Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Jan, 1888
Complete Specification Left, 24th July, 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 7th Sept., 1888
1, JAMES LAMBLE of Alma Cottage, Priory Road, St. Deny's, Southampton,
in the County of Hants, Plumber, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
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My invention consists of an improved construction of invalid bed or bedstead
whereby invalids, who are not completely incapacitated from walking but who cannot
readily get out of bed when the latter is in a horizontal position, shall be able to
walk into position on to a foot board fixed to the bed or bedstead bottom when
the latter is in a vertical or approximately vertical position which bed or bedstead
bottom can then be turned or lowered to a horizontal or other desired position for
the repose of the invalid or by the reverse operation the bed or bedstead bottom
can be placed in position so that the invalid can walk out of bed in a vertical
position.
For this purpose I mount the bed or bedstead bottom on trunnions working in or
fixed to the bedstead frame or support which latter extends to the head but does
not extend towards the foot of the bedstead beyond the said trunnions or there-
abouts and I fix to the said bed bottom a suitable footboard.
By means of suitable gearing and connections or tackle the bed or bedstead bottom
is capable of being manipulated by the invalid or other person so as to place and
retain it when desired in any required position.
By these means an invalid who is not incapacitated from so doing can walk on to
the footboard, place his back against the bed or bedstead bottom and then turn or
lower the latter to any desired position, whilst on the other hand should he be
reclining on the bed he can at will raise the bed or bedstead bottom to or nearly
to the vertical position and then walk out of the same. In the case of an invalid
who can use his legs but not his arms an attendant will be enabled to place the
bed or bedstead bottom in any required position as above explained.
1000
JAMES LAMBLE.
By Harris & Mills,
23, Southampton Buildings,
Agents.

page_text: I, JAMES LAMBLE of Alma Cottage, Priory Road, St. Deny's, Southampton, in the
County of Hanis, Plumber, 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 :-
My invention consists of an improved construction of invalid bed or bedstead
whereby invalids, who are not completely incapacitated from walking, but who cannot
readily get out of bed when the latter is in a horizontal position, shall be able to walk
into position onto a footboard fixed to the bed or bedstead bottom when the latter is in
a vertical or approximately vertical position, which bed or bedstead bottom can then
be turned or lowered to a horizontal or other position for the repose of the invalid,
or, by the reverse operation, the bed or bedstead bottom can be placed in position so
that the invalid can walk out of bed in a vertical position.
For this purpose I mount the bed or bedstead bottom on trunnions working in, or
fixed to, the bedstead frame or support, which latter extends to the head, but does not
extend towards the foot of the bedstead beyond the said trunnions or thereabouts, and
I fix to the said bed bottom a suitable footboard.
By means of suitable gearing and connections or tackle the bed or bedstead bottom
is capable of being manipulated by the invalid or other person, so as to place and
retain it, when desired, in any required position.
And in order that the said invention may be more clearly understood and readily
carried into effect I will proceed aided by the accompanying drawings more fully to
describe the saine.
Figure 1 is a side elevation and Figure 2 is a plan illustrating an invalid bed or
bedstead constructed according to my invention.
a represents the frame of the bedstead and represents the bed or bedstead bottom.
The bed or bedstead bottom is mounted upon trunnions or journals b', which rest,
with capability of revolving, in open topped bearings a carried by the frame a, or the
trunnions might be fixed to the frame a and the bearings a¹ might be carried by
the bed or bedstead bottom b.
The frame a of the bedstead is formed shorter, than the bed or bedstead bottom b
and extends from near the centre of such bottom to the head thereof, so that the bed

page_text: bottom has no support towards the foot thereof beyond the trunnions 6², whereby
such foot is free to be depressed as desired.
One end of the bed bottom bis formed with a rising board b² for the head and a
similar board is arranged at the other end for the feet and fixed handles 63 are
provided at the head and removeable ones 3* at the foot of the bed bottom b, by
ineans of which it may be bodily lifted out of its bearings and, together with the
patient if necessary, removed to any desired position.
The bed bottom is fitted with a mattrass c and pillar c¹ and foot cushion c².
