A Novel Arrangement of Children's Cots, Attachable to Bedsteads, Ships' Bunks, Railway Carriages, and the like.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Dec., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 31st Oct., 1890-Accepted, 6th Dec., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Novel Arrangement of Children's Cots, Attachable to Bedsteads,
Ships' Bunks, Railway Carriages, and the like.
I CECIL HENRY FITZMAURICE of Victoria Hotel, Hull, Yorkshire, Engineer, do
hereby declare, the nature of my said invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to construct or arrange children's cots in such a
manner that they can be hung or suspended from the top foot rails or other desired
part of ordinary bedsteads, from the front boards or front rails of ships bunks, from
the rack rails of railway carriages to enable children to sleep in a comfortable manner
apart from the parents and yet be readily accessible when attendance is required.
The cots made according to my invention can be folded up to occupy little room
when not required and in a folded up state with the bedclothes inside them they can
be moved or transported like ordinary luggage, and be opened out and placed in
position with little trouble.
For the purpose of my invention I form two arms preferably curved in their length
-one end of each having a hook or strap attachments at the upper part to be hung
over or fastened to the foot top rail, of, say, a bedstead and a foot at the lower, which
may be plain to rest upon lower foot rail of say a bedstead. These lower ends may be
jointed to projecting bars with extensions to serve as feet to rest upon or hook on to
the bottom foot rail. The outer ends of the bars are kinked and have other bars
connected to them, which bars also form the connection with the curved bars by pegs
or catches to fix them at the desired height and also regulate the position of the sheet
or canvas sacking, this being preferably fastened to the curved bars and to the kinked
portions of the extension bars respectively.
I have only mentioned one form of cot as applicable to the foot of an ordinary
bedstead but the invention is open to several modifications in the details, according
to the position or the article froin which the cot has to hang or to be placed.
If two of such cots be laid on the ground at a distance apart, such as under a tent,
a canvas can be stretched between them for the accomodation of several children.
Dated this 31st day of December 1889.
H. GARDNER,
166, Fleet Street, London, Agent for the said C. H. Fitzmaurice.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Novel Arrangement of Children's Cots, Attachable to Bedsteads,
Ships' Bunks, Railway Carriages, and the like.
I, CECIL HENRY FITZMAURICE, of Victoria Hotel, Hull, Yorkshire, Engineer, 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:
The object of this invention is to construct or arrange childrens cots in such a
manner that they can be hung or suspended from the top foot rails, or other desired
part of ordinary bedsteads from the front boards or front rails of ships bunks from the
rack rails of railway carriages to enable children to sleep in a comfortable manner
apart from the parents and yet be readily accessible when attendance is required.
Examples of my invention are shown on the annexed drawings.
Figure 1 is a bottom end view of a bedstead A with a cot suspended by straps
from the top rail C and resting by a bar D against the legs or feet E, E, of the
bodstand

page_text: The cot is composed of two back bars F, F, having affixed two short struts G, G.
to which is hinged a folding bottom H, there being two other props I; I, as posts for
fixing the tightening straps J, J.
Figure 2 shows a slightly modified back frame F for hooking over the front board K
of an upper berth in a ship's cabin, the back of the frame baving protecting supports I, L,
to bear upon the front board M of the lower berth.
Figure 3 represents a portion of a cot with the back frame to hook over the top
back of a chair and with a fork N at the lower end to rest upon a bottom rail of the
same chair.
Figure 4 shows a plan elevation of a cot having the two sides P, P, and two
ends Q, Q, loosely hinged to the bottom B, so that they can be set upright, as at
Figure 5, for use. One of the sides has gudgeons for hanging it on to the back
frame F, and the other has eyes for the attachment of the straps J.
Figure 6 represents a couple of cots hung to struts S, S, which are hinged at top
to fold like a pair of steps.
The cots made according to my invention can be folded up to occupy little room
when not required and in a folded up state with the bed clothes inside them they can
be moved or transported like ordinary luggage and be opened out and placed in
position with little trouble.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
1. Constructing children's cots with back frames to adapt them for hanging from
a bedstead, or other established article of furniture as described and substantially as
shown in the annexed drawings.
2. The construction of foldable framed cots, for children for use in conjunction
with suspension or hooked upper back frames and forked, or other lower ends
thereof substantially as described and shown on the several figures on the annexed
drawings.