Everything about Sarah E Goode totally explained
Sarah E. Goode (b.
1850s) was the first African American woman to receive a
patent from the
United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Born a
slave, she eventually gained her freedom after the
American Civil War and moved to
Chicago, Illinois. She soon opened a
furniture store that was modestly successful. Due to the limited living space of city life that was customary at the time, many of her customers complained about not having enough room to place full size
beds in their
apartments. This inspired her to design and construct what is known today as the
hideaway bed.
Her first model folded into a
cabinet that additionally served as a
roll-top desk and
stationary shelf. The idea was so widely used that Goode applied for and was awarded a patent on
July 14,
1885. (Patent #322,177
(External Link
), for a cabinet bed). A similar style of bed (patented more than thirty years later, in
1916) is the
Murphy bed, which is concealed behind a closet door or wall rather than inside a piece of furniture such as a cabinet bed. Today it's known as a "folding bed" or the "hide away bed".
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