IMPROVEMENTS IN SPRING MATTRESSES, SHIPS' BERTHS, SEATING FOR COUCHES, LOUNGES, CHAIRS AND THE LIKE
Year: 1884

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I ISAAC CHORLTON, of the firm of Chorlton & Dugdale, of Blackfriars Street,
Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, Spring Mattress Manufacturer do hereby
declare the nature of the said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN SPRING MATTRESSES,
SHIPS' BERTHS, SEATING FOR COUCHES, LOUNGES, CHAIRS AND THE LIKE" to be as
follows:-
This invention relates that class of spring mattress or bed bottom for which
Letters Patent were granted to Henry Orth No 2396, dated the thirty first day of
May, one thousand eight hundred and eighty one, the present improvements having
for object to simplify the construction of such mattresses by dispensing with the
swing bars described in the specification of the said Letters Patent the improved
mattress being also more perfect in its action.
In carrying out my invention I employ the usual woven wire mesh but I leave
the ends of the wires untwisted or I straighten them for a certain length; I take a
number of the said straight ends and bring them together by twisting or otherwise,
and I then knot them, or I form them into a loop or eye. When the ends are
formed with a knot the connecting springs between the woven wire web and the
bedstead or mattress ends, are formed into or provided with sockets, or their
equivalents, for the purpose of retaining the knotted ends.
When the ends of the wires of the woven wire mesh are formed into loops or
eyes they are connected to the springs by being hooked thereto.
I sometimes form the ends of the woven wire mesh into a selvedge in which
case the connecting springs are attached directly to the said selvedge.
Dated this 18th day of January 1884.
G. F. REDFERN,
Agent for the Applicant.

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I, ISAAC CHORLTON, of the firm of Chorlton and Dugdale, of Blackfriars Street,
Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, Spring Mattress Manufacturer do hereby
declare the nature of the said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN SPRING MATTRESSES,
SHIPS' BERTHS, SEATING FOR COUCHES, LOUNGES, CHAIRS, AND THE LIKE" and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :—
This invention relates to that class of spring mattress or bed bottom for which
Letters Patent were granted to Henry Orth, N° 2396, dated the thirty first day of
May one thousand eight hundred and eighty one, the present improvements having
for object to simplify the construction of such mattresses by dispensing with the
swing bars described in the specification of the said Letters Patent the improved
mattress being also more perfect in its action.
In carrying out my invention I employ the usual woven wire mesh but leave
the ends of the wires untwisted or I straighten them for a certain length; I take a
number of the said straight ends and bring them together by twisting.or otherwise
and I then knot them or I form them into a loop or eye. When the ends are
formed with a knot the connecting springs between the woven wire web and the
bedstead or mattress ends are formed into or provided with sockets, or their
equivalents for the purpose of retaining the knotted ends.
When the ends of the wires of the woven wire mesh are formed into loops or
eyes they are connected to the springs by being hooked thereto.
I sometimes form the ends of the woven wire mesh into a selvedge in which case
the connecting springs are attached directly to the said selvedge.
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 :-
(1) Connecting the woven wire mesh of spring mattresses of the class described,
to the springs of the mattress by bringing together a number of untwisted or straight
ends of the wire of the mesh by twisting or otherwise and then knotting them, or
forming them into a loop or eye, the said knots being retained by sockets or
their equivalents on the springs, or in the case of loops or eyes by means of hooks
as hereinbefore described.
(2) Connecting the woven wire mesh of spring mattresses of the class described
by forming the ends of the woven wire mesh into a 'selvedge to which the springs
of the mattress are directly connected as herein before described.
Dated this 22nd day of November 1884.
G. F. REDFERN,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agent for the Applicant.