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' Bc it known that I, SEBEUS C. MAINE, of Boston', in the'oounty Suifolk, and State of Massachusetts, have invented an improved Balanced Bed and Bedstead, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings making part of this specification, in which- Figure l -is a perspective view of my improved bedstead as it appears when closed and standingin'the parlor or Place where it is intended to be used. i

Figure 2 is a view of the bcdstead and bed when the bcdstead is opened and the bed exposed and ready for use. i

Figure 3 is the balance-spring.

The class of bedsteads most in use are objectionable because of the amount of room required and the exposure of the bed and bedding to view, while other classes of bedsteads are still more objectionable, for while they obviate in a great measure the iirst objection, viz, the space required and the exposure of the bed and bedding during the day, still, when used, the room required for the case or shell when removed, the wearing of carpets, the noise and labor of getting the bed ready for use, and in many cases the exceeding high cost, putting them beyond the means ofthe common people, arc great objections to their use. My invention has for its object to remove the abovementioned dieulties, and to give to all a bedstead requiring the least possible space, to be operated without noise' or labor, and at a price within the means of all, and consists in an upright case or frame resembling any article of furniture desired, a book-case, ward-robe., or sideboard. The front may be plain, panelled, or it may contain a mirror, as the one herein described. The front or face ofthe piece of furniture selected for a bedstead becomes, when used as a bedstea-d, the bottom of an inner ease which contains the bed and bedding. The inner case or frame which contains the bed is secured by bolts or screws to a shaft crossing the frame at any desired distance from the bottom, the shaft turning on proper bearings at each end. Under this shaft, upon the bottom of-the'frame, and parallel with the shaft, is a iat spring secured to the bottom in the centre, and` attached to the shaft with chains or any suitable'cord or strap from thc ends of the spring, (coiled or wound springs can be uscd,) attached to the back or side of the outer case or frame. When aspring of proper strength isl thus applied, the bed in the inner case can be dropped or swung out from the frame without noise, and requiring ,but little strength, as the increased .weight of the inner case and bed is balanced by the increasedpower of the spring'. 'When the inner case has been lowered to a level with the bearing of the shaft, two pieces of the finish ofthe inner ease drop-with their own weight and become legsor supports for the bottom of the bedstead. The only labor required in closing this bedstead is to put the hand under it and give it a gentle motion upward,'when, with the assistance of the spring, the whole is at once transformed to its former shape. I

To enable others skilled in the art to' understand' and use my invention. I will now proceed to describe the manner in which I have carried it out. In the said drawings` l Figure lis a case provided with a mirror in the front and commode under the mirror, with a top or cover that may be vnfed to a level and used as a shelt` or toi1et-tab1e,'the whole making a neat' and useful piece of furniture.

l Figure 2 represents the outer frame as seen in g. 1, also the inner frame d, willen contains the bed, while a is the spring attached to the bottom of the frame, In the shaft-to'n'hichthe frame containing the bed is secured, and c the chain connecting the ends of' the spring to the shaft; g is the cap which holds the spring in its place; e is a section of the ornamental nish on the fro-nt of the case as it appears when closed, while represents another section ofthe same finish dropped by its own weight and forming legs for the inner frame.

Operation'.

If it is desired to convert this piece of furniture into a bedstead and bed, take hold of the frame of the mirror, g. 1, and pull it gently from the top of the frame; the weight of the inner frame and bed will give it motion, while the motion will be controlled and regulated by the spring. When t'he inner case with the bed has been dropped. to a line -at right angles withthe outer ease or frame,the weight of the inner oase and bed becomes greatest, acting asia lever 'upon the shaft; at the same time the power of the spring is greatest and acting also upon the shaft. The same balancing power may be seen in closing; as the bed advances towards the caseV the weight becomes less until it stands erect in the frame, lwhen a pounds weightv will hold it in its place. So, too,

with the spring, for when the bed stands erect the spring also is at rest. l

What I claim as vmy invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, as an improved bedstead and bed, 1s- The balance-spring a, or its equivalent attached to shaft b by chains or their equivalent, in lcombination with frames or cases as vshown in figs. 1 and 2, and operated Asubstantially asset forth.

C. MAINE.

Witnesses:

A. Gr. WILKINSON, C. D. SMITH,

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