An Improved Convertible Bedstead and Couch.
Year: 1895

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Convertible Bedstead and Couch.
I, JOHN JAMES HUYGENS 4 Cicel Street Margate Upholsterer and Furniture
Dealer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a convertible bedstead & couch so that the bedstead
form of the couch may be employed as desired & then converted into a couch when
it is not being used as a bed, & the same is carried out as follows: The couch
consists of two parts forming the seat & being hinged together at the part forming
the back of the couch so that when the two parts are opened out, they form a flat
service which may be used as a bed. A head board is provided which may be
attached to the end of the couch when used as a bed by means of sockets and
bolts. A receptacle is provided for the bed clothes or the like which may be
fixed at the part forming the back of the couch when not employed as a bed.
A folding leg is provided which is pivoted so as to form a support when the couch
is used as a bed. When the invention is being used as a couch a movable cushion
or rest may be attached to the end of the couch by means of sockets & bolts or
the like. Iron rods or stays are employed to give an easy surface when the
invention is employed as a bed.
Dated this 20th day of June 1895.
E. EATON,
Agent for Applicant.
An Improved Co
I, JOHN JAMES HUYGENS 4 Cicel Street Margate, Upholsterer and Furniture
Dealer 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 a convertible bedstead and couch so that the bedstead
form of the couch may be employed as desired and then converted into a couch
when it is not employed as a bed and the same is carried out as follows:
Figure 1. is a perspective view of my invention in use as a couch.
Figure 2. perspective view of my invention in use as a bed.
The couch consists of two parts forming the seat a & b & being hinged together
at the part c forming the back of the couch so that when the two parts a & b are
opened out they form a flat surface which may be used as a bed. A head board d
is provided which may be attached to the end of the couch when used as a bed by
means of sockets e and bolts f.
A receptacle g is provided for the bed clothes or the like which may be fixed at
the part à forming the back of the couch when not employed as a bed. A folding
legi is provided which is pivoted at j so as to form a support when the couch is
used as a bed. A movable cushion k is provided which may be attached to the
end of the couch when required.

page_text: Iron stays are employed to give the bed an even surface when employed as a
bed, these stays are fixed across the frames a & b.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion & in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In convertible bedsteads & couches a couch formed in two parts hinged
together and having a pivoted support or leg attached thereto said couch when
opened forming a bed, a moveable head board and pillow or cushion secured in
position by bolts and sockets being provided, substantially as described and
illustrated herein.
E. EATON,
Agent for Applicant.