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UNITED
STATES
PATENT OFFICE.
ADAM JATHO, OF VICTORIA, TEXAS.
MOSQUITO-CANOPY FRAME.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 447,878, dated March 10, 1891.
Application filed November 15, 1889. Serial No. 330,430, (No model.)To all zvhonr it 7may concern:
Be it known that I, ADAM JATHO, a citizen
of the United States, residing at Victoria, in
the county of Victoria and State of Texas, have
5 invented certain new and useful Improve-
ments in Mosquito-Canopy Frames; and I do
hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,
and exact description of the invention, such
as will enable others skilled in the art to
io which it appertains to make and use the
same.
Myinvention relates to mosquito-canopies,
and has for its object to simplify the con-
struction and increase the strength of the
:5 parts and the facility with which they are put
together and taken apart; and to such ends
the invention consists in the construction
and combination of parts hereinafterparticu-
larly described and claimed, reference being
zo had to the accompanying drawings, forming
part hereof.
Figure 1 is a perspective of a bed with the
canopy-frame attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a
side view of the upper portion of the frame
25 with parts broken away and others in section.
Fig. 3 is a detail view of one form of lock.
Fig. 4 is a similar view of another form of
lock. Fig. 5 is a rear view of the upper part
of the frame, with parts broken away and the
30 upper cross-bar separated from the uprights.
Fig. 6 is a view of one form of loop, and Fig.
7 a similar view of another form in which
screws or nails may be employed.
In the drawings, the letter A designates the
35 head portion of a bedstead, to the upright
posts B of which are attached the loops C, to
receive the upright standards D of the canopy-
frame, said standards having an offset E at
their lower ends to rest upon the top edges of
40 the lower loops, so as to aid in sustaining the
standards. The upright standards D are
formed on their inside faces with recesses F,
having flanges or pins G extending across
them to receive the ends of hooks HII, project-
45 ing from the ends of a cross-bar I, which con-
nect the standards together at their upper
ends. By connecting the upright standards
together, as described, the several parts are
strongly braced and close and tight joint
50 made between the uprights and cross-bar,
with the means connecting them at the joint
completely concealed from view. The partscan also be readily separated by simply tap-
ping upwardly on the lower edge of the trans-
verse connecting-bar. 55
The front faces of the upright standards at
their upper ends are also formed with re-
cesses J, having transverse flanges or pins K
therein, with which will engage hooks L,
formed on the rear of brackets M. These 6o
hooks enter the recesses and pass back of the
pins or flanges, and are then dropped, so that
their hook ends will engage the pins and hold
the brackets to their places. They can be
readily removed by simply tapping on their 65
under faces, so as to lift them up. It is pre-
ferred to secure pins N to the lower portions
of the brackets and recesses O in the upright
standards to receive them, so as to brace the
lower parts of the brackets against side press- 70
ure; but such are not absolutely necessary.
Instead of the cross-pin in the recesses, I
may use merely a plate set across the recess,
the plate having a slot in it, but not as deep
as the recess in the standard, so that the edge 75
of the plate at the lower end will constitute
a flange as the equivalent of the pin for the
hook to engage with, as illustrated in Figs. 3
and 4; and instead of a hook of the form
shown in Fig. 2 I may use a headed pin, as 80o
shown in Fig. 3, the head of the pin serving
as the hook, and when such form is used the
slot in the plate or the recess may have the
upper portion larger than the lower portion,
so that the head may enter the larger portion 85
and when dropped down will pass back of the
narrower portion, so as to bear against the
back of the plate, whose edges at the reduced
portion serve as the equivalent of the trans-
verse pin, as shown in Fig. 3, or the form of 90o
hook shown in Fig. 4 may be used; but the
preferred form of hook is that illustrated in
Fig. 2, where it is set inside the bracket or
cross-bar and pivoted therein with the hook
portion projecting outside, so as to enter the 95
recess and engage the pin. When pivoted as
described, the hook has a slight movement
that will accommodate it to slight variations
in positions of parts resulting from shrinkage
or otherwise, and will thus always insure easy 1oo
attachment and detachments of parts and at
the same time preserve a close joint.
The upright standards at a point above the
brackets on their front faces are provided
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Jatho, Adam. Mosquito-Canopy Frame., patent, March 10, 1891; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth172629/m1/2/: accessed May 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.