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Description

(No Model.)

B. M. HUS-TON.

COMBINED WARDROBE AND BEDSTEAD. No. 322,938. Patented July 28, 1885.

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ROBERT M. HUSTON, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.

COMBINED WARDROBE AND BEDSTEAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 322,938, dated July 28,1885.

Application filed June 10, 1884. (No model.) Patented in Canada March 3, 1884, N 0. 18,765.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ROBERT MOORE HUSTON, of the city of Toronto, in the county of York, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented a certain new and useful Combined Wardrobe and Bedstead, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in wardrobe-bedsteads; and it consists in the peculiar combinations and the construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

Figure l is a perspective view of my combined wardrobe and bedstead, showing the bedstead extended ready for use. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the wardrobe with the bedstead folded within it. Fig.3 is a detail of the bedstead, showing the head and foot boards folded and the portion of the bottom of the bedstead which forms two of the panels of the wardrobe when the bedstead is folded into it. Fig. 4 is a perspective detail of the metal plate in which the groove 6 is formed. Fig. 5 is a perspective detail of the pivot-pin on which the groove 6 fits. Fig. 6 is a detail showing the manner of hinging the legs of the bedstead. Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail plan showing the manner of connecting the parts of the wardrobe together. Fig. 8 is a perspective detail of the metal bracket employed for binding the wardrobe together.

In the drawings like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

A is the wardrobe, having a side door or doors, B, through which the interior of the wardrobe can be got at whether the bedstead is folded within it or not. The top panels, 0, of the front of the wardrobe are hinged and form doors. The center panel of the front of the wardrobe is formed by the head-board D when the bedstead is extended, as shown in Fig. 1. The bottom panel, E, of the wardrobe is formed solid with the wardrobe.

It will be noticed that when the bedstead is extended, as shown in Fig. 1, the wardrobe may be completely closed by the panel-doors (J, the head-board D, and the bottom panel, E, as indicated in Fig. 1.

When the bedstead is folded into the wardrobe, as shown in Fig. 2, the top panel is formed by the panel-doors O. The bottom panels, H, are formed by the bottom of the bed.

As exhibited in Figs. 1 and 3, it will be noticed that the side boards, F, of the bedstead are provided with metal pieces F, having formed in them the slanting grooves 6; These slanting grooves extend from the end of the side boards, F, near their top to a point near their bottom.

Inside the wardrobe, near its outer front edge, I insert a plate, a, which plate is provided with a pin, 1), forming on each side of the bedstead a pivot which fits into the slanting grooves e. v

When the bedstead is extended, as shown in Fig. 1, the pin 1) on the opposite side of the bedstead rests in the curved end f of the groove 6, the head of the bedstead being thus supported at the desired point.

The foot of the bedstead is supported by the legs G, which are hinged to the side boards, F, as indicated, and are provided with bolts 9, or equivalent locking device, for holding them extended when it is desired to utilize them for supporting the end of the bedstead.

In order to fold the bedstead into the wardrobe it is merely necessary to fold up the legs G and fold down the head and foot boards, as

panel, E, is stationary, and the two center shown in Fig. 3. The head of the bedstead is then pushed into the wardrobe, the slanting grooves e permitting the head of the bed to go beyond the pivot-point. Consequently it is very easy to lift up the light foot end of the bedstead, which is in a great measure balanced by the head located on the opposite side of the pivot b. v

I attach importance to the pieces F, having grooves e and open end f, and to their being inclined, for by their use the bed can easily be folded up or drawn out, and when folded up the grooves being inclined prevent the under side of the bed from rubbing against the inner side of the lower panel, E, thus preventing friction, and hence requiring less exertion to fold the bed within the case. The sides of the grooves form a guide for the pins both in folding up and drawing out the bedstead, which is notthe case with the metallic pieces heretofore used for this purpose.

The open end allows of the bedstead being readily removedfrom the wardrobe for cleaning or other purposes.

It will be noticed that when the bedstead is folded within the case the part of the bottom of the bed below the panel H slides behind the ,stationary panel E, and the part above the panel H is covered by the panels (J O. The doors 0 must of course be opened before the bed can thus be folded up; but when the folding is completed these doors can be closed, and the panels of the front of the wardrobe are formed by the closed portion of the bedstead, as before explained. As the bedstead when thus folded up takes upbut very little room, the usefulness of the wardrobe as a wardrobe is not in any way destroyed by the bed being thus folded up. Consequently it can be used not only when the bed is eX- tended but also when the bed is folded out of sight.

An article of furniture of this description will be found useful in houses where room is an object, and may also be used in an offie'e, as the wardrobe may be made to look like a closed book-case.

As it is important that so large a piece of furniture as the article herein described should be constructed so as to be readily moved from place to place, I connect it together entirely by metal brackets I, which are screwed in the corners of the wardrobe, as indicated in Fig.

7. By this plan all the sides of the wardrobe may be taken apart by simply removing the screws which connect the bracket I to the sides of the wardrobe.

I do not claim, broadly, the manufacture of a combined wardrobe and bedstead; but

What I do claim as my invention is 1. The combination, with a wardrobe having stationary bottom panel, E, and the plate a,"provided with pin 1), and secured to said wardrobe, of the bed-frame having side boards, F, provided with the inclined metal strips F, having groove 0 and an open end, f, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

2. The combination, with the wardrobe A, having the stationary bottom panel, E, and the top panels, C O, hinged to the front thereof, of the bedstead provided with a hinged head-board, D, of such length as to fold below said panels 0 C, whereby said head-board forms the center panel of the wardrobe when the bedstead is extended, and with a bottom forming the center panels, H, when the bedstead is folded, substantially as herein shown and described.

Toronto, June 2d, 1884.

CHAS. O. BALDWIN, F. BARNARD FETHERSTONHAUGH.

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