Patent Model - Improved Hospital-Bedstead

Maker and role
Anthony Iske (American, b.1832, d.Post 1920), Patentee
Anthony Iske (American, b.1832, d.Post 1920), Assignee
Benjamin Mishler, Assignee
 Production date
Apr 28 1868
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Media/Materials
Brass, wood, fabric
Measurements
8 x 11 1/2 x 6 1/2" (20.3 x 29.2 x 16.5cm)
3/4lbs (0.34kg)
Description
Iske's patent is an improvement of his earlier hospital bedstead patent number 49,412 dated August 15, 1865. This improvement "consists in providing a means to enable an invalid to be relieved from the calls of nature without exertion on his part; and with ease to the attendants, and, to facilitate the regulating or raising and lowering of the patient's head and shoulders, and other minor additions and changes." (Patent Number 77,193)
Collection
Rothschild Patent Model Collection
Object number
2015.14.858a,b
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No
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