Improvements in Bedsteads.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Dec., 1887.
Complete Left, 5th May, 1888
Complete Accepted, 8th June, 1888
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bedsteads.
1, WILLIAM WILSON HORN, of 151 Strand, Middlesex, Patent Agent (a communi-
cation to me from abroad by Walter L. Drake, of Hampton, New Hampshire,
United States of America), do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This my invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in bedsteads, and
which invention has for its object to combine with a bedstead of ordinary construction
a support for the bed clothes during the operation of making the bed.
My said invention may be described as follows:
To the foot-board of an ordinary bedstead is suitably hinged a projecting bracket
which is constructed in such a manner that when out of use it may be folded and let
down flush with the foot-board of the bedstead.
The aforesaid bracket, hereinafter referred to as the bed-clothes-supporter consists
essentially of two sets of arms, which are suitably hinged to the foot-board of the
bedstead, and provided with crossbars.
To the aforesaid two sets of arms are suitably hinged two struts, which, when the
bed-clothes-supporter is extended, are placed upon suitable steps or projections from
the foot-board and which struts serve to support the said bedclothes-supporter in
position.
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page_text: Improvements in Bedsteads.
I, WILLIAM WILSON HORN of the Firm of Horn and Son Patent Agents of
151 Strand, in the county of Middlesex (a communication to me from abroad by
Walter Levitt Drake of Hampton, New Hampshire, United States of America),
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 my invention relates to certain new and useful Improvements in Bedsteads ;
and I do hereby declare the same to be described in the following specification, and
represented in the accompanying drawings, of which-
Fig. 1 is a top view, Fig. 2 a side elevation, and Fig. 3 a front end view, of a
beadstead with a bedclothes-supporter applied thereto and in a condition for sustaining
the clothes for the purpose airing them. Fig. 4 is a front end view showing the
supporter in a folded state. Fig. 5 is a side view of the bedstead, showing the bedclothes-
supporter in a partially-folded state and engaged with the hooks projecting from the
foot board.
The nature of my invention is defined in the claims hereinafter presented, the
purpose of it being to support the bedclothes while they are in the process of being
exposed for being aired.
In such drawings, A denotes a bedstead of ordinary construction. To the upper
part of the foot-board a of such bedstead there is connected by hinges bb two arms, A',
which near their outer ends are joined by a rod, c, extending through them, and a
tubular bar, d, and two other arms B, arranged with the said arms A', as represented.
The arms B turn freely on the rod c, and are kept apart by the said bar d, and also by
another such bar, e, extending between and secured to them near their outer ends. To
each of the hars B there is pivoted a strut, C, which at its lower end rests upon a
step, D, projecting from the bedstead frame. Suspended from the foot-board are two
hooks, E, to engage with eyes or staples F projecting inwardly from the bars B, as
represented.
"When the clothes-supporter is in an unfolded state, and held therein by the struts,
it answers as a means of sustaining the bed-clothes for being aired, as they may be
turned upward over the foot-board and upon such supporter. It may be held in a
partially-folded state, as shown in Fig. 5, by engaging the hooks with the eyes. It
renders unnecessary the usual custom of spreading the bedclothes upon chairs for the
purpose of airing the said clothes.
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 :-
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1. The combination, with the bedstead, of the bedclothes-supporter, substantially as

page_text: their connecting-rods, tubular bars, and struts, with steps projecting from the foot
board, essentially as set forth.
2. The bedclothes-supporter, substantially as described, consisting of the two sets of
arms, their connecting-rods, tubular bars, and the struts, arranged and combined
essentially as set forth.
3. The combination of the bedstead and the hooks and steps extending from its
foot board, with the bedclothes-supporter, substantially as described, applied to such
foot-board and consisting of two sets of arms, their connecting-rods, tubular-rods,
and struts provided with staples or eyes projecting from the outer set of such arms,
the said supporter having its inner set of arms hinged to the bedstead, and all being
essentially as represented and for use, as described.
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