Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 21st July, 1886.
Complete. Left, 21st Apr., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 24th May, 1887.
RESERV
I ARCHIBALD DOUGLAS BROWN of the Atlas Cabinet Works Bristol Wholesale
Cabinet Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as follows:-
My Invention relates more particularly to wooden and other Bedsteads but it is also
applicable to other articles of furniture and has for its object increased strength and
rigidity without adding to the weight.
I will describe my Invention as applied to Bedsteads from which it will be readily
seen how it may be applied to other articles of furniture.
According to my invention in conjunction with the usual dove tail projections and
recesses by which the side and end rails are connected to the pillars or posts I hollow
out or form the ends of side and end rails to correspond to the curve or contour of the
pillars or posts to which they are to be attached so that when they are fitted together
instead of the abutting ends of the rails having only a limited flat bearing surface as
heretofore they are made to partially surround the pillar whereby a larger bearing
surface and consequently increased strength and rigidity are obtained whilst the
pillars may be made of less diameter than usual without reducing the strength of the
Bedstead.
In order to further strengthen and increase the rigidity of the bedstead I may if
desired connect the two side rails and the end rails together by means of additional
rails or bars as described in the Specification to my former Patent dated March 31st
1854.
In ordinary metallic bedsteads it is usual to provide the ends of the side and end
rails with dove tail or conical projections to fit corresponding recesses formed in blocks
fixed on the pillars or posts I prefer for the purpose of lightness to dispense with these
blocks and to form on or attach to the pillars or posts dovetail projections to fit
corresponding recesses formed in the ends of the side and end rails the ends of the
said rails being hollowed out or shaped so as to partially surround the pillars or posts
as hereinbefore described. It is obvious that my invention is applicable to other
articles of furniture wherein bars are required to be connected to cylindrical surface.
J. HENRY JOHNSON,
47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C.,
Agent for the said A. D. Brown.

page_text: I ARCHIBALD DOUGLAS BROWN of the Atlas Cabinet Works Bristol Wholesale
Cabinet Maker 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 relates more particularly to wooden and other bedsteads but it is also
applicable to other articles of furniture and it has for its object to provide in such
articles increased strength and rigidity without adding to their weight. I will
describe my Invention with reference to the accompanying Drawing. Figure 1 of
which represents in sectional plan a wooden bedstead constructed according to my
Invention, Figure 2 being an enlarged sectional plan of one of the foot pillars or
posts shewing the side and foot rail ends connected thereto in accordance with my
Invention. A are dovetail or like projections secured to the posts B by screws a or
otherwise and C are corresponding socket pieces, secured by screws c, or otherwise, to
the ends of the side and end rails, recesses being formed in the said ends for the
reception of the said socket pieces. I hollow out or inwardly curve the ends of the
said side and end rails D, to correspond with the curve, or contour of the pillars, or
posts, B, as shewn at E so that when the rails and pillars or posts are fitted together
the ends of the rails partially, surround or embrace the pillars or posts B whereby
extended bearing surfaces and consequently increased strength and rigidity are
obtained as compared to the limited flat bearing surfaces hitherto employed; and
further the pillars, or posts B may be made of less diameter and the rails of less
thickness than usual thereby obtaining a neater appearance without reducing the
strength of the bedstead.
In order to further strengthen and increase the rigidity of the bedsteads the two side
rails and the head and foot rails may be connected together by additional rails, or bars F
as shewn in Figure 1 after the manner described in the Specification filed in pursuance
of Letters Patent No. 739 granted to me and dated the 31st day of March 1854.
It will be evident that the recesses may be in the posts and the projections on the
rails if desired but I prefer the arrangement illustrated as it allows of smaller posts.
In constructing metallic bedsteads or the like according to my Invention I dispense
with the usual massive blocks on the pillars for the reception of the ends of the side
rails or both the side and end rails and in place thereof I attach to or form on the
pillars or posts B by casting or otherwise dovetail or like projections A (as shewn in
figures 3 and 4) fitting into corresponding recesses C provided in the ends of the side
or.end rails or both the side and end rails, and I hollow out or inwardly curve the ends
of the said rails D as shown at E so as to partially surround or embrace the pillars or
posts B as hereinbefore described with reference to Figures 1 and 2 whereby I obtain
increased rigidity and strength as hereinbefore explained.
To provide for an extended foot rail a projection A' may be provided on the inner
side of each of the side rails which projections A' enter corresponding sockets C¹ in the

page_text: ends of the foot rail D¹. From the foregoing description of the Invention as applied
to bedsteads it will without further description be obvious that my Invention may be
similarly applied to other articles of furniture wherein bars, or the like are connected
to cylindrical or curved pillars or posts or the like.
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,
First In and for bedsteads or other articles of furniture side or end rails (or
both) with their ends inwardly curved, or hollowed to correspond to the contour, or
curve of the pillars or posts, or the like, to which they are to be attached, combined'
with dovetails or equivalent projections, and sockets, for connecting the parts together
substantially as and for the purposes herein before described and illustrated by the
accompanying Drawings.
Second-The construction of bedsteads or other analogous articles of furniture as
herein before described and illustrated in Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawings.
Third-The construction of metallic bedsteads or other analogous articles of
metallic furniture as hereinbefore described and illustrated in Figure 3 of the
accompanying Drawings.