AN IMPROVED KIND OF BEDSTEAD SUITABLE FOR CAMP AND DOMESTIC PURPOSES
Year: 1865

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edward Deane, of the City of London, for the
Invention of "AN IMPROVED KIND OF BEDSTEAD SUITABLE FOR CAMP AND
DOMESTIC PURPOSES."
Sealed the 14th July 1865, and dated the 18th January 1865.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edward Deane at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 18th
January 1865.
1, EDWARD DEANE, of the City of London, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED KIND OF BEDSTEAD SUITABLE FOR CAMP AND
DOMESTIC PURPOSES," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in a jointed framework composed of brass, iron,
steel, or any other suitable material; the same may be made of either solid
or angle-shaped rods or of tubes, the joints being made either as knee joints
or sector joints, and of such a length that when unfolded the bedstead may be
of the required length. Joints are made in the centre of each side frame and
also in stretchers at the top, bottom, and centre of the main side frames.
The stretchers I prefer to make of solid material, while the side frames may
be composed of angle-shaped rods or tubes. The stretchers may be connected
by either knee or sector joints to the side frames, so that when the bedstead
is folded up in order to be rendered portable, the stretchers collapse and lie
alongside the main frame, which also folds over as afore stated. The legs or

page_text: supports I attach by similar or suitable joints to the main frame, being sup-
ported in their upright position when in use by diagonal ties connected with
the legs, and also with the side frames by studs running in slots in the side
frames, or by other suitable sliding apparatus or arrangements, whereby they
may be folded up alongside the main frame. The support for the mattress
and bedding is formed by cords running through holes in the edge of the
main framing, or by hooks attached to the webbing or canvass, or by or
suitable attachments.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Edward Deane in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
18th July 1865.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, EDWARD
DEANE, of 1, Arthur Street East, in the City of London, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victória, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eighteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, in the twenty-eighth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Edward Deane, Her special licence that I, the said Edward Deane,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
Edward Deane, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times there-
after during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make,
use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "AN IM-
PROVED KIND OF BEDSTEAD SUITABLE FOR CAMP AND DOMESTIC PURPOSES," upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said Edward Deane, my executors
or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of
their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature
of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed,
and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within
six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Edward Deane, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-

page_text: The object and purpose of my Invention comprise the construction of an
improved jointed bedstead that can be readily opened out and easily closed up
at pleasure, which bedstead will be, when opened out, of convenient size for
sleeping purposes, and when closed of such size and compactness of form
that it may be transported from place to place with the greatest facility.
This bedstead consists of an outer jointed framework composed of brass,
iron, steel, or any other suitable material, and may be made of solid or angle-
shaped bars or rods, or of tubes, the joints being made either as knee joints
or sector joints, such length being preserved between the joints that, when
opened out, the bedstead may be of the required length. The joints should
be made in the middle of each side of the said outer framework, and also in
stretchers provided at the ends and middle of the main side frames. Although
I prefer to make the side or outer frames of angle bars or rods, or of tubes, I
prefer that the stretchers should be made of solid material. The joints con-
necting the stretchers to the said side frames may be either knee joints or
sector joints, so that the action of closing up the bedstead in order to render
it portable shall collapse the stretchers and cause them to lie alongside, and
preferably to fall within the outer or main framework, which will itself shut
up together in similar manner to a carpenter's rule. The legs or supports for
the bedstead, when in use, I attach to the outer or main framework aforesaid
by similar or suitable joints (and by preference as shewn by the accompanying
Drawing herein-after referred to). These legs are kept firmly in position .by
means of diagonal, ties connected therewith and also with the side frames or
main outer framework by means of studs working in slots (for which a groove
might be substituted if desired) in the said frames or outer framework, or by
other suitable sliding apparatus; or other arrangements whereby legs are
obtained which can be readily shut up and opened out in correspondence with
the action of the said outer or main framework may be adopted. The sacking
for the bedstead may be supported by lacing the cords in holes near the edge
of the main or outer framework, or by hooks for attaching the webbing.or
canvas, or by other suitable attachments.
Having thus described the nature of the said Invention, in further com-
pliance with the aforesaid condition in the said Letters Patent contained, I
now proceed to describe in what manner the same is to be performed,
which I shall do by referring to the accompanying illustrative Drawing
and describing the arrangements I have hitherto found preferable for
adoption.

page_text: DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 is a part of the bedstead hereafter described; Fig. 2, external view
of the bedstead when closed up; Fig. 8, side view of bedstead opening out;
Fig. 4 view of middle stretcher or connecting rod; Fig. 5, plan view of
bedstead opened out ready for use. The letters of reference which are to be
found on the Drawings are the same at the different Figures respectively
when used to denote the same parts.
A is the joint (of the same kind as is known as a rule joint), the two parts
of which each side frame of the outer or main framework is composed being
thus secured together; B, the end stretchers which are made in two parts
jointed together (at B) by such a rule joint as heretofore mentioned, the ends
at x, x, being jointed to the outer framework by means of centre pins.
When the bedstead is opened out ready for use (as at Fig. 5) this stretcher
is kept rigidly extended by means of the spring catch or bolt A which
catches into a part of the stretcher. At C the revolving joint is shewn, by.
which the middle stretcher or centre connecting rod is secured to the two
middle legs (E, H.,) and at D, E; this joint is shewn by the said middle
stretcher or centre connecting rod being represented as detached from the
leg. b denotes a sliding collar which is to be brought over the middle joint C
of the middle stretcher or centre connecting rod, to keep the same rigid when
it is extended out ready for use as at Fig. 5; F, F, are centre pin joints
connecting the diagonal ties f. f, to the end legs as shewn. These end legs
are jointed by means of centre pins or studs to the outer framework as shewn.
Each diagonal tie is secured to the leg at one end by the joint F; that has a
pin or stud at its other end which slides in the slot G, which has a notch in it
to receive the same when the leg is to be placed in the position proper for it
when the bedstead is opened out ready for use. (as at Fig. 5); H, joint securing
together the two parts of the middle legs (of which there are two), these
two parts being respectively secured to the main or outer framework Ax by
centre pin joints as shewn. It is evident that, supposing the bedstead to be
shut up (as at Fig. 2), upon taking hold of the framework handles Ax and
drawing the four parts asunder in the direction of the arrows (which the rule
joints will allow), then the legs may be pulled out and placed in the position
shewn at Fig. 3, and the stretchers may be extended as shewn at Fig. 5,
when the bedstead will be ready for use, the sacking being laced into the
holes O. Instead of the end legs being constructed as shewn in the Drawing
they might be x legs jointed together in the centre and double jointed to the
main framework, that is secured by a socketted joint to the framework, he

page_text: socket whereof receives the tops of the said x legs secured in such socket by
centre pin joint so that the x legs may be extended out for use, and when
closed to may be enclosed in the framework by reason of its being angled (as
I prefer) as thus [1, the tops of these legs being notched, and, when extended,
taking into a corresponding notch in the said framework. The reverse
operation to that described will enable any one to open out the bedstead after
it has been shut up.
Having now particularly described and -ascertained the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I hereby declare
that I claim the exclusive use of an improved jointed bedstead, the legs,
stretchers, and outer framework of which may be collapsed and shut up together
and opened out as described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Edward Deane, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Fourteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.
EDWARD DEANE. (L.S.)
Witness,
WILLIAM S. HART,
Clerk to the General Patent Comp Limited,
71, Fleet Street, London.