Improved Folding Bedstead.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Sept., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 22nd May, 1890-Accepted, 28th June, 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Folding Bedstead.
I EDWIN MOON of 74 Finsbury Pavement in the City of London Cabinet Maker
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of my Invention is to provide a bedstead which is simple and economical
in construction and capable of being readily brought into position for use or turned
up when out of use so that it occupies but small space ventilation being efficiently
provided for whilst it is in the turned up position out of use.
According to my Invention I provide a case or cabinet with an open front, and with
a stop or upper part of a headboard fixed to or across it some little distance from the
back. The said case or cabinet also has at each side centres upon or in which are
mounted centres on the sides of the framework of the bedstead the centering being
situated at an elevation corresponding to that at which the bed is to be situated from
the floor when in use. Across the end of the head part of the framework I fix a rod
strip or stop which when the bed is turned down abuts against the stop or upper part
of the headboard fixed in the case or cabinet as aforesaid. This rod strip or stop on
the framework also acts as a support for the bedding when the bed is turned up.
I prefer that the bed bottom should be of open wire work as this in combination
with the open front and free space at the back ensures proper ventilation. The top of
the case or cabinet I prefer to provide with a curtain pole from which curtains can be
hung to conceal the bed when it is turned up.
Dated this 11th dor of Santember 1880
J. H. JOHNSON & Co.,
47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Folding Bedstead.
I, EDWIN MOON of 74 Finsbury Pavement in the City of London, Cabinet Maker
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:
The object of my Invention is to provide a bedstead which is simple and economical
in construction and capable of being readily brought into position for use or turned
up when out of use so that it occupies but small space ventilation being effectively
provided for whilst it is in the turned up position out of use.
I will describe my Invention with reference to the accompanying drawing. Figure
1 shewing in front elevation and Figure 2 in back elevation a bedstead in the turned
up position made according to my Invention and Figure 3 is a vertical longitudinal
section of the bedstead in its turned down position Figure 4 shews a bedstead of
slightly modified form in the turned down position.
According to my Invention I provide a case or cabinet A with an open front and
with a stop or upper part B of a head board fixed to or across it at or some little
distance from the back. The said case or cabinet also has at each side (see the detail
figure 5) centre plates a upon or in which are mounted centres c on the side of the
framework C of the bedstead the said centering being situated at an elevation corre-
sponding to that at which the bed is to be situated from the floor when in use.
Across the end of the head part of the framework I fix a rod strip or stop as at d
which when the bed is turned down may abut against the stop or upper part of the
head board B fixed in the case or cabinet as aforesaid. This rod strip or stop d acts
as a support for the bedding when the bed is turned up.

page_text: I prefer that the bed bottom should be of open wire work or of other open or
reticulated or perforated material so that this in combination with the open front and
free space at the back ensures proper ventilation. The top of the case or cabinet A
I prefer to provide with a curtain pole as at E from which curtains can be hung to
conceal the bed when it is turned up.
The bed frame may be of any suitable material such as iron, brass, or wood for
example. The sockets a and pins c forming the centres on which the bed frame turns
may be the sockets in the case or cabinet and the pins on the bed frame or the reverse.
When the frame C is of metal the pins are preferably cast therewith and when the
frame is of wood I prefer to pass the pin c through the frame as shewn in Figure 5
until the collar on the pin comes against the side of the frame or a plate thereon as
at c¹ when a nut is screwed on the inwardly projecting end of the pin. I prefer
also to provide the socket plate a with a tube as at a² to form an extended metal
bearing for the pin. In Figure 4 I have shewn folding rods f for carrying mosquito
nets which rods are jointed and centred so as to fold up and out as the bed frame is
elevated or lowered or the said rods may be secured by placing their ends in sockets.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is :-
1. A folding bedstead consisting of an open case or cabinet and a cross piece or
head board acting as a stop for a piece on the bed frame or as a support for the bed-
clothes or both, the whole being so arranged that ventilation is secured when the bed
frame is turned up substantially as hereinbefore described.
2. The arrangement and combination of parts constituting the folding bedstead as
herein before described and shewn in either Figures 1, 2 and 3 or Figure 4 of the
accompanying drawings.
ليوم
1900
EDWIN MOON.