US1892427A - Bedstead - Google Patents

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Dec. 27, 1932. A. FEATHERMAN 1,892,427

I BEDSTEAD Filed Sept. 26. 1950 INVENTOR. I

' 1 ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 27, 1932 UNITED STATES IRVING A. FEATHERMAN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK IBEDSTEAD Application filed September 26, 1930. Serial No. 484,592.

- This invention relates to bedsteads.

More particularly the invention is directed to metal bedsteads of the kind made to simulate the wooden bed and wherein for such purpose it is desirable to provide side rails having provision for supporting the usual bed springs so as to conceal the latter from View, to aid in completely producing the effect of the wood construction, and it is one of the objects of this invention to provide a highly practical and eflicient side rail construction for this purpose. The side rails in accordance with this invention are made of hollow tubing provided with a web for supportlng spring rests, wh1cl1 web 1s so constructed as to add rigidity to the rail and provide an effective and improved support for such spring rests in such manner as to hide the latter from view. The ends of the side rails are received in caps having sockets snugly receiving said ends and assuring a perfeet fit, said end caps being further constructed with means for aligning the same with the corner posts of the bedstead, thereby assuring a perfect locking attachment to the corner posts and yet permitting easy disengagement from the posts by a slight upward tap on the bottom of the side rails.

A further object of this invention is to provide a strong, rugged bedstead of the character described which shall be comparatively inexpensive to manufacture, comprise few and simple parts, easy to fabricate, assemble and disassemble and which shall yet be practical and efficient to a high degree.

Other objects of this invention will in part be obvious and in part hereinafter pointed out.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements, and arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter described, and of which the scope of application will be indicated in the following claims. 7

In the accompanying drawing, in which is shown one of the various possible illustrative embodiments of this invention,

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary top plan view of a metal bedstead embodying the invention;

'end castings or caps;

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional enlarged'view taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 but showing the opposite side of the structure shown in Fig.2;

Fig. 4: is an exploded, fragmentary en-. larged view illustrating the method of assembling the ends of the side rails with the Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional 55 of Fig. 3; and

Fig. 6 is across-sectional slightly reduced view taken on line 6-6 of Fig. 2.

Referring now in detail to the drawing, 10 designates a bedstead embodying the in' vention, here shown in the form of an all metal bed and comprising end supports 11 and 12 having corner posts 13 removably supporting, in the manner hereinafter described, the hollow side rails 14. Supported on said side rails 1 f as hereinafter described, are a plurality of spring rests or supports 15 for supporting the usual bed springs.

Each of said corner posts 13 comprises an upright tubular member 20 to which is riveted, as byrivets 21, a vertical member 22 having a wall portion 23 contacting the outer face of said tubular member 20, and a wall portion 24 formed with a plurality of aligned books 25. The portions 24 on the corner 7 posts 18 on each side of the bed extend toward each other for supporting the side rail 14 disposed between them.

Each of the side rails 14 is preferably made of hollow, cold-rolled metal tubing and comprises an outer vertical wall 27, a horizontal top wall 28, and'a bottom horizontal wall 29, said bottom wall 29 being preferably wider than the upper wall 28 for the purpose hereinafter appearing.

Extending downwardly from said top wall 28 is an inner wall portion 30 parallel to said wall 27; and extending upwardlyfrom the bottom wall 29 is a wall portion 81.like Q wise parallel to said wall 27. The wall portions 30 and 31 are interconnected by an intermediate wall portion 32 forming a sup porting web orledge and preferably down wardly and rearwardly sloped toward said rear wall 27 and forming an upper curved view taken on line edge 33. The rail 14 is preferably made of a single piece of metal and formed with a lock seam or welded joint in one of the lower corners thereof. The ends of the elongated side rails 14 are preferably open.

Means is provided for mounting the side rails 14 on the hook portions of the corner posts 13. To this end, there is provided for each end of the side rails 14, a cap made of metal casting or stamping. Each cap 35 is formed with a socket 36 for receiving the end of the rail 14 preferably by a snug frictional fit, said socket having an angular surface 37 contacting the top inclined surface of said angular wall portion 32. The end edges 14a of said side rails 14 are adapted to abut the rearwall. 38 of said cap 35 and the sidewalls 39 and 40 of said cap are provided with two pair of aligned openings 41 and 42 adapted to register with the openings 41a and 42a formed adjacent said end edges 14a of the rails. Extending thru the aligned openings 41, 41a is a rivet 44 having a head 45 formed with an enlargedbutton 46. A similar rivet 44a having a head 45a, and button 46a, extends thru the aligned openings 42, 42a whereby the rails are firmly and securely fixed to the end caps 35. The heads 45, 45a of said rivets 44, 44a are adapted to be engaged within the hook portions 25 of the corner posts, the buttons 46, 46a serving to prevent lateral movement, of the side rails. Each cap 35 is further formed with a web or outwardly extending integral edge portion 50- adapted to project into or abut the inner corner 51 formed at the junction of. portions 23 and 24 of said member 22. Contact of said web 50 within the corner 51 serves to properly align the side rails with respect to the posts. A slight tap however, on the underside of the side rails will cause disengagement of the rails from the posts, as for instance, when disassembling the bed.

