Show Salt Lake Man Invents Collapsible Bed Bedo o o Q i 4 0 0 New Article Will Add Comfort to Camping JOHN II 11 COOK superintendent of Warm Springs municipal baths and his patented J JOHN collapsible spring bed for h hospital spital and earn camp p use Above Above Bed Bed set up Below Done Below Done into a neat 0 5 S. S S 'S 4 F I f 2 il r 1 j X 11 i G t r. r I John H. H Cook Perfects Ratch Ratchet Rat Rat- ch diet chet t to t. t to Provide Pro Pro Provide yide vide Springs and y Yet et Prevent Canvas Body Support From Sagging Sagging- i An inventive turn of ot mind com- com considerable mechanics has resulted In John H. H Cook superintendent of the municipal municipal pal baths at Warm Springs and former custodian of ot the state capitol capitol capi- capi tol producing a trio of ot devices on Which he holds patents and for which he anticipates a wide mar mar- II ket His first two inventions were conceived conceived conceived con con- while directing the at the statehouse where an an Important important tant item lem in overhead is the cleanIng cleanIng cleaning clean- clean Ing of windows To overcome the ack lack of ot any practical economical method of ot quickly doing this work Mr Cook contrived two devices the first a quickly adjusted and absolutely absolutely safe window scaffold and the second a window cleaning ap apparatus ftp ftp- which cuts In half halt the la labor labor labor la- la I bor otherwise incidental to this work SPRINGS Then came a change in administrations administrations adminis adminis- and a severance of his connection connection connection con con- with the state Later he lie entered the municipal employ and with his assignment to duty at the Warm Springs his study of ot beds as such particularly particularly- in their use in Turkish baths hospitals or for recreational re recreational re- re purposes His forte for II figuring some means by which supposedly supposedly sup sup- Insurmountable difficulties I may be bo overcome put Mr Cook to work to construct a spring which would never sag which could be quickly set up or taken down which might be adjusted to suit any circumstances and which would lend Use Itself to speedy into a compact lightweight mass for convenience in transportation To ro accomplish these purposes and at atthe atthe atthe the same time sacrifice none of the stability usually demanded of at beds was no little tax on the inventors inventor's ingenuity The result is Mr Cooks Cook's most prized invention and one tho the manufacture of Qt which he hopes to launch shortly 1 The Cook bed has a frame o ot of lightweight steel piping piping- over which is stretched a canvas bag The frame pieces are In three-foot three lengths to afford compression in packing RATCHET IN The canvass Is reeled on a cl ely cly- Its head end is stitched to a series of light springs which in turn are fastened to a steel plate The plate is held by sr screw screw- w- w I bolts to either head post The canvass canvass canvass can can- vass is tautened after adjustment of the spring plate by winding the foot rail which operates on a ratchet The bed may be completely adjusted adJusted adjusted ad- ad and set up in less than seven minutes It may be dissembled and packed in a trifle over that time When packed its parts fit into a canvas bag three feet long and one foot in diameter and the entire package weighs less than thirty POU pounds The spring arrangement and the foot reel preclude any possibility of sagging by keeping all points of the canvas cover equally taut so that the bed fits the form upon it giving where the weight Is remainIng remainIng remaining remain remain- ing elsewhere thus saving an occupant the of a lumpy bed Mr Co Cook k believes that t for r camp hospital of ot similar use his bed will find a w de market He lIe has announced announced an an- announced an- an an intention to combine this device with his two former fonner In Inventions Inventions In- In in the Incorporation of a company for marketing his products |