AN IMPROVED PORTABLE AND FOLDING BEDSTEAD
Year: 1877

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles Joseph Everickx at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 18th July 1877.
CHARLES JOSEPH EVERICKX, of Boulevard Saint Denis, No. 1, at Paris, Cabinet
Maker. AN IMPROVED PORTABLE AND FOLDING BEDSTEAD."
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This Invention relates to an improved arrangement of portable and folding bed,
and consists principally of two longitudinal sides or frames of a rectangular or other
desirable section, each of which is jointed at one end to a head piece and foot, and is
composed of three segments or lengths, jointed or hinged together at their inner or
meeting ends by two iron couplings or double links (one link on each side of the
segments or lengths) in such a manner that the sides or frames may be folded up
one length over the other into a small compass for convenience of stowage or
carriage. The jointing of each of the said sides or frames with its head piece and
foot is effected by a double cover plate or Y piece, one branch of which is attached
to the end of the side or frame, whilst to the other two branches are jointed or
hinged the head and foot pieces respectively, the two pieces meeting at their jointed
ends, so that when the foot piece is extended on the floor the head piece is retained
or locked by the jointed end of the foot piece at its proper inclination or position
with the bed.
The under side of each of the iron couplings or links connecting the segments or
lengths of the sides or frames is formed with a socket, into two of which on opposite
sides of the bed are inserted (but not fixed) the two upper branches of each of two
double Y shaped intermediate supports to the bed, the said branches being jointed
or hinged with their respective lower branches or feet to a horizontal transverse
connecting piece in a similar manner to that described for the head and their
accompanying foot pieces. To the other ends of the sides or frames, or those ends
constituting the bottom of the bed, are jointed the two remaining feet in such a
manner that when extended on the floor they are retained in their proper position
by means of angle or projecting pieces at their jointed ends, which clip against the
under sides of the sides or frames and serve as stops.
Adjustable rods or stays extend across between the ends of the sides or frames at
the bottom of the bed, and between the upper ends of the head pieces for the purpose
of steadiness and for the attachment of the sacking of the bed.

page_text: It will be understood from the foregoing that the intermediate supports may be
detached from the sides or frames of the bed, and like them folded up, and that the
head and foot pieces may be also disconnected, thereby rendering the bed easily
packed and very portable.
A modification in the mode of jointing the head and its accompanying foot piece
with each of the sides or frames consists in jointing or hinging the foot piece at an
intermediate point of its length to the end of the side or frame, the upper end of
the foot piece terminating in a hook which engages with a pin fixed at an inter-
mediate point of the head piece, the latter being set at the required angle and
jointed or hinged at its lower end to the side or frame.