US2240978A - Child's bed - Google Patents

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May 6, 1941- R. B. BUKoLT l 2,240,978

i G HILDS BED Filed June 27, 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Iii/'901e l l F Wil n /251 F 19? y z N I@ *51 a 20a .L 14 l@ @iE/ f M12 1.6 14/ I"p 19 l5 'l 2 10 vf-d May 6, 194] R. B. BuKoL-r V 2,240,978

CHILDS BED K Filed June 2'?, 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Fig. 2o /"2g w/' i o i 17 15 2O 'A 16 19 16 Patented May 6, 1941 UNITEDV4 STATES PATENT OFFICE cHILns BED Rfcman B. Bukolt, Stevens Point, Wis. *Application .rune 27, 1940, serial No. 342,308

' 5 i (KCl. 5-1i) Y "2 Claims.

; --Thelinvention relates primarily to a childs bed of-the rgeneral type having a, mattress-carrying spring` frame vertically adjustable `to diierent elevations, andV in. the present disclosure, said frameisadjustableto a relatively high position yconvenient fordressinga child;- toa relatively lowor normal position; to an intermediate posi` tion about evenvwith fthe mothers bed for convenience-at night; and to any inclined position often beneficial if the child be ill.

` The object of the invention is the provision of a generally improved and simplied construc- `tion which provides for quick, and easy adjustment of the mattress-carrying frame to, and supportof, said frame in any selected position.

, With the foregoing in View, the invention resides in the novel subject matter hereinafter de- .scribedand claimed, description being accomplished by reference to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a side elevation showing the mattress-carrying frame' supported in an inclined position.

Figures 2, 3 and 4 are enlarged side elevations, partly in section, showing one end of the mattress-carrying frame in fully raised, intermediate and fully lowered positions, respectively.

Figure is a horizontal section on line 5-5 of Fig. 3.

Figure 6 is a perspective view of one end of the mattress-carrying frame.

Figure '1 is a perspective view of one of the vertically swingable supports for said end of the mattress-carrying frame.

A preferred construction has been illustrated and will be rather specifically described, with the understanding, however, that within the scope of the invention as claimed, variations may be made.

The bed herein shown is of the crib type in which a head I0 and a foot II)a are connected and held in fixed relation with each other by crib sides I I, one or both of which may be mounted for vertical adjustment, for instance, along tracks I2, I2. A mattress-carrying spring frame I3 eX- tends from the head I0 to the foot IIJa and novel provision is made for holding said frame I3 in positions to which it may be vertically adjusted, and as said provision is the same at both the head and the foot of the bed, only that at the head will be described, and all reference numbers used in the description Will be found on the corresponding parts at the foot of the bed, associated with the suflix (a).

Two vertically swingable arms I4 are pivoted r to the head I0 as indicated at I 5, the pivotal axes being alined with each other and disposed transversely of the bed. These arms are connected with each other by a horizontal rod I6 which is parallel with the axes of the connections I5 and spaced from said axes, said rod being somewhat longer than the width of the frame I3, in the present disclosure. The arms I4 may be considered as having inwardly projecting rigid portions at their free ends, formed in the present disclosure by the end portions of the rod I6. The adjacent end of the frame I3 is provided with downwardly open notches I'I which receive the end portions of the rod I6 when said frame I3 is fully raised as in Fig. 2 or fully lowered as in Fig. 4. The frame I3 is customarily provided with side and end bars of angle metal, and the vertical iianges of the side bars may be cut short and inwardly spaced from the corresponding flange of the end bar to provide the notches II.

` In inwardly spaced relation with its notched wend, `theframe I'3isI provided with other notches I8 which open toward said end and receive the end portions of the rod I6 when said frame is in the intermediate position shown in Fig. 3, said frame having lateral lugs I9 which then rest on the arms I4, these lugs I9 being idle when frame I3 is either fully raised or fully lowered. The notches I8 are preferably formed in lugs or hooks 20 which are secured to and project downwardly from the side bars of the-frame I3 and it is preferable that each notch have a depression 2l in its lower edge wall to snugly receive the rod I6, assisting in securely holding the frame I3 against endwise movement. It is also preferable that the arms I4 be so constructed that when the rod I6 is in the notches I'I with said frame either raised or lowered, portions of said arms will lie solidly against the head Ill to prevent endwise movement of said frame I3.

In the preferred form of construction, the arms I4, the rod I6 and parts of the pivotal connections I5 are formed from a single length of metal rod, the extremities of this rod being bent laterally outward to provide trunnions 22 which are received in suitable bearings 23 secured to the head I0, said trunnions and bearings constituting said pivotal connections I5. At their juncture with the rod I6, the arms are preferably given a return bend 24, providing stops to abut the outer longitudinal edges of the frame I3, preventing movement of said frame transversely of the bed. When the frame I3 is fully raised, the bends 24 extendV upwardly and inwardly from the arms I4 and the latter lie solidly against the head I0. When the frame I3 is fully lowered, the bends 24 extend downwardly and outwardly from the arms I4 and abut the head of the bed. When the frame I3 is in. its intermediate position, the bends 24 are disposed at the outer sidesof the lugs 2D andthe frame then lies between the arms I4, said frame being thus held against movement transversely of the bed.

It is preferable to provide a lifting handle 25 on the end of the spring I3 to facilitate lifting when the mattress is in place, and each time the frame is to be adjusted to another position, it is necessary to first lift it until the rod I6 is free of the notches I1 or I8, to then swing the arms I4 and the rod toward the new position which they are to occupy, and to finally re-engage the rod with the notches I1, or engage it with the notches I8, as required. It will be Iobserved that the-same notches I1 receive the rod I6 when the frame I3 is either fully raised as in Fig. 2 or fully lowered as seen vin Fig. 4. -With the frame lifted by means of the handle 25, .the arms Id and rod IB may be `either swung t0 vfully upstand-ing position vor to fully hanging position before engagement of the notches Il with said rod. Whenever the frame I3 is to be supported in the intermediate position of Fig. 3, it is of course first necessary that it :be raised sufiiciently kto permit entrance Aof the rod I6 into -the notches I8, and such entrance of rodzinto 'notches will occur when the frame is then properly lowered, the relative movementof frame and arms-.which occursduring this lowering, being limited by the lateralstops I9l which come .toreston ythe'arnis I4 .as seenin I claim: 1. In a bed, an end member, a mattress-carrying frame having an end near said end member, l

two vertically swingalble arms pivoted to said end member on alined axes extending transversely of the bed, whereby the arms swing in vertical A -sides having lateral lugs to lie upon said arms when said arms are substantially horizontal and .said rod in said notches.

2. In a bed, an end member, a mattress-carrying frame having an end near said end member, two arms pivote-d to said end member on axes alined .transversely of the bed to swing vertically in planes at the outer sides of said frame, the free ends of said arms being provided with rigid inwardly projecting portions, said frame end being .provided with arigid supporting portion to rest lupon said inwardly projecting portions at the free ends of saidarms when said arms occupy a substantially vertical position, said frame being provided with rigid hooks to underlie said -inwardly projecting portions at the free ends `of said arms-when said'arms are swung to a substantially horizontally position, said frame sides having rigid lateral lugs between said supporting portion of said frameand said hooks to lie upon said armswhen said arms are substantially horizontal and said inwardly projecting portions at the lfree ends of said arms 1are engaged with said hooks, whereby said arms are then held against downward swinging.

ROMAN B.BUKOLT.

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