Improvements in Cellular Mattresses and Cellular Pillows or Cushions.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd June, 1897-Accepted, 10th July, 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cellular Mattresses and Cellular Pillows or
Cushions.
I, FREDERICK WILLIAM GOLBY, of 36 Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex,
Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by Ottomar Steiner, Reform
Bed Manufacturer, of Gunnersdorf, near Frankenberg, Saxony, Germany, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :—
This invention relates to an improvement in cellular mattresses and cellular pillows
or cushions, having for its object to facilitate the putting in and taking out of the
stuffing material. This is substantially effected, thus; the whole of the cells are
arranged in the form of a fan, and in this way it is possible to furnish the central
cell, from which all the others radiate, with a means of closing, so that the stuffing
material can be put in or taken out without much trouble.
In the accompanying drawings Figs. 1 to 5 show a mattress, and Figs. 6 to 10 a
pillow or cushion in the various stages of manufacture, and by way of example only.
Fig. 1 is a plan of the base or bottom 1 of a mattress. Therein the frame or
skeleton of the cell construction is shown. According to the lines running fan-fashion
in Fig. 1, and as shown also in Fig. 2, a number of linen strips 2 are fastened to the
bottom part 1 of the mattress by sewing. Then, as shown in Fig. 3 a border piece 3
is sewed on to the lower part 1 of the mattress, and is also connected with the ends
of the strips of material 2. The top edges of these strips of material 2 are sewed to
the upper part of the mattress, and this latter is sewed to the before mentioned
border piece 3. The space I available as a central cell and to which fit closely the
several cells II which form together a kind of fan-shape arrangement, is made
accessible by means of a slit 5 in the side part 3 (see Figure 4). On the edges of
this slit 5 a funnel like arrangement of linen or the like is sewed, for the purpose of
facilitating the putting in of the stuffing material; for this purpose oat-chaff or a
similar substance is employed. After the stuffing has been effected the funnel shaped
arrangement is pushed into the central cell I and the mattress closed by means of a
row of stitches 7 (Fig. 5).
In a similar manner the pillow or cushion represented in Fig. 6 is produced.
The piece of linen or other material shown in Fig. 7 is divided into three parts 8, 9
and 10. The two parts 8 and 10 are furnished with a system of lines corresponding
with the cells or divisions of the mattress, according to whether they are to be used
for the lower or the upper part of the pillow or cushion. The middle part 9 is
intended for the back and has a slit 5 for the insertion therein of the funnel like
attachment 6.
As shown in Figs. 8 and 9, the part 8 of the linen or other piece is sewed with
strips or bands which correspond with the strips 2 shown in Figures 2 and 3. The
material is then laid together, so that the part 8 of the material being carried or
guided underneath, the upper edges of the strips or bands 20 can be sewed to the
part 10 of the material. The side oblique running strips or bands 20 are sewed to
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page_text: side pieces 11 11, which latter are moreover fitted and sewed to the bottom part 8,
the upper part 10 and the intermediate piece 9.
In Fig. 10 the completed cushion or pillow is illustrated and in such a position as
to show the row of stitches 7, closing the slit 5.
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 ;-
A cellular or divided mattress, pillow or cushion, the distinguishing feature being
that the cells II grouped together in the form of a fan are in communication with a
central cell or space I substantially as and for the purpose herein before described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 2nd day of June 1897.