Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 6th May, 1886.
Complete Left, 5th Feb., 1887
Complete Accepted, 8th Mar., 1887.
I ARTHUR LIPSCOMB BAYLEY of Despatch Works Stanhope Street Birmingham in
the County of Warwick Metallic Bedstead Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature
of this Invention to be as follows:-
My invention consists of an adjustable table or stand constructed substantially as
herein after described to be combined with a bedstead the said table or stand being
principally applicable for use by invalids but may also be used generally for supporting
articles at the side of or over the bed.
The table or stand is carried by a bracket or horizontal arm jointed to a support on
an upright or carrying plate the said jointed bracket or arm being capable of motion
in a vertical plane. Under the said jointed bracket or arm is a jointed inclined stay
the outer end being connected to a sliding piece working on the said bracket or arm
and the inner end being jointed to a support on the carrying plate herein before
described. As the jointed bracket or arm carrying at its end the table or stand is
raised or lowered on its joint the jointed stay partakes of the same motion the sliding
piece on the outer end of the stay sliding in one or other direction on the bracket or
arm. Or the outer end of the inclined stay may be connected to the bracket by
a slot and pins.
The bracket or horizontal arm and its stay are capable of being raised into a vertical
position parallel with the upright or carrying plate and when the arm or bracket and
its stay are arranged in piston for use stops on their jointed ends prevent their descent
beyond the required position. The upright or carrying plate to which the horizontal
arm or bracket and its stay are jointed is furnished with two clips which are connected
to and are capable of swivelling upon one of the pillars at the head or foot of the
bedstead. These clips permit of the table or stand having motion in a horizontal
plane for adjusting its position at the side of or over the bed and also permit of the
table or stand being turned to the back of the head or foot rail of the bedstead when
Before the table or stand is turned into
the table or stand is not required to be used.
the last described position the arm or bracket and its stay are raised into a vertical
position so that the collapsed table or stand occupies but little room at the back of the
bedstead rail.
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: A New or Improved Adjustable Table or Stand for. Bedsteads.
I, ARTHUR LIPSCOMB BAYLEY, of Dispatch Works, Stanhope Street, Birmingham,
in the County of Warwick, Metallic Bedstead 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:-
'
My invention consists of an adjustable table or stand constructed substantially as
herein after described to be combined with a bedstead the said table or stand being
principally applicable for use by invalids but may also be used generally for supporting
articles at the side of or over the bed.
The table or stand is carried by a bracket or horizontal arm jointed to a support on
an upright or carrying plate the said jointed bracket or arm being capable of motion
in a vertical plane. Under the said jointed bracket or arm is a jointed inclined stay
the outer end being connected to a sliding piece working on the said bracket or arm
and the inner end being jointed to a support on the carrying plate herein before
described. As the jointed bracket or arm carrying at its end the table or stand is
raised or lowered on its joint the jointed stay partakes of the same motion the sliding
piece on the outer end of the stay sliding in one or other direction on the bracket or
arm. Or the outer end of the inclined stay may be connected to the bracket by a slot
and pins.
The bracket or horizontal arm and its stay are capable of being raised into a
vertical position parallel with the upright or carrying plate and when the arm or
bracket and its stay are arranged in position for use stops on their jointed ends prevent
their descent beyond the required position. The upright or carrying plate to which
the horizontal arm or bracket and its stay are jointed is furnished with two clips which
are connected to and are capable of swivelling upon one of the pillars at the head or
foot of the bedstead. These clips permit of the table or stand having motion in a
horizontal plane for adjusting its position at the side of or over the bed and also
permit of the table or stand being turned to the back of the head or foot rail of the
bedstead when the table or stand is not required to be used. Before the table or
stand is turned into the last described position the arm or bracket and its stay are
raised into a vertical position so that the collapsed table or stand occupies but little
room at the back of the bedstead rail.
Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawing shews the new or improved adjustable table
or stand for bedsteads constructed according to my invention and fixed to the pillar at
the head of the bedstead (in order to clearly illustrate the relative positions which the
stand occupies when in use and out of use I have shewn two stands one being fixed to
each of the pillars but of course a single stand only is necessary); Fig. 2 represents
in side elevation and Fig. 3 in plan the said adjustable stand on an enlarged scale;
Fig. 4 is an enlarged side elevation of the jointed end of the bracket or arm or of the
stay or support and Fig. 5 represents in plan one end of the jointed stay and part of
the support separately; Fig. 6 represents in side elevation and Fig. 7 in plan a modi-
fication of the said adjustable stand and together with Figs. 8, 9, 10 and 11 illustrate

page_text: the manner in which the table or stand is connected to the jointed bracket as herein
after explained and Fig. 12 illustrates a modified form of the said stand a slot and
pin being employed for connecting the outer end of the inclined stay to the bracket.
Referring firstly to Figs. 1 to 11, both inclusive, a is the bracket or horizontal arm
carrying the table or stand proper d and jointed to the support b' on the upright or
carrying plate c. e is the jointed stay connected at its outer end e¹ to the sliding
piece, which when the bracket a and the stay e are turned on their jointed ends and
raised or lowered, slides on the bracket a, the inner end of the stay e being jointed
to a support on the carrying plate c. The bracket or arm a and its stay e can be
raised into a vertical position (see right hand side of Fig. 1) and when the bracket or
arma and its stay e are arranged in position for use a stop on the jointed end of
the stay e comes in contact with a stop i on the support b² and so prevents the bracket
and stay descending lower than is required. In order to make the bracket and stay
still farther secure I provide a stop a' on the bracket or arm a against which the
sliding piece fabuts when the table or stand is in use. F1, F2, are two clips fixe dto
the carrying plate of a suitable size for fitting on to one of the pillars of the bedstead
and each provided with a screw g by means of which they can be securely fixed in any
required position on the pillar thus allowing of the table or stand being turned in a
horizontal plane or of its being raised or lowered on the pillar to adjust its position at
the side of or over the bed (for instance as shewn by the stand fixed to the left hand
pillar in Fig. 1) or of being turned up at the side or back of the head or foot rail of
the bedstead when out of use (for instance as shewn by the stand fixed at the right
hand pillar in Fig. 1. The supports 61, 62 may either be fixed directly to the carrying
plate c (see Figs. 2 and 3) or they may be jointed thereto by horizontal joints 6, 66,
and vertical pins (see Figs. 1, 6 and 7) the last mentioned construction being
preferable as the said horizontal joints allow of the bracket or arm and its stay being
adjusted in a horizontal plane whilst the clips F1, F2, remain stationary on the pillar.
The table or stand proper d may either be permanently fixed to the bracket or
arm a or it may be arranged so as to be readily removed therefrom when required
and readily replaced for instance as illustrated by Figs. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 in which
the end of the bracket or arm a has a flat tapered inclined piece & fixed to its end
which fits into a corresponding recessed part on the table or stand proper d (see
inverted plan Fig. 8) a catch or small hinged lever m being provided and hinged to
the extreme end of the bracket or arm a. When the lever m is turned into a
horizontal position (see Fig. 11) it prevents the table or stand proper d moving off the
bracket or arm a but the table or stand proper d can readily be removed by first
bringing down the lever m into a vertical position (see Fig. 9).
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Instead of the sliding piece being employed for connecting the outer end of the
inclined stay e to the bracket or arma, a slot o may be provided in a piece o¹ fixed to
the bracket or arm in which slot works a pin p connected to the stay e.
In conclusion I wish it to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise
details herein described and illustrated as the same may be varied without departing
from the nature of my invention but
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:
The new or improved adjustable table or stand for bedsteads substantially as herein-
before described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.