Improvements in Beds for Invalids.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Aug., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 13th May, 1890-Accepted, 14th June, 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Beds for Invalids.
I ANAÏS HUSSONMOREL née Anne Anais Chanal of 65 Boulevard du Nord Lyons]
in the Republic of France Gentlewoman do hereby declare the nature of this: Invention
to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to a construction of beds for sick persons or persons afflicted"
with any infirmity which renders it necessary for them to remain invariably in a
recumbent position. According to this Invention these beds are made with an.
opening in the centre of the mattress communicating with a corresponding space
provided in or under the spring mattress or under the frame for the reception of
a chamber or utensil for the relief of the invalid. The opening may be of any
suitable shape being closed when not in use by a cushion or plug of the same or
similar material to the mattress and the space provided under the opening may
be in the form of a drawer or a cupboard with a suitable door at the side of the
bed for introducing or removing the chamber or utensil. .According to a modification
of the improved arrangement the opening is made to extend ontirely across the
mattress and is closed when not in use by two sliding cushions forming removeable
sections of the mattress which being attached to suitable sliding frames are pushed
in or drawn out at the sides of the bed a suitable space being provided as before
for the utensil which in this case may be in the form of a trough extending from
one side of the bed to the other. This arrangement is very convenient for patients
who are compelled to lie on one side. In certain cases the opening may be arranged
in the direction. of the length of the bed in place of transversely.
J. H. JOHNSON & Co.,
47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Beds for Invalids.
T, ANAÏS HUSSONMOREL née Anne Anais Chanal of 65 Boulevard du Nord Lyons
in the Republic of France Gentlewoman 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 :-
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This Invention relates to a construction of beds for sick persons or persons afilicted
with any infirmity which renders it necessary for them to remain invariably. in a
recumbent position. According to this Invention these beds are made with an opening
in the centre of the mattrass communicating with a corresponding space or recess
provided in or under the spring mattrass or under the bed frame for the reception of
a chamber or utensil for the relief of the invalid. The opening may be of any
suitable shape being closed when not in use by a cushion or plug of the same or
similar material to the mattrass and the space provided under the opening may be
in the form of a slide or drawer or a cupboard with a suitable door. at..the side..
of the bed for introducing or removing the chamber or utensil. The opening,may.
extend entirely across the mattrass from side to side or from end to end being
closed when not in use by two sliding cushions as hereinafter explained:
And in order that my said Invention may be fully understood I shall now proceed
more particularly to describe the same and for that purpose shall refer to the several
Figures on the annexed sheets of drawings the same letters of reference indicating
corresponding parts in all the Figures.
Figures 1, 2 and 3 of the accompanying drawings illustrate in longitudinal section,

page_text: transverse section, and plan respectively a bed constructed with an opening in
the centre.
Figures 4, 5 and 6 illustrate in like manner a bed with an opening extending
entirely across the mattrass from one side to the other.
A is the spring mattrass on which is placed an upper or wool mattrass B and a
bolster or pillow C; rr are the springs of the mattrass. In Figures 1, 2 and 3 a is
the central opening in the under mattrass A. and b is the corresponding opening in
the top mattrass B. Underneath these central openings is a metal box or
containing the chanıber utensil D situated in a recess or passage E the ends of which
are provided with doors El figure 3. arranged to admit of the convenient removal
of the utensil D from the side of the bed.
case
In Figures 4, 5 and 6 which represent the modification with a sliding arrangement
the mattrass is divided in the centre by a transverse opening admitting of being filled
up by two small mattrasses or cushions F and F¹ supported by sliding frames or
drawers G G'. Underneath this opening is placed a pan or vessel D of such a form
as to extend from one side of the bed to the other. This arrangement presents the
advantage of enabling the patient to be relieved when lying on the right by
removing the cushion F and to be relieved when lying on the left by removing the
cushion F¹.
The central opening 6 seen in Figures 1, 2 and 3 can be filled up when required by
a plug or cushion so that there is no solution of continuity in the surface of the
mattrass. The opening in the arrangement illustrated in Figures 4, 5 and 6 in place
of being transversal may be made longitudinal to the mattrass without changing the
principle of the arrangement. The slides or drawers G G³ carrying the cushions or
small mattrasses F F may be arranged to slide on a spring frame maintained by
vertical rods and supported by helical springs surrounding the said rods.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The improved bed or mattrass for invalids comprising an under or spring
mattrass A provided with a hole or opening a and an upper or top mattrass B provided
with a corresponding hole or opening & the said under mattrass containing in a metal
box a chamber utensil or pan D and the upper or top mattrass being provided with a
removeable cushion fitting the hole or opening ball arranged and operating as and for
the purpose substantially as herein before described with reference to the accompanying
drawings.
2. In the construction of a bed or mattrass of the class referred to in the preceding
claiming clause the combination of the box in the mattrass for the reception of the
pan or utensil D with the arrangement of doors at the side of the mattrass for
the removal of the said pan or utensil substantially as hereinbefore described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
3. In the construction of a bed or mattrass of the class referred to in the first
claiming clause the arrangement of the cushions F and F¹ in the top mattrass and the
slides or drawers G G¹ in the under mattrass whereby an opening may be formed at
any desired point, underneath the patient and over the vessel or pan D the said
cushions and drawers extending either transversely or longitudinally relatively to
the bed substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying
drawings.
Dated this 10th day of May 1890.
J. H. JOHNSON & Co.,
47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agents.