A COMBINED BEDSTEAD, TOILET-STAND, WARDROBE, AND SIDE-BOARD OR CHIFFONIER
Year: 1885

page_text: I, GEORGE ANGUS of 14 Bank Street, in the City and County of Aberdeen,
Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention for "A COMBINED
BEDSTEAD, TOILET-STAND, WARDROBE, AND SIDE-BOARD OR CHIFFONIER;
as follows:-
,, to be
This Invention has reference to an improved construction of combined folding
bed with toilet stand, wardrobe and side-board, or a folding bed and chiffonier, and
which when folded up will form a new and useful piece of side-board furniture,
enabling the room to be used during the day as a sitting room, and when folded
down acts as a bed at night, with the extra toilet and wardrobe conveniences of
bedroom when desired.
This Invention in its most complete shape, has all the outward features and
appearance of an ornamental closed side-board, having the central part between the
closed side pilasters made with imitation panelled doors and drawers, (or otherwise
ornamented as chiffoniers are) but behind this outer ornamental face work, the whole
is formed as a strong bed frame, strongly hung on pivots in bushes near the front
of the two end frames of the whole or side pillars, and as much up from the bottom
as would allow the lower part to fold in, when the whole upper part is folded out
and down horizontally to form the bed. Sides and ends would be formed on inside
of bed-frame projecting up, to contain a spring or other mattress and feather or
other bed and bed clothes and pillows, with hand folding down hinged head and
foot boards, and an automatic folding down back board, which in conjunction with
a folding over front valance holds the whole bedding and clothes firmly within the
frame for folding and while closed up. The front part of top of side-board above
the swivelling bed-frame might be hinged and checked over front of frame to hold
this firmly in position when bed was closed up and top piece closed down. At
each end behind and below bed frame a curved bracket is secured which sweeps
the upper back edge of bed and automatically folds up the back-board to hold in
the bedding.
The two end drawer false panels at top, or other panels at the side, would be so
hinged, and also short legs or supports concealed behind them, that they would both
automatically fall down vertically by their own weight, when the bed frame was

page_text: folded out horizontally, so that these legs would support the front of the bed, while
the back would be supported on its swivelling gudgeons; and all these hinged
panels and leg supports would be easily folded into place again when the bed was
folded up. The side pillars would each be formed with vertically hinged doors like
side-boards, but one would be fitted with towel roller, and otherwise fitted inside as
a toilet stand, with a drawing out shelf with wash basin in it and place below for
ewer and chamber pot; while the front top of this pillar would be made to fold up
with stop hinges as a mirror with the glass fitted on its under side. The other
pillar would be fitted inside as a wardrobe with hooks all round for hanging articles
of dress, and otherwise either with or without divisions or other conveniences
inside. The top would preferably be plain, but might have an ornamental vertical
back against the wall, which when used as a chiffonier, this back might be made
higher with shelves, and the two side pillars dispensed with. The back wall would
preferably be formed with slits or interstices up to the top under top of sideboard
for ventilation.

