US24091A - Bed-bottom - Google Patents

Description

N STATES DATNT E. R. BENTON, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

SPRING BED-BOTTOM.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 24,091, dated May 24, 1859.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, E. R. BENTON, of Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bed-Bottoms or Spring- Couches; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full and complete description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a top view, Fig. 2 is a side View, Fig. 3 is an end view and Fig. 4f is a top sectional view. Figs. 5 and 6 are also detached parts.

The nature of my invention consists in the herein described construction and arrangement of a series of wood or metallic springs and slats, running transversely to the length of the bedstead, and in connection with other parts hereinafter named, forming when not in use, a level and even surface as seen in Fig. 2, which readily accommodates itself to the form of the body, giving an easy and uniform pressure to all its parts.

A A &c. represents a series of slats, four feet long, (or equaling the width of the bedstead,) about two inches wide and an inch thick. A side view of one slat is seen at A, Fig. 3. Each end of this slatrests upon the springs B, C, Fig. 3. These springs are composed of two parts each, as seen in Fig. 5. The ends at D, are pinned or glued together, or both, from Ywhich point, the two pieces B, B, and C, C, diverge at an angle of about eight degrees. Each of the pieces composing the spring is tapered from D to E, E, and from F to F as seen in Figs. 3 and 5. The end E of one pair, is fastened by means of a screw, to one end of the slat A, and the corresponding end F, of another pair, is fastened in the same manner tothe opposite end of the same slat. 'Ihe outer ends of the springs B and C', being the lower half, are attached by screws, to lon itudinal pieces G G as seen at E F in Fig. 3. Each pair of springs are fastened together at their base, by a wire staple, or a The ends E F of the springs B C, may, or'

may not be fastened together by an elastic 1 band I, interposed between the ends of the slats A, and the ends of the springs B, C. The object of this is to preserve a uniformity of distance between the slats when in use, at the same time allowing a free vertical motion, to the slats A, which thereby accommodate themselves to the various curves of the body resting upon them. An increase in the width of the slats will render the strap I unnecessary.

The bed bottom or spring couch thus formed as described, is placed `upon the bedstead frame, the rails of which are fitted to receive the same, and upon this is spread a mattress and covering, which completes the arrangement. In arranging the distance the slats are apart, I place t-he first two slats as close together at the head of the bed as the springs will allow, and increase the distance about one-sixteenth of an inch in each pair, toward the foot so that in sixteen slats, the distance gained is about an inch. The springs should be about two inches wide, andthe slots A, about half an inch wider. Each spring should be capable of supporting about twenty five pounds weight before meeting.

l/Vhat I claim as my improvement and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The construction of a bed-bottom or spring couch, yconsisting of a series of double springs B B and C C; the longitudinal pieces G G and the transverse slats A A and C, either with or without the flexible band I, when arranged as herein set forth, and operating in the lmanner and for the purpose specied.

E. R. BENTON. Witnesses:

J. BRAINERD, W. H. BURRIDGE.

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