Improvements in the Method of and Means for Suspending Mosquito and other Curtains over Beds, Bedsteads, Mattress Frames,. Couches, and the like..
Year: 1888

page_text: Cate of Application, 10th Sept., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 30th May, 1889-Accepted, 13th July, 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Method of and Means for Suspending Mosquito
and other Curtains over Beds, Bedsteads, Mattress Frames,.
Couches, and the like..
We ISAAC CHORLTON of 19 Blackfriars Street Manchester in the County of
Lancaster Spring Mattress Manufacturer and GEORGE LAMB SCOTT also of Manchester
aforesaid Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as follows :-
Our said Invention relates to improved means for suspending or sustaining curtains
intended to protect the sleeper from insects in tropical climates or to exclude light:
as is well understood. Under present arrangements mosquito and other similar curtains
are sustained by the four posts of the bed or bedstead a method which entails cumbrous
ends and is altogether unsuited to the light and easily disconnected bedsteads which
are now being extensively used in hot countries for military, hospital and domestic
purposes. According to our invention we suspend the curtains over two light transverse
rods which are carried by single central uprights which drop into sockets attached to
or formed in the bedstead ends. The outer ends of the respective rods are connected
by cords or rods which run parallel with and above the sides of the bed and another
cord or rod may also connect the centres of the two transverse rods so that when the
mosquito or other curtains are suspended over the two transverse rods the portion
extending between the rods is supported by the aforesaid cords or rods and prevented
from sagging at the sides and centre. A mode of forming the sockets to receive the
uprights is to attach a bracket to the end bar of the bedstead the said bracket having
a hole the same size as the upright. The uprights which may be either solid or
tubular are fitted with cross pins the ends of which drop into slots on each side of the
hole in the socket brackets, and thus not only sustain the uprights at a fixed level
but also prevent them from turning in their sockets. The same effect could of course
be obtained by squaring the ends of the uprights and dropping them into square
sockets or by forming the ends and sockets in other suitable manners but we consider
the method first described as the cheapest and most effective. In bedsteads having
raised ends of the ordinary construction the socket, brackets to take the uprights
could be secured or clipped to the top rails of the ends. In some cases the transverse
bars at the top of the uprights might be in two parts hinged to the central support
so as to render them capable of being inclined at an angle on each side of the upright,
or folded parallel therewith. The said curtain supports are light and inexpensive, and
are especially applicable to all types of iron bedsteads and frames whether folding or
otherwise as they can be easily unshipped and packed with the bedstead without
increasing its bulk and with no inaterial addition to the upright.
Dated this 8th day of Santambar 1888
DUTTON & FULTON,
1, St. James Square, Manchester, Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Method of and Means for Suspending Mosquito
and other Curtains over Beds, Bedsteads, Mattress Frames,
Couches, and the like.
We, ISAAC CHORLTON of 19 Blackfriars Street, Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Spring Mattress Manufacturer and GEORGE LAMB SCOTT also of Manchester
aforesaid, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention and in what
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page_text: manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement and accompanying drawings:-
Our said Invention relates to improved means for suspending or sustaining curtains
intended to protect the sleeper from insects in tropical climates or to exclude light as
is well understood. Under present arrangements mosquito and other similar curtains
are sustained by the four posts of the bed or bedstead a method which entails
cumbrous ends and is altogether unsuited to the light and easily disconnected bedsteads
which are now being extensively used in hot countries for military, hospital and
domestic purposes.
To make our invention more clearly understood we have attached hereunto a sheet
of illustrative drawings to which we will now refer.
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an improved iron bedstead with tubular sides and
angle iron ends as manufactured by the firm of one of us the said Isaac Chorlton and
to this bedstead we have shown attached the means we use for suspending mosquito or
other similar light curtains. Fig. 2 is a similar perspective view of a folding bedstead
having our improvement attached, while Fig. 3 is a view of the said folding bedstead
and parts for supporting the curtains folded together and ready for packing and
transport.
A
Referring to Fig. 1 we suspend the curtains over two light transverse rods a
which are carried by single central uprights which drop into sockets c attached to
or formed in or on the bedstead ends d. d. The outer ends of the respective rods a
are connected by rods e or it might be cords which run parallel with and above the
sides of the bed and another cord or rod might also connect the centres of the two
transverse rods a so that when the mosquito or other curtains are suspended over the
two transverse rods a the portion extending between the rods is supported by the
aforesaid cords or rods e and prevented from sagging at the sides and centre.
mode of forming the sockets to receive the uprights is to attach brackets to the
end bars of the bedstead as at Fig. 2 the said brackets having holes of the same size
as the uprights b. The uprights which may be either solid or tubular are preferably
fitted with cross pins has shown at Fig. 4 the ends of which drop into slots on each
side of the hole in the socket brackets and thus not only sustain the uprights at a
fixed level but also prevent them from turning in their sockets. The same effect
could of course be obtained by squaring the ends of the uprights and dropping them
into square sockets or by forming the ends and sockets in other suitable manners but
we consider the method first described to 'be the cheapest. In bedstead ends of the
ordinary construction as at Fig. 1 the socket brackets c to take the uprights could be
secured or clipped to the top rods of the ends d. d. In some cases the transverse
bars a at the top of the uprights b might be in two parts hinged to the central support
so as to render them capable of being inclined at an angle on each side of the
uprights or folded parallel therewith. The said curtain supports are light and
inexpensive and are especially applicable to all types of iron bedsteads and frames
whether folding or otherwise as they can be easily unshipped and packed with the
bedstead without increasing, its bulk and with no material addition to the weight.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed w declare that what we
claim is :-
(1) The method of suspending mosquito and other light curtains over beds and
bedsteads of the indicated type by means of light and easily removable supports,
substantially as described and shown.
(2) Suspending or supporting mosquito and other light curtains over beds and
bedsteads by means of a framework composed of transverse rods a, uprights b, and
side rods or cords e, the uprights b dropping into sockets attached and fashioned
substantially as described and shown.
(3) In a framework or support for sustaining mosquito and other light curtains
over beds and bedsteads forming the foot of the uprights with transverse pins which

page_text: occupy transverse slots across the sockets as shown at Fig. 4 or otherwise forming
the upright and socket in a substantially similar manner for the purposes and as
described and partly illustrated..
Dated this 30th day of Max 1000
DUTTON & FULTON,
1, St. James Square, Manchester, Agents.