US984070A - Frame adapted to be attached to bedsteads for supporting bed-covers. - Google Patents

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0. P. BRUNELLE FRAME ADAPTED TO BE ATTACHED TO BEDSTEADS FOB. SUPPORTING BED COVERS. APPLICATION FILED OUT. 15, 1 910 984,070, Patented Feb. 14, 1911.

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FRAME ADAPTED TO BE ATTACHED TO BEDSTEADS FOR SUPPORTING BED-COVERS) Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 1st, 1911.

Application filed October 15, 1910. Serial No. 587,232.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, ONnsInn F. BRU- iginmn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Centerdale, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Frames Adapted to be Attached to Bedsteads for Supporting Bed-Covers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improved means for holding or supporting bed covers, and it consists essentially of a jointed, adjustable frame, adapted to be detachably secured to a bedstead, and capable of being swung upwardly from the normal horizontal position, as for example, preliminary to making up the bed or when the latter is to be occupied.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive light frame or device arranged to be clamped to the posts of a bedstead; the construction being such that the frame can be readily adjusted to beds varying both in length and width.

The device, when mounted or attached to the bedstead, is employed to support or hold tlatwise, independent of and above the bed proper, a fabric or textile cover or bed spread of suitable material and design or pattern; said cover in this case serving as a toilet-piece or dressing, its four edge portions falling downward and constituting drapery for concealing and protecting the mattress and bedding.

The device may be used in connection with the usual pillow-covers or pillow-sham holders.

I am aware that supporters for bedclothes have been devised and employed prior to my present invention. In such former constructions, however, the frames were especially devised to carry more or less of the bed'clothing, thereby, when in nor mal use, relieving the weight or pressure of the bedclothing from the body of the per son or invalid lying beneath, while at the same time permitting the bedclothing to lie sufficiently close to the body to maintain a proper degree of warmth without actually touching it. My improved cover-supporting frame differs from such former devices in that it is adjustable and jointed, and is not dressy or ornamental effect, the construction being such that when in use the spread or cover will lie perfectly fiat and smooth.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view, representing my improved bed-cover supporting frame attached to a bedstead (the bedding and bedclothes being omitted) and lying in the normal position. Fig. 2 is a partial side elevation of the frame, in enlarged scale, portions of the same being broken away. Fig. 8' represents a portion of one of the side and transverse telecsoping members of the frame; and Fig. t shows the central portion of the side members provided with a hinge or joint.

My improved frame device, A, for supporting a bedspread or cover is adapted to be readily attached to bedsteads; the drawing represents a metal bedstead of usual construction, consisting of the four posts a, &c., constituting the head and foot portions, united by the frontand rear side rails 5 Z).

In carrying out my invention, I prefer ably employ two main parallel telescoping, thin-Walled side bars 0 c, and a plurality of light, thin-walled, telescoping cross bars (Z, adjustably slidable on and uniting the latter. The front end of the side bars are jointed at a to clips 71. adapted to be ad justably secured to the respective posts a of the head. The opposite end portions of the bars normally rest on lugs or dogs a, eX- tending inward from the rear clips h, which are adjustab-ly clamped to the foot posts a. As drawn, these clips or clamps are each provided with an outwardly swinging camlever Z having its head constructed to frictionally clamp the adjacent side of the post, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Each side bar a is lock-jointed, as at 7, Fig. a, about midway of its length, thereby permitting the bars to automatically fold together when the device is being swung upward from the flat or normal position to the temporary vertical position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1. The foot portion of the side bars is preferably made telescoping, as at 0 Fig. 1, thereby rendering the bar capable of longitudinal adjustment to fit bedsteads Varying in length; a screw 0 or other analogous means serving to hold the members in the proper relation.

The telescoping cross-bars (Z are slidable longitudinally of the side-bars, screws 0 serving to maintain them in position, while screws (Z Fig. 3, perform a similar ofiice with respect to lateral adjustment of the frame A.

The manner of operation may be described as follows: The clips h, 72, are first mounted on the respective posts of the bedstead and clamped in position by means of the dogs Z. In practice, the clips are located at a point higher than the top of the mattress and bedding; in fact, if desired, higher even than the bolster-roll or pillows. The two side-bars c of the frame device proper A are then joint-connected at n to the head clips 71, the cross-bars (Z at the same time being free to move in an endwise direction, thus adapting themselves to the width of the bed or distance between the two head clips. The rear end portion of the side bars are then adjusted longitudinally, so as to properly rest upon the corresponding clips h, followed by tightening the screws 0*. The

I frame now lies flat or horizontal, the adj acent ends of the two parts of each side bar at the joint f then abutting, corresponding somewhat with a cantaliver action. After this has been effected, the cross bars are spaced along the side bars and secured in position by the screw 0 at the same time tightening the screws (P. The frame is now capable of being swung bodily on the hinges a and also capable of flexing at the center joint In utilizing the frame A a piece of suitable fabric, more or less ornamental, as desired, and which may be termed a toilet piece, is or may be suitably pinned or sewed to the frame members so as to lie perfectly smooth and flat, its lower edge portions falling downward, say to or below the four rails of the bedstead and constituting drapery for concealing or protecting the bedding proper. The toilet piece is movable bodily with the fame when the latter is raised and lowered, the fabric or covering flexing with the frame.

When the device is not in normal service, or lying flatwise, it is swung to the elevated and folded position, indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1.

I claim as my invention and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent:

1. As a new article of manufacture, a frame device adapted to support a textile cover or bedspread and arranged to be attached to a bedstead, and capable of being swung upward bodily from the normal or horizontal position; said frame consisting of a pair of laterally separated, foldable side bars, adapted when in use to extend longi tudinally'of the bed, and a plurality of suitably spaced cross bars, adjustably secured to and connecting the side bars.

2. A frame of the general character herein described, the same comprising a pair of jointed, laterally separated, longitudinally adjustable side bars, a plurality of longitudinally adjustable transverse bars, slidably mounted on the side bars, means for holding the several bars in the adjusted positions, and clips or analogous members adapted to be attached to a bedstead for supporting said frame.

3. A frame of the general character herein described, the same consisting of parallel, longitudinally extensible, tubular side bars, each having a hinge-joint about midway of its length, thereby adapting it to be flexed or folded, a plurality of spaced, longitudinally adjustable tubular cross bars interposed between and connecting the side bars, and clips jointed to the latter and arranged to be attached to a bedstead.

l. The combination with the posts of a bedstead and clip members adjust-ably secured thereto, of a frame device of the character herein described, jointed to and sup ported by said clips, said frame consisting of a pair of longitudinally adjustable side bars, each having a joint about midway of its length, and a plurality of longitudinally adjustable cross bars secured to and connecting the side bars.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

oNEsIME F. BRUNELLE.

lVitnesses Gno. H. REMINGTON, CALVIN H. BROWN.

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