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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM II. TAMBLING, OB’ BERLIN, WISCONSIN.

BED-BOTTOM.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 30,432, dated October 16, 1860.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, William H. Ταμbling, of Berlin, in the county of Green Lake and State of Wisconsin, have invented 5 certain new and useful Improvements in Bed-Bottoms; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the let10 tors of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in constructing and arranging the several parts of the bed substantially in the manner hereinafter mentioned.

In the annexed drawings Figure 1 is a bottom perspective of the bed. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section.

In the figures A and A', represent the side and end rails of the bed which may be pro20 vided with tenons which enter mortises in the posts for holding them in place. In the under sides of the rails are made openings or holes into which the screws c, c, c, pass, as seen at x x, Fig. 2.

a, a, and a', a', represent slats which lie immediately under the side and end rails of the bed. The screws c, c, c, pass through these slats before their ends enter the bed rails. Those portions of the screws (their 30 ends) which enter the rails have no threads cut upon them—said screws merely press against the rails.

B, represents the canvas which is secured to the side and end slats as represented in the drawing Fig. 1, said canvas being made 35 to fit the bed so that it will be snug and tight when stretched around the bed rails. When the canvas becomes slack and loose it is readily tightened by turning the screws c, c, c, which cause the slats to recede from 40 the bed rails thus stretching the canvas tightly over the sides of the rails. The canvas may be tightened by this means either from the ends of the bed or from the sides or from both when needed. 45

By removing the screws the slats and canvas may readily be taken from the bed and cleansed. It is not necessary to have any other bed fastenings usually such as screws &amp;c. for the canvas binds the bed very firmly 50 together.