Improvements in Metallic Bedsteads.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Dec., 1899-Accepted, 20th Jan., 1900
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Metallic Bedsteads.
;
I, SAMUEL ILSLEY WHITFIELD, of Watery Lane, Birmingham, in the County
of Warwick, Managing Director of S. B. Whitfield and Co., Ltd., Metallic Bed-
stead Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
My invention has for its object improvements in metallic bedsteads and
particularly refers to those known as three part bedsteads by which I render
then capable of being packed much more compactly than hithertofore thus
facititating carriage and transport while at the same time certain portions are
more easily dealt with in the course of manufacture and finishing.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood and easily carried into
practise I have appended two sheets of drawings hereunto which together with
the following description fully illustrates the nature of my said improvements.
Figure 1 is a general view of one of my three part bedsteads with the head
and foot detached from the bottom frame.
Figure 2 is a view of the ends and sides of the bottom detached.
Figure 3 is an enlarged inverted view of one of the connecting corners of the
bottom frame shewn in Figure 1
Figure 4 is a vertical section through Figure 3 on the line 1, 2.
In carrying my invention into effect I form the bottom frame of my bedstead
with sides A having at their ends the dovetail projections at for attachment to
the dovetail recesses which are formed in the chills of the bedstead ends D
in the usual way. The end chills of the sides A are provided with the lateral
extensions in which dovetail recesses are provided to receive the pro-
jections which are formed on the chills of the ends 13 by which means the
sides A and ends B are connected together to form a complete bottom frame as
shewn in Figure 1 the said connections being locked as shewn in Figures 3 and 4
in which a screw E is chilled into the underside of the dovetail projection b¹ so
as to project sufficiently to receive the nut e¹ by which the dovetail connection is
locked together while the whole four corners being similarly treated a bottom
frame is formed which is as rigid and portable in its complete state as the solid
frame of the ordinary three part bedstead and which can be readily disconnected
as shewn at Figure 2 for the purpose of packing. It will also be seen that in the
process of manufacturing and finishing the bottom such for instance as when
jappaning the bottom when in the form shewn by Figure 2 is much easier to
manipulate than when in the form shewn by Figure 1. For the easy connection
and disconnection of the mesh I may provide a rod down each side of the mesh
with a series of hooks F which are secured to the angle iron sides A and into
which hooks the rods are sprung being retained in position by the tension of the
mesh. The head and foot of the bedstead may be varied to suit various require-
ments and I may substitute tubular sides and ends in place of the angle iron here
shewn. I do not confine myself to the exact locking device here shewn as I
may vary such device without departing from the nature of my said invention.

page_text: Any form of mesh may be utilized for the bottom, the attachments F to the
frame being varied to accomodate the particular class of mesh used.
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:
In a three part metallic bedstead the bottom frame having the sides A and
ends B made detachable from each other in combination with means for locking
them together substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth and illustrated.
Doted this 12th dose of Donamban
LEWIS WM GOOLD,
Agent for Applicant,
5, Corporation Street, Birmingham.