Patent Model - Improvement in Bed-Bottoms
Maker and role
Simon Hawker (b.1829, d.1917), Patentee
Production date
Mar 04 1879
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Mixed woods, steel
Measurements
8 1/4 x 6 x 9 3/8" (21 x 15.2 x 23.8cm)
6 1/8 x 1 x 5/8" (15.6 x 2.5 x 1.6cm)
4 3/8 x 1 x 1/2" (11.1 x 2.5 x 1.3cm)
8 15/16 x 1/2" (22.7 x 1.3cm)
8 15/16 x 1/2" (22.7 x 1.3cm)
8 15/16 x 1/2" (22.7 x 1.3cm)
8 3/8 x 5/16" (21.3 x 0.8cm)
8 3/8 x 5/16" (21.3 x 0.8cm)
6 1/8 x 1 x 5/8" (15.6 x 2.5 x 1.6cm)
4 3/8 x 1 x 1/2" (11.1 x 2.5 x 1.3cm)
8 15/16 x 1/2" (22.7 x 1.3cm)
8 15/16 x 1/2" (22.7 x 1.3cm)
8 15/16 x 1/2" (22.7 x 1.3cm)
8 3/8 x 5/16" (21.3 x 0.8cm)
8 3/8 x 5/16" (21.3 x 0.8cm)
Description
Hawker's invention "relates to an improvement in reversible bed-bottoms, by means of which the slats can be easily taken out and replaced or reversed; and it consists of end pieces provided with notches, in which wire hangers are hung, upon which are adjusted the slats..." (Patent Number 212,930)
Collection
Object number
2015.14.2809a-i
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