Improvements in Metallic Bedsteads.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Nov., 1898-Accepted, 21st Jan.,
1899
Improvements in Metallic Bedsteads.
I, SAMUEL ILSLEY WHITFIELD, Managing Director of S. B. Whitfield & Co., Ld.,
Bedstead Makers, of Watery Lane, Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, 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;-
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My invention has for its object improvements in metallic bedsteads for assisting
in carriage and transport by which I enable bedsteads having extended corners
to be packed in as small a compass as those not having extended corners and this
I effect without altering the usual shape of or arrangement of the bedsteads and
without materially adding to the cost.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried
into practice I have appended hereunto two sheets of drawings upon which I have
fully illustrated the nature of my said improvements together with the mode of
and means for carrying the same into effect.
Figure 1 is a view of the extented corner of a bedstead formed in accordance
with my invention.
Figure 2 is an elevation of the bedstead end.
Figure 3 is a side elevation of Figure 2.
Figure 4 is a sectional plan of Figure 2.
Figure 5 is a plan of the extended corner shewn separate from the bedstead end.
Figure 6 is a view of bedsteads shewing one method of packing ready for trans-
port.
Hitherto bedsteads of this class have had the extended corners A formed in one
piece and projecting to such an extent that in packing considerable space has
been wasted between the bedstead ends by reason of the amount of space required
for the said extended corner.
In carrying my invention into effect I form the extended corners of my bedstead
ends B in two parts A and A¹ the part A being attached to the pillar B₁ of the
end B in the usual way and provided with the female dovetail a³ which is formed
close to the pillar as in the case of a not extended corner.
The separate extended corners A¹ which carry the angle iron or other end
supports C are provided on the one side of the corner with the male dovetail a³
which enters the dovetail a² in the corner A and on the other side with the female
dovetail a' which receives the dovetail e¹ of the bedstead side E.
By these means the projecting part A¹ of the extended corner can be removed
when packing thus allowing the bedstead ends B to be placed closer together as
shewn at Figure 6 while the extended corner A¹ and end C¹ can be packed between
them at the foot thus materially reducing the space occupied by the whole. I do
not confine myself to the dovetail form of connection between the parts A, A¹ and E
as these may be arranged of any suitable attachment and the connection between A,
and A' may vary in size and shape from that between A¹ and E. Figure 6 illus-
trates the saving of space at F between the bedstead ends B when packed but the

page_text: arrangement of the ends and the mode of packing away the corners A¹ may be
varied to a considerable extent.
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:-
In metallic bedsteads the separate extended corners A¹ substantially such as and
for the purpose herein set forth and illustrated upon the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 29th day of November 1898.
LEWIS WM. GOOLD,
Agent for Applicant, 5, Corporation Street, Birmingham.