Each of the spring rests 15 comprises an I elongated metallic member of preferably angular cross-section and comprises a vertical flange and a horizontal flange 61. For supporting the ends of thespring rests 15, the side rails 14 are provided with aligned slots 62 in the wall portions 31, 32 thereof, into which the ends of the vertical flange 60 are inserted. The horizontal wall portion 61 thus rests on the curved edge 33 of the inclined flange 32. The edge contact for the spring rests 15 permits slight flexing of said a invention are achieved, and which is well adapted to meet the conditions of practical use.

As various possible embodiments might be made of the above invention, and as various changes might be made in the embodiment set forth, it is to be understood that all matter herein set forth or shown in the accompanying drawing, is to be interpreted as. illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In a bedstead, in combination, a side rail for a bed comprising an elongated hollow tubular member, a cap receiving an end portion of said member, and a rivet extending through the cap and end portion, and formed with a head, said cap having an outwardly extending web, a corner post, a bentmember having a portion attached to said corner post and a portion having a hook portion adapted to engage the head of said rivet, said bent member having a corner portion adapted to engage said web for aligning said side rail with respect to said corner post.

2. In a bedstead, an elongated, hollow, tubular side rail made of a single piece of metal open at an end thereof, said side rail having an outer vertical wall portion and an inner vertical wall portion, said wall portions hav-' ing aligned openings adjacent the open end of said rail, an end cap receiving said open end of said rail and having a pair of openings aligned with said first pair of openings, a rivet for fastening said end cap to said rail having a shank extending through said openings, said rivet being provided at one end thereof with a head, and a corner post having a hooked member engaging said head.

3. In a bedstead, in combination, an elongated, hollow, tubular side rail made of a single piece of metal open at one end thereof,

said side rail having an outer vertical wall portion and an inner vertical wall portion, said wall portions having aligned openings adjacent the open end of said rail, an end cap receiving said open end of said rail and having a pair of openings aligned with said first pair of openings, a rivet for fastening said end cap to said rail having a shank extending through said openings, said rivet being provided at one end thereof with a head, a cylindrical corner post, a member having a portion contacting and fixed to a portion of said corner post, and a hooked portion extending outwardly from said first portion and forming a corner therewith, said hooked portion engaging said head of said rivet, and said end cap having a web contacting the corner portion of said member for aligning the side rail with respect to said corner post.

. 4. A side rail for a bedstead comprising an elongated, hollow, tubular member made of a sin 'le piece of metal and open at the outer ends thereof, said member having an outer vertical wall, a top horizontal Wall, a bottom horizontal wall, an inner vertical wall extending upwardly from said bottom wall, a second inner vertical wall extending downwardly from said top wall, and a downwardly and outwardly inclined wall interconnecting said first and second inner vertical walls, end caps having sockets snugly receiving the open ends of said member and having surfaces contacting each of said walls of said member, and means for attaching said end caps to said member comprising a pair of rivets extending through each cap and adjacent portion of said member, each rivet being formed with a head at one end thereof.

5. In a bedstead, in combination, an elongated, hollow, tubular side rail comprising an outer vertical wall, a top horizontal wall, a bottom horizontal wall, an inner vertical wall extending upwardly from said bottom wall, a second inner vertical wall extending downwardly from said top wall, and a downwardly and outwardly inclined wall interconnecting said first and second inner vertical walls, said inclined wall forming with said first inner vertical wall an elongated ed e, said first inner vertical wall having a vertical slot and said inclined wall having a slot ex; tending from said first mentioned slot, and a spring rest of angular construction having a vertical flange and a horizontal flange, said vertical flange extending within said slots, and said vertical slot being of such length that the undersurface of said horizontal flange contacts said edge and is supported directly thereby.

6. In a bedstead, in combination, an elongated, hollow, tubular side rail comprising an outer vertical wall, a top horizontal wall, a bottom horizontal wall, an inner vertical wall extending upwardly from said bottom wall, a second inner vertical wall extending clownwardly from said top wall, and an intermediate horizontal wall interconnecting said first and second inner vertical walls, said first inner vertical wall. having a vertical slot and said inclined wall having a slot extending from said first mentioned slot, and a spring rest of angular construction having a vertical flange and a horizontal flange, said vertical flange extendin within said slots, and said vertical slot being of such length that the under surface of said horizontal flange contacts said intermediate wall and is supported directly thereby.

7. A side rail for a bedstead comprising an elongated, hollow, tubular member made of a single piece of metal and open at the outer ends thereof, said member having an outer vertical wall, a top horizontal wall, a bottom horizontal wall, an inner vertical wall extending upwardly from said bottom wall, a second inner vertical wall extending downwardly from said top wall, and an intermediate horizontal wall interconnecting said first IRVING A. FEATHERMAN.

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