Improvements in Combined Chiffonier, Cupboard, or Chest of : Drawers and Bedstead.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Aug 1895-Accepted, 21st Sept., 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION,
Improvements in Combined Chiffonier, Cupboard, or Chest of
:
Drawers and Bedstead.
I MARY WALLACE MCALLISTER of 596 Eglinton Street, Glasgow, in the
County of Lanark, North Britain, Dealer in Furniture. 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 :-
This invention relates to improvements in combined chiffonier, cupboard or chest
of drawers and bedstead, and forms additions to as well as modifications of the
invention described in the Complete Specification of my prior British Patent
No. 14330 of 9th August 1892, and has for its object to provide a more efficient
piece of furniture which can be easier manipulated.
But in describing my present invention, I will refer to the accompanying
drawings, in which
Figure 1 is a sectional end elevation of a chiffonier and bedstead when closed or
used as a chiffonier,
Figure 2 is a similar view of the same when opened out or when used as a
bedstead, and
Figures 3 and 4 are detail views hereinafter referred to.
Referring to the said drawings, I construct a suitable base A, having castors or
other feet a; said base A being formed hollow or recessed so as to assist in storing
part of the movable portions when closed up. The back C of the said base A also
forms or carries the main back of the chiffonier as well as the back of the bedstead,
and may have one or more hinged shelves c and movable brackets c attached
to it, or if desired said shelves and brackets may be stationary as shown and
if desired the said back C may be provided with glass or other panels so as to
represent the top of an ordinary chiffonier. The said back C has also attached to
it the back board or piece D' of the top board or lid D, which is hinged to said
back board at d and also to the upper portion D³ of the dummy front at d¹; said
front being constructed in three pieces D, E and E¹ the latter of which forms the
front of the base A, and if desired each or all of the said portions may be provided
or formed with dummy doors, drawers, panels or the like so as to represent the
front of an ordinary chiffonier. The said back C has also attached to it two side
gables F between which the folding bed frame lies' when the article is used to
represent a chiffonier. The said gables F are connected to each other at their
lower ends by means of a strengthening board G to the top edge of which is hinged
or otherwise pivotted the main portion H of the bed frame; said frame portion H
being hinged to the said strengthening board G, at about a third of its length as
shown at ½, and also at its other or top end h¹ to the outer or other portion J of
the frame, which as well as the main portion H may be provided with a spring or
other mattress K, though preferably a spring mattress. Both of the said
portions H and J of the frame are provided with a pair of pivotted self acting
legs or supports L, L', which, when the article is being used as a chiffonier as in
Figure 1 lie in their respective places below the mattress K as shown.
The whole arrangement is such, that, suppose the combined article to be
arranged as a chiffonier as shown in Figure 1 and it is desired to use it as a
bedstead; the top board D, and with it upper portion D2 of the front, is raised up
into the position shown in Figure 2 and kept in such position by means of the
lower edges of the front portion D' resting on the top of the gables F; the centre

page_text: portion E of the front is then lowered down into the position shown in Figure 2,
and the main portion H of the bed frame, carrying the outer portion J, is also
lowered into the position as shown in said Figure 2, its legs or supports L auto-
matically coming into position as shown; the outer portion J of the bed frame is
then raised up and turned down into the position as shown in Figure 2, its legs or
supports L' also automatically coming into position as shown, the whole thus
forming an efficient spring mattressed bedstead which may be used with a hair or
other mattress or with a wool or other bed as desired.
Also in accordance with my present invention, when the upper mattress or bed
and if desired bedclothes are intended to be folded inside the chiffonier when not
required I mount on either side and if desired on the foot board M a spring clip
arrangement N, as shown in plan and section Figures 3 and 4, said clips retaining
the mattress etc. in position during the folding up process.
As a modification I may provide each of the legs or supports L with a connecting
rod or bar, the one end of which would be secured near the foot of the leg and the
other to the inside of the gable so as to ensure of the said legs working automatically
as described in my beforementioned Patent.
The combined piece of furniture may also if desired be made to represent a
sideboard, cupboard, cabinet, or chest of drawers as well as a chiffonier by so
forming the front and back as to represent the desired piece of furniture. Also I
may upholster or otherwise ornament the said piece of furniture.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed declare that what
I claim is:-
:
1st. The general arrangement, construction and combination of the various
parts constituting the combined chiffonier, cupboard or chest of drawers and
bedstead, substantially as hereinbefore described and shown in the accompanying
drawings.
2nd. In combined chiffoniers, cupboards or chests of drawers and bedsteads,
forming the front in three pieces; the upper one being hinged to the raising and
lowering top board; the centre one being also hinged to the stationary lower piece
which connects the two gables, all substantially as and for the purposes herein before
described and shown in the accompanying drawings.
3rd. In combined chiffoniers, cupboards or chests of drawers, and bedsteads, the
retaining spring clip arrangements N, substantially as and for the purposes
herein before described and shown in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 19th day of August 1895.
JOHNSONS,
115 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicant's Agents..