IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SACKING OF BEDSTEADS AND COUCHES AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES
Year: 1861

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Nevill, of Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
CONSTRUCTION OF THE SACKING OF BEDSTEADS AND COUCHES AND OTHER LIKE
ARTICLES."
Sealed the 8th November 1861, and dated the 18th May 1861.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Nevill at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
18th May 1861.
I, GEORGE NEVILL, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manu-
facturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SACKING OF BEDSTEADS AND COUCHES AND OTHER
LIKE ARTICLES," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists, firstly, in constructing the sacking of bedsteads and
couches and other like articles of laths or bars extending longitudinally from
end to end of the framing of the sacking that is situated parallel to the longer
sides of the said framing, and without transverse laths, or laths situated parallel
to the shorter sides of the framing. By constructing sacking in the manner
described, great elasticity is obtained in the sacking.
My Invention consists, secondly, in constructing the sacking of bedsteads in

page_text: the following manner :-I make the said sacking of two or three rectangular
metal frames, the said frames being of a length equal to that of the bedstead
to which they are applied, and.of a width, when two are used, equal to about
half that of the said bedstead. When three of the said frames are used, their
combined width is equal to that of the bedstead. Each of the said frames
consists of a central bar, having a rectangular flap on each side, the ends of the
said rectangular flaps turning on the central bar as an axis.
The said flaps
may lie flat or in the same plane as the central bar or axis, or they may be
raised out of that plane by a motion similar to that of partially closing an open
book. The said central bar of the frame is secured to the top and bottom rails
of the bedstead, and by means of small arms or buttons turning on centres on
the rails of the bedstead, the moveable flaps of the frames can be supported
in a more or less raised position, or the flaps may be supported in any other
manner. When the sacking is composed of two of the said frames, and the
outer moveable flap of each frame is raised and supported out of the plane of
the bedstead, the sides of the bed are raised, and children or the persons
occupying the bed are prevented from falling from the said bed. When the
inner moveable flaps of the said frames are raised, an elevation is made down
the middle of the bed, which fits it for two persons. By making the sacking
of more than two of the said frames the bed may be divided into three or more
divisions. When the flaps of the frames are only slightly raised, the undu-
latory form of the bed placed upon them is scarcely perceptible. The frames,
when desired, may be allowed to lie quite flat.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said George Nevill in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 15th
November 1861.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
NEVILL, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturer, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eighteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, in the twenty-fourth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said George Nevill, Her special licence that I, the said George
Nevill, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said George Nevill, my executors, administrators, and assigns should at any

page_text: time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SACKING OF BEDSTEADS AND COUCHES AND OTHER LIKE
ARTICLES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said George Nevill,
my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or
their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascer
tain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to
be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent
Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the
said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said George Nevill, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement
thereof, that is to say:-
My Invention consists, firstly, in constructing the sacking of bedsteads,
couches, and other like articles of laths or bars extending longitudinally from
end to end of the framing of the sacking that is situated parallel to the longer
sides of the framing, and without transverse laths, or laths situated parallel to
the shorter sides of the framing.
This part of my Invention is illustrated in Figure 1 of the accompanying
Drawing, which represents a plan of a bedstead, the sacking of which is made
of a series of longitudinal laths or bars marked a, a, the ends of the said laths
or bars being supported only at the top and bottom rails c, d, of the framing of
the bedstead. The said laths or bars may be secured to the top and bottom
rails c, d, by slots or openings in the ends of the said laths or bars engaging
with buttons or studs on the said rails, or by any other convenient means.
By constructing sacking in the manner described and represented in
Figure 1, great elasticity is obtained in the sacking, and economy in the
materials for the said sacking is also effected.
My Invention consists, secondly, in making the sacking of bedsteads of two,
three, or more rectangular metal frames, the said frames being capable of being
raised out of the plane of the framing of the bedstead in the manner and for the
purposes herein-after described and illustrated in Figures 2, 3, 4, and 5 of the
accompanying Drawing; Figure 2 represents a plan of a bedstead, the sacking
of which is composed of two of the said frames, according to my Invention;
and Figure 3 is an end elevation of the same; Figure 4 represents in plan
another bedstead, the sacking of which is composed of three of the said frames

page_text: according to my Invention; and Figure 5 is an end elevation of the same.
The same letters indicate the same parts in Figures 2, 3, 4, and 5.
Each of the said frames of which the sacking is composed consists of a cen-
tral bar e, situated parallel to the longer sides of the bedstead, the ends of the
said bar being fixed to the top and bottom rails f, g, of the framing of the bed-
stead. On either side of the said bar e a rectangular flap h is situated, the
ends of the said flaps turning at i on the said central bar e as an axis. The said
flaps h may be raised out of the plane of the framing of the bedstead by a
motion similar to that of partially closing an open book, as will be understood
by referring to the Drawing. At each end of the flaps of the metal frames
h, e, h, a small arm k is placed, turning on a joint at on the top and bottom
rails f, g, of the bedstead. By raising the flaps h and turning the free ends of
the said arms k underneath the ends of the said flaps h, the said flaps will be
supported in a more or less raised position. The shape and action of the said
arms will be readily understood by an inspection of the Drawing.
In place
of the small arms & the flaps h may be supported by buttons, or in any other
manner.
When the sacking is composed of two of the said frames, as represented in
Figures 2 and 3, and the outer moveable flap only of each frame is raised and
supported out of the plane of the framing of the bedstead, the sides of the
sacking are raised, and children or the persons occupying the bed are prevented
from falling from the said bed. When the inner flaps of the frames are raised,
as represented in the said Figures 2 and 3, an elevation is made down the
middle of the bed, which fits it for two persons. By raising all the flaps of
the sacking of the bedstead, Figures 4 and 5, the the bed may be divided into
three divisions. In Figures 4 and 5 the outer flaps only of the two outer
frames of the sacking are represented raised. The moveable frames h, e, h,
forming the sacking, may, when desired, be allowed to lie flat. When the
flaps of the moveable frames are only slightly raised, the undulatory form of
the bed placed upon them is scarcely perceptible.
Having now described the nature of my Invention, and the manner of per-
forming the same, I wish it to be understood that I do not limit myself to the
precise details herein described and represented, as the same may be varied
without departing from the nature of my Invention; but I claim as my
Invention,―
Firstly, the improvement in the construction of the sacking of bedsteads,
couches, and other like articles, herein-before described and illustrated in
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawing, that is to say, constructing the sack-
ing of the said articles of laths or bars extending longitudinally from end to

page_text: end of the framing of the bedstead or other article, the said laths or bars
being supported only by the ends of the bedstead or other article to which they
are attached.
Secondly, the improvement in the construction of the sacking of bedsteads,
herein-before described and illustrated in Figures 2, 3, 4, and 5 of the accom-
panying Drawing, that is to say, making the sacking of bedsteads of two, three,
or more rectangular moveable frames, constructed and used essentially in the
manner herein-before explained and illustrated.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Nevill, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Fourteenth day of November, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.
GEORGE NEVILL. (L.S.)
Witness,
GEORGE SHAW.