Improvements in Bed and Cot Frames.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Apr., 1899-Accepted, 13th May, 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bed and Cot Frames.
We, MARY ANNETTE FURNESS, of Tunstall Court, West Hartlepool, in the
County of Durham, Spinster, and MARGARET JANE ELLIS, of 105, Marylebone
Road, in the County of London, Nurse, 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:---
Our invention relates to the construction of bed and cot frames in such a
manner that they can be raised or lowered or somewhat inclined, and that the
side and end guards of a cot can be readily removed and packed in small bulk
for convenience of transport, as we shall describe referring to the accompanying
drawings.
Fig. 1 is a side view of a bed frame, and Fig. 2 is a side view of a cot frame
arranged according to our invention.
Fig. 3 is an end view of the cot frame and part of the bed frame to which
the cot is temporarily attached. Fig. 4 shews the end guard of a cot folded
together for transport. The other figures are drawn to an enlarged scale shewing
details. Fig. 5 is a part section of a bed leg shewing means of fixing it at the
desired height, Fig. 6 is a similar view shewing a modification, Fig. 7 is a part
elevation part section of the top of one of the cot posts shewing the fixing of
the guards. Fig. 8 is a section and Fig. 9, is a plan of spring fastenings for
attaching a cot to the side of a bed.
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Each leg of a bed or cot is made in two parts, a tubular part which is in one
with the post and is preferably stayed to the bed or cot frame by diagonal ties b,
and a part which slides telescopically in the part a and can be fixed therein at
various heights by a setting screw d entering holes as shewn in Fig. 5 or by a
spring pawl & engaging in notches as shewn in Fig. 6. By making the parts c
smaller than the interior of the parts a so that there is freedom for their being
somewhat inclined to one another, the bed or cot frame can be raised more at
the one end than at the other, so that the bed or cot can be somewhat inclined.
The side guards f and the end guards g of the cot are made removable, two
or more of their upright bars as being extended downwards so as to enter holes
in the frame, and their top bars being held on the top of the posts by screw
knobs as shewn in Fig. 7. On removing the knobs the guards can be lifted
away, and as their upright bars are jointed to the horizontal bars, each guard
can be folded together for transport as shewn in Fig. 4.
It is often convenient to have a cot attached to the side of a bed as shewn in
Fig. 3. A catch for this purpose, of which the cot frame would have two, one
near each end, as shewn in Figs. 8 and 9 consists of a hook pivotted on the
under side of the cot frame and pressed upwards by a spring so as to engage
with the side bar of the bed frame.

page_text: When the hook is not in use it can be turned on its pivot to the position
shewn at 1, Figure 9.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is;-
1. A bed or cot frame having its legs made in parts the one telescopically
sliding in the other with means of fixing it at various heights, substantially as
described.
2. A cot made with removeable side and end guards each having its vertical
bars jointed to its horizontal bars, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
3. A pivotted spring catch for attaching a cot to a bed, substantially as de
scribed with reference to Figs. 8 and 9.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicants.