Improvements in Folding Beds.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Aug., 1895-Accepted, 21st Sept., 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Folding Beds.
We, WILLIAM HENRY MCENHILL and BROXTON BRAGG RICHARDSON,
Inventors, of Sailor's Snug Harbor, in the County of Richmond and State of New
York, United States of America, 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 folding beds, and the object thereof is to provide an
improved cabinet or frame with which is connected a bed consisting of separate
sliding sections, such sections being adapted to be folded together, and the inner
section being pivotally connected with the cabinet and adapted to be folded therein.
And with these and other objects in view the invention consists in the construction,
combination and arrangement of the parts hereinafter described.
The invention is fully disclosed in the following Specification of which the
accompanying drawings forms a part, and in which ;-
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Fig. 1, is a sectional elevation of my improved bed or cabinet, showing the
sections of the bed extended and ready for use;
Fig. 2, a front view thereof with the parts folded together;
Fig. 3, a plan view of a section of the construction shown in Fig. 1, with the
mattresses removed therefrom; and,
Figs. 4 and 5, represents details of the construction.
In the practice of my invention I employ a cabinet or casing A, preferably
rectangular in form, and in which are cabinet or drawer spaces or chambers B, C,
and D.
The front side of the cabinet casing is open as shown at E, and in the lower side
of this opening is mounted a roller F.
The bed frame proper consists of an inner and an outer section the latter of
which is adapted to slide within the other, the side bars G, thereof being adapted
to slide in grooves K, formed in the side bars of the inner section as shown in
Fig. 4.
The side bars of the inner section are provided with slots H, through passes
rod L, which is connected at each end with the frame of the cabinet, and the outer
end of the inner section is also provided at each corner with legs M, which are
hinged thereto and adapted to fold inwardly and transversely thereof.
The outer end of the outer section is similarly provided with legs N, at each
corner, which are also hinged thereto so as to fold inwardly and transversely the
roof and said section is also provided with an end or foot board O, and the inner
end of the inner section is provided with a corresponding end or head board P.
The outer end of the inner section is also provided at each corner with upwardly
directed lugs or shoulders R, and the inner end of the inner section at each corner
with upwardly directed lugs or shoulders S, which are designed to support by
means of transverse rods connected therewith, not shown, the outer end of the
mattress T, of the inuer section and the inner end of the mattress T', of the outer
section the inner end of the mattress T, of the inner section and the outer end of
the mattress T', of the outer section being connected with the head board and foot
board respectively and supported in any desired manner.
As thus constructed and combined it will be apparent that the legs M, of the
inner section may be folded transversely and the legs N, of the outer section also

page_text: folded transversely and the outer section slide into the inner one and the inner
section raised and folded into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, and when
the parts are extended into the position shown in full lines in Fig. 1, they may be
pulled out as far as the slot H, will admit in which position the inner end of the
inner section will be near or adjacent to the front side of the cabinet.
I contemplate the use of folding doors U, but one of which is shown at each
side of the cabinet so constructed and arranged, that when the sections of the bed
are folded together and into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1 the doors U
may be closed over the front of the cabinet and entirely concealed the bed or the
sections thereof, and said doors may be ornamented on their outer sides in any
desired manner or provided with mirrors as will be readily understood.
The construction shown in Fig. 5, represents a top plan view of the cabinet and
arranged thereon are the diagonally transverse plates W, which may be of any
desired form or configuration, and by means of which are formed as will be seen
four separate spaces in which flower pots or other articles may be placed.
It is evident that changes in, and modifications of, the construction described
may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention and I therefore
reserve the right to make such changes therein as fairly come within the scope
thercof.
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:
1. The combination in a folding bed, of a plurality of sections which are adapted
to be folded together the inner section being pivotally connected with the cabinet
casing and adapted to be folded therein, substantially as shown and described.
2. The combination with a casing or cabinet, provided with an opening in the
ront thereof, of a bed, consisting of separate sections one of which is adapted to
de within the other and one of which is pivotally connected with the casing or
cabinet and adapted to be folded therein, in such manner that the bed will be
entirely inside of the cabinet, substantially as shown and described.
3. The combination of a casing or cabinet, having an opening in the front side
thereof, a roller secured at the lower side of said opening, a bed consisting of
separate sections one of which is adapted to slide within the other, the inner sections
being provided with longitudinal slots in the side bars thereof through which
extends a rod connected with the sides of the cabinet or casings, the said sections
being adapted to slide one within the other, in which position they may be folded
by means of said rod into the casing or cabinet, substantially as shown and
described.
4. The combination of a casing or cabinet, having an opening in the front side
thereof, a roller secured at the lower side of said opening a bed consisting of separate
sections one of which is adapted to slide within the other the inner section being
provided with longitudinal slots in the side bars thereof through which extend a rod
connected with the sides of the cabinet or casing, the said sections being adapted to
slide one within the other, in which position they may be folded by means of said
rod into the casing or cabinet, the outer ends of each sections being provided with
hinged legs or supports at each corner adapted to fold transversely thereof,
substantially as shown and described.
5. The combination of a casing or cabinet, having an opening in the front side
thereof, a roller secured at the lower side of said opening a bed consisting of separate
sections one of which is adapted to slide within the other, the inner section being
provided with longitudinal slots in the side bars thereof through which extend a
rod connected with the sides of the casing, the said sections being adapted to slide
one within the other, in which position they may be folded by means of said rod
into the casing or cabinet, the outer ends of each section being provided with hinged
legs or supports at each corner adapted to fold transversely thereof, and the outer

page_text: end of the inner section and the inner end of the outer section being provided with
means for supporting the abutting ends of a sectional mattress, substantially as
shown and described.
Dated this 19th day of August 1895.
HUGHES, SON & Co.,
38 Chancery Lane, W.C., Agents for the Applicants.