Improvements in and relating to Spring Mattresses and the like.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Aug., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 29th May, 1894-Accepted, 7th July, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Spring Mattresses and the like.
We HENRY REYNOLDS of Sunrise Cottages Saint John's Park, Ryde and
CHARLES JOHN REYNOLDS, Upholsterers, Gloucester House St. Thomas' Street,
Ryde, both of Isle of Wight, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
This invention relates to means for supporting spring mattresses & the like &
consists in providing a spring lever for carrying the spring mattress or the like &
the same is carried out as follows.
We provide a bracket the limbs of which are at right angles & are suitably
slotted to one end of the said limbs I pivot a bent lever to which a spiral spring
attached; the other end of this spring being attached to the bracket. The
brackets are secured to the desired article and the ends of the levers are attached
to the mattress or the like. By this means the levers act upon the springs and
distend them when any weight is placed upon the mattress or the like. The
brackets may be secured to the desired object such as sofas chairs & the like by
screws or the like. We find convenient to employ wire woven material for
attaching to the ends of the levers aforesaid.
Dated this 28th day of August 1893.
E. EATON,
Agent for Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Spring Mattresses and the like.
We HENRY REYNOLDS of Sunrise Cottages, St. John's Park, Ryde and
CHARLES JOHN REYNOLDS Gloucester House St. Thomas' Street, Ryde,
Upholsterers, both of Isle of Wight, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion 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 means for supporting spring mattresses and the like
and consists in providing a spring lever for carrying the spring mattress or the
like and the same is carried out as follows.
I provide a bracket the limbs of which are at right angles and are suitably
slotted; to one end of the said limbs I pivot a bent lever to which a spiral spring
is attached; the other end of this spring being attached to the bracket. The
brackets are secured to the desired article and the ends of the levers are attached
to the mattress or the like. By this means the levers act upon the springs and
distend them when any weight is placed upon the mattress or the like. The
brackets may be secured to the desired object such as sofas, chairs and the like, by
screws or the like. I find it convenient to employ wire woven material for
attaching to the ends of the levers aforesaid.
In order that my invention may be fully understood I now refer to the annexed
drawings in which :-
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Figure 1. side elevation of my invention.
Figure 2. perspective view of my invention in position.
a is a bracket in which the lever b, bent to a suitable shape or curve, is pivoted
at c to same to the end d of this lever b is attached the spring e and the other end

page_text: of this spring e is attached at f to the bracket or support a which is slotted at g.
The end h of the lever b is attached in any convenient man er such as by the
hook to the mattress j or such like. It will be seen that stead of a mattress,
the seats of chairs, sofas, or the like may be supported in the manner described by
connecting them to the ends h of the levers b. Any convenient number of brackets
and levers may be employed; one only being shown attached to the support k for
purposes of illustration.
It will be seen that the weight exerted on the mattress
or seat is communicated through the medium of the lever b to the spring e which is
thus distended according to the weight exerted on the mattress or seat, of the bed
or chair or other such like article as the case may be. The bracket may be secured
to the desired support by any convenient means such as screws 1, passing through
The bracket may be made of any suitable material such as iron rod & may
be bent to the desired shape.
same.
Having now particularly described the nature of our said invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we claim is
1. In means for supporting mattresses, seats for chairs and the like, a bent lever
pivoted to a bracket attached to the support, one end of said lever being attached
to a spring connected to the bracket; the other end of said lever being connected
to the mattress or chair seat to be supported, substantially as described and
.illustrated.
Dated this 20th M
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