IMPROVEMENTS IN AND IN CONNECTION WITH SECURING WOVEN WIRE, OR LIKE MATTRESSES TO BEDSTEADS
Year: 1886

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I EDWARD ROWCliffe Billington, of 13 Hope Street, Liverpool, in the County
of Lancaster, Spring Mattress Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN AND IN CONNECTION WITH SECURING WOVEN
WIRE, OR LIKE MATTRESSES TO BEDSTEADS and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
My Invention has for its object to provide simple and efficient means for securing
woven wire, or like mattresses to bedsteads of the types herein described, and to
obviate the necessity of employing skilled labour to effect the connection between
the mattress and the bedstead.
To this end my Invention consists in the use, as hereinafter described, of clips
so formed as, in the case of tubular metal bedsteads, to embrace and grip the
tubular bars of the bedstead frame, and to receive the tension bolts from the
mattress and thereby to secure the mattress to the bedstead, and of rings and rods
applied as herein described to secure the sides of the mattress to the bedstead.
The following is a description of my Invention in such full, clear and distinct
language as to enable the same to be carried into practical effect; reference being
had to the accompanying sheet of Drawings which make a part of this Specification
and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, like letters and figures
of reference being used to denote the same, or corresponding parts throughout the
figures of the Drawings.
Figures 1. 2 and 3 are perspective views of "dog clips," such as are suitable for
use for connecting the tension bolts of a woven wire, or like mattress to the tubular
bars of bedsteads, according to my Invention.
Figure 4 shows another form of clipping device suitable to be used in the
carrying out of my Invention.
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Figure 5 shows another form of clipping device suitable to be used in the
carrying out of my Invention.
Figure 6 is a perspective view of a tubular metallic bedstead with a woven wire
mattress secured thereto according to my Invention.
Figure 7 is a perspective view of a portion of a wooden bedstead showing the
method of securing the sides of the mattress thereto according to my Invention.
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Figure 8 is a plan of a wooden bedstead showing the method of securing the
sides of the mattress thereto according to my Invention.
Hitherto in the use of woven wire, or like mattresses with bedsteads, such
mattresses have been secured, or stretched in an independent rectangular frame,
made to fit and rest upon the side and end bars of the bedstead. It has also been
the practice to merely suspend the mattress between two end bars, or angle pieces
and to bore such end bars and also the end bars of the bedstead frame to receive
bolts, which connected the end bars of the mattress to the end bars of the bedstead,
but this method provides no means of attachment between the sides of the
mattress and the side bars of the bedstead:
The first named method necessitates the use of an independent rectangular frame,
which adds to the weight and detracts from the portability and adds to the cost
of the mattress.
The second named method is objectionable through having to use skilled labour
in attaching the mattress to the bedstead and through there being no connection
between the side of the mattress and the side bars of the bedstead, which is an
element of danger more particularly when the mattresses are used in hospitals
and asylums.
In the Drawings a represent the gripping clips, which are formed with an eye a¹
to receive the tension bolts h from the mattress and which may take the form of
"dog clips" as shown in Figures 1. 2 and 3 or may take the form of a loop spring
clip as shown at Figure 4, tightened up by a bolt a², or may take the form of a
divided ring clip tightened up by bolts as as shown at Figure 5, any clip having
the same gripping properties as those shown in Figures 1. 2. 3 4 and 5 may be
used, and I merely give these as examples of clips suitable to be used with tubular
iron bedsteads, such as that shown at Figure 6 which I give as an example of an
application of my Invention. This bed stead is of a type approved of for Govern-
ment purposes and is constructed of tubular iron; the foot and head tubes b and c
and the side tubes & being screwed into the legs, or supporting tubes e. f is a
woven wire mattress which is connected to and suspended between the angle
. pieces g. These angle pieces g are connected to the "dog clips" a, which have
a serrated edge and are of the type shown at Figure 1, by tension bolta h and the
'dog clips" embrace and grip the foot and head tubes b and c of the bedstead, in
the manner shown securing the mattress f by the angle pieces g and the tension
bolts h, thereto and enabling tension to be put on the mattress by tightening the
tension bolts h. To secure the sides of the mattress to the side tubes d of the
bedstead I provide the sides of the mattress with a series of rings i which are
passed over the side bars d of the bedstead. This is done by first unscrewing the
side bars d from the legs e and then passing the rings over such side bars d, as will
be understood.
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By the above described means and as shown at Figure 5 the ends of the mattress f
can by the use of the gripping clips a be connected to the end bars of the bedstead
and the greater the strain on the mattress the tighter the connection. The side
rings providing a connection between the mattress and the side tubes d which
prevents the limbs of the occupant from getting between the side of the mattress
and the side bars d.
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The above description also applies when using gripping clips other than that
shown at Figure 1, namely such as those shown in Figures 2 to 5 inclusive, such
clips in all cases being of a type to grip the tubular bars of the bedstead when
strain is applied, or to grip the bars of the bedstead by tightening the bolts a².
In the application of my Invention to, wooden bedsteads, the tension bolts h of
the end pieces g of the mattress fare secured to the end bars of the bedstead by
providing screwed sockets in the end pieces of the mattress as shown at Figure 8,
the tension bolts h passing through holes in the end bars of the -bedstead-and
screwing into such sockets and the sides of the mattress are connected by the
rings to an iron rod which runs parallel to the side bars d and which may be
stiffened by connection to such side bars by means of hooks, or like devices.

page_text: In the case of iron bedsteads where the frame is of other form than tubular
section, the secondary bars d as above described may be used, or the rings i may
be made to suit such section.
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
First. The means substantially herein described of securing woven wire and like
mattresses to tubular metal bedsteads, which means consist of the use of clips such
as herein described as an attachment between the mattress and the bedstead frame
as set forth.
Second. The means substantially herein described of securing the sides of woven
wire, or like mattresses to bedsteads, which means consist in the use of rings
connected to the sides of the mattress and applied over the side bars of the bedstead
or over secondary bars as herein set forth.
Third. Securing woven wire, or like mattresses to tubular metal bedsteads in the
manner substantially as herein described and shown in reference to Figure 6 of
the Drawings, or any mere modification thereof.