5930. Garland, C. F. March 10. "Caretakers" for property left temporarily.- Relates to a safety rack for coats, hats, umbrellas, and canes, for use in barbers' shops, hotels, cafÚs, and the like. The frame 1, Fig. 2, is made in the shape of an animal, the teeth in the lower jaw 2 forming pegs upon which a coat may be hung. The roof 6 of the pivoted upper jaw 4 secures the coat against removal when the jaw is closed down upon the lower jaw, the sides of the upper jaw overlapping the lower jaw. The hat is placed on a peg projecting from the body of the animal, and a pivoted paw may be closed down upon the hat to secure it. The upper jaw has an extension 10 upon which acts a spring 12 normally to keep the jaws open. A similar arrangement keeps the pivoted paw raised. For holding canes or umbrellas, a stationary paw 13 is provided with two stationary claws 14, Fig 8, and two movable claws 15 which are normally held away from the stationary claws by springs 18. The movable claws have projections to which are connected a flexible band 49 passing loosely through an eyepiece in the end of a steel or other tape 28. Similar tapes are connected to the extensions of the movable paw and upper jaw, the ends of the tapes being secured to a stepped roller 22, Fig. 4, journalled in brackets in the upper part of the animal's head so that when the roller is turned the jaws and claws close and the movable paw descends. A spring adjusting-device 29, Figs. 2 and 10, is inserted somewhere in the length of each tape. The roller can only be operated by a special key 19, Fig. 4, which fits over a projection 35 on the squared end of the spindle. This key also has a projection 37 which engages with a lug 36 on the framing, so that the key can only be removed when the various parts have been brought into the locked position. A detent 39, Fig. 2, engages with a ratchet-wheel 38 on the end of the roller, the teeth of the ratchet overhanging slightly so that the detent cannot be released until the roller has been turned slightly forwards. The detent is then released by depressing a pin 41, projecting from the animal's head, which acts on a bent lever 40. The pin 41 is normally held clear of the lever by a spring. Coin action.- In another arrangement, the pin 41, Fig. 9, is too short to reach the lever 43 which releases the detent, and this is only released upon depressing the pin after a coin has been inserted in the shoot 45. The coin is held in place below the pin by wings 46 on the lever and a stationary stop 47 on the frame. An arm 48 depending from the pin prevents the coin from rolling off the lever until the pin is released. A bracket may be provided on the frame with holes through which the cane and umbrella pass.