IMPROVEMENTS IN-FOLDING OR CAMP BEDSTEADS
Year: 1884

page_text: I JOHN BARNOUIN ROWCLIFFE of the Dinting Wire Works, Glossop in the
County of Derby, Wire Mattress Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of
to be
the said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN-FOLDING OR CAMP BEDSTEADS
as follows:-
My Invention relates to camp bedsteads that is to say to bedsteads which are
required to be folded or reduced into a small compass when prepared for transit
from place to place. I form the frame of the bedstead of metal of angle, tee, channel
or other sections or of metal tubes or of hollow sections and I provide the frame
with four hinged legs of metal or with two hinged metal frames which when the
bedstead is in use spread out a little so as to furnish stability but when the bedstead
is packed fold up into the space between the sides. I provide the bedstead with
an elastic woven wire bed bottom which is secured at one end to one of the ends of
the frame and at the other end to a bar which can be drawn towards the other
end of the frame by means of bolts or I attach one end of the said bed bottom to a
roller or revolving bar which is provided with journals and is mounted in and
between the sides of the frame so that it can be revolved for the purpose of
stretching the bed bottom, ratchet teeth and a detent or catch or a securing pio,
wedge, wedging wheel or roller or chock preventing the return movement of
the roller.
My improved bedstead is particularly adapted for use in camp and especially for
use in India or the Tropics and may be so constructed as that when not in use it may
be folded into a flat rectangular package of two inches in depth or thereabouts
and a number of these can be superimposed to form a package of moderate size and
weight.
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page_text: I JOHN BARNOUIN ROWCLIFFE of the Dinting Wire Works Glossop in the
County of Derby Wire Mattress Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of the
said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN FOLDING OR CAMP BEDSTEADS "and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement and accompanying drawings:-
My invention relates to camp bedsteads that is to say to bedsteads which are
required to be folded or reduced into a small compass when prepared for transit
from place to place. I form the frame of the bedstead of metal of angle, tee,
channel or other sections or of metal tubes or of hollow sections and I provide the
frame with four hinged legs of metal or with two hinged metal frames which
when the bedstead is in use spread out a little so as to furnish stability but when
the bedstead is packed they fold up. I provide the bedstead with an elastic woven
wire bed bottom which is secured at one end to one of the ends of the frame and
at the other end to a bar which can be drawn towards the other end of the frame
by means of bolts or I attach one end of the said bed bottom to a roller or revolving
bar which is provided with journals so that it can be revolved for the purpose of
stretching the bed bottom, ratchet teeth and a detent or catch or a securing pin,
wedge, wedging wheel or roller or check preventing the return movement of
the roller.
The accompanying sheet of drawings is illustrative of the manner in which I
carry my invention into practical effect In the said drawings Figs: 1 and 2 are
perspective views representing a folding bedstead constructed in accordance with
my invention. In the said Figs: a is the metal frame composed of iron or steel
bars a. a¹ and a riveted or bolted together. In the example the ends of the
bars a' are bent so as to connect with the bars a. To this frame are hinged legs or
supports b. b. each composed of two metal bars b. connected together by means of
rods 61. 6. At the "head" of the frame is hinged a metal pillow rest c. composed
of a bar bent into an U form and provided with cross rods c¹. The ends of this
pillow rest and turn upon studs which form parts of the rivets or bolts which secure
together the corners of the frame at d. but this may be varied. The frame is
provided with an elastic woven wire bed bottom e. which is attached by one end to
the foot bar or rail of the frame and by the other end to a movable cross bar f.
which extends across the frame and inside the same. Screws or bolts g. g. engage
with screw nuts formed in or attached to this cross bar and pass through the head
rail a² or pass through or are secured to the said cross bar and are provided with
nuts the said parts in either case furnishing means whereby the bed-bottom can be
strained to the required tension. When the bedstead is to be transported from
place to place or when it is desirable to stow it away within a small compass the
pillow rest can be turned down so as to lie flat upon the bed bottom and the legs
or supports can be similarly turned up so as to lie flat against the underside of
the frame as clearly indicated in Fig: 2. When thus folded a number of bedsteads
can be packed or piled together so as to occupy a comparatively small compass.
The construction of the bedstead may be varied in the manner hereinbefore
indicated.
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 metallic folding or camp bedstead formed and constructed substantially
as set forth and indicated herein before and in and by the accompanying drawings.

page_text: 2. The folding or camp bedstead composed of the rectangular metal frame
provided with hinged legs or supports and with a hinged pillow rest all arranged
to fold flat upon the frame and with an adjustable cross-bar to which is attached
one end of a sheet of woven wire mattress which constitutes the bed bottom
substantially as set forth and indicated.