IMPROVEMENTS IN CHILDREN'S COTS PART OF THE INVENTION BEING ALSO APPLICABLE TO OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Washington Moon of Regent Street in the County
of Middlesex, for an Invention of IMPROVEMENTS IN CHILDREN'S COTS PART
OF THE INVENTION BEING ALSO APPLICABLE TO OTHER PURPOSES
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Washington Moon at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 1st October 1883.
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GEORGE WASHINGTON MOON of Regent Street in the County of Middlesex
IMPROVEMENTS IN CHILDREN'S COTS, PART OF THE INVENTION BEING ALSO
APPLICABLE TO OTHER PURPOSES
"
My invention has reference to children's cots which are hung to a stand by
suitable attachments at the ends thereof. and in such manner that they can swing
freely thereon. The object of the first part of my invention is to provide means
whereby the cot may readily be made firm when required; for this purpose I fit in
holes in one of the end uprights of the stand and situated respectively on the two
sides of the book or device by which the cot is hung two pins or the branches of a
double pin which when pushed home rest upon or enter the upper frame of the cot
and thereby fasten it to the stand and prevent it swinging.
The object of the next part of my invention is to allow of the cot being lifted off
the stand and stood upon the floor and yet without collapsing. For this purpose
I attach to the bottom of the cot by means of swing joints two bifurcated ends
which for couvenience in packing will fold down under the bottom, but which by a
stop on each joint are prevented being brought up beyond an angle of 90° with the
bottom; when brought up they are fastened to the upper frame of the cot by screws
or nuts and thus the cot is made firm, the stops preventing the top falling towards
either end, and the bifurcations of the ends preventing it falling towards either
side.
The third part of my invention consists in providing the cot with a movable
canopy consisting of a series of hoops which can be opened or shut at pleasure like
a carriage hood. I attach the ends of one of these hoops by nuts or otherwise to
the sides of the upper frame of the cot and I form this hoop near its ends with eyes
or rings to which I hinge the ends of the other hoops. Thus while one hoop is
immovable the others can be lifted up or let down as desired. If they be
connected together by net or netting the child is prevented falling out and
mosquitoes are excluded.
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This movable canopy is also applicable to other cots and also to beds and
perambulators.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said George Washington Moon in the Patent Office on the 31st March
1884.
GEORGE WASHINGTON MOON of Regent Street in the County of Middlesex
"IMPROVEMENTS IN CHILDREN'S COTS, PART OF THE INVENTION BEING ALSO
APPLICABLE TO OTHER PURPOSES
"
My invention has reference to children's cots which are hung to a stand by
suitable attachments at the ends thereof and in such manner that they can swing
freely thereon. The object of the first part of my invention is to provide means
whereby the cot may readily be made firm when required; for this purpose
I secure the cot to one of the end uprights of the stand by means of a pin which
I insert or screw through the end bar of the cot or through the hook or levice by
which the cot is hung so as to enter the end upright. This part of my invention
is illustrated in Figures 1, 2 and 3 of the annexed drawings Figure 1 being a side
elevation partly in section Figure 2 an elevation of the inside face and Figure 3 a
plan of a portion of one of the end uprights of the stand and of the end frame or
bar of the cot. a a represent the end upright of the stand which may be of any
desired ornamental configuration and b is a socket at the top of same. c is the end
bar of the cot and d a hook by which this end is hung to the stand; this hook is
dropped into the socket b which is sufficiently wide to allow the hook and therefore
the cot to swing within a given limit. e is a screw pin which passes through a.
hole in the first limb of the hook and which when screwed up enters the end
upright and thereby makes the cot firm.
The object of the next part of my invention is to allow of the cot being lifted off
the stand and stood upon the floor and yet without collapsing. For this purpose
Í attach to the bottom of the cot by means of swing joints bifurcated ends which
for convenience in packing will fold down under the bottom, but which by a stop
on each joint are prevented being brought up beyond an angle of 90° with the
bottom; When brought up they are fastened to the upper frame of the cot by
screws or nuts and thus the cot is made firm, the stops preventing the top falling
towards either end and the bifurcations of the ends preventing it falling towards
either side. This part of my invention is illustrated by Figures 4 and
which are
respectively a side view and an end view of the cot. cc is the top frame and ff
the botton frame of the cot. To the end bar of the frame f. f. I attach by means
of swing joints gga bifurcated end which will fold down under the bottom f. f.
for packing, but which by stops i i cannot be brought up beyond an angle of 90°
with the bottom. When brought up the ends haro fastened to the upper
frame cc by screws k k.
The third part of my invention consists in providing the cot with a canopy
consisting of a series of hoops which can be opened or closed at pleasure like a
carriage hood. I attach the ends of one of these hoops to the sides of the upper
frame of the cot and I provide this hoop near its ends with means by which to
hinge the ends of the other hoops. Thus while one hoop is inmovable the others
can be lifted up or let down as desired. If they be connected together by net or
netting the child is prevented falling out and if the net be sufficiently fine
mosquitoes are excluded.
This canopy is also applicable to other cots and also to beds.
My canopy is seen applied to the cot represented in Figures 4 and 5 being there
shown as opened to its full extent so as to entirely cover in the cot. Figures 6, 7-
and 8 represent the frame of the canopy on a larger scale, Figures 6 and 7 being

page_text: side views showing it open and closed respectively and Figure 8 being a plan. The
hoop is attached at its ends to the side bars of the upper frame c of the cot by any
suitable means, the means shewn being a clip m on the end of the hoop to fit over
the bar ca screw or pin securing them together. To the hoop near the end
thereof is hinged a housing o for the ends of the other hoops p q r s these ends
having eyes which embrace pins t t that form the centres on which the hoops can
be turned.
Having now described the nature of my said invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed I declare that I claim :-
1. Constructing childrens cots which are free to swing within a given limit with
means whereby they can when required be readily made firm on the stands to
which they are hung substantially as herein before described.
2. Constructing childrens cots with ends which will as required either fold for
packing or act as supports to the cot and enable it to stand upon the floor without
collapsing substantially as herein before described.
3. The improved canopy for cots or beds constructed substantially as hereinbefore
described.
In witness whereof I the said George Washington Moon have hereunto set
my hand and seal this twenty ninth day of March One thousand eight hundred
and eighty four
GEO. WASHINGTON MOON. (L.S.)