Improvements in or relating to the Construction of Half-side Rail- or Children's-Bedsteads.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Oct., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 19th July, 1898-Accepted, 3rd Sept., 1898
Date of Application, 20th Oct., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 19th July, 1898-Accepted, 3rd Sept., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to the Construction of Half-side Rail-
or Children's-Bedsteads.
I, BERNARD RICHARD PEYTON, of the Firm of Peyton & Peyton Limited, of
Bordesley Works, Birmingham, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists of improvements in or relating to the construction of
bedsteads of the character known as half side rail bedsteads or children's bedsteads.
Hitherto children's bedsteads which have half side rails have been made with
the side rails detachable or capable of being readily attached or detached.
The object of my present invention is to make the bedstead in such a way as to
allow of the side rails being hinged or equivalently attached to the angle iron
sides of the bedstead, thus reducing the number of loose parts and decreasing
the trouble of putting the bedstead up.
To effect this in place of the loose angle iron sides I put a frame or bed bottom
made in one piece.
I attach the half side rails to the bed bottom by means of hinges.
When the head & foot-end of the bedstead are placed at each end of the bed-
bottom, the side rails are lifted & turn on their hinges, a hook or other suitable
means being provided on the top rod to engage with a slot (or eyelet or other
suitable device) on the head pillars and is thus secured at the point of junction in
position for use a nut or pinching screw or other suitable device being used if
desired to secure the side rails when erected in position ready for use.
Improvements in or relating to the Construction of Half-side Rail-
or Children's-Bedsteads.
I, BERNARD RICHARD PEYTON, of the Firm of Peyton & Peyton, Limited, of
Bordesley Works, Birmingham, 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:-
1
This invention consists of improvements in or relating to the construction of
bedsteads of the character known as half-side rail bedsteads or children's bedsteads.

page_text: Hitherto children's bedsteads which have half-side rails have been made with
the side rails detachable or capable of being readily attached or detached.
The object of my present invention is to make the bedstead in such a way as to
allow of the side rails being hinged or equivalently attached to the bedstead bottom
thus reducing the number of loose parts and decreasing the trouble of putting
the bedstead up.
To effect this in place of the loose angle iron sides I employ a frame or bed
bottom made in one piece.
I attach the half-side rails to the bed bottom by means of hinges.
When the head and foot ends of the bedsteads are placed at each end of the
bed bottom the side rails are lifted and turn on their hinges a hook or other
suitable means being provided on the top rod to engage with a slot (or eyelet or
other suitable device) on the head pillars and is thus secured at the point of
junction in position for use-a nut or pinching screw or other suitable device
being used if desired to secure the side rails when erected in position ready for use.
Instead of hinging the half side rails to the bedstead bottom and detachably
connecting same to the head pillars it will be obvious that I may arrange same
vice versa i.c. hinge said half-side rails vertically to the head pillars and detachably
connect same to the sides of the bedstead bottom.
The accompanying, drawings illustrate a bedstead according to my present
invention.
a is the bed-bottom made all in one part viz.; the two sides and two ends are a
rigid frame on or to which the metal laths are attached.
The sides of said frame or bed-bottom. a are provided with lugs or attachments
to which the half sides b b are hinged at b*.
This rigid frame or bed-bottom a all in one piece is provided with dovetail
recesses at each corner adapted to fit over tongues provided on the pillars at the
head and foot ends or vice-versa i.e. each corner of the opposite frame may be
provided with tongues adapted to fit into dovetail recesses formed to receive same
on the head and foot ends.
c is an eyelet fixed to each pillar at the head end with the top rod 61 of each half
side rail 6 having its end ba bent outwardly at right angles or in such wise as to be
adapted to pass through or engage with said eyelet c and may be further secured
by means of a nut screwed on the end b².
or
and
Any equivalent suitable construction of the bed bottom may be adopted
in lieu of that illustrated if desired.
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
1. Constructing half-side rail bedsteads with the half-side rails hinged thereto
and means to hold said sides in position when the bedstead is set up substantially
as and for the purposes herein before described.
2. The combination in a half-side rail or child's bedstead of a frame or bottom
thereof formed in one piece with the half side rails hinged thereto and means to
hold said side rails in position when set up for use substantially as and for the
purposes hereinbefore described and illustrated in the drawings hereunto annexed.
3. Half-side rail or children's bedsteads constructed and arranged substantially
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Dated this 19th day of July 1898.
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.