Improvements in the Construction of Wooden Bedsteads.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Jan., 1894
Complete Specification Left, -22nd Sept., 1894-Accepted, 27th Oct., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Wooden Bedsteads.
1, AMOS WAINWRIGHT, of 73 Sheffield Road, Barnsley, in the County of York,
Cabinet Maker and Furniture Dealer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention, to be as follows :-
According to my improvements the bed head and foot are made of round vertical
pillars or rods formed with pin or dowel ends adapted to fit into round horizontal
pillars or rods connected with the posts. To hide the cavity formed at the junction
of the said pillars or rods I employ metal mounts so adapted as to fit on to
the ends of the vertical pillars or rods, allow the said pins or dowels to pass
through, and shaped to fit the round of the horizontal pillars or rods, so making a
neat and harmonious joint.
The bed foot and head are joined by longitudinal side pieces as ordinary but
provided with castings having tapered projections or ribs for fitting into corre-
sponding taper holes in castings fastened upon the bed head or foot. Also I provide
a cross-bar which is situated away from the bed foot and secured in the said
longitudinal side pieces by means of castings having taper projections or ribs
engaging into corresponding holes in similar castings upon the said longitudinal
side piece, the said cross-bar being thus so supported by the said side pieces and
not by the posts of the bed foot. The said framework of the bed is fitted with
metal laths, receiving or holding down studs or pins secured on the said framework,
and to which said studs, laths passing across the framework are secured, the use of
a stretcher being dispensed with.
Dated: 12
1004
JOHN E. WALSH,
Royal Exchange Chambers, Boar Lane, Leeds,
Patent Agent to the Applicant.

page_text: Fig. 6. is an elevation of bed head or foot with my improvements applied.
Fig. 7. is a plan of my improved construction of bed frame, showing method of
securing longitudinal side pieces, ends, cross-bars, and laths.
Fig. 8. is an end view of brackets for securing the longitudinal side and end
pieces to the bed head and foot.
Fig. 9. is a plan of Fig. 8.
Fig. 10. is a front view of bracket attached to longitudinal side pieces, for
supporting cross bar.
According to my improvements, the bed head and foot are made of a series of
round vertical pillars or rods A, formed with pin or dowel ends B, adapted to
fit into recesses C, in the round horizontal pillars or rods D, connected with the
posts.
To hide the cavity or joint formed at the junction of the said pillars or rods,
I employ metal mounts such as E and E so adapted as to fit on to the ends of the
vertical pillars or rods A, allowing the said pins or dowels B to pass through, and
hollowed or shaped at B' to fit the round of the horizontal pillars or other rods see
Figs. 4 and 5, so making a neat and harmonious joint.
The bed foot F and head G are joined by longitudinal side pieces H as ordinary,
but provided with castings J having tapered projections or ribs K, for fitting into
corresponding recesses or holes L, in castings fastened upon the bed head and
foot F and G, in some cases there are two castings J one of which carries the cross-
bar at foot.
Also I provide cross-bars M, which are situated away from the bed foot, and
secured in the said longitudinal side pieces by means of castings N, attached to
same, and having suitable recesses, into which the cross-bars fit, the said cross-
bars M, being thus supported by the said side pieces H, and not by the pillars A of
the bed foot and head.
The said wooden framework of the bed, both at the top and bottom, is fitted with
metal laths P. P. having receiving or holding-down studs or pins R, for securing
the ordinary horizontal and cross laths S. S. to the said frame work.
The use of the ordinary stretcher is dispensed with.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. Joining the vertical and horizontal pillars in wooden bedsteads, by forming
pins or dowels B thereon, with recessed shoulders B2, the said pins or dowels fitting
into similar holes or recesses C, and covering up the joint by means of metal
mounts E and E', as and for the purposes, substantially as shown and described.
2. Constructing the framework of the aforesaid wooden bedsteads with joints at
the bed head and foot formed by castings J, with ribs K, recesses or holes L, cross-
bars M, brackets N, and strengthening plates or laths P, for carrying the ordinary
lath studs R, as and for the purposes, substantially as shown and described.
Dated this Twenty-first day of September 1894.
JOHN E. W 1LSH,
Patent Agent, Crossley Street, Halifax, Agent for the Applicant.