An Improved Bedstead.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Dec., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 30th Aug., 1893-Accepted, 28th Oct., 1833
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by GEORGE HENRY CURRY and HENRY BLAIR
MAY, both of Evant, Texas, U.S.A.]
An Improved Bedstead.
1, REGINALD WALTER BARKER, of Monument Chambers, King William Street,
London, Middlesex, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows
:-
My invention has relation to improvements in bedsteads; and it consists in the
provision of adjustable hangers for mattress-supports, as described hereunder.
In my invention the end rails of the bed-frame are provided at suitable points
with slots or mortises to receive the tenon ends of the side rails. Formed at suitable
intervals in the inside of the side and end rails are vertical mortises or grooves which
are preferably of a dovetail form in cross-section, so as to prevent lateral inward
displacement of the hangers while in operation.
I employ any suitable number of improved hangers which may be formed from
any suitable material and respectively comprise a vertical shank or body of dovetail
form in cross-section, which is adjustably seated in one of the mortises or grooves
of the frame, and a horizontal branch extending inwardly at right angles from the
lower end of the shank or body.
Suitably secured to the side and end rails of the bed-frame and covering the upper
ends of the mortises or grooves are plates which are provided with screw threaded
apertures for the passage of adjusting screws which screws are connected in a
swiveled manner to the body of the hangers and are provided at their upper ends
with heads or wings whereby they may be readily turned to raise or lower the
hangers, as desired.
Formed at intervals in the upper side of the branches of the hangers and
extending transversely thereof, is a series of slots which are designed to seat the
side and end bars of a mattress support which may be of any construction suitable
for use in conjunction with my improved hangers.
By reason of the provision of a series of slots in each hanger branch it will be
readily perceived that mattress-supports of various sizes may be employed in
conjunction with a bed frame provided with my improved hangers, and by reason
of the slots of the hanger branches being pitched or inclined toward the body or
shank it will be further perceived that the liability of a casual disconnection of the
mattress support from the hangers is reduced to a minimum. By the provision of
hangers such as described it will be readily perceived that a mattress-support may
be readily connected to a bed frame and when so connected may be readily adjusted
to and adjustably fixed in different horizontal planes, which is an important
desideratum.
Dated this 23rd day of December 1892.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Bedstead.
I REGINALD WALTER BARKER, of Monument Chambers, King William Street,
London, Middlesex, Patent Agent, 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 has relation to improvements in bedsteads; and it consists in the

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provision of adjustable hangers for mattress-supports, as will be hereinafter described
and particularly pointed out in the claims appended.
In the accompanying drawings,
Fig. 1 is a plan view of a bedstead embodying my invention; and,
Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section taken in the plane indicated by the line
on Fig. 1.
Referring by numeral of designation to the said drawings, 1 indicates the end
rails of the bed-frame which are provided at suitable points with slots or mortises
to receive the tenon ends of the side rails, 2. Formed at suitable intervals in the
inside of the side and end rails are vertical mortises or grooves 4, which are
preferably of a dovetail form in cross-section, so as to prevent lateral inward.
displacement of the hangers while in operation.
5 indicates my improved.hangers of which any suitable number may be employed.
These hangers 5 which may be formed from any suitable material, respectively
comprise the vertical shank or body C of dovetail form in cross-section, which is
adjustably seated in one of the mortises or grooves 4 of the frame, and the horizontal
branch 7, extending inwardly at right angles from the lower end of the shank or
body 6.
Suitably secured to the side and end rails of the bed-frame and covering the upper
ends of the mortises or grooves 4 are plates 10, which are provided with screw-
threaded. apertures for the passage of the adjusting screws 9, which screws are
connected in a swiveled manner to the body of the hangers and are provided at their
upper ends with heads or wings 11, whereby they may be readily turned to raise or
lower the hangers, as desirable.
Formed at intervals in the upper side of the branches 7 of the hangers 5, and
extending transversely thereof, is a series of slots 8, which are designed to seat the
side and end bars 13 of a mattress support 12 which may be of any construction
suitable for use in conjunction with my improved hangers.
By reason of the provision of a series of slots on each hanger branch 7 it will be
readily perceived that mattress-supports of various sizes may be employed in
conjunction with a bed-frame provided with my improved hangers, and by reason of
the slots 8 of the hanger branches 7 being pitched or inclined toward the body or
shank 6 it will be further perceived that the liability of a casual disconnection of
the mattress support from the hangers is reduced to a minimum. By the provision
of hangers such as described it will be readily perceived that a mattress support
may be readily connected to a bed-frame and when so connected may be readily
adjusted to and adjustably fixed in different horizontal planes, which is an important
consideration.
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. In a bedstead, the combination, with the side and end rails having vertical
mortises or grooves, the cap-plates covering the upper ends of the grooves or
mortises and having threaded apertures, and a mattress support, of the hangers
respectively, comprising the vertical shank or body seated in the grooves or mortises
of the rails, and the horizontal branch extending inwardly from said shank or body
and having a slot to seat the side and end bars of the mattress support, and the
adjusting screws taking through the threaded apertures of the cap-plates and having
their lower ends connected to the hangers, substantially as and for the purpose set
forth.
2. The improvements in bed-steads, substantially as and for the purposes herein-
before described, set forth, and illustrated in the drawings annexed.
Dated this 25th day of A1000
REGINALD W. BARKER.