Improvements in Convertible Sofa Bedsteads.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL DITUITIVATIO
Improvements in Convertible Sofa Bedsteads.
ROBERT HENRY WOOD ALDERSON, 6, Russell Street, Chorlton-on-Medlock,
Manchester, Art Chair and Couch Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
A sofa the back & arms of which are so arranged that it can at once be turned
into a complete bed and bedstead. The back being hinged to the seat & hooked
to each arm. When unhooked the back falls level with the seat three legs joined
together with a cross bar the length of the bedstead, fall out of groves, fitting
flush into the back. The arm at the foot is lifted out and hooked on to that at
the head forming the head of the bedstead. The cushion of the seat being the
same thickness as the upholstering of the back joins to it, & at once a complete
bed is formed. Under the seat is a drawer which can contain blankets, sheets,
etc. while the pillows of the sofa are made to join together & form the bolster of
the bed.
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page_text: back into the arms, screwed plates or the like being fixed in the latter to receive
the screws. Instead of fixing both the sofa arms permanently the one at the
right of the drawing, B₁, is secured to the seat and back by screws b¹ passed
through the seat as shown whilst one of the screws before referred to keeps the
arm B rigid at the upper end. Arm B may be permanently secured or attached
by screws in a similar manner to B.
On the opposite side to the upholstering the back A has hinged, or otherwise
pivoted to it, two or more legs or supports D, which may be connected together
by a cross piece D' to render them more rigid.
When the sofa is required to be used as a bedstead the screws b and b¹ are with-
drawn and the back A is turned down into the position indicated by dotted lines
in Fig. 2. It is held in this position by the hinges a and legs D. As the arm B
is now loose it may be fixed to the back A by screws 61, the latter passing through
holes d in the back, so that the two arms B and B form a continuous head to the
bed as shown in Fig. 2. Instead, however, of removing the arm the head of the
bed may be made continuous by means of a sliding piece E dovetailed or other-
wise secured to the arm,B as shown in Figs. 1 and 3 and slid out to the dotted
position indicated in Fig. 3 as required. It may then be secured at its free end c
by a screw or screws as in the case of the arm B¹.
The back, seat, arms and the like may be upholstered in any suitable way, the
preferable arrangement being to make the upholstering on the back and seat
of equal thickness so that when the back is turned down the surface is level.
Beneath the seat is a drawer F for holding blankets sheets, pillows etc. for the
bed, though the end cushions of the sofa may serve as pillows. When the uphol-
stering of the seat is fixed a drawer such as F is best though when the seat is
loose I may form a box beneath the seat and open at the top to receive the
blankets etc. To prevent the arm B¹ marking the back A when secured to it I
attach to its underside at ca piece of cloth or indiarubber.
It will be seen from the foregoing, the arrangement is a very simple and con-
venient one and although I have only shown the improvements as applied to a
sofa I would have it understood that they may be applied to a couch or similar
seat.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed I, declare that what I
claim is:-
1. The general arrangement, construction and combination of parts forming
the improved convertible sofa-bedstead, couch-bedstead or the like substantially
as described.
2. In a convertible sofa-bedstead the combination of a hinged back such as A
with the seat C, removable arm or arms B3 or sliding piece E, seat C, drawer o
box F, legs D for supporting the back A when required, and screws such as b
and b¹ for securing the parts together substantially as described.
Dated this 29th day of December 1898.
WILLIAM W. TAYLOR,
Swan Chambers, 69, Market Street, Manchester,
Agent for the Applicant.