Improvements in sleeping berths and their supports.

  • The military stores & tortoise tents company limited.
Date:
1900
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Improvements in sleeping berths and their supports. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    N° 2210 A.D.1900 Date of Application, 3rd Feb., 1900—Accepted, 3rd Mar., 1900 COMPLETE SPECIFICATION. Improvements in Sleeping Berths and their Supports. We, The Military Equipment Stores & Tortoise Tents Company Limited, and William John Fieldiiouse, all of 7, Waterloo Place, Pall Mall, in the County of London, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascer- 5 tained in and by the following: statement: — This invention relates to sleeping berths specially adapted for travelling hospitals, as will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the frame of the berth supported in its brackets, Fig. 2 is a plan of the frame, Fig. 3 is an end view of the frame in its 10 brackets and Fig. 4 is an elevation and plan of a frame support to be attached to the door. To each end of the frame a, which carries the mattress, are bolted a pair of short legs b. The outside distance between the legs of each pair is such that the legs dt closely one in each end of a slot in the horizontal arm of the wall 1 5 bracket c or in the door support d (Fig. 4). Thus when the frame is in place it cannot be shifted laterally. The brackets c are hinged to the wall plates e as shewn in Fig. 3, so that when they are not in use they may be turned aside and fastened to the wall. When it is important to economise room the lowest berth of a tier may be supported 20 in frames d, Fig. 4, fastened to the door. By providing the frame a with suitable handles f the berth may also be used as a stretcher which can be lifted easily and quietly into place on the brackets. When the berths are not in use they are piled on the lowest berth of the tier to make a couch: For this purpose there is bolted to each frame, above ihe legs, 2o sockets g into which the legs of the berth above can be slipped. To minimise vibration suitable springs or washers may be placed on the hinge pins of the brackets c and between the berth frame and its support. Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven¬ tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we 30 claim is : — A sleeping berth and its supports constructed substantially as described with reference to the drawings. Dated this 3rd day of February 1900. 3d ABEL & I MR AT, Agents for the Applicants. Redhill: Printed for Her Majesty's Stationery Office, by Malcomson 4. Co., Ltd. 1W0. [Price 8rf.]