US87273A - Improved bedstead - Google Patents

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@anni Efira Me ROBE Pf'I MARTIN, OF'

i Letters Patent Na/"1,273,

CHICAGO. ILLiNoIs.

dated February 23, 1869.

IMPROVED BEDSTEAZD.

' The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern.- I .I

. Be it known that I, ROBERT MARTIN, of' Chicago, in the county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have in-I vented certain new and useful Improvements in Bed# steads; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, like letters indicating like parts wherever they occur.

To enable others skilled in the art to construct and use my invention, I will proceed to describe it.

My invention4 relates to bedsteads, and consists in constructing the frame, bottom, and canopy, entirely of m'etal, in a novel manner, so that the whole may 'be readily put together and taken apart,.,without the use of any tools for the purpose.

In the drawingsl Figure l is a perspective view of the bedstead complete, withthe frame for supporting the canopy at-- tached.'

Figure 2, a section on the line y-y.

Figure 3, a cross-section on line :t x.

Figure 4, a portion detached, showing the manner of securing the slats.

A A represent round iron posts, in a single piece, and of the requisite length of the bed-posts.

These posts have cast on or around them, at or near their middle, iron blocks orcorner-pieces, B, as shown in figs. l, 2, and 3, which, upon shrinking,` take hold with great force upon the posts.

These blocks are formed with two faces standingat right angles to one another, and provided with grooves to receive tongues on the ends of the Vside-rails of the frame, to forma dovetailedj joint therewith, as clearly lshown in fig. 2.

C O represent the side-rails ofthe frame, formed of L-shaped angle-iron, as seen in cross -section in .3.

gThese rails have secured to-them, by rivets or bolts t 'L at each endf, the metal blocks or head-pieces E, as shown in figs. l, 2, and 3.

The outer ends or faces of these Iheads have on them tongues b, which t into the grooves in the faces of the blocks B, forming' a dovetail'joint, as clearly seen in figs. l and 2.

The tongues b are made smaller at their lower end than at the upper, so vas to wedge tightly in place, and prevent rattling, the openings in the blocks B being shaped to correspond.

The end-rails may be formed in they same manner as the side-rails, or theymay be made solid with the corner-blocks, by casting the blocks directly upon the end of the rail.

The head and foot-boards G ofthe bed are made light, i

skeleton-frames, as in g. l, the top rails of which extend out on each side, and have holes through them, and are 4slipped onto the upper ends of the posts A, and held by nuts c, the side-pieces of the frame exvtendingdown to and having tenons tting into the rails C, thus holding the whole frame securely in place.

The canopy-frame F is formed of the light metal side-pieces m, connected by the rods n, held in place by the vornamental nuts o, and the whole is supported by ears on the bars fm', which fit on to the ends of the posts A, and are secured by the nuts or knobs o, all as shown in g. 1.

The bottom is formed of the light strips, -or strapiron D, of which there are 4two sets, running at right angles to one another, and interwoven, said straps having oval holes or openings ein each end, and being held by studs or bolts, secured in the, upper sideof the rails C, at proper distances apart. l The bolts a are free to turn, and are provided. with heads which stand eccentric to the body or stem, and which, when turned in the proper position, will allow the slats to lb e slipped over them, after which the'bolt is turned around, and the slat thus locked in place, as shownin figs-1, 3, and 4.,

When thus constructed, we have a bedstead which is very stron'g, light, and cheap, and in the joints of which vermin will not breed, as is the case with those made wholly or partially of wood.

The head` and foot-boards G may be made plain or ornamental, as desired, and the canopy-frame F may be removed, when desired, by simply taking o the -nuts c, and lifting it from its place,- after which the nuts are replaced and turned down, to hold the head and foot-boards.

Having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is l 1. A metallic bedstead, consisting of the solid posts A, with corner-pieces and rails attached, as described,

andl having the slats D secured by the eccentric-headed bolts a, all as set forth.

2. In combination with a bedstead, made as above described, they canopy, constructed as herein shown and described. i

ROBERT MARTIN. Witnesses:

I. A. SrUReIs,

W. J. HART.

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