US1527865A

US1527865A - Closure for cabinets and the like

Info

Publication number: US1527865A
Application number: US619693A
Authority: US
Inventors: Adam V Guiss
Original assignee: Coppes Brothers & Zook
Current assignee: Coppes Brothers & Zook
Priority date: 1923-02-17
Filing date: 1923-02-17
Publication date: 1925-02-24
Anticipated expiration: 1942-02-24

Description

Patented Feb. 24, 1925.

UNITE ST ADAM V. GUISS, O-F NAPPANEE, INDIANA, ASSIGNGR TO COPPES BROTHERS & ZOOK, OF NAPPANEE, INDIANA, A CORPORATION OF INDIANA.

CLOSURE FOR CABINETS AND THE LIKE.

Application filed February 17, 1923,

To all whomit may concern Be it known that I, ADAM V. GUIss, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Nappanee, in the county of Elkhart and State of Indiana, have invented a new and li'uproved Clcsure for Cabinets and the like, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in cabinets, and has particular reference to a closure for kitchen cabinets and mounting therefor.

An object of the invention is to provide a compartment closure for a cabinet which, when in closing or partially closed position, will be securely maintained in association with the cabinet, but which may be detached therefrom when adjusted to a predetermined position.

Another object is the provision of a flexible closure and mounting therefor of exceedingly simple and effective construction.

The above and other objects will appear more clearly from the following detail de' scription, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, which illustrates a preferred embodiment of the inventive idea.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of a kitchen cabinet showing the present invention applied therto;

Figure 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Figure 1 showing the closure in a partially,

ie side wall 8 of the compartment 7 is ll adjacent the top and preferably at :1" 5 v forward of a medial line between the front and rtinent with a circular i; rearwardly ex- Seriill No. 519,693.

tending channel 10 communicating therewith. At the rear end of the channel the same is curved upwardly, as indicated at 11, after which the same is extended forwardly, as at 12. The forward end of the channel 12 is curved downwardly, as shown at 13 and extends parallel with and along the front edge of the wall 8 to the bottom thereof. As clearly shown at the right hand end of Figure 4%, the recess 9 is of a greater depth than the channel 12 for a purpose which will presently appear. The opposite side wall 14 of the compartment is provided with a recess 15 of less depth than the recess 9 and also with a channel 16 of the same configuration as the channel 10 and having the same depth as the recess 15.

The closure 17 is made flexible by constructing the same of a plurality of sections hingedly connected along their longitudinal edges by a backing 18 of flexible material and is designed to be rolled into compact form, as shown in Figures 3 and 4, preparatory to being introduced into the cabinet. When associating the closure with the cabinet, one end portion of the closure is first introduced into the recess 9, as indicated in dotted lines in Figure 4-, and by engaging said end with the bottom of the recess the other end may be elevated until the same is brought into alignment with the recess 15, after which a slight lateral movement of the roll with respect to the side walls will position an end of the closure in the recess 15, whereupon said closure will be supported in the full line position shown in Figure 4, The free or outer end of the closure may then be in'troduceo'into the

channels

10 and 16 and forced along these channels to substantially the position shown in Figure 2, in which position the handle 19 may be grasped and the closure adjusted to its closing position. When the end portions of the closure are engaged in the

channels

10 and 16, lateral movement of the closure with respect to the side walls of the cabinet is prevented due to the fact that the distance between the bottoms of the

channels

10 and 16 is the same as the width of the closure.

Should it be desired to remove the closure from the cabinet the same may be forced into the recesses 9 and 15 so that the end portions of the closure will be entirely confined in said recesses, whereupon a slight lateral movement of the closure with respect to the side walls will be sufficient to detach one end from the recess 15 and said end lowered, as indicated in dotted lines in Figure 4, following which the other end of the closure may be detached from the recess 9.

l/Vhat is claimed is:

1. In a cabinet, :1 body having a compartment including side walls each provided with a recess and a communicating channel, and a closure having only slidingmovement in said channels when engaged therein and having a lateral movement with respect to said side walls when engaged in said recesses and disengaged from said channels, said lateral movement being suflicient toenable theclosure tobe removed from said recesses.

2. In acabinet, a body having a compartment including side walls each provided with a recess and a communicating channel, and a closure movable in said channels, and also into a position within the confines of said recesses the width of said closure being the same as the distance between the bottoms of said channels and less than that between the bottoms of said, recesses to enable the removal of the closure from said compartment by a lateral movement of the closure relative to said side walls when the closure is moved to the position within the confines of said recesses.

3; In a cabinet, a bodyhaving a compartment including side walls each provided with a recess and a communicating channel, and a closure having its BIId'POPtlOIISmOV- able in said channels when being adjusted to opened or closed positions, the end portions of said closure being also movable to a position entirely within the confines of said recesses, one of said recesses being of a greater depth than the other to permit of a lateral adjustment of the closure with respect to saidside walls when the closure is in its last named position,said lateral adjustment being suflicient to enable the clo sure to be removed from the recesses.

4. In a cabinet, abody having acon partment including side walls eacli having a channel d ac mmunica i g r cess ther the recessin one side wall belng of a greater depth than the channel therein, and a flexible closure movable in said channels and also into said recesses, said closure being capable of lateral movement relative to said side walls when moved into said recesses and disengaged from said channels, said lateral adjustment being sufiicient to enable the closure to be removed from the recesses.

ADAM V. GUISS.