Patent Model - Folding Cot

Maker and role
Carl Skau, Patentee
Production date
Aug 26 1884
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Media/Materials
Textile, wood, brass
Measurements
17 3/4 x 6 1/4" (45.1 x 15.9cm)
Description
Skau's invention has for its object "to provide a cot-bed that may be readily set up for use or folded into a small compass when not in use, and that, while possessing the quality of extreme rigidity, will be at the same time so light as to be easily moved from place to place." (Patent Number 304,282)
Object number
2015.14.3525a,b
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