IMPROVEMENTS IN SPRING MATTRESSES AND OTHER ARTICLES FOR SITTING AND RECLINΙΝΑ, ΠΡΟΝ
Year: 1871

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Gardner,. Shopman, Rodger Lowe and
Joseph Wood, Furniture Dealers, James Wood, Shopman, and James
Pickering, Traveller, all of the City of Manchester, for the Invention
of "IMPROVEMENTS IN SPRING MATTRESSES AND OTHER ARTICLES FOR SITTING
AND RECLINΙΝΑ, ΠΡΟΝ ""
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said Henry Gardner, Rodger
Lowe, Joseph Wood, James Wood, and James Pickering at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with their Petition and Declaration,
on the 1st February 1871, pursuant to the 9th Section of the Patent
Law Amendment Act, 1852.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, HENRY
GARDNER, Shopman, RODGER LOWE. and JOSEPH WOOD, Furniture
Dealers, JAMES WOOD, Shopman, and JAMES PICKERING, Traveller,, all
of the City of Manchester, send greeting.
""'
WHEREAS we are in possesion of an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS:
IN SPRING MATTRESSES AND OTHER ARTICLES FOR SITTING AND RECLINING UPON,'
and have petitioned Her Majesty to grant unto us, our executors, admi-
nistrators, and assigns, Her Royal Letters Patent for the same, and
have made solemn Declaration that we are the first and true Inventors.
thercof.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said Henry Gardner, Rodger Lowe,
Joseph Wood, James Wood, and James Pickering, do hereby declare
that the following Complete Specification, under our hands and scals,
fully describes and ascertains the nature of the said Invention, and
in what manner the same is to be performed, in and by the following
statement:
This Invention consists in connecting parallel series of springs together
by means of metallic links or cords, thus forming a spring network
which when mounted in a framework is useful as a spring mattress or
substitute for the lathwork or bottom of bedsteads, and is equally appli-
cable for producing the spring or necessary elasticity in the backs and
seats of sofas, chairs, seats, and backs of omnibuses, railway carriages,
and other vehicles.
In order that this our said Invention may be the more readily seen
and understood we have hereunto annexed a Drawing illustrative of our
Invention.
Fig. 1 represents a plan or top view of a spring mattress constructed
according to this Invention drawn to a scale of about one inch and a half
to the foot; and Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of part of Fig. 1 shewing
the construction and arrangement of the spring network more clearly;
and Fig. 3 is a side view of Fig. 2. In all the views the same letters of
reference are used to denote similar parts.
A is the framework of the mattress constructed of wood, iron, or any
other suitable material; B are spiral metallic springs having a loop
formed at each extremity in order to connect such springs together by
the diagonal metallic links C and rings D, which are linked one into the
other, as seen more clearly in Fig. 3. Although we prefer to use spiral
metallic springs it will be readily apparent that india-rubber springs
may be employed either in the form of rings to which the diagonal
links may be connected, or such india-rubber springs may be of a
cylindrical or other suitable form, and have loops at their extremities
for the diagonal links to be connected to. And in place of the diagonal
metallic links continous cords of any suitable material may be employed
threaded through the loops of the springs and through the alternate
or intermediate rings, thus assuming the same zig-zag shape as the
metallic links, the extremities of such cords being fastened securely to
the ends of the framework. It will also be understood that instead of
having alternate rows of springs and rings, as illustrated in the Drawing,

page_text: that springs may be substituted for the alternate rows of rings, thereby
increasing the elasticity or spring of the mattress.
-When
The action of this spring mattress may be thus described:-
the weight of the body is brought to bear upon any part of the mattress
the springs immediately acted upon give the necessary elastic or
springing effect by allowing the diamond-shaped interstices or meshes.
to close and be depressed, whilst at the same time the surrounding
meshes are opened and stiffened or prevented being depressed. This
peculiar construction of spring network may be applied to the backs and
seats of sofas, chairs, buffets, or other articles for sitting or reclining
upon, and is also useful for forming the seats and backs of the seats of
omnibuses, railway carriages, and other vehicles, in all of which cases
it may be covered with the usual cushioned or upholstered work.
Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of this
our said Invention, together with the best methods with which we are
acquainted for carrying the same into practical effect, we wish it to be
distinctly understood that we do not confine ourselves to the precise
details, relative proportions, or dimensions herein-before described and
set forth, as the same may be considerably varied without departing from
the Invention; but what we claim is, the combination and arrangement
of parallel series of springs connected together in the manner and for
purposes herein-before described and illustrated on the accompanying
Drawing.
In witness whereof, we, the said Henry Gardner, Rodger Lowe,
Joseph Wood, James Wood, and James Pickering, have hercunto
set our hands and affixed our scals, this Thirtieth day of January,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
HENRY (L.s.) GARDNER.
RODGER (L.S.) LOWE.
JOSEPH (L.s.) WOOD.
JAMES (L.S.) WOOD.
JAMES
(L.S.) PICKERING.
HENRY (L.S.) GARDNER.
RODGER (L.S.) LOWE.
JOSEPH (L.S.) WOOD.
JAMES
(L.S.) WOOD.
JAMES
(L.S.) PICKERING.