Year: 1898

page_text: I, THOMAS FRANCIS RIGBY, of 4, Edgar Street, Liverpool, in the County of
Lancaster, General Dealer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention has for its object to prevent infants or young children climbing
or falling out of bed.
In carrying the invention into effect, I provide a bedstead or cot having sides
and ends of any suitable construction and height which prevent the child from
rolling out. As these sides and ends however are not sufficient to prevent the
child climbing out, I provide on top a cage or open framework hinged to one of
the sides or ends, and constituting a domed or other shaped guard which entirely
covers the top of the bedstead or cot, and prevents the occupant clambering out.
This structure is by preference hinged at one side and at the other provided with
a fastening consisting of a shackle or its equivalent, and near the fastening
the skeleton framework of the bedstead and its cover may be so arranged as to
prevent the child putting its hand through and mischievously undoing the
fastening. To remove the child from the cot all that is necessary is to undo
the fastening and raise the cover on its hinge, and the child can then be taken out.
The corners of the cover are so made as to clear the knobs or fastenings at the
meeting points of the sides and ends.
An arrangement may be provided if desired for counterbalancing the weight
of the cover so that it will not fall down accidentally, but will remain in its open
or closed position, and a chain may be provided for preventing the cover being
opened beyond a given distance, or a collapsing cover may be provided which
can be collapsed when it is required to remove the occupant, or extended and
drawn over the cot when the child is in bed so as to form a guard to prevent the
child climbing out.
By this invention a certain preventive to a child getting out of bed by itself is
provided and the child can be left in bed without any fear of its getting into
mischief.

page_text: what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
This invention has for its object to prevent infants or young children climbing
or falling out of bed.
In carrying the invention into effect, I provide a bedstead or cot having sides
and ends of any suitable construction and height which prevent the child from
rolling out. As these sides and ends however are not sufficient to prevent the
child climbing out, I provide on top a cage or open framework hinged to one of
the sides or ends, and constituting a domed or other shaped guard which entirely
covers the top of the bedstead or cot, and prevents the occupant clambering out.
This structure is by preference hinged at one side and at the other provided with
a fastening consisting of a shackle or its equivalent, and near the fastening
the skeleton framework of the bedstead and its cover may be so arranged as to
prevent the child putting its hand through and mischievously undoing the
fastening. To remove the child from the cot all that is necessary is to undo
the fastening and raise the cover on its hinge, and the child can then be taken out.
The corners of the cover are so made as to clear the knobs or fastenings at the
meeting points of the sides and ends.
In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a view of the bedstead or cot with
the domed guard closed, Figure 2 the same with the guard open.
In these figures A is the guard which entirely covers the top of the bedstead
or cot, hinged at B, and provided with a fastening C. At D the wirework is made
of a much closer mesh so as to prevent the child putting its hand through, and
mischievously undoing the fastening.
An arrangement may be provided if desired for counterbalancing the weight
of the cover so that it will not fall down accidentally, but will remain in its open
or closed position, and a chain may be provided for preventing the cover being
opened beyond a given distance, or a collapsing cover may be provided which
can be collapsed when it is required to remove the occupant, or extended and
drawn over the cot when the child is in bed so as to form a guard to prevent the
child climbing out.
By this invention a certain preventive to a child getting out of bed by itself is
provided and the child can be left in bed without any fear of its getting into
mischief.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
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1. The improvement in children's bedsteads or cots which consists in providing
them on top with a cage or open framework constituting a domed or other shaped
guard, which covers the top of the bedstead or cot, and prevents the occupant
clambering out, substantially as described.
2. A cover for children's bedsteads or cots substantially as set forth.
W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Patent Agents, of Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, and London.