Untitled record

E. P. BENNETT.

Spring Bed-Bottom.

No. 160,809 Patented March 16, 1875.

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THEGRAPHIC CO.PHOT0-LITH.39441 PARK PLACE, N.«

United States Patent Office

EDWARD P. BENNETT, OF ELKLAND, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN SPRING BED-BOTTOMS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 160,809, dated March 16, 1875 ; application filed December 28, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Edward P. Bennett, of Elkland, Tioga county, Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Spring Bed-Bottom, of which the following is a specification:

The. present invention relates to new and useful improvements in spring bed-bottoms; and consists in springs attached to the head and foot boards, having eyes which hold rods, and in a series of solid spring-slats, slotted at the ends to receive the rods, the said rods beingdividedor split, and havingcentral springs, as hereinafter more fully described.

Figure 1 is a top view of a bed-bottom constructed according to my invention; and Fig. 2 is a section of the same, taken on the line x x of Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents thebedstead. B are the springs, which are fastened to the head and foot boards, the lower ends of which curve inward and terminate in eyes G. D are two rods through these eyes, supported by the springs. E are the slats, the construction of which is more clearly seen in Fig. 2. Each spring is made of a single piece of wood, split or sawed, and separated between the ends with a spiral spring, F, inserted as seen in the drawing. Rivets G pass through the solid parts of the spring. H are slots in the ends. These slots receive the rods D, aud are supported on the rods, as represented. These spring-slats are placed on the rods, with narrow spaces I between them, and may be used either side up. The mattress or bed is placed on these slats,. The springs D and the spring-slats E render the bottom exceedingly elastic, easy, and noiseless.