I claim, 1st, The construction and arrangement of one or more yielding
joints connecting the beams or trusses of stiffened suspension bridges,
substantially as herein described.

2d, The attachment of the ends of the cables or chains at or near the
first or shore piers to the longitudinal beams or trusses of stiffened
suspension bridges, substantially as set forth.

3d The means and method by which the ends of the beams or trusses of
stiffened suspension bridges are secured to the shore piers by vertical
anchorage and the arrangement of suitable joints, v, in said anchors,
substantially for the purpose described.

4th, The means and method employed to reduce the side motion by
attaching the longitudinal beams or trusses of stiffened suspension
bridges to the central piers sidewise said attachment being on one pier
perfectly immovable in any horizontal direction while at the other
piers allowance is made for the variations of the length of the beams
substantially as set forth and described.


71,956.--FOLDING TRUNK.--O.K. Bernbaum, Brooklyn, N.Y.

I claim the folding ends in combination with the hinged sectional back
and front for the purposes herein fully described.


71,957.--SOFA BEDSTEAD.--Charles H. Berry, East Somerville, Mass.

I claim the combination of the lower position, a, the seat, b, and