New or Improved Screens for Metallic and other Bedsteads, Cots, and Couches.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 20th July, 1891
Complete Specification Left, 8th Apr., 1892-Accepted, 14th May, 1892
PROVISIONAL
SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Screens for Metallic and other Bedsteads, Cots,
and Couches.
I, THOMAS KENDRICK, of Summer Lane, Birmingham in the County of
Warwick, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention consists of screens constructed and arranged essentially as herein-
after described to be used in connection with metallic and other bedsteads cots and
couches, the said screens having for their object principally to protect the occupant
or occupants of the bed cot or couch from draughts of air. Screens made according
to my invention afford facilities for the ready application of ornamental drapery to
French bedsteads or bedsteads, cots and couches which as ordinarily made are not
provided with the rods and appliances required for the application of drapery.
I will describe my invention in connection with a metallic hedstend unprovided
with means for supporting curtains or drapery.
The screens constituting my invention may be permanently attached to the
bedstead forming an integral part thereof; or they may be wholly separated from
the bedstead being attached to and carried by that part of the wall of the bed
room against which the head of the bedstead is to be placed.
In making a screen attached to the bedstead I connect a vertical rod to each
head pillar of the bedstead by two clips one immediately below the terminal ornament
of the pillar and the other immediately above the corner block of the pillar.
These clips are fixed to the pillar and the vertical rod is capable of turning in the
said clips. The vertical rod carries a framing constituting the foundation of the
screen. This framing is made preferably of metallic rods ornamented in harmony
with the other parts of the bedstead. These frames are fitted with curtains or
drapery or panels and may be fixed in position when brought against the sides of
the bedstead by a clip of a size and shape suitable for fitting on the angle iron.
The screen is capable of being lifted vertically to allow of the engagement and
disengagement of the clip on the angle iron. Or a spring snap fastening may be
employed in which case the screen need not be capable of the vertical motion
referred to. The screens when situated so as to enclose the head of the bedstead
may be connected by a cross rod or bar at top over and parallel with the head rail
of the bedstead.
The screens where desired may be made incapable of turning back that is the
screen may be fixed to the pillar by an eye on the screen taking a bearing on the
top mount of the pillar and secured to the pillar by the terminal ornament of
the said pillar. The bottom of the frame has a clip which fits on the side angle
iron of the bedstead and constitutes a second bearing for the screen.
This clip
may be fixed by a screw. When a screen is employed at each side of the bedstead
the two screens may be connected together by a rod running at the back of the
bedstead and connecting the screens at their rear lower ends.
In making a screens separate from the bedstead I support each screen by two
brackets situated vertically one over the other. These brackets are fixed to that
part of the wall of the bedroom where the head of the bedstead is to be placed.
The screen turns upon two pins carried respectively by the two brackets. The
said pins are cylindrical at their upper part but square or angular at their lower
part. The snugs or bosses of the screen which fit on the said pins have a figure
the counterpart of that of the pins. The screens are capable of a sufficient vertical
motion to bring the angular part of the snugs around the cylindrical part of the
pins when the screen is raised thereby permitting the screen to turn.
The screen

page_text: when not in use lies flat against the wall and is retained in position by the engage-
ment of the angular parts of the joint. When it is desired to bring the screen
parallel to the sides of the bedstead it is raised so as to disengage the angular parts
of the joint. It can then be turned through a quadrant and allowed to descend, the
angular parts of the joint again engaging with one another and fixing the screen in
position. The screen has a castor at the foot of its outer end which supports it and
prevents strain on the joints. For convenience of description I have spoken of one
screen but it will understood that excepting in special cases two screens are
employed. And although I have described the screens as applied to the head of
the bedstead yet in special cases they may be applied to the foot or to both head
and foot. The joints described with respect to the screens separate from the
bedstead may be employed in the screens attached to the bedstend.
When desired the screen or screens whether fixed to or separate from the
bedstead may have at top, rods in the same plane as the other parts of the screen
which rods when the screens are in use serve to support drapery to form a canopy
over that part of the bed to which the screens are applied.
I do not limit myself to the particular methods described of fixing the screens in
their open or closed position.
The application of my invention to bedsteads other than metallic bedsteads and
to cots and couches differs in no essential respect from its application to a metallic
bedstead as hereinbefore described.
