Improvements in or connected with Bedsteads and Mattresses, and the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Bedsteads and Mattresses,
and the like.
We, ADNAH OATES and ROBERT PARKER COCKBURN, trading as The Bradford
Wire Mattress Company, of Crabtree Place, Great Horton, Bradford, in the County
of York, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to means whereby ordinary wooden framed wire mattresses
may be readily and securely attached to the end frames of bedsteads, without
the necessity of employing the intermediate rails or frames usually employed.
According to our invention, we construct a chair having side arms or webs to
the same of suitable form to embrace the end of one of the side beams of the
wire mattress frame. The seat of the chair is formed with a recess for receiving
the nut of the end bolt on the mattress frame, and the base of the recess is
formed with a hole of a size to permit of the passage of the bolt end.
Each end frame of the bedstead is formed with a pair of the chairs above
described, either cast therewith or attached in position by means of suitable
screws or bolts, and the mattress frame and the end frames of the bedstead are
readily connected together by placing the wooden ends of the mattress frame
in the chairs and attaching extra nuts to the bolt ends which Project through on
the under sides of the chairs.
Although we have described our invention with reference to wire mattresses,
we could also employ the same in connection with upholstered mattresses, bases
of seats, couches, or the like.
CUMPLEIN DI MUITIUATIOA.
Improvements in or connected with Bedsteads and Mattresses,
and the like.
We, ADNAH OATES and ROBERT PARKER COCKBURN, trading as The Bradford
Wire Mattress Company, of Crabtree Place, Great Horton, Bradford, in the
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page_text: County of York, 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 has particular reference to bedsteads and wooden framed wire
mattresses employed in connection therewith; and our object is to provide means
whereby the mattress may be readily and securely attached direct to the end
frames of the bedstead, and so dispense with the ordinary metal side rails or frames
by constituting the mattress the support between the two end frames.
In order that our invention may be clearly understood, we will proceed to
describe same with reference to the accompanying drawing, in which similar
letters of reference refer to like parts in all the figures.
Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a portion of a bedstead and mattress, show-
ing the parts connected in accordance with our invention, Figure 2 is a sectional
plan, and Figure 3 is a side elevation of the same.
According to our invention we construct a chair, preferably of cast metal, con-
sisting of a base plate A, back portion B and side arms or webs C, and the base
plate A is provided with an extending boss 1) having a recess E and hole F formed
therein. To each pillar G of the bedstead, we attach a chair of the above descrip-
tion, either by means of screws H as shown, or by other means of attachment; or.
such chairs may if desired be cast with and form part of the pillars G.
mattress, which is of ordinary construction, consists of wooden side frames J and
wooden end frames K, fastened together by means of bolts L and nuts M; but
for purposes hereafter described, we extend the screwed portions of the bolts L
below the fastening nuts M, and provide each extended screwed portion with an
additional nut N.
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In fixing the mattress to the bedstead, the ends of the side frames J of the
mattress are placed in the chairs situated on the pillars G at the four corners of
the bedstead the extended screwed portions of the mattress bolts L first passing
through the holes F in the bosses 1), when the ends of the frames J pass in between
the arms C until they come down onto the base plates A, with the nuts M
resting in the recesses E in the bosses D). After the mattress has been thus placed
in position, the nuts N are screwed onto the projecting ends of the bolts L, and
tightened up against the bosses D as shown, thereby securely connecting the
parts together. By this arrangement of chairs, the base plates take the weight
of the mattress, whilst the arms C give additional support and prevent side
movement.
When our invention is applied to wooden bedsteads, the two chairs situated
on each end frame, may be connected together by a suitable angle iron, which
could either be cast solid therewith or attached thereto as desired. This angle
iron connection gives the required stability to the end frame, and thus dispenses
with the wood connections usually employed.
Although we have described our invention with particular reference to the
connection of bedsteads with wire mattresses, we would have it understood that
it is equally applicable to upholstered mattresses; and bases of seats, couches and
the like, could equally well be attached to their frames by the employment of
our invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that
what we claim is:-
1. The employment of chairs on the end frames of bedsteads, substantially as
and for the purposes herein set forth.
2. The means employed for connecting mattresses to the end frames of bed-
steads, substantially as herein described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawing.
3. The particular construction of chairs, attached to or forming part of the

page_text: end frames of a bedstead, and adapted to receive a mattress, in the manner and
for the purposes herein set forth and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
4. The general arrangement, construction and combination of parts forming our
invention in connection with bedsteads and mattresses, and the like, substantially
as and for the purposes herein set forth.
Datod this 6th day of Sontal
1000
BREWER & SON,
London & Leeds, Agents for the Applicants.