US101326A - Improved bed-bottom - Google Patents

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JOSEPH SPERRY, O'F CHARLESTON, ILLINOIS.

Letters .Patent No. 101,326, datedMafrch'29, 187i).

IMPROVED BED-BOTTOM.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same To all whom it mag/.concern Be it known that I, JOSEPH SPEnaY,of Charleston, inthe county of Coles and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bed-Bottoms; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, vand exact description thereof, which will cnable others kskilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being `had to the accompanying drawings forming partof .this specification. I

Ihis invention relates to a new and usefulimprovement in bed-bottoms, whereby they are made more durable and useful than slat bed-bottoms have hitherto been and v It consist-s in a double slatbottom, made without metallic or rubber springs, and entirely of wood, save the necessary screws for fastening the parts together, as will be hereinafter more fully described In the accompanying drawing- Figure 1 is a top or plan View. v

Figure 2 is a vertical section of fig. 1, on the line :v z.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the bedstead.

B represents the lower series of slats, which are placed longitudinally with the bedstead.

C is the upper series, which are placed at right angles with B.

The slats B are placed very near eachother, just space enough being left between them to allow them to' play freely up and down.

These slats are fastened at their ends to transverse slats D, which rest on other transversev slats, E. The latter slats are supported by the cleats F on the sides of the bedstead, as seen in the drawing.

The transverse series of slats Gis fastened to the longitudinal slats G, and then thetwo series of slats B and O are fastened together by screws, or in any suitable manner. l v

The upper series of slats may be removed, if a greater degree of elasticity is required than is afforded by the two series combined.

By this construction of a bed-b0ttorn,itwil1 be seen that no metallic or rubber springs are required. It

may be made by any one acquainted with the use of the simplest tools. It is readily removed for washing or airing, and is highly elastic and very durable.

Having thus described my invention, 4

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The combination ofthe series of slats B and G, each coustructedand arranged in a bedstead, substantially as shown and described.

JOSEPH SPERRY.

Witnesses:

A. P. DUNBAR, W. S. MINTIN.

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