US Patent: 322,177
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| Cabinet Bed
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Patentee:
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| Sarah E. Goode (exact or similar names) - Chicago, Cook County, IL |
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| Not known to have been produced |
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Patent Dates:
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Nov. 12, 1883 |
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Jul. 14, 1885 |
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Joel Havens
Sarah E. Goode
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Description: |
| This was the first patent issued to an African-American woman.
Abstract:
This invention relates to that class of sectional bedsteads adapted to be folded together when not in use, so as to occupy less space, and made generally to resemble some article of furniture when so folded. The objects of this invention are, first, to provide a folding bed of novel construction, adapted, when folded together, to form a desk suitable for office or general use; second, to provide for counterbalancing the weight of the folding sections of the bed, so that they may be easily raised or lowered in folding or unfolding the bed; third, to provide for holding the hinged or folding sections securely in place when the bed is unfolded, and, fourth, to provide an automatic auxiliary support for the bedding at the middle when the bed is unfolded.
Claim:
The combination, with the stationary section A and the folding sections B C, hinged on opposite sides of said stationary section, of a suspended bedding-support, h, secured at each end to the respective folding sections B C, the automatic auxiliary support E, and the 8; jointed braces o.
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