An Appliance for Use in connection with Beds.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Sept., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 17th June, 1895-Accepted, 25th Sept.,
1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Appliance for Use in connection with Beds.
I MARIANNE VENNING of Bay Tree Hill in the Borough of Liskeard in the
County of Cornwall Widow do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
It is an appliance of the shape indicated in the drawing accompanying this
Specification and is designed for use in connection with the upper part of a bed.
It is made in two parts which may be both fastened together or the upper part can
run in a groove made in the lower part (as shown in the drawing) which would be
a convenience in packing.
It is placed in position by inserting the part marked "C" in the drawing under-
neath the bolster or pillow, so that the bolster or pillow fits into the opening
marked "D" immediately above. The opening marked "E." at the other end is
intended to take the bed clothes so that they may come up close around the neck
of the occupant.
The appliance may be made of wood or metal and in solid or skeleton form
& may be upholstered according to taste. The holes shown around the edge in the
accompanying drawing are intended for fastening on upholstery or for suspending
articles therefrom when the solid form is used.
When used in connection with a single bed the appliance is to be placed beside
the head of the occupant and can then be used for suspending articles required to
be close at hand, such as a watch, or, in the case of invalids suffering from an
asthmatic or bronchial complaint, for the purpose of suspending preparations to be
inhaled by the patient.
In addition to the above uses it will serve, when used in connection with a double
bed, to separate the heads of the two occupants, so as to give them each a separate
breathing space of their own.
Dated this 18th day of September 1894.
MARIANNE VENNING,
Applicant.
A P
I, MARIANNE VENNING, of Windsor Place in the Borough of Liskeard in the
County of Cornwall (formerly of Bay Tree Hill in the said borough) Widow do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
It is an appliance of the shape indicated in the drawing accompanying this
Specification and is designed for use in connection with the upper part of a bed.
It is made in three parts which may be all fastened together, or the upper part
may be made to run in a groove made in the second part (as shown in the drawing)
which would be a convenience in packing. The third part is made of iron, and
intended for the purpose of securing the appliance in the bed. This is effected by
[Price Q77

page_text: passing the iron fitting (which is formed so as to span the mattress) under the
mattress, so as to allow the appliance to fit into the bed. The iron foot is kept in
position by two thumbscrews, by means of which it can be removed and made to
fit on either side of the bed. Or it can be removed altogether where the appliance
is intended to be used in the middle or elsewhere than near the edge on either side
of the bed.
The appliance is placed in position by inserting the part marked "C" in the
drawing underneath the bolster or pillow, so that the bolster or pillow fits into the
opening marked "D." The opening marked "E" is intended to take the bed-
clothes, so that they may come up close around the neck of the occupant.
The appliance may be made in wood or metal, and in a solid or skeleton form,
and may be upholstered according to taste. The holes shown around the edge in.
the accompanying drawing are intended for fastening on upholstery or for
suspending articles therefrom when the solid form is used.
When used in connection with a single bed the appliance is to be placed beside
the head of the occupant,.and can then be used for suspending articles required to
be close at hand-such as a watch-or, in the case of persons suffering from an
asthmatic or bronchial complaint, for the purpose of suspending preparations to be
inhaled by the patient.
In addition to the above uses the appliance will serve, when used in connection
with a double bed, to separate the heads of the two occupants, so as to give them
each a separate breathing space of their own.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I
claim is
1. A screen, comprising a solid piece of wood, made to fit at the bottom into a
groove contained in a long horizontal piece of wood (as shown in the drawing),
which horizontal piece of wood is furnished with two holes, and provided under-
neath with an iron bracket furnished with thumb screws & made to pass through
the two holes before referred to.
2. A screen comprising an iron skeleton framework in place of the solid piece of
wood mentioned in paragraph 1, but in all other respects similar to that described
in paragraph 1.
3. A screen comprising a solid piece of wood rigidly fixed at the bottom to the
long horizontal piece of wood above referred to instead of running in a groove, but
in all other respects the same as that described in paragraph 1..
4. A screen comprising an iron skeleton framework in place of the solid piece of
wood mentioned above, but in all other respects similar to that described in
paragraph 3.
Dated this 15th day of June 1805
MARIANNE VENNING,
Applicant.