Improvements in Bedsteads.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Oct., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 5th July, 1892-Accepted, 6th Aug., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bedsteads.
I, WALTER GOODLIFFE, of 54 Trumpington Street, Cambridge, Clerk in
Holy Orders, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
According to this invention the head of the bedstead is made in two parts, an
outer frame forming a fixed portion of the bedstead, and an inner frame pivotted
to the outer frame so that it can be inclined to any desired angle thus forming a
bed rest.
The bed posts or vertical sides of the outer frame are slotted to receive the ends
of the upper horizontal bar of the inner frame, and one side of each of the slots
has recesses formed in it to receive and support the ends of the horizontal bar of
the inner frame at various heights. The lower end of the inner frame simply rests
on the mattress or horizontal part of the bedstead.
The lower bar of the inner frame carries pins or studs which when the inner
frame is in a vertical position drop into holes in the lower horizontal bar of the
outer frame.
The ends of the lower bar in place of the upper bar of the inner frame may
enter the slots, but usually this is not so convenient.
The inner frame may also be attached to the outer by a joint or hinge attach-
ment at the top or bottom of the bed-head, with a ratchet or other arrangement
for retaining the same in position.
Dated this 13th day of October 1891.
WALTER GOODLIFFE.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bedsteads.
I, WALTER GOODLIFFE, M.A., Clerk in Holy Orders, late of 54 Trumpington
Street, and now of 5, Free-School Lane, both in the Town of Cambridge, 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:-
My invention consists in making the bedhead in two parts, au outer frame
attached as usual by angle-joints to the rest of the bedstead, and an inner frame
working on pivots in grooves cast in the pillars of the outer frame, in such manner
that the said inner frame can be readily adjusted as a bedrest at any angle.
The bed posts or vertical sides of the outer frame are cast in an ornamental
manner, but so as to present a smooth surface on the inner side from the mattress
level upwards.
In this surface grooves or slots are worked in which the pivots carrying the
inner frame move, whenever it is desired to raise or lower the same, and in the back
edge of these slots recesses are formed to receive the pivot carriers when the
desired angle is attained.
The bottom bar of the inner frame projects somewhat on either side beyond the
inner edge of the pillars of the outer framework, and drop into two niches cast in
such pillars, thus securing the inner frame as a bedhead.
When needed as a bedrest, the pillows are first removed, then the bottom bar
of the inner framework is lifted clear of the niches last described and dropped
onto the mattress, along which it is drawn-the pivots at the same time falling in
their grooves-until the desired angle is attained, when the pivots are allowed to

page_text: fall back into the nearest recesses, and, the pillows having been replaced, a firm
bedrest is obtained.
But in order that my said invention may be properly understood reference should
be made to the annexed drawings.
Fig. I shews in perspective the general appearance of a bedstead with the
moveable head, the dotted lines shewing one position of the inner framework, when
used as a bedrest.
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Fig. II is a sectional view of one pillar of the outer frame.
Fig. III is a front view of a pillar shewing in detail the general appearance of
the same, and the niche into which the lower bar of the inner frame is fitted, when
not required as a bedrest..
Fig. IV shews another contrivance for effecting the same end, in which the
pivots (C) of the inner frame (B) fit into sockets (L) attached to carrier rings (K)
moving up and down ordinary circular pillars (L), but this contrivance is more
liable to lock.
In these drawings A. A represent the pillars of the outer framework connected
by a tie bar at the mattress level, and by an eye-rod dropping on to the terminals
of the pillars, and secured by a knob screwed to the same. BB represents the
inner framework suspended by the pivots CC (shewn more clearly in Fig. III)
working in the grooves DD (Fig. II) with recesses E.E.
FF (Figs. II & III) are the niches into which the projecting ends of the
bottom bar G G drop when the bed head is stationary. HH (Figs. II & III) are
bosses placed on the pivots to act as guides when moving up and down.
For use
as a bedrest G G are drawn clear of the niches F F, and along
, the mattress, until it assumes the_position required (e.g. G¹ G¹ Fig. I) the pivots
descending in the grooves D D and finally adjusting themselves in recesses
(e.g. E' E Figs. I & II). To replace the head raise the inner framework B B by
the upper bar until the projections G G fall into the niches F F.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
First. The construction of the bedhead in two pieces, the one of which is
moveable as and when required.
Second. The use of grooved pillars permitting the inner framework to rise or
fall automatically to the required position.
Third. The use of carrier rings, as shewn in Fig. IV, to effect the same object.
Fourth. The adaptation of these arrangements hereinbefore specified as well to
wood as to metal.
Dated this Fifth day of July 1892.
WALTER GOODLIFFE,