IMPROVEMENTS IN METALLIC BEDSTEADS. SOFA BEDSTEADS. AND FOLDING CHAIRS OR SEATS
Year: 1862

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Angelo James Sedley, of 210, Regent Street, in the
County of Middlesex, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN METALLIC
BEDSTEADS. SOFA BEDSTEADS. AND FOLDING CHAIRS OR SEATS."
Sealed the 29th August 1862, and dated the 4th March 1862.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Angelo James Sedley, at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
4th March 1862.
I, ANGELO JAMES SEDLEY, of 210, Regent Street, in the County of.
Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN METALLIC BEDSTEADS, SOFA BEDSTEADS, AND FOLDING CHAIRS OR SEATS,"
to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in metallic bedsteads, sofa
bedsteads, and folding chairs, or seats. For these purposes when constructing
a metallic bedstead the head and foot frame is hinged or connected to the side
rails of the bedstead in the following manner :-The ends of the side rails are
formed with bevils or inclines, and within a few inches from each end of the
side rails one end of a link is attached by a pin joint, the other end of such
link is attached by a pin joint to the lower end of the side rail of the head or
foot frame of the bedstead, and the lower end of such rail is formed to a cor-

page_text: responding bevil to that of the end of the side rail of the bedstead, so that
when the head or foot frame is set up the inclined end of each of the side rails
of the head and foot rails butts against the inclined end of its side rail, and
each of the links which connects the head and foot frames to the side rails are
then horizontal or nearly so. When it is desired to fold the head and foot frames,
it will simply be required that such foot and head frames should be lifted, when
the links will allow of the folding. The bottom frame of the bedstead may be
made of two or more parts hinged together so that they may be folded and
occupy a small space. When applying my Invention in constructing a sofa or
sofa bedstead, the elbows or end frames are similarly attached to the back and
front rails to what has been described in respect to the foot and head frames
of a bedstead. And when applying this Invention in constructing a chair or
other seat, the back is similarly attached to the seat to what has been described
in respect to the foot and head rails of a bedstead. In some cases the foot
and head frames of a bedstead, also the ends or elbows of a sofa, and also the
back of a chair or seat, may be arranged to be connected with each of the
folding legs, by a catch or link capable of being readily disconnected at one
end, by which when the parts are opened out for use they may be securely
held open.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Angelo James Sedley, in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
4th September 1862.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ANGELO
JAMES SEDLEY, of 210, Regent Street, in the County of Middlesex, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Fourth day of March, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, in the twenty-fifth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Angelo James Sedley, Her special licence that I, the said Angelo
James Sedley, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as
I, the said Angelo James Sedley, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all
times hereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might
make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain

page_text: and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN METALLIC BEDSTEADS, SOFA BEDSTEADS, AND FOLDING CHAIRS OR
SEATS,"
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Angelo James
Sedley, my executors, or administrators, by an instrument in writing under
my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particuarly describe
and ascertain 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 Angelo James Sedley, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-..
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof, that is to say:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in metallic bedsteads, sofa
bedsteads, and folding chairs or seats. For these purposes when constructing
a metallic bedstead, the head and foot frames are hinged or connected to the
side rails of the bottom frame of the bedstead in the following manner:-The
ends of the side rails of the bottom frame, are bevilled or inclined, and within
a few inches from each end of these side rails one end of a link is attached
by a pin joint, the other end of such link being attached also by a pin joint to
the lower end of the side rail of the head or foot frame of the bedstead, and
the lower end of this rail is also formed to a bevil corresponding to that of the
end of the side rail of the bottom frame of the bedstead, so that when the head
and foot frames are set up, the inclined end of each of the side rails of the head
and foot frames butts against the inclined end of its side rail, and the links
which connect the head and foot frames to the side rails are then horizontal or
nearly so. When it is desired to fold down the head and foot frames it is
simply required that such foot and head frames should be lifted when the links
will allow of the folding. The bottom frame of the bedstead may be made of
two or more parts hinged together so that it may be folded and occupy a small
space. When applying my Invention in constructing a sofa or sofa bedstead,
the elbows or end frames are attached to the back and front rails of the scat
in a manner similar to that described in respect to the foot and head frames
of a bedstead. And when applying this Invention in constructing a chair or
other seat, the back is also similarly attached to the seat.
And in order that my said Invention may be most fully understood, and
readily carried into effect, I will proceed to describe the Drawings hereunto
annexed.

page_text: DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a side view of a bedstead constructed according to my Invention
as it appears when set up for use. Figure 2 is a side view of the same, as
it appears when folded. Figure 3 represents, full size, the inner side view of the
parts near one of the joints to the construction of which my Invention especially
applies. Figure 4 is a plan of the same parts; a, a, is the main frame of the
bedstead which is jointed at a¹ so as to be capable of folding to reduce its
length; b, b, are the legs connected in a usual manner with the frame a,
c and c, are the head and foot frames, the manner in which these frames are
jointed with the frame a is clearly shewn at Figures 3 and 4, here the parts
are in the position in which they appear when the bedstead is set up for use.
The bevilled ends of the side bars of the frames a and c, butt together as is
shewn, being retained by the link d pin-jointed to each of them.
In witness whereof, I, the said Angelo James Sedley, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Fourth day of September, in the year
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.
ANGELO JAMES SEDLEY. (L.S.)