US3204258A
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Safety bed lock attachment means
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1965-03-05
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Granted: 1965-09-07
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Expires: 1985-03-05
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Charlie C Saunders
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 05:00
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60B; B60B33/00; B60B33/0078; B60B33/0089; A; A61; A61G; A61G7/00; A61G7/05; A61G7/0528; B60B2200/00; B60B2200/20; B60B2200/24
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
297 words
A SAFETY BED LOCK ATTACHMENT MEANS COMPRISING BED FRAME ATTACHING MEANS, SAID ATTACHING MEANS INCLUDING A DEPENDING STANCHION, A SLEEVE SECURED TO THE LOWER END OF SAID STANCHION, A CONTROL ROD MEANS JOURNALED IN SAID STANCHION ADJACENT ITS UPPER END, A CRANK ARM SECURED ON ONE END ON SAID CONTROL ROD, STOP MEANS ON ONE SIDE OF SAID STANCHION LIMITING THE ROTATION OF SAID CRANK ARM IN ONE DIRECTION, A LINK PIVOTALLY CONNECTED AT ONE END TO THE OTHER END OF SAID CRANK ARM, A CONNECTING ROD PIVOTALLY SECURED TO THE OTHER END OF SAID LINK, A CYLINDER SLIDABLY MOUNTED IN SAID SLEEVE, RESILIENT MEANS ON SAID STANDCHION CONTACTING SAID CYLINDER AND YIELDABLY RESISTING AXIAL MOVEMENT OF SAID CYLINDER, A FRICTION MATERIAL SURFACED FOOT SECURED ON THE BOTTOM OF SAID CYLINDER, A SPRING IN SAID CYLINDER BIASED THEREAGAINST ADJACENT ITS LOWER END, AN APERTURED HEAD ON SAID CYLINDER, SAID CONNECTING ROD EXTENDING THROUGH SAID HEAD INTO SAID CYLINDER, ABUTMENT MEANS ON SAID CONNECTING ROD WITHIN SAID CYLINDER BIASING AGAINST SAID SPRING ON DOWNWARD MOTION THEREIN AND ABUTTING THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID APERTURED HEAD ON UPWARD MOTION THEREIN, WHEREBY WHEN SAID CONTROL ROTATES DOWNWARDLY AND PAST AXIAL CENTER OF SAID STANCHION TO STOP MEANS ABUTTING POSITION, SAID CONNECTING ROD BIASES SAID SPRING TO PRESSURE SAID CYLINDER DOWNWARDLY AND PRESS SAID FOOT DOWNWARDLY, SAID STANCHION BEING SO ATTACHED ON THE B ED FRAME THAT SAID FOOT IS THUS PRESSED AGAINST THE FLOR ON WHICH THE BED FRAME IS SUPPORTED TO THUS LOCK THE BED FRAME AGAINST ROLLING MOVEMENT ON THE FLOOR, AND WHEN SAID CRANK ARM IS ROTATED IN THE DIRECTION AWAY FROM SAID STOP, SAID CONNECTING ROD ABUTMENT MEANS ABUTS SAID CYLINDER APERTURED HEAD TO RAISE SAID CYLINDER AND SAID FOOT AWAY FROM CONTACT WITH THE FLOOR.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
297 words
A SAFETY BED LOCK ATTACHMENT MEANS COMPRISING BED FRAME ATTACHING MEANS, SAID ATTACHING MEANS INCLUDING A DEPENDING STANCHION, A SLEEVE SECURED TO THE LOWER END OF SAID STANCHION, A CONTROL ROD MEANS JOURNALED IN SAID STANCHION ADJACENT ITS UPPER END, A CRANK ARM SECURED ON ONE END ON SAID CONTROL ROD, STOP MEANS ON ONE SIDE OF SAID STANCHION LIMITING THE ROTATION OF SAID CRANK ARM IN ONE DIRECTION, A LINK PIVOTALLY CONNECTED AT ONE END TO THE OTHER END OF SAID CRANK ARM, A CONNECTING ROD PIVOTALLY SECURED TO THE OTHER END OF SAID LINK, A CYLINDER SLIDABLY MOUNTED IN SAID SLEEVE, RESILIENT MEANS ON SAID STANDCHION CONTACTING SAID CYLINDER AND YIELDABLY RESISTING AXIAL MOVEMENT OF SAID CYLINDER, A FRICTION MATERIAL SURFACED FOOT SECURED ON THE BOTTOM OF SAID CYLINDER, A SPRING IN SAID CYLINDER BIASED THEREAGAINST ADJACENT ITS LOWER END, AN APERTURED HEAD ON SAID CYLINDER, SAID CONNECTING ROD EXTENDING THROUGH SAID HEAD INTO SAID CYLINDER, ABUTMENT MEANS ON SAID CONNECTING ROD WITHIN SAID CYLINDER BIASING AGAINST SAID SPRING ON DOWNWARD MOTION THEREIN AND ABUTTING THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID APERTURED HEAD ON UPWARD MOTION THEREIN, WHEREBY WHEN SAID CONTROL ROTATES DOWNWARDLY AND PAST AXIAL CENTER OF SAID STANCHION TO STOP MEANS ABUTTING POSITION, SAID CONNECTING ROD BIASES SAID SPRING TO PRESSURE SAID CYLINDER DOWNWARDLY AND PRESS SAID FOOT DOWNWARDLY, SAID STANCHION BEING SO ATTACHED ON THE B ED FRAME THAT SAID FOOT IS THUS PRESSED AGAINST THE FLOR ON WHICH THE BED FRAME IS SUPPORTED TO THUS LOCK THE BED FRAME AGAINST ROLLING MOVEMENT ON THE FLOOR, AND WHEN SAID CRANK ARM IS ROTATED IN THE DIRECTION AWAY FROM SAID STOP, SAID CONNECTING ROD ABUTMENT MEANS ABUTS SAID CYLINDER APERTURED HEAD TO RAISE SAID CYLINDER AND SAID FOOT AWAY FROM CONTACT WITH THE FLOOR.
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