IMPROVEMENTS IN INFANTS' BEDS OR BASSINETTES.”
Year: 1870

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Bradly Barnard, of Canonbury Street, Islington,
in the County of Middlesex, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
INFANTS' BEDS OR BASSINETTES.””
Sealed the 12th August 1870, and dated the 18th February 1870.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Bradly Barnard at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 18th February 1870.
I, BRADLY BARNARD, of Canonbury Street, Islington, in the County
of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN INFANTS' BEDS OR BASSINETTES," to be as follows:-
The Invention has for its object improvements in infants' beds or
bassinettes. For this purpose I employ a cross framing consisting of a
couple of frames binged or pin-jointed together at or near the centre
thereof, a stile or rail being fixed across the centre of the frames between
the joints, and at the top and bottom of each frame in a similar manner
to a butler's tray stand. Each end of the stile or rail at the upper end
of each frame is connected to the corresponding end of the stile or rail

page_text: of the other frame by means of a suitable cord or flexible connection, so
as to prevent the two frames from opening out beyond the desired
extent. To the two upper rails or stiles and to the two cords or flexible
connections I connect the upper edge of the bassinette proper, which
is somewhat in the form of a hammock, but with square ends, and hangs
down between the two cross frames. On one frame are pivotted two or
more hoops to form the hood of the bassinette. Suitable curtains and
hangings are fixed according to taste to the hoops and around the
bassinette proper, whilst the bassinette proper may be made of strong
_linen_or_other_suitable material, and may be padded as desired. By
these means a comfortable and elegant infant's bed or bassinette is
obtained, which when not required for use may with the bedding therein
be readily closed or folded so as to occupy only a small space.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Bradly Barnard in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 18th August 1870.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, BRADLY
BARNARD, of Canonbury Street, Islington, in the County of Middlesex,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Eighteenth day of February, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy, in the thirty-
third year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Bradly Barnard, Her special licence
that I, the said Bradly Barnard, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said Bradly Barnard, 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 "IMPROVEMENTS
IN INFANTS' BEDS OR BASSINETTES," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said Bradly Barnard, 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

page_text: Invention, 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 Bradly Barnard, 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 thereof, that is to say:—
The Invention has for its object improvements in infants' beds or
bassinettes. For this purpose I employ a cross framing consisting of a
couple of frames hinged or pin-jointed together at or near the centre
thereof, a stile or rail being fixed across the centre of the frames between
the joints and at the top and bottom of each frame in a similar manner
to a butler's tray stand. Each end of the stile or rail at the upper end
of each frame is connected to the corresponding end of the stile or rail
of the other frame by means of a suitable cord or flexible connection so
as to prevent the two frames from opening out beyond the desired extent.
To the two upper rails or stiles and to the two cords or flexible connections
I connect the upper edge of the basinette proper, which is somewhat in
the form of a hammock, but with square ends, and hangs down between
the two cross frames. On one frame are pivotted two or more hoops
to form the hood of the bassinette. Suitable curtains and hangings are
fixed according to taste to the hoops and around the bassinette proper,
whilst the bassinette proper may be made of strong linen or other suit-
able material, and may be padded as desired. By these means a com-
fortable and elegant infant's bed or bassinette is obtained, which when
not required for use, may with the bedding therein be readily closed or
folded so as to occupy only a small space.
And in order that my said Invention may be more clearly understood
and readily carried into effect I will proceed, aided by the accom-
panying Drawings, more fully to describe the same.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a sectional side view; Figure 2 is an end view of an
infant's bed or bassinette constructed according to my said Invention;
and Figure 3 is a side view of the bed or bassinette showing it in its
collapsed position.

page_text: a, a', are two frames which are hinged or pin-jointed together at a*.
Each end of the stile or rail a² of one frame is connected by a cord bor
other flexible connection to the stilc or rail a³ of the other frame, which
cords scrve to limit the distance to which the frames can be opened
This bed
out, and at the same time to support the bed or bassinette c.
or bassinette is formed square at the ends, and may be padded as desired,
whilst it may be made of any suitable material, but that which I have
found to answer well is strong linen. The bed or bassinette proper is
connected at its upper edges to the cords or connections b, and to the
cross rails or stiles a², a³, by stitching the material of which the bed or
bassinette proper is formed around such cords or connections b, and
around the stiles or rails a², a³, or by other suitable means. Hoops-d, d
are connected to the frame a, as shewn, to form the hood and to support
suitable curtains or hangings, whilst suitable hangings may be fixed.
around the bed or bassinette proper, as will be well understood.
By these means a comfortable and elegant infant's bed or bassinette is
obtained, which when not required for use may with the bedding therein
be readily closed or folded, as shewn at Figure 3, so as to occupy only a
small space.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention and the mode
in which I carry the same into effect, I would have it understood that
what I claim as my Invention is, the novel arrangement and combination
of an infant's bed or bassinette, consisting of the bed or bassinette proper
in connection with and supported by cross frames in manner substantially
as herein shewn and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Bradly Barnard, have hercunto
'set my hand and seal, this Seventeenth day of August, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy.