US1083621A - Hat-cabinet. - Google Patents

Description

A. KUNITZ.

HAT CABINET. APPLICATION FILEDMAR. 19, 1913 2 Patented Jan. 6,1914.

Inventor Attorn eys APH C0.,WASHINOTON n c views,

ADOLPH KUNITZ, OF LINCOLN, NEBRASKA.

HAT-CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 6, 191%.

Application filed March 19, 1913. Serial No. 755,448.

To all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADoLPH KUNITZ, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lincoln, in the county of Lancaster and State of Nebraska, have invented a new and useful Hat-Cabinet, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in cabinets, and more particularly to a cabinet in which the shelves are formed of pliable material so that they may be positioned upon a roll at the rear of the cabinet when so desired.

An object of the present invention is to provide a cabinet with a number of spring controlled rollers to which is secured pliable material which when unrolled therefrom is adapted to form shelves.

A further object is to provide a plurality of the so formed shelves so that the space between any two shelves may be varied.

A further object is to provide a cabinet with shelves therein which shelves are adapted to collapse and wind upon rollers so that the cabinet may be used for articles too large to be positioned upon the shelving.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings accompanying this specification and forming a part thereof, the preferable form of my invention is illustrated, in which Figure l is a view in perspective of my improved cabinet. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross sectional view thereof. Fig. 3 represents in perspective the manner in which the pliable shelving is secured to the retaining rods. Fig. A is a fragmental view illustrating in cross section the construction of the roller.

Referring to the drawings in which similar reference numerals designate corre sponding parts throughout the several the cabinet illustrated in the draw ings comprises a back 1, two sides 2, a top 3 and bottom A. The cabinet represents a conventional form of dresser and as such is provided with the mirror 5 and the drawers 6,

suitable supporting legs 7 being secured to the base or bottom 4. A door 8 is hingedly secured to one side 2 and is adapted to form a closure for the compartment defined by the walls 1, 2 and 4.

Secured to the side walls 2 of the cabinet and adjacent the rear wall 1 are the bearing members 9 journaled in which is the trunnion or shaft 10. The following is a description of one roller and pliable shelf secured thereto, it being understood that all shelves are similar and the exact number of which may be varied according to the size of the cabinet. The shaft 10 illustrated in cross section in Fig. 2 of the drawings may be a shaft extending through the entire roller and projecting beyond the end thereof or may be trunnions secured to each end thereof. A roller 11 is provided with spring operated means whereby the said roller acts similar to a curtain roller. In the present form the roller 11 has been illustrated as be ing hollow for a certain distance and disposed within the said hollow portion is a helical spring 12, one end of which is secured to the inner periphery of the said roller and the other end of which is secured to the bearing member 9.

Secured to the side walls 2 of the cabinet are a number of what may be termed rails or guide members 13, each of which is provided with a notch 14 adjacent the front end thereof, said notch being more clearly illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings. Mounted to slide upon the said rails 13 are the rods 15, said rods being of a length suiiicient to move freely between the walls 2 of the cabinet and at the same time contact with the opposite and alined rails 13. Secured to the rods 15 are the shelf-forming members 16 which are formed of some pliable material, canvas bein an illustration of a suitable material and the rear end of each member 16 is secured to the roller or drum 11, there being a number of convolutions of the material 16 illustrated as being wound upon the drum or roller 11 in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that any one of a number of shelves may be wound upon its roller with the result that the said shelving will be positioned at the rear of the compartment and a space therefore made available for objects of considerable height. In Fig. 1 of the drawings the lower shelf has been illustrated as being in an extended position and the shelves thereabove are illustrated in a collapsed condition with the result that the entire space between the lower shelf and the top of the cabinet is available. By reason of the helical spring 12 the canvas 16 or shelf forming material will be maintained in a taut condition and the weight of the articles upon the shelf will not tend to sag the same. The rods 15 which are preferably formed of metal are adapted to engage the notches l4 and to be retained therein. The purpose for which the cabinet is intended will determine the torsional strength of the helical springs 12.

Having thus fully described the invention what I claim to be new and original with me is 1. A cabinet comprising an open ended compartment, a drum ro-tatably secured to the side walls thereof and disposed adjacent the rear wall, resilient means secured to said drum, pliable shelf forming material secured to said drum and adapted to wind thereon, guide rails secured to the compartment side walls and provided with a notch adjacent the forward ends thereof, a rod slidably mounted upon said guide rails adapted to engage said notches and secured to the free end of said pliable shelf forming material.

2. A cabinet comprising a compartment, a roller rotatably mounted therein adjacent one of the walls thereof, resilient means secured thereto adapted to exert a torsional stress thereon, pliable shelf-forming material wound around the said roller, a rod secured to the free end of said pliable material and extending between the walls of said compartment, guide rails secured to the compartment side walls and provided with holding means remote from the said roller, said 7 rod adapted to engage and be held stationary by said holdin means to thereby hold the pliable materia in a taut condition to form a shelf, and said material adapted to wind upon the said roller during the non-use thereof.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiiXed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ADOLPH KUNITZ.

Witnesses:

GILBERT GORDON, J. A. EcKLEs.

copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of I'atents, Washington, D. G.

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