Patent Model - Folding Bedstead

Maker and role
Benjamin Hinkley, Patentee
 Production date
Feb 17 1857
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Media/Materials
Wood, brass
Measurements
5 x 13 1/2 x 6 1/2" (12.7 x 34.3 x 16.5cm)
Description
Hinkley's patent "consists in a mode of connecting and bracing the folding portions of portable bedsteads and bracing thereto the intermediate posts or legs substantially..." (Patent Number 16,647)
Collection
Rothschild Patent Model Collection
Object number
2015.14.186
Currently on display?
No
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