US1062127A - Detachable bed-guard. - Google Patents

Description

M. F. SMITH.

DETAGHABLE BED GUARD.

' APPLICATION FILED 00117, 1910.

1,062,127. Patented May 20, 1913.

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To all whom it may concern:

State of California,

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Be it known that I, MARJORIE F. SMITH, a citizen of the United'States, residing at Redlands, in the county of San Bernardino, have invented new and useful Improvements in Detachable Bed- Guards, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to bed steads, and

portable attachment which can be secured to the side of a bed stead so as to form a bar or guard on the side thereof to prevent an infant from falling out of thebed. Where one side of the bed stead is barred by a wall it is only necessary to provide one of these The device is constructed of flexible members which can be rolled up and readily carried from place to place or packed in a trunk or a shipping case.

The invention resides also inthe combination of means fol-securing the ends of the device to the bed stead, and to means for taking up the slack where the device is too long for the bedstea In the drawing forming a part of the annexed specification, Figure 1 is a perspective showing the bed stead and show: ing a corner of the room in which the "bed stead is placed, and illustrating the manner in which my device is applied to the outer side of the bedstead. Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing one of the devices removed from the bedstead, and showing the same broken away. Fig. 3 is a perspective of a snap hook which constitutes a feature of the invention. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section taken through the foot board of 'a bed stead and showing the means employed for securing the devlce'to the corner posts when the corner post is constructed so as to prevent the fastening from being passed completely around it. Fig. 5 is a side elevation showing one end of the take-up devices when having the construction view also illustrates take up devices for takmg up the slack of the device to make it showing the same rolled up Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed October 17, 1910.

the object of the invention is to produce a as shown. At the opposite end shown in Fig." 4, and this- Patented May 20, 1913. Serial No. 587,376.

particularly to the parts, bedstead of any suitable construction, and made of iron or brass or similar metal. This bed stead has a foot frame 9 with corner posts or foot posts 10 and a head frame 11 having corner posts or head posts 12. The bedstead illustrated is represented as placed in the corner of the room so that it is closed on its inner side by a wall.

In order to adapt the bed st to prevent an infant from falling out of it -I provide the outer side of the bed stead with one of my bars or guards 13 and this guard has two longitudinally disposed strips 14 of leather or similar flexible material; and be- Referring more 8 represents the "tween these two strips 14 intermediate strips 15 are provided, all of said strips extending parallel with each other and being connected together by vertical bars or slats 16. At one end the strips 14 are extendedso as to form tapered tongues 1-7 to the ends of which snap hooks 18 are attached, and these snap hooks are adapted to be placed around the foot post 10 and attached to rings 19 secured on the sides of the straps of the guard I provide straps 20 which are adapted to pass around the head post and can'be secured thereto by means of buckles 21 attached to strips as indicated. The lower strip 14 is provided with two light straps or strlngs 22 which are adapted to be tied around the outer side rail23 of the bedstead. This gives the guard curity near its middle point. I At a suitable point on the strips 14 I proadditional sevidetake up straps 22, co6perating with buckles 23- which enable the slack OfthG strips to be taken up if the guard is too long for the bedstead to be d end fastenin devices. The manner in which this take up evice is operated is indicated in Fig. -6, which view represents the strips 14 at the point where the slack has been taken up, the surplus of the material of the strips 14 being disposed in loops 24 as shown.

The device may be used on bedsteads which do not present round posts similar to the posts 10 and 12 and in order to adapt it for use in such a case I provide the construction shown in Fig. 5. In this view the upper and lower strips 25 are not extended beyondthe ends of the guard but are provided with flexible metal hooks 26 which are adapted to rawn taut by the bend around the puter side of the corner post as shown in Fig. 4. The inner ends of these hooks are pivotally attached by eyelets 28 to the ends of the strips as shown. It should be understood that these hooks 26 have sufiicient stifi'ness to retain the position into which they are bent at the post 27, the ends of the hooks passing around and coming against the outer face of the headboard 29 or foot board as indicated. In other respects the guard is constructed identically with the guard shown in Fig. 2 having take-up devices 30 on the strips 25 and having intermediate strips 31, all the strips being connected by vertical slats 32 as shown.

The bed guard constructed as described can be rolled up into a-roll as indicated in Fig. 7 when not in use and in this form may be conveniently carried or packed in a'trunk for traveling. It can be readily applied as an attachment for the sides of bedsteads or berths, operating to prevent an infant from rolling out of the bed as suggested above. When the device is in daily use the straps 20 may be left permanently secured and the snap hooks released'to permit the guard to be folded back.

What I claim is 1. A bed guard consisting of a pair of longitudinally disposed flexible strips, straps and buckles attached at the inner end of said strips for securing the same to a bed post, detachable snap hook devices at the opposite ends of said strips. adapted to secure the same tothe opposite bed post, intermediate strips disposed between said first strips, transverse rigid slats connecting all of said strips, takeup devices disposed on said first strips for taking up the slack thereof, and means on said guard for securing the same at an intermediate point to the side rail of the bedstead.

2. A bed guard consisting of upper and lower longitudinally disposed flexible strips, straps and buckles attached at one end of said strips for securing the same to a bed post, detachable snap hook devices at the opposite ends of said strips adapted to secure the same to the opposite bed post, intermediate strips disposed between said first strips and lying in the same plane as the said upper and lower strips, means mounted on said flexible strips to adjust the length of said bed guard and transverse rigid slats connecting all of said strips whereby the longitudinally disposed flexible strips are prevented from sagging when the guard is attached to a bed.

In witness that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my name this 7th day of October, 1910.

MARJORIE F. SMITH.

\Vitnesses:

KATE M. FARGO, MARY C. WILLIAMS.

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