Improvements in Woven Wire Mattresses.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Oct., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 12th July, 1899-Accepted, 12th Oct., 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Woven Wire Mattresses.
I, HENRY JACKSON, of 94, Alma Street, West Hartlepool, in the County of
Durham, Wire Mattress Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
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This invention has reference to mattress or bedstead bottoms in which the
supporting fabric or material is of the elastic kind such as the ordinary intercoiled
wire type having the strands running longitudinally of the mattress or bottom,
and held therein under tension, and the chief object of the invention is to provide
improvements in connection with mattresses and bedstead bottoms of this kind
by which additional support is given to the fabric for the prevention of "sagging"
in the centre of mattress or bedstead bottoms.
My invention is in the method of fitting fabric on the frame which is as
follows
The fabric is woven wider than in the ordinary mattress and the edge is brought
down over end of supporting bars and connected by leather or other non-metallic
lugs or ties to side of frame or onto a non-flexible runner or slide fixed on the
side of the frame.
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Improvements in Woven Wire Mattresses.
I, HENRY JACKSON, of 94, Alma Street, West Hartlepool, in the County of
Durham, Wire Mattress Manufacturer, 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 invention has reference to mattress or bedstead bottoms in which the
supporting fabric or material is of the elastic kind; such as the ordinary
intercoiled spiral type, having the strands running longitudinally and held therein
under tension, and the chief object of the invention is to provide improvements
in connection with mattresses and bedstead bottoms, of the kind by which addi-
tional support is given to the fabric for the prevention of sagging in centre of
mattress or bedstead bottom.
And in order that my invention may be thoroughly understood, I now proceed
to describe the accompanying drawing thereof, reference being had to letters and
figures marked thereon.
io 1 is a plan of an ordinary mattress

page_text: Fig. 2, is a view of a part of the end of the frame, (the dotted lines indicate the
web,) with the spring hook fastened to one of the eyelets.
Fig. 3, is a view of the spring hook and leather lug.
Fig. 4, is a section of the frame with wire loops which run on a rod, on the
inside of the side bar.
In carrying my invention into practice, I construct a fabric woven wider than
an ordinary mattress, the edges of which are brought down over the ends of
supporting bars and are connected to the sides of the frame by leather or other non-
metallic lugs or ties attached to spring hooks, these said hooks engage with a
number of screwed eyelets fixed in the frame, or onto a non-flexible runner or slide
bar, fixed on the inside of the side bars.
In Fig. 1, I show a plan of a frame of an ordinary wire mattress, with the web a.
Now when a person lays down the edges draws away from the sides and the
mattress drops in the centre, therefore forming a tension at the ends of the
frame.
In my invention I weave my mattress a¹ from one and a half to two inches
wider than an ordinary mattress, and bring the sides of the web over the sides b of
the frame connected to a number of screwed eyelets g placed at intervals on the
outside of the sides of the frame, by means of a number of spring hooks e
with leather lugs d fixed to the sides of the mattress a¹, thus preventing the web
from coming away from each side and causing the tension to be equal. Also
the ends of the mattress and frame may be fitted up in a similar manner to the
sides as above described.
The lugs are made of flat leather or of any other non-metallic material with
a hole at each end and through which passes the spring hook e as in Fig. 3.
If preferable the mattress a¹ may be secured to the frame by means of wire
loops fixed to the web and running over a wire rod c fixed on the insides of the
side bars b.
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. In woven wire mattresses, the combination and arrangement of the frame
hooks, lugs and eyes, with fabric woven wider than an ordinary mattress so as
to allow the edges of same to be brought down over the end of supporting bars
and towards the sides of frame, substantially as herein described and according
to the accompanying drawing.
2. In woven wire mattresses, the combination of the lugs or ties made of
leather or other non-metallic material and the hooks made so as to be detachable,
substantially as described.
3. In woven wire mattresses, the combination and arrangement of a wire rod
fixed on insides of the sides of frame with lugs, substantially as described.
Dated this 10tL
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J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, London, W., Agent for the Applicant.