US1070962A - Shoe-blacking stand. - Google Patents

Description

F. E. HUXLEY.

SHOE BLAGKING STAND.

APPLIGATION FILED Nov. 2z. 1912.

Patented Aug. 1.9, 1913.

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FLOYDE E. HUXLEY, Or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR or ONE-HALF To LEWIS v. GUSTIN, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SHOE-BLACKING STAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 19,1913.

Application led November 22, 1912. Serial N o. 732,874.

To all 'Lo/wm t may concern Be it known that I, FLOYDE E. IIUXLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the 'county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Shoe- Blacking Stands, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in shoe blacking stands and its vobject is to provide a device of the class in question which is readily accessible at all times, and one which, when it is not in use, may be collapsed into a very compact form.

The device which I provide to accomplish the object aforesaid comprises a box-like member or casing, which is supported by the wall ofa room slightly above the floor thereof, by any suitable means. Having one end pivoted in the lower end of the box-like member or casing, is a supporting member which carries a suitable foot-rest. The said supporting member when moved to a vertical position serves as a door for the box-like member or casing. Pivoted to the free end of the supporting member is a pair of legs which rest on the floor when the foot-rest support-ing member is in its operative horizontal position. These legs are so conformed that when the foot-rest supporting member is in its vertical position and the legs are also moved to a vertical position, the said legs act as a lock to ret-ain the supporting member in its vertical position. These and other features of the devices of my invention are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view vof the device of my invention, the foot-rest supporting member which is shown in its horizontal position having a portion thereof broken away to more clearly reveal the detail construction. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the foot-rest supporting member in its horizontal position, the casing being shown in horizontal section. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows; and Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional view of the upper right hand portion of the box-like member or casing showing one of the legs in its locking position.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Referring more particularly to Figs. 1 and 2, the box-like member or casing indicated at 5, is secured to the wall 6, by means of a `in the bottom of the casing by means of a rod 10, is a foot-rest supporting member 11, which preferably consists of a channel piece of galvanized iron or other sheet metal. A foot-rest 12 is secured to the member, 11, by means of rivets or other suitable fastening means indicated at 13-13.

Pivoted to the free end of the foot-rest carrying channel 11, by means of a rod 14, is a pair of legs indicated at 15 and 16. These legs are preferably constructed of angle irons, as shown. A pair of transverse bars 17 and 1S, connect the legs, as shown. The upper ends of the legs are notched as illustrated at 19 and 20. The purpose in so notching the upper portion of the legs will presently appear. When the channel 11 is in its horizont-al position, the legs 15 and 16 rest on the floor and support the free end of the channel. When, however, the channel 11 and the parts carried thereby are moved to the vertical position within the casing 5, and the legs are in a horizontal position, the notches 19 and 20 allow the upper portions of the legs to pass under the lip 8. When the legs are then moved to their vertical position beside the channel 11, the upper portions of the legs are brought firmly against the inside of the lip and so retain the channel 11 and the parts carried thereby in position within the casing. When the channel 11 is moved to its vertical position, the portion thereof below the pivot rod is flush with the legs 9 of the casing.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a compact unit comprising a foot-rest which may be readily moved to a horizontal position and be there supported when the device is to be used. The foot-rest may then by a simple Operation be moved within its casing and locked therein by means of the arrangement above set forth.

ln order to -facilitate the use ot a polistiing` cloth, I provide a bar 21, which is carried by the channel ll, as shown. This bar is conformed to present two portions, illustrated at 2l and 2l". These portions, one of which is disposed on either side of the toot-rest, are parallel to the :toot-rest and to each other. By alternately pulling` the ends ot the cloth upward, the shoe may be readily polished.

Reference to the drawings Will reveal t-he fact that there is a Well in the lower part of the casing. Dust and dirt accumulated in the channel-shaped member, when the same is in its horizontal position, is passed into the Well, when the channel shaped memberis moved to its vertical position. This arrangement is a sanitary one, owing to the Ylact that no dirt, dust or particles or' blacking are dropped on the loor When the channel-shaped member is moved to its vertical position.

WYhat I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A device of the class described comprising a casing, a footrestsupporting member pivoted in the easing, a leg pivoted to the free end of theft'ootrest supporting member, a lip carried by the upper end of the casing, the upper portion of the leg being adapted to bear against the inner surface of said lip, when the foot-rest supporting member and the leg` are in their vertical positions.

2. A device of the class described comprising a casing, a footrest supporting member pivoted in the lower end of the casing, a legpivoted to the free end of the foot-restsupporting member, said leg serving as a lock to retain the foot-rest supporting` portion in position Within the casing` when said leg is disposed parallel. to said foot-rest supporting member Within the casing.

In Witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this th day of November, A. D., 1912.

FLOYDE E. HUXLEY.

lVitnesses:

ALBERT Gr. MGCALEB, LESLIE lV. FRICKE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, ID. C.

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