US1193401A - Marie latjenroth - Google Patents

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W. F. LAUENROTH.

TOWEL RACK.

APPLICAHON FILED FEB-29.1916.

Patented Aug. 1, 1916.

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V7 ALTER F. LAUENROTI-I, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

TOWEL-RACK.

l lillhltlii Application filed February 29, 1916.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WALTER F. LAUEN- no'rn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Towel- Racks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description oi? the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in a towel rack and one of its objects is the provision of a device of this character, which shall be simple, durable and el'licient, and which may be manufactured and sold at a comparatively low cost.

Another object of this invention is to provide a base, having a plurality of horizontally projecting arms journaled thereon and adapted to swing about a vertical axis to position them radially from the vertical axis to support towels and other articles in spaced relation to each other for drying.

A further object of this invention is to provide means for holding the arms radially ot' the vertical axis to support the towels or other articles upon each arm in spaced relation to each other, and prevent them from conii ng in contact and said means capable of releasing the arms so that they may be swung into parallel relation with each other when not in use.

lVith these and other objects in view as will become more apparent as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of my invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure l is a side elevation of a towel rack constructed in accordance with my invention, Fig. 2 is a similar view illustrating the arms in an operative position, Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2, and Fig. at is a horizontal. sectional view taken on the line t l of Fig. 2.

Referring indetail to the drawings, the numeral 1 indicates a base adapted to be secured to the walls in any well known manner or may be attached to any other portion of a building. Secured adjacent each Specification of Letters Patent. 7

Patented A11 1, 1916.

Serial No. 81,193.

end of the base 1 are blocks 2 and 3, which are apertured to receive a vertically extendmg bolt 1. J ournaled upon the bolt 4 and one above the other are arms 5, (3 and 7, which are provided with reduced portions of cylindrical formation to support towels or other articles. The ends of the arms 5, 6 and 7 that are journaled upon the bolt 4 are rectangular in cross-section to space the reduced cylindrical portions apart.

Plates 8 and 9 are pivotally secured to the enlarged portions of the arms 6 and 7 as illustrated at 10 and are each adapted to be swung upon its pivot to engage the sides of the arms directly below to cause the arms to extend radially from the bolt 1 to prevent towels and other articles upon the reduced cylindrical portion from coming in contact with each other. As for instan ,c the plate 8 is swung about its pivot to engage the side of the arm 5, which will prevent the arms 5 and 6 from coming in parallel alinement with each other. The plate 9 is swung about its pivot to engage the side of the arm 6 which will hold and prevent the arm 7 from moving in parallel alinement with the arm 6.

lVhen the deviceis not in use, the plates 8 and 9 are swung to a parallel position with the arms, as illustrated in Fig. 1 and the arms 5, 6 and -7 are free to be moved in parallel alinement with each other to make a compact article. If desired any number of arms may be employed in constructing a towel rack of the character above described, by increasing the size of the base 1 and the length of the bolt. WVhen increasing the number of the arms each additional arm will be provided with a plate to engage the adjoining arm below. Secured to the lower end of the base 1 are a pair of hooks 11, which may be employed for hanging towels and other articles upon them.

lVhile I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, it will be understood that minor changes in construction, combination and arrangement of parts may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is A towel rack comprising a base, blocks secured to each end of said base, a bolt carried by said blocks, arms journaled on said bolt, said arms adapted to swing in a hor'- zontal plane about the bolt, and plates PIV- 'alinement with each other.

otally secured to some of the arms for en- In testimony whereof I alfiX my signature gagement with the side of the nfixt adj accent in presence of two witnesses.

arm to hold said arms in radia y eXten' ec positions and said plates adapted to be WALTER LAUENROTH' swung in parallel alinement with the arms Witnesses:

to allow said arms to be swung in parallel MARIE LAUENROTH,

FRANCES WHITE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

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