IMPROVEMENTS IN SPRING MATTRESSES AND OTHER ELASTIC SURFACES FOR LYING AND RECLINING UPON
Year: 1877

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Blick, of the Firm of Blick and Company, of
Lansdowne Works, Worcester, in the County of Worcester, Engineer, for the
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN SPRING MATTRESSES AND OTHER ELASTIC
SURFACES FOR LYING AND RECLINING UPON."
Sealed the 26th June 1877, and dated the 4th January 1877.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Blick at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 4th January 1877.
JAMES BLICK, of the Firm of Blick and Company, of Lansdowne Works, Worcester,
in the County of Worcester, Engineer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN SPRING MATTRESSES
AND OTHER ELASTIC SURFACES FOR LYING AND RECLINING UPON."
This Invention has for its object improvements in the construction of elastic
surfaces applicable as spring mattresses or bottoms for bedsteads or other articles
for sitting and reclining upon, and an important feature of my Invention consists
in dispensing with the ordinary rectangular frame, in which the springs or spring
mattresses have heretofore been mounted, by attaching and securing the elastic
surface to the side and end rails of any kind of bedstead. For this purpose I
combine a series of spiral or coiled springs with a series of narrow strips of metal,
by which a series of elastic longitudinal laths are formed, combined with a longi-
tudinal series of springs arranged in alternate rows, or otherwise.
The laths and the springs are connected together by wires or otherwise, and the
sides and ends have a series of hooks, wires, or other attachments, by which the
combined series of laths and springs may be attached and secured to the sides and
head and foot rails of a bedstead, either of wood or iron. By this means a very
cheap elastic bedstead bottom or spring mattress is constructed, which may be
readily applied to any kind of bedstead, and when required it can be removed and
packed up in a comparatively small compass, and it can also be readily reduced or
enlarged, to suit different sized bedsteads. Elastic surfaces of this character may
be readily applied, in accordance with my Invention, to other articles for lying or
reclining upon, being very suitable for making hammocks of various kinds.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by the
said James Blick in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 4th July 1877.
JAMES BLICK, of the Firm of Blick and Company, of Lansdowne Works, Worcester,
in the, County of Worcester, Engineer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN SPRING MATTRESSES
AND OTHER ELASTIC SURFACES FOR LYING AND RECLINING UPON."
This Invention has for its object improvements in the construction of elastic
surfaces applicable as spring mattresses or bottoms for bedsteads or other articles
for sitting and reclining upon, and an important feature of my Invention consists
in dispensing with the ordinary rectangular frame, in which the spring of spring
mattresses have heretofore been mounted, by attaching and securing the elastic
surface to the side and end rails of any kind of bedstead.
And in order that my Invention may be clearly understood, and readily carried
into practice, I will proceed to describe the Drawings hereto annexed.
Figure 1 shows a plan; Figure 2, a longitudinal section; and Figure 3, a trans-
verse section of a spring mattress applied to an iron bedstead arranged and
constructed in accordance with my Invention.
a, a, are a number of spiral or coiled springs combined with a series of narrow
strips b, b, of metal, by which a series of elastic longitudinal laths are formed
combined with a longitudinal series of springs arranged in alternate rows, or
otherwise.
The laths and the springs are connected together by wires c, or otherwise, and the
sides and ends have a series of hooks, wires, or other attachments d, by which the
combined series of laths and springs may be attached and secured to the sides and
head and foot rails e of a bedstead, either of wood or iron. For convenience the
wires or other attachments d are connected to side rods d¹, as shown; ff, are bars
for raising and supporting the spring mattress or surface above the side and each
end of the bedstead. By this means a very cheap elastic bedstead bottom or spring
mattress is constructed, which may be readily applied to any kind of bedstead, and
when required it can be removed and packed up in a comparatively small compass,
and it can also be readily reduced or enlarged, to suit different sized bedsteads.
Elastic surfaces of this character may be readily applied, in accordance with my
Invention, to other articles for lying or reclining upon, being very suitable for
making hammocks of various kinds.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention and the manner of performing
or carrying the same into practice, I would have it understood that I do not claim
any of the parts separately, nor do I confine myself to the exact details herein-
before described, so long as the true character of my Invention is retained, but
what I claim is, the improved method of arranging, constructing, and applying
spring mattresses and other elastic surfaces for lying and reclining upon, sub-
stantially in the manner herein-before described and represented in the Drawings
hereto annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Blick, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Twenty-ninth day of June, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven.
JAMES BLICK (L.S.)