The mattrasse is formed with a removeable section c³ and the bed bottom b is
provided with a corresponding door or trap 4, which is at one end fixed to a shaft d
mounted with capability of, revolving in bearings & and having fixed upon one end
thereof a hand lever d², by means of which the door or trap 4 may readily be raised
into its closed position where it is secured by a bolt or catch ³,.or may be lowered and
turned back out of the way where it may be held by a hook attached to the bed
bottom engaging with an eye di fixed to the door or trap 14.
The object of the door or trap is to enable the patient to use a commode e, which
is capable of being slidden into and out of position upon the frame a.
Elastic straps are provided to retain the bed clothes in position upon the patient
when the hed bottom is raised into an inclined or nearly vertical position, and a
skeleton table or support for a tray is, by by its vertical shaft or standard g',
mounted in bearings or sockets a², fixed to the frame a in such manner that it is
capable of being moved into any convenient position for the use of the patient.
Arranged in the are of a circle rising from the head of the bed frame a, to which it
is firmly bolted, is an angle iron rack bar provided on its inner face with a number
of notches 1, and this rack bar h is at its upper end secured to a standard i also bolted
to the bed frame a.
Beneath the bed bottom bis mounted a bolt ; passing at its front end through a
guide and pin jointed at its rear end to one end of a lever mounted at its centre.
upon an axis of notion 3 and having fixed upon the other end a rising handle j*,
which is within easy reach of the patient.
This bolt is, by a spring jo, attached at one end to the lever 12, and at the other
end to the bed bottom b, normally sprung forward so as to engage with either one of
the notches of the rack, according to the position in which the bed bottom bis
desired to he held, and a fixed cord or pull is arranged above and within easy reach
of the patient, aided by which he can, upon withdrawing the bolt from the notch /',
with which it is for the time being engaged, incline the bed bottom b, upon which he
is lying, to any desired degree within certain limits, where it will be securely held
upon his releasing the spring bolt j.
By these means an invalid who is not incapacitated from so doing can walk onto
the footboard 2*, place his back against the bed bottom b, and then turn or lower the
latter to any desired position, whilst on the other hand should he be reclining on the
bed, he can at will raise himself and the bed bottom b to, or nearly to, a vertical
position, as shown by the dotted lines in Figure 1 of the drawings, and then walk
onto the floor of the apartment.
In some cases it may be found convenient to use the commode e when the bed
bottom bis in an inclined or nearly vertical position, at which time the patient would
sit upon the commode e through the opening in the bed bottom left by the with-
drawal of the door or trap b.
Where an invalid has the use of his legs but not of his arms, an attendant will be
enabled to place the bed bottom in any required position, as above explained.
The means herein shown and described for raising and lowering and retaining in a
fixed position the bed bottom I have found to answer well in practice, but I would
have it understood that 1 do not confine myself thereto, as it will be evident that, with
slight modifications, other well known means, such as worms and worm wheels, and
pinions and toothed wheels or quadrants, and ratchet wheels and pawls or block
tackle, may be employed for these purposes without departing from the nature of my
invention.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
nvention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
"I claim is
1. An invalid bed or bedstead constructed and operating in manner substantially as
herein shown and described and for the purpose stated.
2. An invalid bed or bedstead constructed with a frame a and a bed bottom b
mounted upon axes such as 'and provided with means for raising and lowering
or turning the entire bed bottom into any desired position within certain limits and
there retaining it primarily with the object of enabling the patient to step onto the
floor of the room and vice versa when the bed bottom is turned into a vertical or
nearly vertical position all in manner substantially as herein shown and described.
3. An invalid bed or bedstead constructed with a frame a shorter than the bed
bottom b, a bed bottom mounted upon axes such as provided with handles 63, 73*,
straps a spring bolt j controlled by a hand lever and suitable connections;
a curved rack bar carried by the frame a and formed with notches h¹ therein to
receive the spring bolt; and a fixed cord or other means by which the patient may
raise or turn the bed bottom 6 into any desired position all arranged and operating in
manner substantially as herein shown and described and for the purpose stated.
JAMES
LAMBLE.
By Harris & Mills,
23, Southampton Buildings,
Agents.
Dated this 24th day of July 1000.
JAMES LAMBLE.
By Harris & Mills,
23, Southampton Buildings,
Agents.