An Improved Mode of Combining Iron and other Bedsteads with Sliding Drawers or Receptacles to Contain Clothing and other Effects.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Nov., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 27th Aug., 1891-Accepted, 3rd Oct., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Mode of Combining Iron and other Bedsteads with
Sliding Drawers or Receptacles to Contain Clothing and other
Effects.
I, HANNAH PATTRICK, Lady Principal of the Collegiate School St. Ives
in the County of Huntingdon do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:
My said invention refers to an improved mode of utilising the waste space exist-
ing between the 'floor and the bed bottom or mattress surface in ordinary iron and
other bedsteads, to contain sliding drawers, trays or receptacles to hold linen,
clothing and other effects, so that by means of my invention obtain a combined
bedstead and drawer or chest of drawers. The invention is particularly suitable
for use in establishments such as schools, barracks, orphanages and the like where
space and accommodation are frequently limited. In carrying my invention into
effect, broadly speaking I attach to the bottom part of the bedstead a suitable
frame to contain the drawer or drawers or I fix grooved slips or carriers to the
The drawer or
bedstead and suspend or insert the drawer or drawers in the same.
drawers may draw out either from the side or from the end of the bedstead. The
practical details of the means I use to mount and carry the drawers will vary con-
siderably according to the type of bedstead to which my invention is applied. For
example in the case of an iron bedstead with tubular sides and angle iron ends if no
end bar intervenes to prevent the drawer from being drawn out at the end, I attach
a frame or grooved side slips to the tubular side members by hooks and jamb nuts,
and slide the drawer into the said slips or frame. If any obstruction exists at the
foot of the 'bed to prevent the drawer from being drawn out there or if it is incon-
venient to work the drawer from the foot, the frame or slips can be fixed across
between the side members and the drawer closed and opened from the side. I may
use one drawer 'the 'full width of the bed or I may use two or any number of
drawers arranged one above another or side by side. The front of the drawer or
drawers 'may either be ornamented and finished so as to add to the appearance of
the bedstead or the front may be concealed by a valance of the ordinary or of a
suitable description. Drawers applied in conformity with my invention can be
fitted with locks or other fasteners.
Dated this 26th day of November
DUTTON & FULTON,
1, St. James' Square, Manchester, Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Mode of Combining Iron and other Bedsteads with
Sliding Drawers or Receptacles to Contain Clothing and other
Effects.
'I HANNAH PATTRICK Lady Principal of the Collegiate School, St. Ives, in
the County of Huntingdon 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 and accompanying drawings
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My said invention refers to an improved mode of utilising the waste space exist-
ing between the floor and the bed bottom or mattress surface in ordinary iron and

page_text: other bedsteads to contain sliding drawers trays or receptacles to hold linen clothing
and other effects so that by means of my invention I obtain a combined bedstead
and drawer or chest of drawers. The invention is particularly suitable for use in
establishments such as schools barracks, orphanages, and the like where space and
accommodation are frequently limited. In carrying my invention into effect
broadly speaking I attach to the bottom part of the bedstead a suitable frame to
contain the drawer or drawers or I fix grooved slips or carriers to the bedstead
and suspend or insert the drawer or drawers in the same. The drawer or drawers
may draw out either from the side or from the end of the bedstead.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood I will describe the same
with reference to the accompanying drawings.
In the said drawings
Fig. 1 represents an iron bedstead provided with a drawer in accordance with my
invention.
Fig. 2 is a plan view of a bedstead frame and attached parts for carrying drawers
or a drawer.
Figs. 3 to 6 represent hangers or brackets for carrying the drawer slides.
In Figs. 1 and 2 a a¹ are the foot and head rails and bb are the sides rails of an
iron bedstead the side rails being tubular in the example selected for illustration.
To the foot rail are secured two hangers c c. The hanger which is to the left hand
is represented by Figs. 5 and 6. Each hanger is adapted to clip on to the angle
iron foot rail and is clamped in position by means of a bolt and clip plate d. The
lower end of the hanger is formed with a sideward projection e which serves to carry
the outward end of an angular drawer slide f. The inner ends of the two drawer
slides are attached to a cross rail g which is supported by two hangers h which are
secured to the side rails b b one of these hangers being illustrated by Figs. 3 and 4.
Each hanger his secured to its side rail by means of a metal strap h¹ and a bolt h².
A projection ³ carries one end of the cross rail g. The said cross rail is riveted
or secured to the two hangers and the two slides fare similarly riveted or secured
to the hangers c c and the cross rail g. The drawer i is provided on each side with
a projecting rib¹ and these ribs run upon the drawer slides f when the drawer is
moved inward or outward. It will be seen that the drawer when pushed in is
covered by the bedstead bottom but in some or in all cases it may be desirable to
provide a special cover. In the example the drawer slides below a fixed covering
board or plate k which is secured to blocks or bars k¹ which are fixed to or carried
by the slides the drawer sliding out from below the said cover when drawn out.
If the foot frame of the bedstead would not permit of a drawer being applied in the
manner indicated in Fig. 1 the drawer may be applied to slide across the width of
the bedstead so as to draw out on one side or on either side of the bedstead.
Fig. 2 the dotted lines at f¹ indicate the positions of drawer slides to carry a drawer
so applied. Such slides may be carried by hangers such as h h. A drawer may be
'so applied in addition to the drawer i. I may apply two or more drawers arranged
one above another or side by side the formation of the hangers and carriers being
suitably modified. The front of the drawer or drawers may either be ornamented
and finished so as to add to the appearance of the bedstead or the front may be
concealed by a valance of the ordinary or of a suitable description. Drawers
applied in conformity with my invention can be fitted with locks or other fasteners.
I do not confine myself to any particular formation of bedstead nor to the exact
formation of the hangers and connected parts.
In
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 :-
1. The drawer i applied in combination with a bedstead substantially in the
imanner as set forth and indicated.
2. In combination with an iron bedstead a drawer or two or more drawers carried

page_text: by drawer slides which are attached to hangers secured to the bedstead framing
substantially as set forth and indicated.
3. The hangers c chh the cross rail g and the drawer slides ff in combination
with a bedstead substantially as and for the purpose set forth and indicated.
Dated this 26th day of August 1891.
DUTTON & FULTON,
1, St. James' Square, Manchester, Agents.