US171902A - Improvement in dress-pillows - Google Patents

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DRESS-PILLOW.

. No. 171,902. Patented Jan.4.1876.

UNITED STA ES PA ENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN WITHERELL, 0E MEDFORD, AND ELISHA B. WITHERELL, 0E EVERETT, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN DRESS-PILLOWS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 171.902, dated January 4, 1876 ;v application filed September 23, 1875.

To all whom ti may concern:

Be it known that we, BENJAMIN WITHER- ELL, of Medt'ord, and ELISHA B. WITHEEELL, of Everett, both of the county ot'Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improved Dress-Pillow, of which the following is a specification Our invention relates to an improvement in What is known as dress-pillows. They are designed to be placed upon the bed in the daytime, and serve the purpose of presenting a neat and handsome appearance to the bed, being generally made of some material which will serve to keep the pillow in shape.

Our invention consists in making the dresspillow of paste'ooard orpaper stock in the form of an ordinary pillow, and in. two parts, which are hinged or connected together at one side, so that when closed it will constitute a convenient receptacle for articles of bedding, such as sheets and pillow-cases, or for nightdresses, &c. I

Referring to the drawing, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a-dress-pillow constituting our invention. Fig. 2 is a view of the same open, showing its construction, and Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the same.

A, Fig. 1, shows the dress-pillow with a case upon it, as it appears when placed upon a bed.

a regular pillow is required, the dress-pillow maybe easily removed and placed under the bed, or otherwise disposed of.

Another great advantage in making the pillow in two parts consists in the facility of packing and transporting the same. ,The

hinges are designed to be made -so that the two parts B and C may be easily attached to and detached from each other. v f

When they are to be transported, the two parts are separated, and they can-be packed one within the other, and thus occupycomparatively a very small space, a very large number being capable of packing and gtransportation in this way. i

The paper-pillow may be covered with ticking or other suitable material, to strengthen the article, and when in use it may be confined in a fancy pillowcase or covered with what is known among housekeepers as, a sham, which is used for ornamental purposes in covering the ordinary pillow.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

As a new article of manufacture, a dresspillow composed of paper stock or pasteboard, and made in'two parts and hinged together, each part being provided at the edges with a wooden frame, whereby the hinges and a springcatch are applied, and so as to form, when closed, a receptacle in the shape of a pillow. all in the manner and for the purpose Substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof, we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

Witnesses:

J. H. ADAMS, E. A. STocK.

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