THE MAKING OR FABRICATING IN WOOD, METAL, OR OTHER SUITABLE SUBSTANCES BEDSTEADS CAPABLE OF BEING COLLAPSED INTO A CONVENIENT SIZE AND FORM FOR TRANSPORT AS PERSONAL LUGGAGE, AND TO BE STYLED 'KANE'S PORTABLE FOLDING BEDSTEAD."
Year: 1860

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Gregory Kane, of Numbers 69 and 70, Dame Street,
in the City of Dublin, in that Part of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland called Ireland, Camp Furniture Manufacturer, for
the Invention of "THE MAKING OR FABRICATING IN WOOD, METAL, OR
OTHER SUITABLE SUBSTANCES BEDSTEADS CAPABLE OF BEING COLLAPSED INTO A
CONVENIENT SIZE AND FORM FOR TRANSPORT AS PERSONAL LUGGAGE, AND TO BE
STYLED 'KANE'S PORTABLE FOLDING BEDSTEAD.""
Sealed the 27th July 1860, and dated the 8th June 1860.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said Gregory Kane, at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition and Declaration
on the 8th June 1860, pursuant to the 9th Section of the Patent Law
Amendment Act, 1852.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME I, GREGORY
KAND, of Nos. 69 and 70, Dame Street, in the City of Dublin, in that Part
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called Ireland, Camp
Furniture Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS I am in possession of one Invention for "THE MAKING OR
FABRICATING IN WOOD, METAL, OR OTHER SUITABLE SUBSTANCES BEDSTEADS CAPABLE
OP BEING COLLAPSED INTO A CONVENIENT SIZE AND FORM FOR TRANSPORT AS

page_text: PERSONAL LUGGAGE, AND TO BE STYLED 'KANE'S PORTABLE FOLDING BEDSTEAD,''
and have petitioned Her Majesty to grant unto me, my executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, Her Royal Letters Patent for the same, and have made
solemn declaration that I am the true and original Inventor thereof.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Gregory Kane, do hereby declare that
the following Complete Specification, under my hand and seal, fully describes
and ascertains the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed :-
My Invention of a portable folding bedstead is the making or fabricating in
wood, metal, or other suitable substances bedsteads capable of being collapsed
into a convenient size and form for transport as personal luggage; and for the
better understanding of this my said Invention the same is more particularly
described and set forth in the accompanying Sheet of Drawings, with the
letters and figures thereon, to which this Specification has especial reference,
videlicet,-
Figure 1, letter A, is an elevation or side view of my portable folding
bedstead; Figure 2, letter B, is an end elevation of same, taken at right
angles to the view, Figure 1; Figure 3, letter C, is a transverse section taken
across bedstead, and at right angles to the longest axis of same; Figure 4,
letter D, is a plan of the framing of the bedstead; Figure 5, letter E, is also a
plan of the bedstead, but shews the several parts of the bedstead in process of
being folded up; Figure 6, letter F, is a cross section in detail of the brace
which lies in centre of bedstead; Figure 7, letter G, is a plan of the wooden-
framed platform for supporting the bedding, which is equipendent from the
sides of the bedstead, thus possessing the threefold principle of connexion,
support, and extension; Figure 8, letter H, is a perspective view of the
bedstead as it appears when upholstered and finished ready for use.
This bedstead may either be formed of wood or metal, having joints or
hinges where shewn on my Drawings, or otherwise, as I may see fitting, for
the better attainment of portability, and I claim for this my portable folding
bedstead the following superior and distinguishing features from all other
bedsteads at present or heretofore in use, namely, novelty and adaptability of
design, economy of space, and portability of form, as shewn in following
clauses of this my Specification, videlicet,―
Firstly, when my bedstend is folded up it only occupies a space of three
eet by two feet six inches by two feet, and is exceedingly easy of transport as
personal luggage.
Secondly, when unfolded or opened for use it forms a neat and commodious

page_text: bedstead; or when covered, as shewn on my Drawing, Figure 8, letter H, it
forms a sofa or lounger, elegant in its shape and configuration, differing from
any hitherto invented sofa beds.
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Thirdly, by means of my equipendent platform, Figure 7, letter G, the
wholo framework is extended and preserved in proper form. This framework
folds up by means of its hinges, and with the other portions of the structure is
capable of being fitted into a box or receptacle three feet by two feet six
inches by two feet.
Having thus described the nature and object of my said Invention of a
portable folding bedstead, and the manner in which same may be made useful
to the public, I may observe that I do not confine or restrict myself to the
precise arrangements or details shown herein or on the accompanying Draw-
ings to which I have had occasion to refer, as many variations may be made
therefrom without deviating from the main principle of my Invention.
In witness whereof, I, the said Gregory Kane, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, the Thirty-first day of May, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty.
GREGORY KANE