Improvements in Beds for Children and Invalids.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Dec., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 12th July, 1-95-Accepted. 30th Nov., 1895
[Communicated from abroad by JOHANNA STUTTGARDTER, of 42 Luisen-Strasse,
Munich, Bavaria, in the Empire of Germany.]
Improvements in Beds for Children and Invalids.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent
Agents, 45 Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to beds provided with sanitary convenience arrangements
for children and invalids.
The improved bed comprises a mattress made in two parts which are separated
a little from each other so as to form a cavity.
Upon the two parts of the mattress is spread a piece of indiarubber so that it
fits in the said cavity.
In this cavity is placed the basin which receives the urine and which may if
desired be made of glass or vulcanized indiarubber. Upon the piece of indiarubber
is placed a frame to the longitudinal edges of which is firmly secured lengthwise
band provided with eyelets. In like manner the two short sides are furnished with
eyelets. A double bed cloth is stretched as much as possible in the frame by
means of a cord; this cloth receives in the middle an opening into which a piece
of horse-hair fabric is sewed.
For enabling the cloth to be easily stretched the two longitudinal sides of the
frame are round, being held in holes in the short sides and terminating in the form
of screws upon which nuts are fitted so that it will only be necessary to slightly
turn the longitudinal sides and to tighten the nuts.
This frame is placed on the mattress and on the piece of indiarubber in such a
manner that the horse-hair or similar fabric will be applied upon the cavity and
that the child or invalid will rest with the back part directly above the receptacle.
As the horse-hair does not absorb the moisture and is very hot and elastic this
improved sanitary bed may be employed for any purposes for which the same is
suitable.
If the improved bed is employed for children with swaddling clothes I may, as
the mattress only requires to be very weak, put in the cavity, instead of the basin,
a sponge or a small narrow bolster or pad of ligneous shearings or other similar
material which can absorb the moisture and if necessary may be pressed or washed.
In some cases the basin or the piece of indiarubber may be used in combination
with a pipe which conducts the excrements into a chamber utensil placed below the
bed, thus enabling the basin to be dispensed with.
Dated this 1st day of December 1894.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Beds for Children and Invalids.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent
Agents, 45 Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, 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 :-
This invention relates to beds provided with sanitary convenience arranged for
children and invalids.
The improved bed is represented in the accompanying drawings in which
Figure is a perspective view of a bed according to my invention.
Figure 2 is a perspective view of the frame carrying the receptacle or basin.
Figure 2A is a detail of part of the frame.
Figure 3 is a view illustrating the stretched fabric with horse-hair or like
insertion, and
Figure 4 is appctive view of the frame suitable for infants and children.
Figure 5 detail views of the receptacle or basin.
The improved bed consists of a mattress divided into two equal parts a, a placed
in the bed-stead in such a manner that an interval remains between the two
parts sufficiently large to allow of the insertion of the dry-frame c, Figure 2,
which carries the receptacle or basin i. (Figure 4). The said receptacle i rests
upon the bottom board * of the frame c. Both of the mattress parts are placed
close to the supports and stays of the frame c see Figure 1 and serve not only to
support the stretched stuff d, but also to prevent air from passing through to the
cavity. Between the stretched stuff and the mattress parts a base or bed cloth of
indiarubber is spread out, which base overlaps both sides of the mattress to an
extent of at least 20 centimetres, and having the same width as the bed, the said
bed cloth being provided at the centre with an opening which lies directly above
the opening in the lid of the receptacle or basin i. Over the said rubber bed cloth
and above the frame which may be made of suitable material, a strong linen or
cotton fabric d Figure 1 is stretched out, see Figure 3. Iron bars d of appropriate
thickness are for this purpose drawn through seams d' d' Figure 3 indicated in
dotted line, and threaded through the three eyelets d, arranged on the two cross
bars and (Figure 2). Owing to the fact, that the two scams (Figure 3) aro
provided centrally with a notch d through which the central eyelet passus, yielding
in the very centre, that is to ey at that part of the fabric where the strain is
greatest, is prevented. The stretching is effected by means of a toothed wheel e
fixed to the relFigure 2A, and pawle operated by a detachable crank. The
central part of the stretched fabric d is cut out and replaced by a fine horse-hair
fabric g Figure 3. This horse hair fabric allows liquid matter to trickle through
without being soaked up and retained in the fabric. The free sides of the stretched
stuff or fabric rest upon the mattress. In order to prevent yielding in a longitudinal
direction, two short straps de (Figure 3) are sewn on to it at both sides, which the
said straps being connected to two longer straps d', provided with buckles, and
passed around the top and bottom extremities of the bed-stead and are likewise
tightened when in proper position.
For infants or children a light oval shaped frame is sufficient, to which the
stuff or fabric likewise provided in its centre with horse hair fabric g, is attached
(see Figure 4).
The receptacle i may be made of vulcanite, enamelled sheet iron, zinc or other
suitable material. The lid, which can be taken off, is provided with a long slit or
opening provided with sloping side (Figure 5). The bottom board of the
frame (Figure 2) is provided with holes so that any spilled liquid matter may
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page_text: flow off. The mattress parts a a at the sides of the frame can be easily withdrawn
and thus access be had to the receptacle, without the patient being disturbed.
As the horse-hair does not absorb the moisture and is very hot and elastic this
improved sanitary bed may be employed for any purposes for which the same is
suitable.
If the improved bed is employed for children with swaddling clothes I may, as
the mattress only requires to be very weak, put in the cavity, instead of the basin,
a sponge or a small narrow bolster or pad of ligneous shearings or other similar
material which can absorb the moisture and if necessary may be pressed or washed.
In some cases the basin or the piece of indiarubber may be used in combination
with a pipe which conducts the excrements into a chamber utensil placed below the
bed, thus enabling the basin to be dispensed with.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to
me by my foreign correspondent, I declare that what claim is :-
A hygienic bed for children and sick persons, comprising a mattress made in two
parts, a piece of indiarubber stretched above and a frame, in which is strongly
stretched a bed cloth provided in the middle with a piece of horse-hair fabric or
similar material so that the sick person or child will place its back part upon the
horse-hair cloth and in which the urine filtering through the latter is collected in
a receptacle in the cavity formed by the two parts of the mattress.
Dad thin 10th dan of Tul 1905
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.