AN IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF METALLIC BEDSTEADS AND OTHER ARTICLES FOR SITTING LYING AND RECLINING UPON PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION
Year: 1856

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Richard Peyton, of Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Manufacturer, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVEMENT OR
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF METALLIC BEDSTEADS AND OTHER
ARTICLES FOR SITTING LYING AND RECLINING UPON
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Richard Peyton at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
13th September 1856.
I, RICHARD PEYTON, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manu-
facturer, do hereby declare the nature of the Invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT
OR IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF METALLIC BEDSTEADS AND OTHER
ARTICLES FOR SITTING, LYING, AND RECLINING UPON," to be as follows:-
My said Invention consists of a method of attaching the laths of metallic
bedsteads and other such like articles, whereby the said laths can be put in
their places after the side and end rails have been put together, and without
lifting the said rails from the dovetails which connect them with the pillars.
In carrying my Invention into effect, I form upon the side rails a series of
buttons, having a wedge-like form at their sides. The greatest length of the
said wedges lies in the direction of the length of the rails. I cut out near

page_text: the end of the lath a wedge-shaped opening, of the same form as, but rather
larger, than the wedge-shaped buttons on the rails. In attaching the lath, the
opening therein is dropped over the button on the rail, and the said lath is
moved laterally, until the narrow end of the opening engages under the head
of the button; the lath is thereby secured to the rail. One end of each lath
may be attached in the ordinary manner. Laths attached according to my
Invention are not liable to be accidentally detached from the rail; they can be
connected with the rail without the use of a key or other tool. The said laths
having no projecting parts are convenient for packing. The said laths are
stretched or tightened in the act of attaching them, and allow of a little vari-
ation in the distance of the rails to which they are attached.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed!
by the said Richard Peyton in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
11th March 1857.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, RICHARD
PEYTON, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturer, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Thirteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, in the twentieth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
Richard Peyton, Her special licence that I, the said Richard Peyton, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Richard
Peyton, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter 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 IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF METALLIC BEDSTEADS, AND OTHER ARTICLES FOR SITTING,
LYING, AND RECLINING UPON," upon the condition (amongst others) that I,
the said Richard Peyton, my executors or administrators, by an instrument
in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should par-
ticularly 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.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Richard Peyton, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof, that is to say :-
My said Invention consists of the method or methods, herein-after par-
ticularly described, and illustrated in the accompanying Drawing, of attaching
the laths of metallic bedsteads, and such like articles, to the framing of the
said articles; by which said method or methods of attachment the said laths
can be put in their places after the side and end rails have been put together,
and without lifting the said rails from the dovetails which connect them with
the pillers.
Figure 1 represents in plan, and Figure 2 in vertical section, one method of
carrying my Invention into effect. I form upon the side rail a, shewn sepa-
rately in Figure 3, a series of buttons b. The said buttons are of a wedge-
like form, the greatest length of the wedge lying in the direction of the length
of the rail, as represented. I cut out of the lath c, shewn separately in
Figure 4, and near the end of the said lath, a wedged-shaped opening d, some-
what larger at its wide end than the buttons b. In attaching the lath c to the
raila, the wide end of the opening d is dropped over the button b on the rail,
and the lath c is moved in the direction of the arrow, Figure 4, until the
narrow end of the opening d has engaged under the button b, as represented
in Figure 1. The lath c is thereby secured to the rail a, and the said
lath cat the same time tightened. One end of the lath may be attached
to the side rail in the ordinary manner, as represented in Figures 1, 2, 3,
and 4.
I sometimes modify my Invention in the manner illustrated in plan in
Figure 5, and vertical section in Figure 6, that is to say, the buttons e on the
rail fare of the ordinary form. I make in the lath g, shewn separately in
Figure 7, a slot h, the said slot h being situated obliquely, as represented. In
attaching the lath 9 to the rail f, the wide end of the oblique slot h is
dropped over the button e, and the said lath 9 is moved in the direction in-
dicated by the arrow in Figure 7, until it assumes the position with respect
to the button e, represented in Figure 5. The lath is thus fastened and
tightened at the same time. Laths connected with the rails of metallic
bedsteads and such like articles according to my Invention do not require
the use of a key or other tool, and the said laths having no projecting parts
are convenient for packing.
My Invention has the advantage of readily permitting the connection of the
laths to the framing after the said framing has been put together.

page_text: The studs may be placed on the laths, and the slots made in the angle iron
instead of the reverse, as described, whether the wedge-shaped or oblique slot
be employed, but I prefer carrying my Invention into effect according to the
methods described and represented.
Although I have described my Invention as applied only to one end of each
lath, yet my said Invention may be applied to both ends.
My said Invention is applicable to metallic bedsteads and other articles for
sitting, lying, or reclining upon in which a metallic sacking is employed.
Having now described the nature of my Invention, and the manner of carry-
ing the same into effect, I wish it to be understood that I do not limit myself
to the precise details herein described and represented, as the same may be
varied without departing from the nature of my said Invention; but I claim as
my Invention the improvement or improvements in the manufacture of metallic
bedsteads and other articles for sitting, lying, and reclining upon, herein-before
described and represented in the accompanying Drawing, that is to say, con-
necting the laths with the framing of the said articles by means of a slot in
the lath engaging with a button on the rail, the said slot being situated trans-
versely in the lath, and having inclined sides, or an oblique position, as described
and represented.
In witness whereof, I, the said Richard Peyton, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Tenth day of March, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven.
RICHARD PEYTON. (L.S.)
Witness,
RICHARD SKERRETT.