Improvements in and in the Manufacture of Mattresses.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 28th May, 1896-Accepted, 4th July, 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and in the Manufacture of Mattresses.
1, FREDERICK WILLIAM GOLBY, of 36 Chancery Lane, in the County of
Middlesex, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by Ottomar
Steiner, of Gunnersdorf, near Frankenberg, Saxony, Germany, Reform Bed
Manufacturer, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
The mattress forming the subject of the present invention is intended to remedy
the following evils.
All feather, horsehair, seamed or fibre mattresses are collecting points for dust,
bacillariæ, fungi etc. the removal of which is only possible by invoking the aid of
an upholsterer, as the taking to pieces and putting together again of the mattress
is too difficult a matter for a novice to attempt to undertake. It is therefore only
in rare cases that the cleansing of the stuffing so desirable on hygienic grounds, as
well as the loosening of the same is undertaken.
This work is greatly facilitated by the cell mattresses herein described which are
so constructed as to render the services of an upholsterer unnecessary, the cells
being arranged so as to be easily drawn together from above. These cells are
further made in the present invention in such a manner that a crossing of the
strip-shaped material used to form the side partitions, at the corners of the cells is
avoided.
In the accompanying drawing several examples of such mattresses are represented,
all in perspective views.
In the example represented in Figs. 1 and 2 the mattress has four rows of cells.
The two pairs of cells are made to be drawn together by the upper cover A which
is provided at the meeting place of each pair of cells with a slit. The edges of this
slit are furnished with eyelets a and the perpendicular cell partitions running in
the direction of the slit (Fig. 1) are likewise provided with eyelets c. Through
these eyelets a and e is passed a cord d and the parts of the cover A are thus laced
together and secured to the cell partitions.
For Figs. 3 and 4 an upper cover A' made for the purpose can be employed, and
be fastened to the sides B of the mattress by buttons, buckles, hooks or other
fastenings. In order to prevent the unintentional removal of the stuffing from
the cells the following contrivance is employed;-To the upper edges of the
partitions forming the cells are fastened square pieces of stuff e sewn for
preference, in such a manner that the two diagonals of the square lie on the upper
edges of the partitions. In this manuer the corners of each cell are covere!
over and it would therefore be necessary to drag the stuffing from the centre of the
cell to remove it therefrom. The partial covering over of the outer cells is
effected by means of strips of material f, which are fastened to the upper edges of
the sides B.
In this class of mattress it is quite impossible for the different single parts
of the stuffing to change their position, as is the case with the ordinary mattresses.
Furthermore with this kind of mattress it is possible for the purchaser to judge
for himself of the kind of material used for the stuffing. For the cells at the edge
less elastic stuffing material can be employed without prejudice to the value of the
nattress.
The manner of manufacturing the mattress and the formation of the cells therein

page_text: is illustrated in Fig. 5. The strips of stuff g for the formation of the partitions are
sewn to the bottom piece C of the covering, which is divided into square sections,
in a diagonal direction. In this way a zigzag line is formed by the strips g of stuff
with their parts lying between the two sides B of the covering, so that every one
cell is formed of two zigzag partitions.
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 mattress having a number of cells, a cover A for said mattress made of
strips fastened together at the edges and to the upper edges of cell partitions by a
cord d passed through eyelets a and c respectively substantially as described with
reference to Fig. 1 and for the purpose stated.
2. A mattress having a number of cells, means for keeping the stuffing in place
in said cells consisting of pieces of material e sewn to the upper edges of the cell
partitions, and strips f along the outer edges, a cover A' for said mattress
secured by buttons or other fastenings to the sides B substantially as described
with reference to Figs. 3 and 4 and for the purpose stated.
3. A process for the formation of mattress cells distinguished by the strips of
material forming the perpendicular partitions of the cells being sewn tight on
the edges of the squares marked on the underpart C of the mattress, running
in a diagonal zigzag direction, substantially as herein described with reference
to Fig. 5.
Dated this 28th day of May 1896.
F. W. GOLBY,
36 Chancery Lane, London, W.C.