Dated this 20th day of July 1891.
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Screens for Metallic and other Bedsteads, Cots,
and Couches.
1 THOMAS KENDRICK, of Summer Lane Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My invention consists of screens constructed and arranged essentially as herein-
after described to be used in connection with metallic and other bedsteads, cots
and couches, the said screens having for their object principally to protect the
occupant or occupants of the bed, cot, or couch from draughts of air. Screens
made according to my invention afford facilities for the ready application of
ornamental drapery to French bedsteads or bedsteads, cots and couches which as
ordinarily made are not provided with the rods and appliances required for the
application of drapery.
I will describe my invention in connection with a metallic bedstead unprovided,
with means for supporting curtains or drapery.
The screens constituting my invention may be permanently attached to the
bedstead forming an integral part thereof; or they may be wholly separated from
the bedstead being attached to and carried by that part of the wall of the bed-
room against which the head of the bedstead is to be placed.
In making a screen attached to the bedstead I connect a vertical rod to each
head pillar of the bedstead by two clips one immediately below the terminal
ornament of the pillar and the other immediately above the corner block of the
pillar. These clips are fixed to the pillar and the vertical rod is capable of turning
in the said clips. The vertical rod carries a framing constituting the foundation of
the screen. This framing is made preferably of metallic rods ornamented in
harmony with the other parts of the bedstead. These, frames are fitted with
curtains or drapery or panels and may be fixed in position when brought against
the sides of the bedstead by a clip of a size and shape suitable for fitting on

page_text: the angle iron. The screen is capable of being lifted vertically to allow of the
engagement and disengagement of the clip on the angle iron. Or a spring snap
fastening may be employed in which case the screen need not be capable of the
vertical motion referred to. The screens when situated so as to enclose the head
of the bedstead may be connected by a cross rod or bar at top over and parallel
with the head rail of the bedstead.
The screens where desired may be made incapable of turning back, that is, the
screen may be fixed to the pillar by an eye on the screen taking a bearing on
the top mount of the pillar and secured to the pillar by the terminal ornament of
the said pillar. The bottom of the frame has a clip which fits on the side angle
iron of the bedstead and constitutes a second bearing for the screen.
This clip
may be fixed by a screw. When a screen is employed at each side of the bedstead
the two screens may be connected together by a rod running at the back of the
bedstead and connecting the screens at their rear lower ends.
In making screens separate from the bedstead I support each screen by two
brackets situated vertically one over the other. These brackets are fixed to that
part of the wall of the bedroom where the head of the bedstead is to be placed.
The screen turns upon two pins carried respectively by the two brackets. The
said pins are cylindrical at their upper part but square or angular at their lower
part. The snugs or bosses of the screen which fit on the said pins have a figure
the counterpart of that of the pins. The screens are capable of a sufficient vertical
motion to bring the angular part of the snugs around the cylindrical parts of the
pins when the screen is raised thereby permitting the screen to turn. The screen
when not in use lies flat against the wall and is retained in position by the engage-
ment of the angular parts of the joint. When it is desired to bring the screen
parallel to the sides of the bedstead it is raised so as to disengage the angular parts
of the joint. It can then be turned through a quadrant and allowed to descend,
the angular parts of the joint again engaging with one another and fixing the
screen in position. The screen has a castor at the foot of its outer end which
supports it and prevents strain on the joints. The joints described with respect to
the screens separate from the bedstead may be employed in the screens attached to
the bedstead.
I will now proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying drawings the
manner in which my invention is to be performed.
Figure 1 represents in side elevation, a screen constructed according to my
invention applied to the head end of a metallic bedstead, the said screen forming
an integral part of the bedstead ;
Figure 2 represents an elevation of a portion of the bedstead and screen taken
in a plane at right angles to that in which the elevation of Figure 1 is taken ;
Figure 3 represents in horizontal section, one of the clips together with the
bedstead pillar and a portion of the screen; and
Figure 4 represents a portion of the clip drawn to a larger scale.
