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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
WILLARD E. MARSH, OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS.
FOLDABLE TENT-BED.Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 18, 1918.
Application filed September 10, 1917. Serial No. 190,418.To a whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, WmL2Auu E. MARsLI,
a citizen of the United States, residing at
Fort Worth, in the county of Tarrant and
5 State of Texas, have invented a new and
useful Improved Form of Foldable Tent-
Bed, of which the following is a specifica-
tion.
This invention relates to a new and use-
10 ful improved form of folding tent bed and
comprises a cot or bed with a tent shelter
constructed in connection therewith, the
whole assembly adapted to be dismantled
and folded into a comparatively small
15 bundle to render it convenient in transpor-
tation.
An object of the invention is to provide a
folding bed or cot provided with a superim-
posed shelter disposed upon the bed in form
20 of a tent and provided with suitable open-
ings at the sides and ends thereof, and fur-
ther employing suitable openings for venti-
lation with mosquito bar covering placed
over said openings. A further object of
25 the invention is to provide certain means
whereby the tent shelter disposed upon the
bed, may be stretched and drawn tight and
securely closed in every respect by the occu-
pant of the bed after he has retired there-
30 upon. It is a further object of the inven-
tion to provide a tent bed of the character
described which will be easy to dismantle
and pack in a small roll.
With the above and other objects in view
35 the invention has relation to a certain com-
bination and arrangement of parts, an ex-
ample of which is described in the following
specification, pointed out in the appended
claims and illustrated in the accompanying
40 drawings; wherein,
Figure 1 illustrates the foldable tent in
side elevation with the tent shelter thrown
open ready for occupancy.
Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the bed with
45 the end flaps thrown back.
Fig. 3 shows another position of the tent
bed in end elevation.
Fig. 4 shows a partial sectional view of
parts used for tightening the tent shelter.
50 Fig. 5 is side sectional view taken upon
the.line 5-5 of Fig. 4.
Fig. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view
of the tent bed.
Fig. 7 is a cross sectional view of the
65 tent bed taken upon the line 7--7 of Fig. 1.Fig. S is a detail view of certain fasten-
mug means.
Referring now more in particular to the
drawings, wherein the same parts through-
out are designated by identical reference 60
characters, the numerals 1 and 2 respec-
tively designate an upper and lower section
joined together to form a longitudinal beam.
This beam 1-2 is cut approximately in the
center thereof and joined together with a 65
hinge 3. A metal clip brace 4 is attached
to one section of the beam and adapted to
lie upon the other section in a manner to
support and reinforce it. The sections 1 and
2 have confined therebetween an outer edge 70
of a piece of fabric or canvas 5. The beams
are provided with a groove and rib such
that the canvas is pressed into the groove
by the rib and securely held therein by the
pressure and frictional engagement of the 75
two beam sections. The beams as described
are arranged in pairs as illustrated in any
of the cross sectional views and support the
canvas bed 5 in a horizontal position in
such a manner as to present a supporting 80
surface of suitable area for a mattress or
other bedding or for the body of an occu-
pant. A plurality of legs 6 connect with
the beams and intersect where they are piv-
oted together upon a pin 7. The legs 6 are 85
joined together in pairs. The present form
of tent bed will preferably employ three
pairs of legs as shown, one pair near the
ends thereof and a pair centrally disposed
therebetween and adjacent to the hinge to 90
render the beams rigid. The legs are
quickly detachable from the beams through
the particular connecting means illustrated
which comprise a receiving clip 8 perma-
nently attached to the underneath side of 95
the beams and provided with an opening
for receiving the upper extremity of the
leg. The legs of the cot are easily with-
drawn from the clip 8 by partially folding
the cot and slipping the leg extremities from 100
the clip. A chain 9 is connected with each
pair of end legs by passing it around and
tightly drawing said chain about the inter-
section of the legs and hooking it as shown
at 10. Similar chains 11 have one extremity 105
fastened to the end of the beams with the
other end hooked over a pin 12, secured to
the legs. The chains 11 are all drawn taut
when the cot is assembled, and the chain 9
further drawn taut by moving the hook no1,270,249.
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