Bedstead Attachment.

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Patent for a new and improved bedstead attachment. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the side rails and head and foot boards, of the plates having angular projections provided with wedge-shaped grooves and small inclined recesses at their upper parts, and the plates having the tapering wedge-shaped projections provided with the lugs integrally formed with their upper portions and adapted to engage the recesses, whereby when the projecting engaging portions of the plates . . . wear and become loose they are prevented from disjointure by the engagement of the lugs" (lines 83-94).

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[2], : ill. ; 23 cm.

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McCormick, Henry Jasper December 27, 1887.

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Patent for a new and improved bedstead attachment. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the side rails and head and foot boards, of the plates having angular projections provided with wedge-shaped grooves and small inclined recesses at their upper parts, and the plates having the tapering wedge-shaped projections provided with the lugs integrally formed with their upper portions and adapted to engage the recesses, whereby when the projecting engaging portions of the plates . . . wear and become loose they are prevented from disjointure by the engagement of the lugs" (lines 83-94).

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[2], : ill. ; 23 cm.

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"SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 375,645, dated December 27, 1887. Application filed July 13, 1887. Serial No. 244,154 (No model.)"

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  • December 27, 1887

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  • December 27, 1887

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  • July 13, 1887

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McCormick, Henry Jasper. Bedstead Attachment., patent, December 27, 1887; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth171692/: accessed May 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

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