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PL' H. FREYLINGHOUSEN, OF `J ON ESTGWN, PENNSYLVANVI.

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Be it known thatI, P. H. FREXLINGHQUSIN, of Jonestown, Lebanon county, Pennsylvania, have invented certain improvements in Bedsteads. and I de hereby declare that the following is e full, cleaand exact description of the same, reference being `-had. .te the accompanying drawing, and to the letters oi reference marked thereon. My invention consists oi certainde'vices, fully described hereafter, whereby the posts' 4and rails of sbodstead may be quickly and firmly secured together, and readily disconnected from each other: i

In order to enable others skilled in the art to apply my invention, I will new proceed to describe its. construction and operation,- reference being had to the accompanying drawing, which forms a p'nrt of this speci-` c'ation, and in which-- l Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of'sullicent ot'- a bedstead to'show my improvement.4 Eigure 2, a sectional plan on the line 1-2, 1. Figure 3, a view looking in the direction ot' the arrow, lig. 1.

Figure 4, a sectional elevation and Figures 5 and 6V perspective views of parte of thp'bedstead.

From one ofthe posts A'of a bedstead, vand near the lower end of` the same, project two plates,a d',

whichl are a't right angles to each other, and Aeach oiV which has a lng or projection, e, on its inner side near the end; the inner edge z o f this projection being slightly inclined, as shown in digs, 1 and 8, for a purpose described hereafter. In the post above-ond below each .plate a a! are openings, c s, to which are adapted projgction z', on the end ot"` the sido .and 'end ralsB B- of the bedstead. l In eaclr'nil is n recess', 1|, of such a size that the plate a. confit snugly therein, the'lugc', however, projecting beyond the side of 4the rail, as shown in iig. 2. Y To the inner side of each ,rail is 'secured a cross-piece, d, thel side of which, opposite the recess It, is so out away as to allow the enlarged end of the plate a to pass into the recess, the cross-picco being ofsneh a width that, when the parts are in the position Shown in figs. 1 and 2, there will be a space between -the sidel of the cross-piece andthe inclined edges of -the prgjection c, for the reception-of a'wedge, m.

It will bo seen that by driving this wedge m downwards the end of 4the rail B will be forced firmly against the side of thepost A, and will be securely retained in this position, the projectionsiaiding in sustaining the rail whensubjecte'd to any downward pressure. It will also be apparenty that the rail may at `any time be instantly disconnected from the post by removing tlefwedge. The plates a a' maybe secured to the post in any suitable manner, and may be either of metal vor wod. .I When runde of wood, `the ends of' the plates may have dovetail projections` and reoessens shown in tig. 5, and may t into recesses in the post, so that the ends` may be locked together, as shown in iig; I2. V. l

. Without confining myself tothe precise construction and arrangement of arts'herein described, `I claim ,as my invention, and desire to secure by Iietters Patent 1. The plates a d', dove-tailedsnd recessed at the ends, and adapted to nach other andto the post, substanl tinlly as specified.

2. The combination cf the post A ,the plates a a secnre'd permanently to the; post, and the rail B, with `its I recess 7|, crosspiece d, and projections s' t', as described. i i

In testimony whereof I have signed my name-to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

l P. `I-l. FREYLINGIIOUSEN. Witnesses: a l

Jae G. Hmmm, W. A. Banni'.

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