Improvements in or relating to Bedsteads.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 4th July, 1893-Accepted, 5th Aug., 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Bedsteads.
I, ASAHEL JEWELL GOODWIN, of Goodwin Place, Brookline, in the County of
Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, United States of America, 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 :—
This invention relates to improvements in bedsteads and it consists in mechanism
for securing the bed frame to the posts in an adjustable manner as will hereinafter
be more fully shown and described, reference being had to the accompanying
drawings, where
Fig. 1 represents a plan view of the bed frame and posts;
Fig. 2 represents a detail plan view of one of the bed corner posts and clamping
sleeve;
Fig. 3 represents a detail end elevation of one of the corner pieces attached to
the bed frame ;
Fig. 4 represents an end elevation showing the opposite end of said corner
piece;
Fig. 5 represents a longitudinal section on the line 5-5 shown in Fig. 2;
Fig. 6 represents an end view of the clamping device for securing the bed frame
in an adjustable manner to the bed post;
Fig. 7 represents a cross section on the line 7-7 shown in Fig. 5; and
Fig. 8 represents a side elevation of one of the bed posts and adjustable clamping
device.
Similar letters refer to similar parts wherever they occur on the different parts
of the drawings.
A, A, A, A, represent the vertical corner bed posts made of metal as usual and having
on their insides a series of perforations or recesses a, a, a, as shown; C, C, represent
the sides of the bed frame which are preferably of metal tubing; each such side
piece or pipe C has attached to each of its ends, a metal corner piece D having at
its outer end, a dove tailed tapering recess d adapted to receive correspondingly
shaped dove tailed projections e, e, on a vertically slitted expansive metal sleeve E
adapted to be adjustably secured on the bed post A as will hereinafter be fully
described.
The said sleeve E is preferably provided with an internal lining F made of cloth,
leather or other suitable material so as to prevent the post from being scratched,
defaced or injured when the sleeve E is adjusted up and down on and clamped
around said post A.
For the purpose of temporarily securing each sleeve to its post before the bed
frame is secured to the sleeves, I make use of a dog G pivoted to the sleeve E at g
and having a lip or projection g' adapted to be inserted into one of the perforations
or recesses a on the bed post A as shown in Fig. 5.
. In setting up the bed, the sleeves E, E, are adjusted on the bed posts A to the
height desired from the floor, and the dogs G, G, are locked into the perforations a, a,
on the bed posts, after which the bed frame is placed in position relative to the
sleeves E, E, in such a manner as to cause the tapering dove tailed' projections e, e,
on the slitted sleeves E to enter the dove tailed recesses d on the corner piece D. If
now the said corner pieces are pressed or hammered down, the sleeves E, E, will be
compressed around the bed posts, sufficiently to hold said sleeves firmly in position
on the same.
The corners D may be detached from the sleeves E, if so desired by striking blows
upwards on the underside of such corners, but in practice I prefer to use for this

page_text: purpose, a set screw H screwed through the upper portion of each corner piece and
bearing against the upper ends of the dove tailed projections e, e, on the sleeve Ę as
shown in Figs. 3, 4 and 5.
By screwing such screw against the upper end of the tapering dove tailed
projections e, e, the corner D is forced upwards sufficiently to be released from said
projections after which the said corner pieces and bed frame may easily be raised
and detached entirely from the sleeves E, E.
I in Figs. 2, 5, 6 and 8 represents a tubular casing fitting loosely around each
post A, its lower end resting on the upper end of the sleeve E as shown, said casing
being arranged on said post for the purpose of concealing the perforations a, a, which
are above the sleeves E, E, thus presenting a neat and handsome appearance to
the bed posts after said sleeves have been adjusted in the desired positions on
the posts.
K, K, in Fig. 1 represent the ends or cross bars of the bed frame which cross
bars are preferably made to rest loosely on the corner pieces D, D, as shown
and serve as supports for the wire or other mattress that is to be used on
the bed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In a bed, the bed-posts combined with slitted expansive clamping sleeves
adapted to be adjustably secured to said posts and having interior linings,
substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
2. In a bed, the bed-posts and adjustable expansive slitted clamping sleeves
having tapering dove tailed projections combined with metal bed frame corner
pieces having tapering dove tailed recesses adapted to receive the said sleeve
projections, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
3. In a bed, the bed-posts having a series of locking perforations or recesses and
adjustable expansive slitted clamping sleeves having hinged dogs adapted to lock
in the said bed post perforations, combined with metal bed frame corner pieces
having tapering dove tailed recesses adapted to receive corresponding tapering dove
tailed projections on the clamping sleeves, substantially as and for the purpose
set forth.
4. In a bed, the bed-posts having locking perforations or recesses combined with
adjustable sleeves arranged on said posts and having means for locking them in
position thereon and a longitudinally adjustable tubular casing arranged on each of
said posts and adapted to conceal its locking perforations, substantially as and for
the purpose set forth.
5. In a bed, the bed-posts having slitted expansive and adjustable sleeves
provided with tapering dove tailed projections combined with corner pieces having
corresponding tapering dove tailed recesses and releasing screws, substantially as
and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 4th dov of July 1002
R. HADDAN,
Herbert Haddan & Co.,
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, London, Agent for Applicant.