US1574659A - Folding bed - Google Patents

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Feb. 23 1926.

s. K. JOHNSTON FOLDING BED Filed April 30,

I I lifllll ll f Patented Feb. 23, 1926.

UNITED STATES SYLVANUS K. JOHNSTON, OF BRADNER, BRITISH "COLUMBIA, CANADA.

FOLDING BED.

Application filed April 30, 1925. Serial ,No. 27,109.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SYLVANUS K. JOHN- STON, a citizen of the Dominion of Canada, residing at Bradner, in the Province of British Columbia, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Beds, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a folding camp bed especially adapted for auto campers use, as it is designed to be readily foldable into a small bulk so as to be conveniently stowed on or about the vehicle.

The features 1305 which attention is particularly directed are the manner of connecting the end and side rails to the posts and the articulation of the side rails in a manner to fold into small space and'to facilitate attachment of the bed of fabric or the. like.

The invention is fully described in the following specification, reference being made to the drawings by which it is accompanied, in which:

Fig. 1 is a sectional plan to an enlarged scale of the corner post connections of the side rails and end rails.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same looking in the direction of the arrow 2 in Fig. 1., a portion being removed to show the attachment of the side rail.

Fig. 3 is a similar view in the direction of the arrow 3 in Fig. 1, showing the connec tion of the end rail, the end of the rail being shown in full lines in the position of its introduction, and by dot and dash lines in the position. of connection.

Fig. 4 shows in side elevation the medial articulation of the side rails, and

Figs. 5 and 6 show to a smaller scale the articulated side rails as connected to the corner posts, Fig. 5 showing in the position for attachment or disconnection of the bed, and Fig. 6 with the bed tightened as for use.

In these drawings 2 represents the tubu- 4.5 lar corner posts to each of which a member 3 is secured in any convenient manner as by a rivet at the desired height from the ground line.

This member 3 is preferably in. one piece of flat sheet metal bent to closely fit on the posts 2 and the two ends 4 are brought together to receive between them the end of .the side rail 10, and the ends are secured by rivets 5 and 6, the upper one 5, as shown in Fig. 2, being at a greater distance from the post than the lower one 6.

At ninety degrees from the ends 4 the member is bent outward from the post, as at 7 with a space between the fold adapted to take the end of the cross rail 11 and at the bend 7 portions are removed at 8 and 9 to receive the downwardly hooked ends 12 of the end rail. I

Each end rail 11, which is preferably of light channel section, has the flanges removed adjacent the end and the end is notched", as shown in Fig. 3, toform hook portions 12 to fit in the removed portions *3 and 9 of the member 3.

The side rails 10 are also preferably of light channelsection and are made in two lengths pin-connected together at 14, flat side to flat side, with a pin 15 secured to one to fit into a notch 16 in the other, that each side rail is free to angle upward but will be checked at the horizontal position 'on the pin 15.

The ends of these articulated.- side rails 10 have their flanges removed where they pass between the ends 4 of the member 3, and are notched at 13, as shown in Fig.

2, that they may be entered angularly on the pins 5 and 6, and being bent downward will be retained on the pins.

Apertures are provided along the lower flange of each cross rail 11 to receive the springs 17 of the bed support 18. This bed support 18 may be of fabric, in the ends of which is a light metal rod 19 on which the ends of the springs 17 are mounted.

With this construction the side rails 10 will fold on the pins 14: into half their length, and the end rails and posts may be disconnected and the detached frame may be wrapped within the fabric bed support 18 When required for use, the end rails 11 are connected by the,hooks 12 to the corner posts 2, and the notches 13 of the side rails 10 are angularly introduced on the pins 5, (see Fig. 2), and moved down to the horizontal position.

The lower ends of the posts 2 may then be moved together and the springs 17 hooked on to the end rails 11, and this connection being on the lower edge of the rails, when the posts are straightened up to the vertical position, the springs are tightened to tightly stretch the bed support.

Having now particularly described my invention, Ihereby declare that what I claim as new and desire to be protected in by Letters Patent, is:

A detachable bed-frame, comprising in combination, corner posts, side rails and end rails, each corner post having a member secured to it which is bent to encircle it, the ends of this encircling member bent to extend outward from the post and spaced apart to receive between them an end of a side rail, the spaced apart ends being secured together by two rivets to engage notches in the end of the side rail, the post encircling member having also a portion doubled out from the post to receive an endof the end rails between the doubled portion and having portions removed from the bend of the doubled portion to afiord access of the engaging end rail thereto.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature.

SYLVANUS K. JOHNSTON.

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