Improvements in or additions to Metallic Bedsteads and Cots.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Dec., 1899
Complate Specification Left, 1st Aug., 1900-Accepted, 1st Sept., 1900
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or additions to Metallic Bedsteads and Cots.
I, THOMAS WILLETTS ADSHEAD, of Paragon Works, Angel Street, Dudley,
n the County of Worcester, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this
nvention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to bedsteads and cots and has for its object principally,
to provide the foot end of a bedstead with an arm rest, or an upholstered arm
rest, running along the upper edge of the top rail. By making this provision
in metallic bedsteads and cots, persons holding conversation with the occupants
of a bed may lean forward over the top rail without being uncomfortable
According to my invention, I propose to affix, by any suitable means, to the
top of a foot end rail, a supplementary moulding preferably covered with plush
or with upholstered fabric, leather or other pliable material.
take a foot end rail of any
In carrying out one form of the said rest,
pattern, made up of an assemblage of members, rails or panels, and I provide
the top edge or upper part of the same with a cornice or moulding or super
imposed member, capped or surmounted by an arm rest, which, if covered with
leather, fabric or other pliant material, suitably upholstered, although the same
may be made in the form of a metal or wood mould, simply faced with plush
or the like without being upholstered.
propose
to fit to the cornice, a longitudinal bar lying within an underside recess of the
moulding, with the one part being secured to the other by small screws or
other means of attachment.
When a wooden moulding, covered with fabric, is employed, then
The moulding is rigidly affixed in position by screwed upper ends of the
vertical bars of the rail taking through the cornice and engaging the foundation.
Or separate screws may pass through the cornice or other part of the framing
and may engage either the foundation or the rest upon the underside.
As a further form, the rest is made a little less in length then the top rail,
and is embraced by half or gapped mounts, surmounting the pillars and dropped
over the ends of the rest, and being there secured by the screwing down of a
0 knob, terminal or other mount. Or the ends of the rest may have vertical eyes
or holes through them for engaging with or being engaged by screw pins
carried either by the bedstead frame or by the mounts or terminals.
As a still further form, the rest may constitute the top rail of a bedstead
end, whilst as another modification, the top rail may be in the form of an open
35 joint, with the joint coming uppermost, and into which a tongue or rib on
the underside of the rest comes, with the upholstered material extending over
or being gathered round the rail, whilst the rest itself is secured to the sai
rail in any desired way.
1900

page_text: Improvements in or additions to Metallic Bedsteads and Cots.
I, THOMAS WILLETTS ADSHEAD, of Paragon Works, Angel Street, Dudley,
in the County of Worcester, Manufacturer, 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 relates to bedsteads and cots and has for its object to provide
a simple and efficient means of securing top rails to the corner pillars and
upright rods comprising the bedstead head and foot ends, which said top rails
inay, incidentally, constitute arm rests for persons to lean upon when con-
versing with the occupants of a bed:
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents an elevation of the foot
end of a metallic bedstead fitted or provided with a rest bar which constitutes
the top rail of the said end and is secured to the corner pillars and other upright
members in accordance with one form of my invention.
Figure 2 represents, upon an enlarged scale, a vertical section of one end of
the said top rail, with a portion of one of the corner pillars and one of the
members of the framing, showing the means employed for securing the said
parts together..
Figure 3 represents a cross section of Figure 2 upon the dotted line, and
Figure 4 is a similar section but with the supplementary moulding part of the
rail separated from the longitudinal supporting bar or top rail proper.
Figure 5 represents a vertical section of Figure 2 upon the dotted line ..
Figure 6 is a longitudinal section of a part of the supplementary moulding
or upper portion of the top rail separately, whilst Figure 7 represents a longi-
tudinal section of a part of the foundation bar which supports the moulding,
and also two of the screws by which the bar and moulding are secured together.
