particularly at Figure 5.-
.
My apparatus is intended to be placed upon the bed behind the
invalid, to support him in a sitting position nearly vertical or slightly
inclined backward, according to requirement.
No perceptible variation should be made in the form of the apparatus,
excepting when made for private use or beds of a particular kind, in
which case the stop frame C should be made to follow the shape of
the head board of the bed. For hospitals, civil and military, the shape
of the back rest and of its top frame should be uniform.
Having now described and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is or may be performed, I would
have it understood that I do not confine myself to the use of any
particular materials in the manufacture of my apparatus, nor to any
particular shape or dimensions, varying these to suit the shape and size
of different bedsteads and the requirements of invalids, and ornamenting
according to taste, and that I claim as secured to me by the herein-
before in part recited Letters Patent the use of an articulated or jointed
back rest, made substantially as herein-before described, and illustrated
on the accompanying Sheet of Drawing.
In witness whereof, I, the said François Hippolyte Maitrot, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-third day of
February, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred
and seventy-six.
Witness,
ED. D'AUBREVILLE,
Ingenieur Civil,
No. 22, Ruc de Trévise,
Paris.
H. MAITROT. (L.S.)