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patents for a variety of improvements on his original eludes all dust and air necessary to the existence of 



hideaway bed and seems to be the innovator of the 

 style, at least as revealed in the patent records. 

 "Moveable at pleasure," the "Sofa Bedstead" had one 

 advantage that apparently has diminished in impor- 

 tance over the years; namely, that the bed and bedding 

 were "inclosed in a tight box which effectually ex- 



insects" (restored patents, Oct. 3, 1831). 



This type of innovation was a direct response 

 to steamboats, canals, reduced living space, long 

 periods of convalescence, and a transient, hurrying 

 society all represented visually in a patent drawing 

 and confirmed in its specification. But there is more 



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