US1135404A - Wardrobe-trunk. - Google Patents

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H. SEWARD. WARDROBET'RUNK.

APPLlcATIoN nl gn nec. 29. 1914.

Patented Apr.. 13, 1915.

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H. SEWARD.

WARDROBE TRUNK.

APPLICATION FILED DEc.29,1914.

Patented. Apr, 13, 1915.

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l 1"@ VIEW' SEWARD,4 UlFVlPlETlERSBURG, Vimllilltllid.,l SSIIUNUR T0 SEWRID TRUNK dltl'lD BAG COMPANY, 01E' PETERSBURG, Vmrllm, A CIURPUETON 0F VIRGINIIIA.

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Patented Apr. 13, 1915.

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cation, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to certaind new and useful improvements in. wardrobe trunks and more particularly to .a gate hanger especially adapted to be used in connection with this ,class et trunk for supporting the garment hangers in the hanging compartment thereof; the object being to provide a novel form vof gate hanger having brackets carried thereby forming a two-point suspension for the garment hangers so as toprevent this same from swinging when the garments are arranged thereon when the trunk is being shipped. l

nother object of the invention is to provide a gate hanger which is so mounted that the same can be swung outwardly from its compartment in order to allow the garments supported thereby, to be accessible so that they can be readily placed in position or removed therefrom; means being provided for locking the gate hanger in closed position so as to hold the garments within thehanging compartment. p

Another object of the invention is to provide a gate hanger which is exceedingly simple and cheap in construction and one which is preferably formed of' a single piece et' metal having spaced brackets projecting laterally therefrom upon which the garment hangers are spaced and supported in such a manner that they are firmly held in position.

Another object of the invention is to provide a trunk with a body portion having a cover portion' substantially the same size forming a hanging compartment in which the gate hanger is mounted. i

Other and further-objects and adgantages ot the invention will be hereinatterset forth andthe novel features thereof dened by the appended claims.

lin the drawings-Figure 1, is a front elevation of a portion of my improved construction of wardrobe trunk showing the.

gate hanger in closed p'os`ition with the A hanging compartment; Fig. 2, is a horizon# tal section through the trunk showing the gate hanger in dotted lines, ,swung outwardly; lFi'g. 3, is a vertical section through the gate hanger showing one ofthe bracket arms; lFig. 4, is a perspective of the hanger and its supporting means; lFig. 5, is a detail horizontal section through the catch showing the latch for the hanger in plan view; andFig. 6, is a detail perspective of the lttcll'. 4

Like numerals of reference refer to like parts in the several igures of the drawings.

lin the drawings, 1 indicates the bodyportion of my improved construction of wardrobe trunk, 2 the cover therefor which is connected thereto by hinges 3 in the ordinary manner; said cover having a hanging compartment 4 at one end and in the form of trunk herein shown, one end of the body portion and the cover portion is provided with swelled portions so as to prevent the trunk from being placed upon this end;

these swelled portions forming the top of.

the wardrobe formed thereby.

Secured to the inner wall of the cover portion within the hanging compatrment, is a plate 5 which is secured therein by rivets 6; said plate having a vertically disposed eye 7 Fin which is mounted a pintle 8 over the ends of which are arranged the eyes 9 of a gate hanger 1()l herein shown formed of a single piece of metal forming parallel bars connected together at one end by a vertical bar 11.y By this manner of forming the gate hanger, the same is mounted upon the pintle 8 in such a manner that the same is free to swing outwardly for the purpose hereinafter vfully described.

lin order to rovide means for locking the hanger 10 in c osed position within the compertinent, ll provide the wall of the compartment with a catch 12 formed of a single piece of metal having parallel slits at one end, the intermediate tongue formed thereby being bent to form a catch proper 13 which is adapted to be engaged by a plvoted latch 14 mounted in a housing 15 secured to the vertical bar` 11 of the gate hanger, as clearly shown; a suitable Hat spring 16 being arranged within the housing under the pivoted latch having one end connected thereto so as to'hold the same in position to engage the,`

Y same -is moved into engagement with the wardly.

catch.

The -form of latch herein shown, comprises a single piece of metal bent to form a catch proper at one end having laterally projecting lugs forming pivots; the opposite end of the same being extended from the housing 15 to -form a handle by the depression of which, the'latch is thrown out of the path of the catch 13 so as to release the -gate hanger so that the same can be swung Aout- Connected to the swinging gate are spaced brackets 17 and 18 preferably formed of a single piece of wire bent to the shape shown and secured to the gate by `rivets or any other suitable fastening means said brackets having upwardly projecting ends 17 and 18 -so as to prevent the garment hangers 19 from Sliding o" ofthe ends thereof and it will be seenthat in connection with these brackets I employ a peculiar shape of garment han er. so as to provide a two-point sus-4 pension t 'erefor 'so as to prevent the hangers from rockingupgon their supports when the trunk .is being shipped. These brackets j 17 and`1'8 project laterally into the clothes compartment in such a manner that the garment hangers carried thereby are moved into K the compartment when the ate is swung Ainto. closed ,position and out 0% the compartment when the gate'is 'swung outwardly and by Swingin the gate outwardly at right ang es to` itsc osed position, the garment hangers 19 can be aced in position upon the brackets 17 andp 1 8 or removed therefrom.

The arment hangers 19 as herein shown, areA pre erably formed of wood having coatreceivin portions adjacent their lower ends and hoo s at, their upper lends which straddle the brackets 17 and 18 in such a manner that the same are free to slide upon the brackets but are -prevented from swinging out of a horizontal plane.

I claim: v1..In a' wardrobe trunk, the combination with-a b'ody'portion and a coverportion .pv-

" otally connected together, said cover portion having a han hangerpivota y mounted within the lcover portion, brackets extending laterally from g compartment, of a gate'- said gate hanger, and garment hangers having a twofpoint suspension mounted upon said brackets.

2. In a wardrobe trunk, the combination with ahanging compartment, of a plate secured within said compartment to one side thereof, said plate having a vertically disposed eye, a gate hanger 'ormed of a single piece of metal vhaving parallel bars terminating in eyes adapted to register with the eye (if said plate, a intle extending through said'eyes, means For fastening said gate hanger in closed position within said com-,jf

partment, and laterally projecting spaced brackets carried by said' hanger having up wardly projecting end portions.

3. A wardrobe trunk, comprising a body portion and a cover portion pivotally con-` nected together, a gate hanger pi'votally mounted within the cover portion and capable of swinging outwardly andaway from the bodyv portion, said gate hanger having spaced laterally projecting brackets connected thereto.

4. A wardrobe trunk, comprising a body portion andra cover portion pivotally connected together, a gate hanger pivotally y-mountedwithin the cover portion on the hanging compartment, a swinging .frame pivotally connected vtothe free sideof said cover portion within said hanging compartment, and bracketsformed of single pieces of wire connected to the parallel bars of said frame having laterally projecting portions terminating f in .upwardly projecting portionsn formi vtwopoint suspension means for garment angers. y v

1n testimony whereof I hereunto aix my signature in the presence of two witnesses. l HARVEY SEWARD.

.Witnesses:

E; w. Bmom,Jr., J. Hoses.

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