page_text: or Chiffonier.
I, GEORGE ANGUS, of 14 Bauk Street, in the city and County of Aberdeen,
Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement in writing, reference being had to the accom-
panying Sheet of Drawings; and to the reference letters and figures marked
thereon, that is to say :-
My said invention has reference to an improved construction of combined folding
bed with toilet-stand, wardrobe and side-board, or a folding bed and chiffonier, and
which when folded up will form a new and useful piece of side-board furniture,
enabling the room to be used during the day as a sitting room, and when folded
down acts as a bed at night, with the extra toilet and wardrobe conveniences of a
bed room when desired.
In order that the full nature, and novelty, of my invention and the mode and
means of putting it into effect or practice may be properly understood I shall now
describe the several figures on the Sheet of Drawings I have hereunto appended for
that purpose, the same reference letters indicating the same or like parts in the
several figures.
Figure 1 is a front elevation, of one modification or construction, of my new or
improved combined bedstead, toilet-stand, wardrobe and side-board, and shown as
folded up as a side-board in accordance with my invention; and Figure 2 is a front
view corresponding to figure 1, but with the bed folded down and the toilet-stand
and wardrobe opened out to shew these as in use, while Figure 3 is a transverse
vertical section corresponding to figure 2 on the line 1---1 also showing the bed
folded down.
Figure 4 is a front view of the chiffonier form or modification combined with the
bed, (but without, toilet-stand or wardrobe at the ends) all as folded down and
corresponding to figures 2 and 3.
The invention, in its most complete shape, as shown in figures 1 to 3, has all the
outward features and appearance, and convenience of an ornamental close side-
board A, having the central part A', between the closed side pilasters A2, A3, made
with imitation panelled doors a and drawers a¹, (or otherwise ornamented as side-
boards and chiffoniers are), but behind this outer ornamental face work a, a¹, a¹,
the whole is formed as a strong bed frame B, B¹, strongly hung on pivots b, b,
swivelling in bushes at b¹ near the front of the two end frames A", of the side
pillars A2, A3, of the whole (as in figure 3). These pivots or gudgeons b, would be
fitted as much up from the bottom A as would allow the lower part B, to fuld
into the space below the top A when the larger upper part B' is folded out and
down horizontally to form the bed B2. Sides &¹ and ends 62, would be formed on
inside of bed frame B, B¹, projecting up, to contain a spring or other mattress and
feather or other bed and bed clothes and pillows all as indicated at 61, with hand
folding down hinged head and foot boards 1, and an automatic folding down back
board 63, which in conjunction with a folding over front valance 6, binds or holds

page_text: the whole bedding and clothes firmly within the frame B, B¹, while closed up and
ready for folding down and for use. The front part all of top A of side-board A
above the swivelling bed-frame B¹ is preferably hinged and checked over front of
frame B¹ to hold this firmly in position when the bed is closed up as in figure 1
and the top piece all is closed down. At each end behind and below bed frame on
the back A of case a curved bracket b is secured which bears up and swivels the
upper back edge board 63 of bed and automatically folds up this back-board b³ to
hold in the bedding b¹¹.
The two end drawer false panels a¹ a¹ at top, (or it might be other panels at the
side), would be so hinged, and also short legs or supports B³, concealed behind these
panels that they would both automatically fall down vertically by their own
weight, when the bed frame B, B1, is folded out and down horizontally so that
both these legs B³ would support the front B2 of the bed, while the back would be
supported on its swivelling gudgeons bas seen in figures 2 and 3, while these
hinged panels a¹ and leg supports B³ would be easily folded into place again when
the bed was folded up as seen in Figure 1.
The spaces within the side pillars A2, A³ would each be formed with vertically
hinged doors like those side-boards, but the one at A would be fitted with towel
roller C, on the back, and otherwise fitted inside as a toilet stand with a drawing
out shelf C with wash basin in it and place C² below for Euer and chamber pot;
while the front top part C2 of this pillar would be made to fold up with stop hinges
as a mirror with the glass fitted on its under side. The interior of the other
pillar A³ would be fitted inside as a wardrobe with hooks c all round for hanging
articles of dress, and otherwise either with or without divisions or other conveniences
inside. The top A would preferably be plain, but might have an ornamental vertical
back at A against the wall. When this new combined side-board and bed is to be
used as a chiffonier, the back A* might be made higher with shelves c¹ and the two
side pillars A2, A³ be dispensed with as shown in figure 4, but be otherwise con-
structed in the centre as a folding down bed all as described in reference to and
shown in figures 1 to 3. The back wall or case A* would preferably be. formed
with slits or other interstices or openings c³ up to the top A or close under top of
side-board for giving ventilation to the whole of the interior even when closed and
to the bed and bed clothes.
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. The general construction, or combination of parts of a combined bedstead,
toilet-stand, wardrobe, and side-board, all substantially as berein described in
reference to and shown in Figures 1 to 3 of the accompanying Drawings.
2. The general construction, or combination of parts, of a combined bedstead and
side-board or chiffonier, substantially as herein described in reference to the accom-
panying Drawings and as particularly shown in figure 4.
Dated this 17th day of November 1885.