IMPROVEMENTS IN CHILDREN'S METAL COTS OR BEDSTEADS
Year: 1860

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Jenkins, of Tyne Cottage, Hanwell, in the
County of Middlesex, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN CHILDREN'S
METAL COTS OR BEDSTEADS."
Sealed the 27th July 1860, and dated the 25th February 1860.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Jenkins at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 25th.
February 1860.
I, GEORGE JENKINS, of Tyne Cottage, Hanwell, in the County of Middlesex,
do hereby declare the nature of the Juvention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CHILDREN'S
METAL COTS OR BEDSTEADS," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in children's metal cots
or bedsteads. For these purposes, and in order that such cots and bedsteads.
may be more capable of being extended and contracted than heretofore, the.
parts are constructed and combined in the following manner:-The two side
rails and end rail at the head end of a cot are made by preference of angle.
iron or other metal, rolled or formed to a section of three sides of a square,:
although other angle iron or other metal or split tubes may be employed..
Each cot is made with a raised head rail, a frame, and two side frames, which.
may be fixed or moveable, and it is preferred not to have a foot rail or frame.
The bottom of a metal cot is made in two parts or frames, and each part or
frame is suitably constructed to receive and have affixed or attached to it

page_text: metal laths. Metal cots according to this Invention may be constructed in
such manner as to enable the parts to go together by means of ordinary dove-
tails; or the two frames of which the bottom of a cot is composed may be
each framed, and the parts thereof fixed together. The two frames (with
metal laths) of which the bottom of a metal cot is composed are made in such
manner as to admit of one part or frame sliding between the side rails of the
other, and the sliding frame is arranged to be retained in any position to which
it may be drawn out from the other, and by means of a stretcher or stretchers
(which I prefer to be formed with rule joints) the metal laths of each of the
two frames of which the bottom is composed may be kept on the stretch, and
the parts are so combined that by moving one of the upright sides, and
extending the bottom, the cot becomes a sofa or couch. By thus constructing
and combining the parts of a child's metal cot, it will be evident that a cot
will be rendered suitable for a child of a greater and a greater age, as the cot
is more and more extended in length.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said George Jenkins in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
25th August 1860.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
JENKINS, of Tyne Cottage, Hanwell, in the County of Middlesex, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fifth day of February, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty, in the twenty-third year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
George Jenkins, Her special licence that I, the said George Jenkins, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said George
Jenkins, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree.
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make,
use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN CHILDREN'S METAL COTS OR BEDSTEADS," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said George Jenkins, my executors or administrators, by
an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention,

page_text: and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same
to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months
next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
⚫ NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said George Jenkins, do hereby declaro
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof, that is to say:-
This Invention has for its. object improvements in children's metal cots or
bedsteads. For theso purposes, and in order that such cots and bedsteads
may be more capable of being extended and contracted than heretofore, the
parts are constructed and combined in the following manner:-The two side
rails and end rail at the head end of a cot or bedstead are made by preference
of angle iron or other metal rolled or formed to a section of three sides of a
square, though other angle. iron or other metal or split tubes may be employed.
Each cot is made with a raised head rail, a frame, and two side frames, which
may be fixed or moveable, and it is preferred not to have a foot rail or frame.
The bottom of a metal cot is made in two parts or frames, and each part or
frame is suitably constructed to receive and have affixed or attached to it
metal laths. Metal cots according to this Invention may be constructed in
such manner as to enable the parts to go together by means of ordinary dove-
tails; or the two frames of which the bottom of a cot is composed may be
each framed, and the parts thereof fixed together. The two frames (with
metal laths) of which the bottom of a metal cot is composed are made in such
manner as to admit of one part or frame sliding between the side rails of the
other, and the sliding frame is arranged to be retained in any position to which
it may be drawn out from the other, and by means of a stretcher or stretchers
(which I prefer to be formed with rule joints) the metal laths of each of the
two frames of which the bottom is composed may be kept on the stretch, and
the parts are so combined that by moving one of the upright sides, and
extending the bottom, the cot becomes a sofa or couch. By thus constructing
and combining the parts of a child's metal cot, it will be evident that a cot
will be rendered suitable for a child of a greater and a greater age, as the cot
is more and more extended in length.
Having thus stated the nature of my Invention, I will proceed more fully
to describe the manner of performing the same.
DESCHIDTIAN AD Mam De

page_text: parts shown by the Drawing, the bottom of the cot or bedstead is only partly
expanded; Figures 3 and 4 show separate views full size of the manner of
constructing and arranging the side rails when using angle iron formed to the
section of three sides of a square; and: Figures 5 and 6 show like views full
size when using L angle iron for the side rails, and the side rails of Figures 1
and 2 are like those shown at Figures 5 and 6. I would, however, remark
that the form of iron or metal used for the side rails may be varied, so long as
they are suitable for sliding one in or on the other.
In the arrangement shown in Figures 1 and 2 the parts of the framing are
such as to admit of their being taken apart, and each of the frames is fitted
with laths as when making other forms of metal bedsteads, and such laths
may be either fixed to the rails, or they may be arranged to be moveable
according as it is desired to construct the parts of the frames A, B, to be taken
apart, or to remain with their laths complete frames.
A is the head frame of the cot or bedstead; B, the foot frame of the cot or
bedstead, and these two frames. are put together and combined in such
manner that the foot frame will readily slide under the head frame A, according
as the bottom of the cot or bedstead is for a time required to be of less or
greater length. c, c, are set screws to retain the bottom to the desired position;
d, d, are brackets and rollers for upholding and facilitating the movement of
the foot frame when expanding or reducing the length of the bottom of the
cot or bedstead; C is one of the two raised sides of the cot, which may be
made in such manner as to be constantly fixed, or each of the sides may be.
made so as readily to be removed, and thus for a time admit of the cot or
bedstead being used as a sofa or couch. By these means cots or bedsteads
may be constructed in such manner as to admit of the length of the bottoms
being expanded or contracted in length, and yet be fitted with metal laths.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner of
performing the same, I would have it understood that I make no claim to
any of the parts separately; but what I claim is, the combination herein
described:
In witness whereof, I, the said George Jenkins, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-third day of August, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty.
GEORGE JENKINS. (L.S.)