Box Bedstead.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Nov., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 28th May, 1895-Accepted, 27th July, 1895
Box Bedstead.
WILLIAM HENRY HARDIDGE, 6, Raglan Circus, Weston-super-Mare Somerset,
Cabinet-maker and Upholsterer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
Box bedstead.
Being a box made to a given size as specified in drawings can be utilized when
opened, for a bedstead for travelling and camping out purposes, when closed it will
contain a woven wire spring mattress which is a fixture to box and opens out with
same also a wool or hair mattress with bed clothing.
(A.) bottom of box. The sides B. are first opened laterally and turning under
form side supports of bedstead.
The centre part of cover L. which is in two pieces and hinged to top edges of
sides B. then being locked under forming a strainer.
The ends C. and cover D. being opened out, form the head and foot of bedstead
with their supports.
The wire mattress, attached at each end to the straining pieces E. is then drawn
rigid by the bolt K. being kept in place by the cams G. working in rack F.
The chains M. running on rods J. and falling in loop at bottom aid in giving
firmness to the whole and act as a counterstrain to the wire mattress.
The sliding hinge H. enables the ends C. to close in flush on bottom A. in every
other case an ordinary butt hinge is only necessary.
The pins shewn on ends C. and cover D. fit into black dotted holes on sides B.
which gives firmness to each corner and cover of box when closed.
2nd day of November 1894.
WILLIAM HENRY HARDIDGE.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Box Bedstead.
WILLIAM HENRY HARDIDGE, 6 Raglan Circus Weston-super-Mare Somerset
Upholsterer 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 :-
Box bedstead.
Being a box made to a given size as specified in drawings. Can be utilized
when opened for a bedstead for travelling or camping out purposes when closed it
will contain a woven wire spring mattress which is a fixture to box and opens out
with same also a wool or hair mattress with bed clothing.
The box as constructed, for use as a bedstead, when opened, according to details
shewn in drawings & specifications.
(A. bottom of box.) The sides B. are first opened laterally and turning under
form sides supports of bedstead.
The centre part of cover L. which is in two pieces and hinged in centre to top
edges of sides B. then being turned under to meet and locked by the aid of a link

page_text: lock which is fixed to the end portion of one of the pieces of cover L. the catch of
the lock being fixed to the corresponding portion. By these means the box is
locked when closed also can be locked when opened and reversed forming a
strainer.
The ends C. and cover D. being opened out form the head and foot of bedstead
with their supports. The wire mattress attached at each end to the straining
pieces E. is then drawn rigid by the bolt K. being kept in place by the pawls G.
working in rack F.
The chains M. running on rods J. and falling in loop at bottom aid in giving
firmness to the whole and act as a counterstrain to the wire mattress.
The sliding
hinge H. enables the ends C. to close in flush on bottom A. in every other case an
ordinary butt hinge is only necessary. The dowels shewn on the inside of cover D.
fit into corresponding holes on top edges of sides B. not seen on plan.
The dowels shewn on side edges of ends C. fit into dotted corresponding holes
marked on inside of sides B. thus giving firmness to the corners and cover of box
when closed.
Drawings same as lodged with Provisional Specification.
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:
1st. The box for the sole use as a bedstead (when opened out).
2nd. The box for containing only the woven wire spring mattress and necessary
bedding (when closed).
3rd. The principle on which the box is made (to open and close up) whereby the
box can be converted into a bedstead.
Dated this 21st day of June 1895.
WILLIAM HENRY HARDIDGE.