Improvements in and connected with Bedsteads.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 16th May, 1899
Complete Specification Loft
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Bedsteads.
We FRANK AGUSTUS HALL, of Montclair, County of Essex and State of New-
Jersey, United States of America, Manufacturer, and EDWIN FROST TILLEY, of
510, Pacific Street, Brooklyn, New York City, in the State of New York, United
States of America, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of our invention
5 to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to the attachment of the side rails to the posts of a bed-
stead and consists in the employment of coacting hooks and pins carried respec-
tively by the posts and the side rails by means of which a rigid and practically
unbreakable fastening is obtained, the parts being so constructed that a binding
action is produced between them.
According to our invention each post is cast with a vertical plate, the outer
edge of which is disposed diagonally to the perpendicular of the post so as to
constitute a binding surface, the lower portion of the plate being extended out
farther than the upper portion to produce the desired result, and said plate is
provided with recesses which form hooks for the reception of the pins on the side
rails of the frame. These pins project from the inner surface of a T-shaped
plate or head which is bolted to the side rail of the frame with its tee disposed
vertically so that it may lie snugly against the outer side of the hooked plate
or the post and in immediate proximity to the sleeve which, as usual, is cast on
the post and from which the hooked plate projects. The pins are three in
number, two of them being at the outer end of the tee head and respectively at
the top and bottom portion thereof, while the third occupies an intermediate
position and is at a distance from the end of the tee head, so as to be adapted to
bind against the inclined edge of the plate. The parts are assembled by moving
the side rail horizontally towards the post so that the pins lie directly over the
hooks and then dropping it so that the pins seat themselves in the hooks, while
the inner pin being forced down against the inclined edge of the plate binds the
whole firmly together. The third pin or stud being equidistant of the two other
ins or studs the position of the plate may be reversed without affecting the
astening.
From the foregoing it will be seen that the essential feature of the invention
onsists in fastening the two sections by locking them together at two points
nd causing them to bind against each other at a point intermediate of the lock-
ig points, the intermediate pin or stud forming an abutment on the tee head
hich need not necessarily be of the exact form described.
Fo: bedsteads having side rails of wood, we should employ a rectangular plate
.lieu of the tee plate or head above described, the latter being used for side
ils of angle iron.
Dated 1

page_text: Improvements in and connected with Bedsteads.
W₁, FRANK AGUSTUS HALL, of Montclair, in the County of Essex & State of New
Jersey United States of America, Manufacturer, and EDWIN, FROST TILLEY, of
510, Pacific Street, Brooklyn, New York City, State of New York, 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 as-
certained in and by the following statement :- 17
This invention relates to bedstead fastenings in which the side rails of the
frame are joined to the posts by means of coacting hooks and pins, and, in which
the fastening is made absolutely rigid and practically unbreakable, by construct-
ing the two parts so that there is produced between them a binding action, in
addition to the connection of the hooks and pins.
The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts, as
is bereinafter described and defined in the appended claims.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this
specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding
parts in all the figures.
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the fastener, parts being shown in dotted
lines;
Figure 2 is a perspective view looking toward the inside of the fastening, parts
being broken away:
Figure 3 is an elevation of the fastener, showing the two parts disconnected
and in proximity to each other;
Figure 4 is a plan view of the fastening; and
Figure 5 is a perspective view of a modification adapted for application to
wooden side rails.
Each corner of the bedstead is provided with one of the fastenings; in the
drawings we have shown a single corner of the bedstead and consequently one
of the four fastenings that are used on each bedstead. On the post 6 is cast the
usual sleeve 7, with which is also cast a vertically extending metallic plate S,
the outer edge 9 of which is disposed diagonally to the perpendicular of the post
(see Figures 2 & 3) so as to produce an inclined binding surface, the lower portion
of the edge 9 being extended out farther than the upper portion, to produce this
result. Recesses 10 and 11 are formed in the plate 8 so as to produce the hooks,
such recesses being arranged so that the hooks will be in true perpendicular with
each other.
The companion section of the fastening consists of a T-shaped plate 12, riveted
or otherwise secured to the angle iron side rail 14 of the bedstead, and having
its tee disposed vertically so that it may lie snugly against the outer side of the
plate 8 and in immediate proximity to the sleeve 7. The plate 12 is provided at
its tee with three rigid studs or pins 15, 16 and 17, projecting from the inner face
of the plate. The pin 15 is adapted to fit in the recess 10. and the pin 17 is
adapted to fit in the recess 11, while the pin 16 is adapted to bind against the
inclined edge 9 of the plate 8 (see Figure 2). The parts are assembled by moving
the plate 12 with the side rail 14 horizontally toward the plate 8, so that the
pins 15 and 17 lie directly over the hooks formed by the recesses 10 and 11. Then
by dropping the plate 12 with the side rail 14. the pins 15 and 17 are firmly
seated in the hooks of the plate S. and the pin 16 is forced down against the in-
clined edge 9 and thereby caused to bind firmly therewith. This connects the
two parts in a thoroughly rigid manner and prevents any possible play between
them.

page_text: The pin or stud 16 is placed equidistant between the pins 15 and 17, so that
the position of the plate 12 may be reversed without affecting the fastening.
In practice it may be desirable to shift the side rails, or in other ways to change
their relative location, which is made possible owing to the arrangement of the pin
or stud 16 at a point equidistant between the pins 15 and 17. From the foregoing
description, it may be seen that the essential feature of our invention consists in
the fastening of two sections by locking them together at two points, and by
causing them to bind against each other at a point intermediate of the locking
points. In this sense the pin 16 forms an abutment on the plate 12, it being not
essential that this abutment assume specifically the form shown.
The modification of the invention shown in Figure 5 simply involves a rectan-
gular plate 12, instead of the plate 12, by means of which plate 12ª the invention
is adapted to bedsteads having wooden side rails, or side rails of other form than
the angle iron. The plate 12ª is provided with pins or studs 15, 16 and 17ª,
which operate in the manner described above in reference to the pins 15, 16
and 17.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that
what we claim is :-
1. The two fastener sections, one with a wedge-like surface, and the other
with an abutment adapted to bear against the wedge-like surface so that the two
sections are bound firmly together.
2. The two fastener sections, the one with hooks and a wedge-like surface
intermediate of the hooks, and the other with pins engaging the hooks and the
wedge-like surface.
3. The two fastener sections, with means at their top and bottom for locking
them together, and with a wedge-like binding surface intermediate said means
the wedge-like binding surface serving to bind the sections firmly together.
4. A plate 8, with the hooks 10 and 11, and the wedge-like surface 9, and the
plate 12 with the pins or abutments 15, 16 and 17.
5. The two clamping sections, the one with the wedge-like surface 9, and the
other with the pin or abutment 16.
Dated this 25th day of January 1000
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
Chartered Patent Agents, 53, Chancery Lane, London
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
Chartered Patent Agents, 53, Chancery Lane, London