Year: 1888

page_text: FREDERICK ERNEST TOWNSEND of 7 Stuart Street Luton Bedfordshire Shop
Assistant & JACOB ISAACS of Cheapside Luton Bedfordshire House Furnisher do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
To have all the lathes and sides of a Bedstead connected together, to do away with
the key, & to close up in a small compass.
Dated this 4th day of June 1888.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bedstead Bottoms.
Wo FREDERICK ERNEST TOWNSEND of No. 7 Stuart Street, Luton in the County of
Bedford Shop Assistant and JACOB ISAACS of Cheapside Luton aforesaid House
Furnisher 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 relates to improvements in the construction of bedstead bottoms, for
iron-bedsteads, or for ships berths, to enable the whole of the bottom bars, to be
connected together, and a bedstead which is fitted with this-invention may be taken
to pieces; and the-bottom.of.the.bedstead, and the two sides will fold up together in a
very small and convenient compass.
Our Invention is constructed of iron strips or laths, placed above each other, and
are secured-together-at-each-point of connection by metal bolts or rivets, sufficient
play being allowed so as to give each connecting point a linge or joint-motion-;-thus
allowing the said laths to freely expand or close up together as required. The said
laths or iron strips of hoop iron or steel are secured to the side rails of the bedstead
by bolts or rivets in a permanent manner.
The ends of the laths or bedstead bottom are connected to the head and foot rails
by stud pins which drop freely into holes made in the said head and foot rails, so as
to allow the head and foot rails to be easily attached to, or detached from, the sides
and bottom; the aforesaid stud pins hold the ends of the combination of the laths at
the head and foot firm when in use.
And in order that our Invention may be thoroughly understood, we now proceed
to describe the accompanying drawings thereof, reference being had to letters and
figures marked thereon.
Figure 1. represents the plan of the bedstead bottom fixed in its position for use,
with the laths marked A, the pivot or centre rivets marked B, for the laths to close in
or out as required. The laths are attached to the side rails D, D, with rivets with
sufficient play allowed to enable each lath to work on their respective centres; and at
the head and foot of the bottom we fix the stud pins F, which are underneath the
laths, and drops into the head and foot rails, the beads of the stud pins appear at the
top and marked B, and the stretchers marked C.
Figure 2, is a view of figure 1 closed up.
Figure 3. is a sectional view of the stud pin F, fitted to the laths A, to connect the
same together, and the head B, formed by rivetting or clenching, allowing sufficient
play to act as a pivot in the movements of the invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
First: The combination of iron or steel laths or strips, rivetted together, to work on
the said rivets, the play allowed being sufficient to permit of the bedstead bottom being

page_text: closed up or pulled out, substantially as herein described and according to the accom-
panying drawings.
Secondly: The combination of the stud pins F, adopted at the head and foot of the
bedstead bottom, to drop in holes pierced in the head and foot rails, substantially as
herein described and according to the accompanying drawings.
Thirdly: We claim the bedstead bottom, or for ships berths, to be constructed in
any size and of any material, and any portion of the joints may have slots, or other
suitable contrivance, substantially as herein described.
Dated this 13th day of November 1888.
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, W.,
Agent for the Applicants.