US307013A - carleton - Google Patents

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0. CARLETON. WARDROBE BEDSTEAD.

Patented 001;. 21,1884.

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O. CARLETON.

- WARDROBE BEDSTEAD.

No. 307,013. I Patented Oct. 21, 1884.

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WARDROBE-BEDSTEAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 307,013, dated October 21, 1884.

Application filed January 23, 1884. (X model.)

To all whom 2'6 may concern: the head-board C, supported in a vertical po- Be it known that I, CHARLES CARLETON, sition by means of the jointed lever D. This a citizen of the United States, residing at Chilever is formed in three parts, namely: the cago, in the county of Cook and State of Illipart 3, pivotally connected at its center to the 5 nois, have invented certain new and useful side of the receptacle, as shown at a, and the 55 Improvements in IVardrobe-Bedsteads; and I parts q and q, jointed to the opposite ends of hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, the part 8, as shown at 1) and p, and pivoted, and exact description of the same. respectively, to the head-board C, as shown My invention relates to certain improveat 0, and the commode A, as shown at 0. This [0 ments upon bedsteads of the above class in attachment maintains the head-boardinaver- 6 which the receptacle for the bedding is hinged tical position and at the same time permits it near one end to the rear upper edge of a com to rise and descend with the lower end of the mode, bureau, or the like, whereby when the receptacle B. It is preferred to form one upreceptacle is lowered to a horizontal position on each side of the bed, to give stability to the it lies upon the top of the commode, which head-board,thoughthisisnot absolutelyneces 6 thus constitutes the head-support, the said resary. ceptacle being provided at its upper end with The above described device may be ema hinged attachment, which always maintainsployed to operate a head-board alone; but in a vertical position, and thus, when the recepmany cases it is desirable to employ a foottacle is lowered, forms the foot-support, and board also. 70 when the receptacle is raised completes its re- In the drawings I have shown a foot-board, semblance to a book-case, wardrobe, or what- E, hinged to the receptacle B, as shown at *0, ever the design may be. whereby it can be turned up to aright angle In wardrobebedsteads of this character it with the receptacle or folded down against it,

is desirable to provide a head-board, and itis as circumstances require. It is my object to 75 obvious that where such head-board is emcause this hinged foot-board to be operated ployed it must, to be practicable, always mainautomatically by the raising and lowering of mm a vertical position, and at the same time the receptacle, and for this purpose I employ rise and descend with the end of the receptaan attachment similar in character to the jointcle to which itis attached; also that its action ed lever D, and operated through the medium 80 should be entirely automatic. of the latter. This attachment consists of a My invention relates to mechanism whereby jointed lever, F, comprising the part a, pivotthe above results are effected, and also to an atally connected at its center to the side of the tachment to the said mechanism for operating receptacle, the part at jointed at one end to 3 5 a hinged foot-board as well, all as hereinafter the top of the part a and pivotally connected 8 5 more fully Set forthat its opposite end to the foot-board E, and

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective the diagonal rod Z, pivoted to the upper end view of a bedstead representing a book-case of the parts of the jointed lever D, and to when raised and of the character to which my the lower end of the part a of the jointed lever improvement is applied, and Fig. 2, a perspec- F,whereby both levers act reciprocally. Thus 90 tive view of the same in a partly-raised posiit will be seen the hinged foot-board is caused tion, showing my improvements and their to turn up to a right angle with the receptamode of Operation. cle when lowered and to fold against it out of A is the base, here shown in the form of a sight when raised. commode; and B is the receptacle for the bed- In Fig. 2 the levers D and F are, for the sake 5 ding, hinged to the rear upper edge of the of clearness, represented as being upon the commode, as shown at t. The receptacle is exterior of the bedstead, and they may occuhinged to the commode at such a point that py that position in practice, if desired. It is when raised it reaches to, or nearly to,the floor. obvious, however, that all the operating mech- Tothelower end of thereceptacleBis hinged anism may be inclosed within, the bedstead, IOO

and thus be entirely hidden from View when the device is raised to the position represented in Fig. 1.

G is a hinged foot-support, which always hangs vertically and operates in the usual way.

\Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In combination with a wardrobe bedstead comprising the base A, receptacle 13,

hinged to the rear upper edge of the said base, and head-board O, hinged to the said receptacle, the jointed lever D, pivotally connected to the said base, receptacle, and head-board, substantially as shown and described.

2. In combination with a wardrobe bedstead comprising the base A, receptacle I3, hinged to the rear upper edge of the said base, head-board O, hinged to the said receptacle, and foot-board E, also hinged to the said rcceptacle, the jointed lever D, pivotally connected to the said base, receptacle, and headboard, and the jointed lever F, pivotally connected to the said receptacle, foot-board, and lever 3, substantially as shown and described.

\ CHARLES OAR-LETON.

In presence of DOUGLAS DYREN FORTH, Cnanrns O. LIN'IHICUM.

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