Improvements in Suspending Valances and the like from Beds, Couches, Cornices, Mantel Pieces, and similar Articles of Furniture.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Apr., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 8th Jan., 1898-Accepted, 12th Feb., 1898
Improvements in Suspending Valances and the like from Beds,
Couches, Cornices, Mantel Pieces, and similar Articles of Furniture.
We, FRANK ERNEST BLOWERS, of 57 to 59, Minster Street, Reading, in the
County of Berks, Art Decorator, and JOHN SIDNEY CROWLEY, of Lexden, Bath
Road, Reading aforesaid, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion to be as follows:
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Our invention relates to improvements in suspending valances and the like
from articles of furniture such as beds, couches, cornices and mantel pieces, and
the chief object of our improvements is to dispense with the unsatisfactory tapes
usually employed, to prevent the valance sagging, and to admit of the same being
adjusted to any required height, and readily removed when necessary for dusting
or other purposes.
In carrying our improvements into effect we attach say to one end of the frame of
the mattress or other frame a band or strap of woven or other suitable material
and to the other end of the frame we secure a second strap with a buckle. We
fasten preferably to the valance a series of hooks made on the safety pin principle
or any other suitable form of hook, pin, or similar fastener, so that the valance
can be readily attached to or detached from the band or strap.
When the straps are made fast say at each corner of the spring mattress or other
frame the free ends of the straps are passed through the buckles and drawn taut
and in this way the valance, no matter how heavy, is kept in proper position.
In order to keep the valance straight it is advisable to secure the extreme outer
hooks in position first.
The valance can be removed at any time without disturbing the bed or bedding
by simply unhooking the pins from the strap to which they can be readily re-
hooked at any time.
When box spring mattresses are employed the valance is hooked directly to the
cover of the mattress.
improvements in Suspending Valances and the like from Beds,
Couches, Cornices, Mantel Pieces, and similar Articles of Furniture.
We, FRANK ERNEST BLOWERS, of 57 to 59, Minster Street, Reading, in the
County of Berks, Art Decorator, and JOHN SIDNEY CROWLEY, of Lexden, Bath
Road, Reading aforesaid, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
[Price 8d.]

page_text: tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
Our invention relates to improvements in suspending valances and the like from
articles of furniture such as beds, couches, cornices, and mantel pieces, and the
chief object of our improvements is to dispense with the unsatisfactory tapes usually
employed, to prevent the valance sagging and to admit of the same being adjusted
to any required height and readily removed when necessary for dusting or other
purposes.
In carrying our improvements into effect we attach say to one end of the frame
of the mattress or other frame a band or strap of woven or other suitable material
and to the other end of the frame we secure a second strap with a buckle. We
fasten preferably to the valance a series of hooks made on the safety pin principle
or any other suitable form of hook, pin, or similar fastener, so that the valance can
be readily attached to or detached from the band or strap.
In the accompanying three sheets of drawings-
Figure 1 is a view of a bedstead showing a valance suspended therefrom accord-
ing to our invention. Fig. 2 is a view of a mattress with wooden frame showing
the strap and buckle attachment for the valance. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing
the valance suspended. Fig. 4 shows two views of a form of hook suitable for
bedstead drapery and Fig. 5 shows two views of an alternative form of hook
suitable for bedstead drapery or for curtain valances on laths.
In these views, a designates the frame of the mattress, b a band or strip of
woven or other suitable material secured at one end to one corner of the frame a,
c a second band or strap secured at one end to the corresponding corner of the
frame a, da buckle attached to the free end of the strap c, e the valance, and f
the two forms of hooks which we illustrate although any other suitable form of
hook, pin, or similar fastener might be employed. The hooks or equivalent
fasteners are secured by stitching or otherwise to the valance e by preference (but
it might be to the straps). The straps may be applied to all four sides of the
mattress frame or to any less number as required.
When the straps b have been passed through the buckles d and the valance e
is then hooked on or otherwise similarly attached to the straps which are drawn
taut, and in this way the valance, no matter how heavy, is kept in proper position.
In order to keep the valance straight it is advisable to secure the extreme hooks
in position first.
The valance can be removed at any time without disturbing the bed or bedding
by simply unhooking the pins from their strap to which they can be readily
re-hooked at any time.
Although we have only illustrated our invention as applied to a bedstead its
application to couches, cornices, mantel pieces and similar articles of furniture
will be obvious without further illustration or explanation.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is
The combination with a valance, of a strap and buckle secured to the mattress
frame or other article of furniture and hooks or equivalent means for readily
attaching and detaching the valance substantially as herein set forth..
Dated this 7th day of January 1898
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
Agents for Applicants, 17, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.