US754140A - Crib. - Google Patents

Description

- PATENTED MAR. 8, 1904.

` G. HOLLIS.

CRIB. APPLIOATION Hi.

ED MAB.. 19. 1903.

N0 MODEL.

,UNITED STATEs Patented March 8, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

CRIB.

Jencrrrcnmroixr forming pari; of Letters Patent No. 754,140, dated March e, 1904,

Application tiled March 19, 1903. Serial No. 148,606. (No model.)

Be it known that l. CiL-inLizs HoLLIs, a c'itil zen ot' the United States, residing at ll'olfboro, in the county ot' Carroll and State of New Hampshire. have invented a new and useful Crib. ot which the following is a'specilication.

The invention relates to certain improvel ments m children scribs, and has tor its prinf cipal object to provide an improved construction of crib in which the sides and ends may be adjusted to any desired height to prevent thc child from climbing over the top of the rail: and a further object is to provide a device ot' this character in which the several side and end members may be readily adjusted and locked 1n position independently of each other.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, illustrated in the accomj'ianying drawings, and particularly pointed vout in the appended claims. it being understood that various changes in the form, proportions. size, and f minor details ot' the structure may be made without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

1n the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 a perspective view ot' a crib constructed in accordance with my invention, the sides and ends being shown as adjusted to the lowest position. Fig. Q is a similar view, the sides and ends being adjusted to the highest position.

construction thereof.

Slmllar numerals of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts throughout the several figures ot' the drawings.

The four vertical posts 1 of the crib are each of the same size and contour and .each is provided at its lower end witlrasuitable roller or caster 2. Each post is provided with a plurality of eyes or loops, twoj of such eyes or loops 3 at each lpost being adapted for the i reception of pins depending from the side and end rails 1 of the bed structure proper, these r rails 4being preferably secured together and forming a supportfor a bottom i or mattress, the pin-andeye connection permitting the Fig. 3 is a detail view ot' a portion of.; lone end ot' the crib, illustrating the detailed l parts to be readily disassembled in order that convenience in storage or transportatiori.i e The side and end portions 5 and 5' ofV the E crib are ot' precisely the same construction, f ditfering only in size, and each comprises an upper rail o' and lower rail T, connected by a plurality ot' vertically-disposed parallel bars 8, the whole being formed of either wood or metal. The vertical bars 8 are guided in suitable openings formedin the side and end rails L while each ot' the' top rails 6 is provided with a depending pin 9 at each of its ends, the pins being adapted for engagement with a plurality ot' eyes or ,loops 1t), 11, and 1:2,carried by the corner-posts. the pins 9 of the sides and ends are engaged i with the lower-most eyes or loops 10, or the end portions may be adjusted to the highest position and the depending pins 9 engaged with the upper eyes or loops 12. dien the vchild is awake, it is desirable to increase the height, aud the sides andends may be raised to the position illustrated in Fig. 2, or for a young' child the pins 9 may be engaged with the several intermediate eyes or loops 11, while the independent adjustment ofthe several members renders it necessary to raise only the side and end farthest from the walls should the crib be placed in a corner ot' a room. The openings in the side and end railsiare of sufficient diameter to permit slight lateral movement of the upper rails and the side and end members during adjustment, and when the several pins are interlocked the posts will hold the structure rigidly in place, the lower rail i T serving to prevent inward movement ofthe lower ends of the posts. The triple bracing of the several posts conj stitutes an important feature ot' the invention l in that the parts are held rigid in all posit-ions Q of adjustment. I 1

i Having thus described the invention, what i is claimed isd 1. In a crib, the combination with the supporting-posts, of the perforated side and end l bers including bars adapted to the perforations, and means for securing said sides and i ends in adjusted position.

For use at night rails, vertically-adjustable side and end mem-v 'the crib may be folded insmall compass for IOG 2. The combination in a crib, of the supporting-frame including the posts and the pertoupper rails and adapted to said pin-receiving' eyes.

` of supporting-posts, perforated side and end rails secured thereto,y vertically-adjustable i side and end members each comprising upper i and lower rails litting against the sides of the `posts and serving to brace said posts. and bars openings. a vertically-iidjlistable side includl ing parallel bars adapted to said openings, and means for locking said side in any position to which it may be adgus ed.

4. The combination in acrib, of the supporty ing-post, a pluralityof pin-receiving eyes cari ried thereby, side and end. rails having guiding-,openngse side and end sections each comf prisingan upper and a lower rail and vertii per and lower rails, and pins carried by the callydis'posed parallel bars extending through f the guiding-openings and connecting said upextending through the perforations ot' the side and end rails and secured to said upper and lower rails,- and means tor securing said sideand end members in adjusted position.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto atlixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES HOLLIS 'itnesses:

GEO. H. MASON, CiiAs. F. PARKER.

5. The combination in a crib, of a pluralityY

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