A Folding Spring Mattress for Secret Beds.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Dec., 1890
Complete Specification Left. 20th Mar. 1891-Accepted. 25th Apr. 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Folding Spring Mattress for Secret Beds.
JAMES SMEATON, 46, Charlotte Street, Gateshead-on-Tyne, County of Durham
Cabinet Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The frame is divided into three sections, so that when folded it will fit any
sideboard or cheffioneer.
The first section, or head, being secured in the carcase.
The second or, centre section, plays on a bolt attached to the head as a rule
joint so that it can be raised to right angles, to the head, and rests when
extended on two swinging feet.
The third section, or foot, is hinged to the second or centre section, on the under
side, so that it will fold close to the second section and also when extended rests on
two swinging feet.
Dated thin 15th da
1000
JAMES SMEATON.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Folding Spring Mattress for Secret Beds.
I, JAMES SMEATON, of 46, Charlotte Street, Gateshead-on-Tyne, County of
Durham, Cabinet Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My invention refers to a folding spring mattress for secret beds which is
intended to be fixed into a sideboard, chiffonier, desk bed, chiffonier bed, chiffonier
bookcase, kitchen dresser, or any other article of furniture of a similar description.
The mattress has a wire bottom which is fixed to a wooden or iron frame.
The frame consists of three folding sections. The first or head section is
intended to be fixed firmly within one of the said articles of furniture. The second
or centre section is attached to the first or head section by an iron bolt in the form
of a rule joint and is fixed so that it may be raised to a right angle with the first or
head section. The third or foot section is attached to the second or centre section
by a hinge and such hinge is fixed on the under part or bottom of the frame.
An iron stretcher reaching from one side to the other of the frame is fixed to the
second or centre section thereof on the under part or bottom thereof near to the hinge
which connects the second or centre and the third or foot section of the frame. This
stretcher is so fixed for the purposes of keeping the frame firm and steady and the
wire bottom of the mattress straight and in its place when folded.
A wooden or iron leg is attached to each side of the second or centre section of
the frame and also to each side of the third or foot section of the frame. The
legs are placed on the inside of the frame and so that they may be drawn down and
act as supports to the mattress when extended and intended for use.
The mattress made and fixed as hereinbefore described to one of the said
articles of furniture folds into the particular article to which it is fixed so as to
allow the doors of such article to close easily, and such article then forms a
secret bed.
Figures 1, 2, and 3 illustrate my invention of which Fig. 1 shows a plan, partly
in section, of the arrangement opened out for use, Fig. 2 a longitudinal section
thereof and Fig. 3 a section showing the arrangement when shut up.
letters indicate like parts throughout the following description.
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page_text: The folding mattress 1 the ends only of which are shown in Fig. 1 is arranged
so that it stretches from the head-piece 2 of the bed-frame to the foot-piece 3
thereof when the bed-frame is opened out as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.
In the figures the parts 2 and 4 of the bed-frame are fixed in the desk bed 5
the folding loors of which are shown at 6. The parts 4 and 2 do not move.
At 7 the parts 8 are hinged or pivotted on a bolt as shown and the parts 9 rigidly
jointed to foot-piece 3 are hinged at 10 to the parts 8 as shown. To the parts 8
legs 11 may be pivotted and to the part 3 legs 12 may be likewise attached so that
when the bed-frame is put up as shown in Fig. 3, these legs tuck up alongside the
bed-frame, and when the bed-frame is extended, these legs may be lowered as
shown.
14 is an iron crossbar connecting the opposite sides 8 of the bed-frame and
strengthening the same and when the bed-frame is put up as in Fig. 3 then the
mattress hangs over either side of this bar as shown.
The bed clothes may be secreted behind the tucked up frame inside the
desk-bed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. The combination with a sideboard or chiffonier or desk bed or other article of
furniture of a similar description of a folding frame and mattress arranged and
adapted for use substantially as herein set forth.
Dated this 13th day of April 1891.
A. CRAWHALL CHAPMAN,
3, St. Nicholas Buildings, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Patent Agent for Applicant.