The same letters indicate the same parts in Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4:
a³ is the metal screen consisting of a framing of rods turning by means of one
of its vertical rods upon the head pillar of the bedstead and supported on the floor
by the castor b to prevent strain on the joints and connecting parts. The inner
vertical rod a² of the screen is connected to the head pillar c of the bedstead by
the clips d, e; d, e, one of the clips being situated immediately below the terminal
ornament of the pillar and the other immediately above the corner block on the
pillar (see Figure 1). The construction of the clips will be best understood by
referring to Figures 3 and 4. One part of each clip consists of the collar e
encircling loosely the vertical rod a² of the screen and the other part consists of
the clip proper d made in halves jointed together so that one of the jointed halves
can be closed upon the other or fixed half and the two parts of the clip, encircling
the bedstead pillar, closed upon one another and clamped together by the clamping
or binding screw ✓ as best seen in the enlarged view of the clip Figure 4. The
screen is fixed to the head pillar e by opening the jointed halves of the clips & and

page_text: passing the open clips onto the pillar c and afterwards closing the clips and
clamping their halves together. The screen is thereby secured to the head pillar c,
the screen being so connected as to be capable of turning or swinging by its rod a
in the eyes or collars e, e of clips through a quadrant in either direction for the
purpose of either bringing the screen parallel to the angle iron g of the bedstead
framing, or removing the screen out of use or for gaining access to the head of
the bed.
In order to detach the swinging screen from the head pillar, it is only necessary
to unclamp and open the jointed halves of the clips d, d, when the screen may be
removed.
Ornamental curtains or bangings (not represented) are applied to the screen
framing or in place of screens composed of a framing of ornamental metal bars,
the screens may consist of frames of wood or other material for receiving panels.
Figure 5 represents in elevation a modification of the swinging or jointed and
detachable screen last described;
Figures 6 and 7 represent parts of the same detached.
In this modification the screen is supported on the angle iron of the bedstead
frame instead of on the floor and is also supported by the head pillar. For the
purpose of supporting the screen, its rod a carries at bottom the angle clip / which
fits upon the angle iron g of the bedstead frame, the said screen being capable of
being lifted vertically to allow of the engagement of the angle clip with and its
disengagement from the said angle iron g. The screen is also supported near the
terminal ornament of the bedstead pillar and near the corner block by pro-
jections i, i on the screen rod a' bearing on the tops of the tubular collars e and e
in which the said rod a turns and slides. The collar e' is carried by a bracket and
is fixed to the bedstead pillar c by the screwing home of the terminal knob or
ornament h. The clip at e, near the corner block, is of the same construction as
those herein before described and represented in Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4. In order to
place the screen Figure 5 at right angles to the position in which it is represented,
it is first necessary to lift the screen vertically in order to withdraw the angle clip h
from the angle iron g. By the lifting of the screen the projections i, i on its rod a
rise from their supporting collars (see Figure 6) and the screen is swung or turned
on its rod a³. On loosing the screen it descends and is again supported by the
projections i, i resting on the collars e and e².
Figure 8 represents in elevation a fixed or non swinging screen constructed
according to my invention applied to the head end of a metallic bedstead; Figures 9
and 10 represent parts of the same detached a, a is the non-swinging screen which
is fixed at its upper part to the top of the head pillar e by the eye piece on the
cross rail a' of the screen (see Figure 9) bearing upon a mount on the top of the
pillar c, the said eve piece being secured in its place by the driving home of
the terminal ornament m; and the screen is fixed at bottom to the angle iron of
the bedstead frame by the angle clip n engaging with the said angle irony, the lip
of the angle clip being drawn under the angle iron by the screw pin p. The
screen is thus fixed securely at top and bottom to the head of the bedstead. By
removing the terminal ornainent m and relaxing the screw pin p the screen may be
lifted from the head of the bedstead.
9.
In order to give rigidity to the screens, a rod at 7 may pass at the back of the
bedstead and connect the two screens at their rear lower ends.