Figure 8 represents an underside plan of the part of the foundation bar
shown in Figure 6, whilst Figure 9 is a horizontal section of Figure 2 upon
the dotted line 2, and looking upwards so as to show the underside of the top
rail.
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several
figures of the drawings.
a is the foot end of a bedstead, comprising a top rail or rest bar b, corner
pillars c, a bottom bar d and a series of upright members c, disposed vertically
between the said top and bottom bars. The top rail consists of a metal founda-
tion bar b¹, and a supplementary moulding 2, made preferably of wood, with
a casing b³ of brass or covered with any other suitable material. Running along
the underside of this moulding is a longitudinal recess b, within which the
bar 6', lies flush, and these two parts of the rail are secured together by means
of a series of small screws f, which are passed from the underside through
holes 6, in the metal bar 61 and into the material of the moulding. To effect
the connection of the top rail to the corner pillars, the ends 66 of the longi-
tudinal foundation bar 61, are extended beyond the ends of the supplementary
moulding 62, and pierced with holes 7, which take over fixed pins c, at the
summits of the pillars e, and the connection is concealed and made secure, by
means of caps or mounts g, also strung upon the pins e¹, and having gaps gl on
their inner sides through which the ends of both the moulding and its support-
ing bar, are introduced and embraced thereby, the whole of these parts being
made fast in their respective positions by means of the knobs or terminals 92,

page_text: hich are screwed upon the wormed ends, of the pins c¹, with their pummels y,
earing upon the flat upper ends g of the mounts.
Incidentally, this means of connecting the rest rail may be utilized for secur-
ng sheet metal ornaments such as h, to the pillars by slipping the said orna-
ments upon the pins c¹ and clamping their closed ends h¹ between the extremi-
ies 66, of the bar b' and the tops of the said pillars.
The attachment of the vertical members e, of the end frame, to the top
rail b, may be effected by means of separate screws i, carried by the bar b₁,
onto the depending ends of which, the said members c, are screwed, the ends
of them being provided with fixed nuts or screwed blocks c¹ for the purpose of
taking onto the screw pins. Sheet metal ornaments or mounts j, may be
secured to the vertical or filling-in members e, by slipping them over the pins i
and clamping them between the bar b' and the top ends of the said member's e,
on the latter being screwed fully home.
Instead of the supplementary or attached moulding being made from brass-
cased wood, it may be made entirely of metal and preferably hollow, and be
connected to the foundation bar by screws or otherwise.
In other cases where the top rail is to constitute an arm rest to enable persons
to lean forward over the end and hold conversation with the occupant of a
bed without being uncomfortable, the top of the said rail, or the supplementary
moulding thereof may be covered with plush or other textile material, or with
leather or the like and may also be suitably upholstered.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
First: A top rail, or a combined top rail and arm rest for the ends of bed-
steads, consisting of a foundation bar and a suitably-connected supplementary
moulding, with the former having pierced ends for taking onto pins sur-
mounting the corner pillar, and with the connections being concealed by caps
or mounts, substantially as herein described and also as set forth in the accom-
panying drawings.
Secondly: A top rail, or a combined top rail and arm rest for the ends
of bedsteads comprising a foundation bar and a suitably-connected supplemen-
tary moulding, and being secured to the corner pillars of the said end by exten-
sions of the foundation bar taking over screw pins surmounting the said pillars,
whilst the connection is concealed by gapped corner mounts or caps slipped
onto the said pins and kept down by screwed-on knobs or terminals, substan-
tially as herein described and also as set forth in the accompanying drawings.
Thirdly A top rail, or combined top rail and arm rest for the ends of
0 bedsteads, consisting of a foundation bar and a suitably-connected supplemen-
tary moulding with the former carrying screws for the connection of the ver
tical or filling-in members of the said end, substantially as herein described
and also as set forth in the accompanying drawings.
Tial thủ 20th dox of July 1900.
THOMAS WILLETTS ADSHEAD.
By Henry Skerrett,
24, Temple Row, Birmingham,
Agent for Applicant.