Improved Means for Mounting or Attaching Wire Mattresses to Metal Bedsteads and Cots.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Jan., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 25th Oct., 1895-Accepted, 7th Dec., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means for Mounting or Attaching Wire Mattresses to
Metal Bedsteads and Cots.
We, BERNARD RICHARD PEYTON, Metal Bedstead Manufacturer, and
JOSEPH PITT, Pattern Maker, both of Bordesley Works, Birmingham, in the
County of Warwick, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
This invention relates to metal bedsteads and cots on which flexible wire
mattresses are attached to the (bedstead) frame and our present invention has
for its object improved means for mounting or attaching any suitable flexible wire
mattress to the metal bedstead or cot itself.
Hitherto the head and foot ends of bedsteads and cots (to which flexible wire
mattresses have been attached) have usually been made either with a piece of angle
iron tube or flat iron running from the dovetail corner on one pillar to the corre-
sponding corner on the other pillar secured at each end by cast iron to which the
wire mattress has been attached or in some cases (for instance when the angle
iron etc. is discarded) the wire mattress has been attached to slugs or equivalent
projections cast or otherwise fixed on the pillars.
Now according to our present invention the flexible wire mesh or mattress is
arranged and attached to the bedstead frame as follows:-
Any suitable head and foot ends for the bedstead may be constructed as desired
as we do not attach the wire mattress to same either at the head or foot but instead
thereof we cast or otherwise form arrange or mount all the parts or means for
attaching the wire mattress to the sides of the bedstead as follows and for facility
of description we will describe a metal bedstead with loose sides as is well
understood.
On one end (advantageously the foot end of each loose side) we form a lug, ear,
or projection of any suitable shape for holding therein one end of the wire mattress
and withstanding strain thereon (advantageously of a hollow wedge shape-the
thin end of the wedge being towards the other end of the bedstead) and also
advantageously projecting above the said side.
On the other end of said side (i.e. advantageously at the head end) another lug
ear or projection is cast formed arranged or mounted advantageously extending
inwards and then forwardly between the head end of the bedstead or thereabouts
and this last-named lug or projection also may advantageously extend upwardly
(to a corresponding height with the foot end lug aforesaid) and has a horizontal
or other suitable hole slot etc. therein through which one or more screw bolts or
other suitable means pass into the head end of the wire mattress to tighten same
up as hereinafter explained.
One end of the wire mattress is formed or shaped at each end thereof to
correspond with the aforesaid wedge-shaped lug or other projection on the side
of the bedstead or otherwise suitably arranged so as to be secured or held
in position thereby against the strain put upon the flexible mattress by means
of tightening the aforesaid bolt or bolts at the other end of the bedstead which
screw into the other end of the said flexible mattress or otherwise tighten up same.
Thus the greater the strain put on at one end of the mattress the more securely
the other end is held in said wedge-shaped or other lugs or projections.

page_text: A special feature of our present invention is that the aforesaid lug on each side
through, or by means of, which the tightening or straining of the mattress is
effected extends beyond the end of the said side advantageously parallel therewith
and terminating between the dovetail corners on the pillars of the bedstead and
adjacent to said pillars or corners respectively or thereabouts.
Dated this 25th day of January 1895.
Improved Means for Mounting or Attaching Wire Mattresses to
Metal Bedsteads and Cots.
We, BERNARD RICHARD PEYTON, Metal Bedstead Manufacturer, and JOSEPH
PITT, Pattern Maker, both of Bordesley Works, Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, 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 :-
This invention relates to metal bedsteads and cots of the character in which a
flexible wire mattress is attached to the (bedstead) frame and our present, invention
has for its object improved means for mounting or attaching any suitable flexible
wire mattress or mesh to the metal bedstead or cot itself.
Hitherto the head and foot ends of bedsteads and cots (to which flexible wire
mattresses have been attached) have usually been made either with a piece of angle
iron tube or flat iron running from the dovetail corner on one pillar to the corre-
sponding corner on the other pillar secured at each end by cast iron to which the
wire mattress has been attached or in some cases (for instance when the angle
iron etc. is discarded) the wire mattress has been attached to slugs or equivalent
projections cast or otherwise fixed on the pillars.
Now according to our present invention the flexible wire mesh or mattress is
arranged and attached to the bedstead frame as follows:-
.
Any suitable head and foot ends for the bedstead may be constructed as desired
as we do not attach the wire mattress to same either at the head or foot but
instead thereof we cast or otherwise form arrange or mount all the parts or means
for attaching the wire mattress to the sides of the bedstead as follows and for
facility of description we will describe a metal bedstead with loose sides as is well
understood.
On one end (advantageously the foot end) of each loose side we cast form
arrange or mount a lug ear or projection of any suitable shape (advantageously of a
hollow wedge shape-the thin end of the wedge being towards the other end of the
bedstead) for holding therein one end of the wire mattress and withstanding strain
thereon and also advantageously projecting above the said side.
On the other end of said side (i.e. advantageously at the head end) another lug
ear or projection is cast formed arranged or mounted extending inwards and then
forwardly advantageously beyond the end of said side and parallel therewith so as
to extend between the pillars or dovetail corners of the head end of the bedstead
or thereabouts and this last-named lug or projection also may advantageously
extend upwardly (to a corresponding height with the foot end lug aforesaid) and
has a horizontal or other suitable hole slot etc. therein through which one or more
screw bolts pass into the head end of the wire mattress to tighten up same as
hereinafter explained or other suitable means may be provided in or on said lugs
or be used to tighten up said mattress.

page_text: Furthermore the whole of said strain on the wire mattress or mesh X is taken
up by or carried on the two sides A respectively-the head and foot ends Y and Z
respectively being entirely relieved from all or any strain whatsoever of or from
said wire mattress or mesh X.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inveu-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. The combination with the sides of a metal bedstead or cot of a lug ear or
projection on one end of each such side a lug ear or projection inwardly parallelly
and then upwardly extending from the opposite end of each such side a wire
mattress or mesh having an end thereon adapted to fit under said first-named lugs
and another end on said mattress adapted to be adjustably secured to the said
second named lugs and means provided in or on the latter such as screw-bolts to
tighten up said mattress or mesh and firmly attach the latter to the sides of the
bedstead or cot substantially in the manner and for the purposes hereinbefore
described.
2. The combination with the sides such as A of a metal bedstead or cot of a lug
ear or projection such as B on one end of each such side A a lug ear or projection
such as C C C2 C3 C4 on the opposite end of each said side A extending first
inwardly then parallelly past the end of said sides and then upwardly a wire
mattress or mesh such as X having an end thereon such as E adapted to fit under
said lugs B and another end such as F on said mattress adapted to be adjustably
secured to the said lugs C C1 C2 C3 C4 and means such as screw-bolts D to tighten
up said mattress or mesh and firmly attach the latter to the said sides A substan-
tially in the manner and for the purposes herein before described and illustrated by
way of example in the drawings hereunto annexed.
3. The improved means of mounting or attaching wire mattresses or meshes to
metal bedsteads or cots substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described
and illustrated in the drawings hereunto annexed.
Dated this 25th October 1895.
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicants.