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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
ELIHUE BLACKNELL, OF FERRIS, TEXAS.
BEDSTEAD.No. 864,600.
Specification of Letters Patent.
Application filed March 19,1907. Serial No. 363,240.To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that.I, ELIHUE BLACKNELL, a citizen of
the United States, and a resident of Ferris, in the
county of Ellis and State of Texas, have invented a new
5 and Improved Bedstead, of which the following is a
full, clear, and exact description.
The object of the invention is to provide a new and
improved bedstead, which is simple and durable in
construction, capable of being easily and noiselessly
10 moved about, and conveniently passed in or out
through a narrow door of a room whenever it is desired
to do so.
The invention consists in novel features and parts
and combinations of the same, which will be more fully
15 described hereinafter and then pointed out in the
claims.
A practical embodiment of the invention is repre-
sented in the accompanying drawings forming a part
of this specification, in which similar characters of
20 reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.
Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of the improved
bedstead; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same, and Fig. 3
is a plan view of the inner ends of the disconnected
reaches of the running gear.
25 The bed frame A, of an approximately rectangular
shape, is adapted to support the mattress and the bed-
ding, and the ends of the bed frame A are provided
with a head B and a foot C, both removably held on the
bed frame by the use of dowel pins B', C', engaging
30 corresponding apertures in the ends of the bed frame A.
The ends of the bed frame A rest on springs D, D' sup-
ported on cross bars B, E' forming part of running gear
and provided with casters F, F' having rubber tire
wheels, as plainly indicated in the drawings. To the
35 cross bars E, E' are secured the reaches G, G' adapted
to overlap at their inner ends,. which latter rest on a
cross bar H secured to the underside of the bed frame
A at or near the middle thereof. The inner ends of the
reaches G, G' are provided with notches G2, G3 (see
40 Figs. 2 and 3), for engaging a pin I held on the cross
bar H, and carrying a locking plate J overlying the
overlapping inner ends of the reaches G, G'.
Now by the construction described, the bed frame A,
the head B, foot C and the running gear can be readilyPatented Aug. 27, 1907.
disconnected to allow of conveniently passing the said 45
individual parts through a narrow door, and the said
parts can be readily reassembled whenever it is desired
to set up the bed.
By having the caster wheels provided with rubber
tires the bedstead can be noiselessly moved about, and 50
by having the springs D, D' interposed between the
ends of the bed frame A and the cross bars E, E' of the
running geair, a very comfortable bedstead lis provided.
Having thus described my invention, I claim as new
and desire to secure by Letters Patent: 55
1. A becistca((, comprising a iectinullar bed frame hav-
ing a cross 1 1'at its iidile, a rnni1 'gear having cross
l)ail's arrang~ed1b(w he (ti 1ii 5 ars ol the ti ,iine d11 a eac
detachab lyi secured to the cross har of (lie bed frame., a1n(
coiled springs interposed between the ends of the frame 60
and the cross bars of the running gear.
2. A bedstead comprising a running gear having a see-
tional reach, a bed riame having a removable iead and a
renovhi ide foot, a iid l to which the sections of the reach of
the running gear are cletaclhably secured, and springs inter- 65
posed between the ends of the said hed frame and running
geal' and removalbly connected with the latter.
3. A bedstead, comprising a bed frame, a running gear
having ,i sectional reach lithe ends of which are detachably
secured to the ied (frame. and springs interposed between 70
the bed frame and running gear.
-1. A bedstead, comprising a bed frame, a running gear
having a sectional reach, and means for detachably con-
necting the sections of the reach with each other and with
the frame. 75
:. In a bedstead the combination of a bed famne having
a cross bar at its center of length, said cross batr being
provided with a pili, and a. running gear having a see-
t ional reach, the ends of the sections overlapping and
provided with notches engaging the pin of the cross bar 80
of the bed frame.
P. A bedstead, comprising a bed frame having a cross
bar at its middle. a running itear having cross bars ar'-
ranged below the ends of the frame and a sectional reach
the ends of which are detachably secured to the cross bar 85
of the bed frame, and springs interposed between the cross
bars of the running ear anild the ends of the frame, the
springs being detachably connected with the cross bars of
the moanin -gear.
In testimony whereof 1 have signed my name to this 90
specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.
ELIIIUEi ILACKNILL.
Witnesses
P. T. Tuci tim,
)W. 1. lies.
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Blacknell, Elihu. Bedstead, patent, August 27, 1907; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth509594/m1/2/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.