US439348A - garland - Google Patents

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Patented Oct. 28, 1890.

FOLDING BED.

G. A. GARLAND.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE A. GARLAND, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO JOHN RENNISON, OF SAME PLACE.

FOLDING BED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent'No. 439,348, dated October 28, 1890. Application filed July 5 1890. Serial No. 357,772. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE A. GARLAND, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Beds, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object to provide a desk attachment for an upright folding.

bed; and itconsists in the combination, with the hinged or swinging portion of the folding-bed frame, of two curved end pieces projecting outwardly from the said portion and provided with .curved grooves in their inner sides, and a frame or casing pivoted between the said end pieces and comprising a shelf or desk-top adapted to be used as'such when the pivoted casing is in one position, and abox or receptacle under said top, the arrangement being such that when the casing is moved to position to adapt it for use as a desk the box can be opened by raising the desk-top, and when the casing is in the position it occupies when the desk-top is not adapted for use the opening of the box isprevented.

The invention also consists in certain details, all of which I will now proceed to describe.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a folding bed embodying my invention, the bed being folded and the desk attachment being shown in position for use as a desk. Fig. 2 represents an end elevation of the bed in the condition shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a transverse vertical section of the same. Fig. 4 represents a view of a portion of Fig. 3, showing the pivoted casing which includes the desk-top swung upwardly to make the desk inoperative and prevent the opening of the box under the same. Fig. 5 represents the construction shown in Fig. 4, the pivoted casingbeing removed.

The same letters and numerals of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures.

In the drawings, a represents the fixed portion of an upright folding bed, and b represents the main body of the swinging portion, the latter being pivoted at c to the fixed portion a. and adapted to be converted into a bed by being swung downwardly to a horizontal position in the usual manner.

. The general construction of the bed forms no part of my invention, and my improvement hereinafter described may be applied to any folding bed which comprises a fixed portion or casing and a swinging portion which is pivotally connected to the fixed portion and is adapted to occupy a vertical position when the bed is not in use and a horizontal position when the bed is in use.

In carrying out my invention I attach to the swinging section 6 two curved or segmental end pieces or brackets d d, which project outwardly from the end portions of the swinging portion b, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and are provided on their inner sides with curved grooves e. Pivoted to the end pieces or brackets d cl is a casing f, which is composed of a curved outer side 2, a flat back 3, and a top or desk 4, which is hinged at 5 to the back 3. The pivots 6 of said casing are concentric with the grooves e in the end pieces or brackets d, and the ends of the casing are provided with studs g, which enter said grooves and are adapted to move therein. Within the casing f is a box 7 which is covered by the desk or top 4 and may be reached by raising said top when the casing is in the position shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3. When the casing is in the position last described, the top 4 is in a horizontal position, so that it may be used as a desk, said top projecting outwardly from the front of the folded bed, so that it can be conveniently used as a desk. When the section b is to be turned downwardly to adapt the bed for use, the casing f may be turned upwardly on its pivots 6 until the top 4 bears against the bottom of the hinged portion b, as shown in Fig. 4, the top 4 being thus made inaccessible, so that it cannot be turned on its hinges to uncover the box 7. The casing f may be secured in the ment to the swinging portion of a folding bed constitutes a desk, which not only enhances the convenience of the folding bed, but also ornaments it when it is folded by relieving the plainness of the portion which constitutes the front when the bed is folded.

'5 represents a box or casing which is builtinto the swinging portion I) under the swinging casing f, said box being adapted for the reception of books and other like articles. A door j is provided to close the box 11, and to prevent the books therein from dropping against the door when the section b is in a horizontal position I provide a wire loop is, the general form of which is shown clearly in Fig. 1. The ends of said loop are inserted in sockets in the ends of the box 2', the mainportion or loop extending across the front of the box near the door thereof. WVhen it is desired to insert or remove an article, the loop may be swung upwardly out of the way.

I claim- 1. In a folding bed, the swinging section Z), having the outwardly-projecting brackets or able in the grooves in the said end pieces or brackets, the desk-top 4, hinged to said casing and forming a part thereof, and the box 7, covered by said top, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 3d day of July, A. D. 1890.

GEORGE A. GARLAND.

Witnesses:

JOSIAH B. ANLERsoN, O. F. BROWN.

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