AN IMPROVED CHAIR-BEDSTEAD
Year: 1853

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Tylor, of the firm of Tylor and Pace,
of Queen Street, in the City of London, Manufacturers, for the
Invention of "AN IMPROVED CHAIR-BEDSTEAD."
Sealed the 29th March 1854, and dated the 1st November 1853.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry. Tylor at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 1st November 1853
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I, HENRY TYLOR, of the firm of Tylor and Pace, of Queen Street, in
the City of London, Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "AN IMPROVED CHAIR-BEDSTEAD" to be as follows:-
I
I construct the bedstead in such manner that when used as a
chair that part forming the back is entirely supported by those parts
which form the arms, while when used as a bedstead that part which
formed the back of the chair becomes part of the body of the Ledstead,
the arms being turned down. to form the legs or supports for one end
thereof

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Henry Tylor in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 1st May 1854.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I,
HENRY TYLOR, of the firm of Tylor and Pace, of Queen Street, in the
City of London, Manufacturers, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the First day of November, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, in
the seventeenth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and
successors, give and grant unto me, the said Henry Tylor, Her
special licence that I, the said Henry Tylor, my executors, admi-
nistrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Henry Tylor,
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 IMPROVED CHAIR-BEDSTEAD," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said Henry Tylor, by an instrument in writing under my
hand and seal, should particularly 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.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Henry Tylor, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement thereof, reference being had to the
Drawings hereunto annexed, that is to say:
My Invention consists in constructing chair-bedsteads in such
manner that when used as a chair that part forming the back is
supported by those parts which form the arms, while when used as a
bedstead that part which formed the back of the chair becomes part of

page_text: the body of the bedstead, the arms being turned down to form the legs
or supports for one end thereof.
In the Drawings hereunto annexed I have shewn, the manner in
which my Invention is carried into effect. Similar letters refer to
similar parts in all the Figures. Figure 1, is a side elevation of the
chair bedstead in the form of a chair; Figure 2, a plan; and Figure 3,
a side elevation of the same, opened out to form a bedstead; and
Figure 4, a plan of Figure 1. The chair-bedstead is composed of
three principal frames A, B, C, permanently connected by hinges.
The frame A, whether used as a chair or as a bedstead, is supported
upon four legs a, a, a, a. The frames are provided with laths b, b, b, b,
for the support of the mattrasses, which are separated into three, one
to fit each of the frames. The frame B has connected to it by the
joint 6', and rods c, c, the arms D, D, the free ends of which are bent
into the form of hooks, as shewn at Figure 2, for the purpose of
holding up the frame C, when the chair-bedstead is to be used as a
chair; see Figure 1. The frame C has hinged to it two rods d, d,
which lie within the frame when not required to be turned down, to
form the supports for one end of the bedstead, as shewn at Figure 3,
while the frame B has hinged to it in a similar manner the frame e,
which opens up to form the head of the bedstead, but folds within the
frame when it is required to be used as a chair. In order to change
the chair-bedstead from the chair form represented at Figure 1, to that
of a bedstead shewn in Figures 2 and 3, bring forward the frame C,
in order to free it from the hooks at the ends of the arms D, D, press
the arms slightly outward to allow of the frame C being folded down,
as shewn in Figures 2 and 3, and pull down the legs d, d; then turn
over the frame B, and with it the arms D, D, which, on being folded
down to the form shewn in Figures 2 and 3, will form the supports
for the head of the bedstead. The bedstead will be complete on raising
the head frame e.
Although I have described the frames as being constructed of iron,
I do not limit myself to that or any other metal, as the frames may be
made of wood, and cane work, wicker work, or sacking may be sub-
stituted for the laths-herein-before referred to. When the frames are

page_text: made of wood the ends of the armis D; D, instead of being formed into
a hook, as described for iron frames, are fitted with a spring catch: or
other suitable fastening
a
For greater convenience in packing, the arms and rods D, c, and the
legs a; may be provided with hinges, so as to admit of their being
folded flat upon the laths.
And having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in
what manner the 'same is to be performed, I declare that I claim,
The constructing of chair-bedsteads in such manner that when used
as a chair the back, or that part forming the back, is supported by
those parts which forni the arms; while when used as a bedstead' those
parts which formed the arms of the chair become the legs or supports
for one end thereof, in the manner herein-before described. :
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Tylor, have hereunto set
hand and seal, this First day of May, One thousand eight
hundred and fifty-four.
my
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LONDON:
Printed by GEORGE EDWARD EYRE and WILLIAM SPOTTISWOODE, --
Printers to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty: 1854
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