US1422744A - Bed attachment - Google Patents

Description

F. CORTESE.

BED ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION man Nov. 8. 192l.

Patented July 1]], 1922.

,4 TTOR/JEVS fziiiilllll/Wl/l/ l warren STATES FRANK CORTESE, OF NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY.

' BED ATTACHMENT.

To all whomz't may concern: 7

Be it known that I, FRANK Con'rnsn, a citizen of the United States, and resident of New Brunswick, in the county of Middlesex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Bed Attachment, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. 7 dug,

My invention relates to a bed attachment and aims to provide a device of this character more particularly adapted for use in connection with the supporting of bed clothes.

It is a well appreciated fact that in the case of invalids, and persons suffering frominsomina, etc, that it is often desirable to space the bed clothes from the body of the person occupying the bed so that the person will be relieved of the constant pressure exerted by the bed clothes, as well as the subsequent irritation produced by this pressure.

With this in mind my present invention aims to provide a bed attachment by means of which these difficulties will be overcome, and which attachment shall be of extremely simple construction, and be easily manipulated so that no difficulty will be experienced on this score.

Still further objects of this invention will appear in the annexed specification taken in connection with the drawings, which latter illustrate one practical embodiment of the same, and in which;

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a bed showing my improved attachment in applied position thereon.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the attachment.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary side elevation of one end of the attachment in applied position, and showing certain parts of the same broken away to illustrate underlying construction, and

Figure 4 is a transverse sectional view taken along the line H and in the direction of the arrow indicated in Figure 3.

It will be seen in these views that the reference numeral 5 indicates the mattress of a bed which is conveniently supported by means of the side frame members 6, the latter being attached in the usual manner to the head and foot portions 7.

Referrin now to details of the attachment, it Wlll be seen that each side of the same preferably includes a pair of rods 8, the inner ends of which are slidably connected one to the other by means of a tube 9 encircling the inner end portions of the same.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 11, 1922.

Application filed November 8, 1921. Serial No. 513,778.

Pivotally attached adjacent the outer ends of both of these rods and normally extending at right angles, to the same are shafts 1.0,,andthese shafts are adapted to seat in gubes 11 which latter comprise socket memers.

has been clearly indicated in igure 1 the tubes acent one end of the bed are either integral with or rigidly attached to a suitable clamping member 12, which latter, as in Figure 4, includes a preferably U- shaped body portion, a suitable set screw 13 being associated with the lower frame of the latter whereby the same may be rigidly clamped to the side iron of the bed.

For a purpose hereinafter specified, the tubes or socket members 11, adjacent the opposite end of the bed are preferably pivotally attached as at 14, to clamping members corresponding to the clamping members 12, and as has been shown in Figures 1 to 3 the two portions of the attachment are connected by an apron 15 preferably including a pair of sections each being attached adjacent its outer edge to one side of the rods 8, and being connected adjacent its inner edge to its corresponding section by any suitable means such as a lacing 16.

Thus it will be obvious that the lower portion of the bed clot-hes may be made in the usual manner; in other words, the mattress and sheet are placed upon the springs subsequent to which the clamping members 12 are associated with the side members 6 of the said bed. In this connection it is to be noted that my attachment is cap-able of association with beds of varying lengths incident to the telescoping action existing between the rods 8, which are later associated with the tubes 11. This adjustment is also desirable in View of the fact that thus it will not be necessary for an operator to use a great amount of care in applying the clamps 12 for the reason that even if these clamps should not be exactly equally spaced, the telescoping action would compensate for this lack of adjustment, and also it will be seen that incident to this telescoping action that additional clearance may be presented for a per son on entering or leaving the bed.

Thus when the parts are in this position it will be obvious that the apron 15 will present a shelf or supporting surface over which the upper sheets, blankets, etc. may be draped, and obviously a person within the bed will thus have the bed clothes held out of contact with his body by means of which the difliculties set forth in the preamble of this specification are overcome. It will also be seen that incident to the lacing 16 that the sections of the apron 15 may be drawn together in such a manner as to present an,

absolutely even and non-sagging surface.

Also by virture of the fact that the rods 8 are pivotally attached to the shafts 10, and one of the socket members 11 is pivotally associated Withthe clamping member, it Will be appreciated that the entire surface of the apron 15 may be inclined, as has been indicated in dotted lines in Figure 1, it being also noted that by virtue of this construction the parts of the entire attachment may be stored in a far more confined space.

FRANK GORTESE.

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