IMPROVEMENTS IN VALANCE SUSPENDERS
Year: 1879

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Samuel Phillip Wood, of Birmingham, in the
County of Warwick, Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
VALANCE SUSPENDERS."
Sealed the 21st May 1880, and dated the 27th November 1879.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Samuel Phillip Wood
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 27th November 1879.
CHARLES SAMUEL PHILLIP WOOD, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick,
Manufacturer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN VALANCE SUSPENDERS."
This Invention relates to improvements in the construction of holders or
suspenders for valances for bedsteads, table curtains, cornice trimmings, or valances
and the like, the object of the improved holder or suspender being to allow of the
valance or similar trimmings being placed and held in position in a more simple,
easy, and efficient manner than hitherto.
In carrying out my Invention as applied to the construction of a valance
suspender for iron bedsteads I employ a clip or bracket formed by preference of a
strip of thin sheet metal bent at right angles, the horizontal portion being of a
length equal to the width of the angle iron forming the sides and ends of the
bedstead, the inner end of the bracket being bent round into the form of a hook so
as to clip over the inner edge of the angle iron, whereby the holder or suspender
is attached to the bedstead; to the lower end of the bracket I attach, by suitable
means, a pin of the kind known as nursery or safety pins.
A number of these holders or suspenders being fitted at suitable distances apart,
round the sides and ends of the bedstead, the valance is then hung or suspended by
means of the herein before described pins.
For wood bedsteads, instead of forming the clip with a hook at the end, as
herein before described, I form it with points or claws for fixing in the wood sides
and ends of the bedstead, and for toilet table curtains, cornice trimmings, or
valances, and the like, I employ a spring clip for clipping the edge of the table or
otherwise.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Charles Samuel Phillip Wood in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 27th May 1880.
CHARLES SAMUEL PHILLIP WOOD, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick,
Manufacturer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN VALANCE SUSPENDERS."
This Invention relates to improvements in the construction of holders or
suspenders for valances for bedsteads, table curtains, cornice trimmings, or valances
and the like, the object of the improved holder or suspender being to allow of the
valance or similar trimmings being placed and held in position in a more simple,
easy, and efficient manner than hitherto.
Valances are now generally attached to the frames of the bedstead in one of the
following ways, videlicet:-
Firstly. By means of a rod or strip of metal inserted in the top of the valance
from end to end, and supported by hooks placed on the bedstead frame.
Secondly. By sewing the valances onto a platform or covering, or onto the sides
of the palliasse. Both these methods are attended with disadvantages, necessitating
trouble and labour, especially where the valances have to be frequently removed
for cleaning or otherwise:.
In carrying out iny Invention as applied to the construction of a valance
suspender for iron bedsteads I employ a clip or bracket formed by preference of a
strip of thin sheet metal bent at right angles, the horizontal portion being of a
length equal to the width of the angle iron forming the sides and ends of the
bedstead, the inner end of the bracket being bent round into the form of a hook so
as to clip over the inner edge of the angle iron, whereby the holder or suspender
is attached to the bedstead; to the lower end of the bracket I attach, by suitable
means, a pin of the kind known as nursery or safety pins.
The valance is hung or suspended by means of the herein before described pins,
fixed at suitable distances apart through the material, and then hooked over the
angle iron frame of the bedstead.
For wood bedsteads, instead of forming the clip with a hook at the end, as
hereinbefore described, I form it with points or claws for fixing in the wood sides
and ends of the bedstead, and for toilet table curtains, cornice trimmings, or
valances, and the like, I employ a spring clip for clipping the edge of the table, or
otherwise.
But to make my Invention better understood I will proceed to describe the same
by reference to the accompanying Drawing, in which Figures 1, 2, and 3 shew
perspective views of valance suspenders constructed according to my Invention,
and suitable for iron bedsteads; Figure 4 shews a perspective view of the con-
struction of suspender I prefer to employ for wooden bedsteads; and Figure 5
shews a perspective view of a suspender suitable for hanging curtains to toilet
tables, or for suspending trimmings, fringes, or the like, to the edges of shelves.
In Figure 1, a, a, is the clip, bracket, or strap formed of a strip of thin sheet
metal, the length of the horizontal part from 1 to 2 being equal to the width of
the angle iron forming the sides and ends of the bedstead; 6 is the hook to clip
over the inner edge of the angle iron; c is the safety pin at the lower end of.the
vertical part of the strap,. and attached thereto by means of the clip d.
In Figure 2 the strap instead of being formed with a hook for clipping over the
inner edge of the angle iron is cut out at e so as to clip round the stud on the
angle iron, or the strap may be formed with a hole, as shewn at Figure 3, for
passing over the stud."
To make use of these improved valance suspenders it is merely necessary to pass
the safety pins through the band of the valance, and then to hook the straps onto

page_text: the angle iron frame, a sufficient number of the suspenders being used to suit the
length of the valance.
For wooden bedsteads I employ the suspender shewn in Figure 4, which is
similar to that shewn in Figure 1, except that instead of the hook 6 the inner
edge of the strap is formed with teeth or points f, which by the application of
slight pressure will be caused to firmly hold onto the wooden frame of the
bedstead.
In the suspender shewn in Figure 5 for hanging curtains to toilet tables, or for
like purposes, the strap is formed with a spring clip g for clipping the underside
of the table or otherwise, and the pin c is attached to the angle of the strap.
Although I have shewn the safety pin attached to the straps, it will be under-
stood that in all cases the pins may, if required, be simply hung on the straps so
as to be removeable therefrom.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and the best means with
which I am acquainted for carrying the same into effect, I wish it to be understood
that I lay no claim to the mere employment of a safety pin, or of a strap, but what
I do claim is,―
The combination with any suitable form of strap, such as hereinbefore described,
of a safety pin for forming a valance suspender, substantially as hereinbefore
described and represented in the accompanying Drawing, or any mere modification
thereof.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Samuel Phillip Wood, have hereto
set my hand and seal, this Twenty fifth day of May, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and eighty.