Figure 11 represents in side elevation, a screen made separate from the bedstead
and Figures 12 and 13 represent parts of the same detached, drawn to a larger
scale. In this arrangement the screen a, a is supported upon the floor of the room
by the castor band by two brackets », r situated vertically one over the other and
fixed to the wall or surface of the room against which wall or surface the head
(or foot) of the bedstead is to be stationed. Each bracket r carries a vertical joint
pins, (see the enlarged view Figure 13) on which the screen turns and on which
it can be locked, that is prevented from swinging or rotating when in its adjusted
position. The said joint pins are cylindrical at s but square or angular at their

page_text: base. On the bottom and near the top of the inner vertical rod of the screen a,
snugs or bosses t are fixed which fit on the joint pins 3, 3, the said snugs or bosses
having a figure the counterpart of that of the joint pins; that is, one part is
cylindrical and the other part angular (see the enlarged view Figure 12). The
screen is capable of sufficient vertical motion to bring the angular parts of the
snugs around the cylindrical parts, s of the joint pins, and when the screen has
been so raised it can turn or swing on the said cylindrical parts of the joint pins.
When the screen a is not in use it lies flat against the wall and is retained or
temporarily locked in that position by the engagement of the angular parts of the
joint pins and snugs. In order to bring the screen into use or parallel with the
angle iron of the bedstead frame it is first raised so as to disengage the angular
parts of the joint. The screen is then turned through a quadrant upon the
cylindrical parts of the joint pins and allowed to descend when the angular parts of
the joints again engaging with one another, fix or lock the screen in position.
Screens of the construction last described may be applied to bedsteads and form
integral parts of the bedsteads. In applying this part of my invention to a metallic
or non metallic bedstead I fix the brackets carrying the joint pins to the fixed
pillars near the corner block and terminal ornament, and I secure the snugs or
bosses to one of the vertical rods of the screen, the action of the parts being the
same as that of corresponding parts of the screen applied to the wall of the
bedroom.
Figure 14 represents one of the brackets carrying the joint pin fixed to
the head pillar u of a metallic bedstead and also one of the snugs or bosses fixed to
the screen a and Figure 15 represents the same parts of the screen fixed to the
wooden head pillar of a non-metallic bedstead.
For convenience of description I have described and represented one screen only,
but it will be understood that excepting in special cases two screens are employed.
And although I have described the screens as applied to the head of the bedstend
yet in special cases they may be applied to the foot or both head and foot. When
desired the screen or screens whether fixed to or separate from the bedstead may
have at top, rods in the same plane as the other parts of the screen which rods
when the screens are in use serve to support drapery to form a canopy over that
part of the bed to which the screens are applied as seen in Figures 1 and 11.
I do not limit myself to the particular methods described of fixing the screens
in the open or closed positions.
The application of my invention to bedsteads other than metallic bedsteads and
to cots and couches differs in no essential respect from its application to a metallic
bedstead as herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion and the manner of performing the same 1 declare that I claim as my
invention―
First The construction and combination or arrangement of parts hereinbefore
described and illustrated in Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the accompanying drawings
for applying and connecting screens to and making them form integral parts of
metallic and other bedsteads cots and couches, the said screens being capable of
turning or swinging upon the bedstead cot or couch, through the required angle for
bringing them into or taking them out of use and also capable of being readily
removed from and connected with the bedstead, cot or couch substantially as
described and illustrated.
Secondly-The modification hereinbefore described and illustrated in Figures 5,
6 and 7 of the accompanying drawings in which the screens are supported partly
upon the angle iron of the bedstead cot or couch and partly upon the connecting
clips or collars on the pillars, the said modified screens besides being capable of a
swinging or turning action being also capable of rising and falling vertically for
bringing the screens into use and taking them out of use substantially as described
and illustrated.

page_text: Thirdly-The arrangement or combination of parts hereinbefore described and
illustrated in Figures 8,.9 and 10 of the accompanying drawings for fixing screens
incapable of a swinging or turning action to and detaching them from metallic
bedsteads cots and couches.
Fourthly-The arrangement or combination of the parts of screens separable
from the bedstead cot or couch, herein before described and illustrated in
Figures 11, 12 and 13 of the accompanying drawings; that is to say, supporting
the screens and making them capable of swinging or turning upon brackets secured
to the wall or other fixed part of the bedroom or other room where the head or foot
of the bedstead, cot or couch is to be placed the said brackets and the screens
being furnished with joints so constructed that the said screens are made capable
of turning or swinging upon and of being locked or fastened in position by the said
joints substantially as described and illustrated.
Lastly-The adaptation of the supporting and jointing arrangements referred
to in the preceding claim to screens forming integral parts of the metallic or other
bedstead cot or couch substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in
Figures 14 and 15 of the accompanying drawings.
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W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicant.