US1212139A - Wardrobe-trunk. - Google Patents

Description

C. G. GRAVES.

WARDRDBE TRUNK.

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Patented Jim. 9, 1917.

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CHURCHILL Gr. GRAVES, 0F ROANOKE, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR T0 THE SEWARD TRUNK AND BAG COMPANY, OF PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA, .A CORPORATION OF VIRPLCI a i wAEnEoBE-TEUNK.

Application led May 23, 1916.

a compacttrunk which may be readily taken apart, but which is of sturdy construction when closed; to provide in connection with such a trunk a hanger-rack suitable for the support of garment hangers, it being one of the objects to provide a hanger-rack that may be removed from the trunk as a unit when the latter is opened.

Another obj ect is to provide a hanger-rack with eXtendible portions, which extensions also serve as a garment press.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the formation, combination and arrangement of elements as will be herein described and particularly claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevational view of a portion of a ltrunk having my invention applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a broken vertical. section taken approximately on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. t is a side elevational view of one hinge member and Fig. 5 a similar view of the coperating hinge member as used in connection with the present invention.

Referring now to these drawings wherein like parts are lsimilarly designated wherever they occur, 1 represents the front portion of the trunk of my invention, and 2 the rear portion thereto. n

3 represents the lid which is hinged to the top of the rear wall of portion 2.

The portions 1 and 2 are hinged together along the adjacent vertical edges by means of the hinges t. When the portion 1 is closed upon the portion 2 the lid 3 may be swung around and when closed it overlaps the portions 1 and 2 at 5 thereby .clamping and interlocking the same together.

The hinges 4c by means of which the portions 1 and 2 are hinged together are constructed as follows: Secured to the portion 2 is a male hinge member Lia, and secured to the portion 1 is a female hinge member 4b. The hinge member la is provided with Specification of Letters fPatent.

Patented Jan. 9, 1917.

Serial No. 99,312.

a pintle 4, there being a shoulder 4d at the bottom thereof. rIhe portion 4b is provided with a co-engaging eye portion lie, the said eye of which accommodates the pintle 4c and thebottoin if of the same bearing upon the shoulder ad. A plurality vof these shouldered pintle members are secured to the por tion 2 of the trunk and a corresponding number of the eye members are disposed at intervals along the edges of the portion 1 so as to aline with the pintles on the other portion. The pintles are all turned in one direction so that when the lid of the trunk 'is swung back and the trunk opened the portion 1 may be lifted olf the hinges and placed in another part of the room. Thus each? portion of my trunk will serve as an individual article of furniture in a room.

My trunk is provided further with a rack for clothes hangers, the same consisting of a frame work of dimensions suitable for admission within the upper portion of the trunk; this frame work is composed of parallel members 6 which are disposed along either side ofthe cavity of the trunk near the top of same with a connecting member 7 'extending from one to the other across the rear wall of the trunk and near the top thereof. From these parallel members there are extending downwardly and rearwardly to the rear wall of tli'e trunk a pair' of braces 8 and connecting the lower ends of these braces is a second connecting member 9 which extends likewise across the rear wall of the trunk and at some distance below the member 8. A vertical tie 10 connects the members 7 and 9, this bar extending slightly above the member 7, vand being provided with an eye 11 which serves as means for hanging up the hanger-rack when removed from the trunk upon any co-engaging means, as for example a nail iii-the wall. AffiXed to the inner walls of the trunk are brackets 12, the same being provided with outstanding corrugations 13 which overlie offset portions of the parallel members 6 and serve to retain these parallel membersp. in their guides or ways. Thus are formed coengaging and interlocking slideways in and out of the trunk for the parallel ,members 6 in their brackets 12. These brackets are provided with overturned portions 14 at the bottom with a space between which accommodates the lower edges 15 of the parallel members 6. The parallel members are pro- `between the two walls of the metal.

vided with, inwardly over-turnedportions 16 at their upper edges with an interval turned ends of the connecting bar 7 and ing through the two walls of the parallel members and tying the parts together re-l spectively. The bottoms of the braces 8 are o turned inwardly and to the rear of the same at 19 are riveted the ends of the cross member 9. Thus it will be seen that the entire hanger-rack may be slid out of the trunk as a unit when the front is removed and may be carried about and hung in another part of the room. In order to provide simple means for removing the hanger-rack and for carrying the same when removed from the trunk I have provided a bail 20, the side members 21 of which are pivoted at 22 to the parallel vmembers 6, the cross bar 23 extending from one side member 21 to the other;v this bail as shown may be swung down to the position as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3 or may be raised for carrying to the full line position. The bail preferably extends,v above the limits of the cavity of the trunk when thev same is in the upright position. The hangers slide upon rounded upper edge of the parallel members and may be slid back close together when the trunk is closed. The bail members 21 are pivoted to the members 6 above the convolutions 13 and are then bent outwardly at 24 so as to give clearance for the ends of the garment hangers.

In korder that the hangers 25 maybe separated and the garments readily removed I provide extensions 26 from the slideways or parallel members 6, the same being pivoted at 27 to the parallel members and the inner ends of the same 4being provided with elongated slots 28; Pins 29 are inserted through the walls of the parallel members 6 and the Vslots 2S 'slidably accommodate the pins 29 which pass therethrough-` The inner ends roller y' clothes press. with the garments `thereon are pushed back ,against falling.

of the extension 26 extend between the walls ofthe parallel members 6 and underlie overturned portions 16 thereof, so that when the pins 29 are in the outer ends of the slots 28 the` inner ends of the extensions will fall well under the overturned portions 16 and the extensionsl will be thereby supported When the extensions are drawn outward SO that the pins occupy the rear ends ofthe slots the extensions may be swung downward about the pins as an axis.

At the outer ends of the extensions 26 I provide a roller 30 which extends from one tothe other ofthe same, the roller being journaled at 33 in the ends of the extensions. This roller is `preferably covered with velvet or similar material and constitutes a When the hangers 25 The to the rear of the. trunk, the extensions which comprise the roller clothes press may be swung downwardly and rearwardly, pressing the garments tightly against the rear wall ofthe trunk. Notched brackets 31 are provided on the inner walls of the trunk which cooperate with projecting pins 32 from the roller to hold the roller press against return movement. The notches in the brackets 31 are open at their upper edges for the admission of the pins 32, and the roller is lifted as a unit to bring the pins 32 into and out of engagement with the notches; hence in order to apply and release the roller from these notches the lower ends of the extensions are slotted at 34 for the journals 33 instead of being simply pierced. Vhen the roller is inserted in a suitable pair of notches it may then be rotated and the clothing thereby drawn down by the movement thereof instead of remaining bunched and wrinkled.

bodiment are of a well-known commercial form made by punching a series of substantially rectangular holes in a flat plate of thin metal, and then, bending this plate of metal into right-angled portions along a line passing through the series of holes, and then again bending these portions of the plate along parallel lines, so as to provide edges suitable for contacting the sides of the trunk. Retaining rivets are passed through one of these edges and the trunk walls. Thus when these plates are so formed into brackets the rectangular holes ,form the required notches, the upper portions of the holes providing horizontal openings for the admission of the ends of the pins 32 and the lower portions of the holes forming the retaining notches whichl prevent the return movement of the roller Vpress until the roller is lifted upward in the slots 34 so as to raise the projecting ends of the pins 33 entirely clear of the notches in the brackets 31. Vhile this form of notched bracket is depicted in the drawings, it will be understood that the particular form is immaterial, this style being used because it may be purchased from manufacturers of trunk hardware.

I have thus described the present embodiment of my invention. It will be evident that those skilled in the art may make alterations in the same within the scope of the claims without departing from the'spirit thereof.

That I claim is:

1. In a wardrobe trunk, a hanger rack comprising a frame work of dimensions suitable for admission within the said trunk, said frame-work embodying spaced parallel members disposed along both sides of the cavity of the trunk near the top thereof and having a connecting member extending from one of said parallel members to the other along the rear of the trunk, braces extending from the said parallel members downwardly and rearwardly to the rear wall of said trunk and having a connecting member extending from one brace to the other against the rear wall of the trunk, a vertical tie member connecting the last said connecting member with the rst one, brackets aflixed to the inside of the side walls having slideways adapted to receive and slidably accommodate the said parallel members, the said frame-work being slidably removable from the said trunk and said brackets as a unit.

2. In a wardrobe trunk, a hanger-rack comprising a fra1ne-work of dimensions suitable for admission within the said trunk, said frame-work embodying spaced parallel members disposed along both sides of the cavity of the trunk near the top thereof and having aconnecting member extending from one of said parallel members to the other along the rear of the trunk, braces extending from the said parallel members downwardly and rearwardly to the rear wall of said trunk and having a connecting member extending from one brace to the other against the rear wall of the trunk, a vertical tie member connecting the last said conneoting member with the first one, brackets affixed to the inside of the side walls having slideways adapted to receive and slidably accommodate the said parallel members, the said frame-work being slidably removable from said trunk and said brackets as a unit, means in the rear of said frame-work and near the top thereof formed for engagement with a supporting member.

3. In a wardrobe trunk, a hanger-rack comprising a frame-work of dimensions suitable for admission within the said trunk, said frame-work embodying hanger ways along the inner walls of the trunk, brackets secured to the inner walls of the trunk adapted to retain and support the said hanger-rack, a lid on said trunk adapted to retain the said hanger-rack within the said brackets, and said hangerrack being removable as a unit from the said brackets and trunk when the said lid is open, and having means for its support against a wall when removed from the said trunk.

4. In a wardrobe trunk, a hanger-rack comprising a frame-work of dimensions 'suitable for admission within the said -said hanger-rack, a lid on said trunk adapted to retain the said hanger-rack within the said brackets, the said hangerrack being removable as a unit from the said brackets and trunk when the said lid is open, and a bail extending from side to side of the said frame-work and being pivoted thereto, the said bail being adapted to be swunk about its pivot as an axis from an upright position above the cavity of the trunk to a substantially horizontal position in which latter position the bail falls within the cavity of the trunk.

5. A wardrobe trunk having an open front side, a pair of hanger ways disposed along the inside of the side walls of the trunk and near the top thereof, said hanger ways having projecting pins near their front ends and having overturned portions above the said pins, outward extensions from said hanger ways having elongated slots at their inner ends, the said slots embracing and accommodating the said pins and the inner ends of the said extensions underlying the said overturned portions of the hanger ways, the slots in the said extensions being so dispo-sed that the inner ends of the extensions will engage the over` turned portions of the hanger ways when the p ins are in the outer ends of the slots and thereby support the extensions in extended position and being formed further so that when the said pins occupy the rear ends of the said slots the said extensions may swing downwardly and rearwardly about said pins as an axis, a transverse member extending transversely of the trunk from the outer end of one of said exten-A sions to the outer end of thev other, and means carried by the inner faces of the side walls of the trunk for holding said extensions from return movement.

6. A wardrobe trunk having an open front side, a pair of hanger ways disposed along the inside of the side walls of the trunk and near the top thereof, said hanger ways having projecting pins near their front ends and having overturned portions above the said pins, outward extensions from said hanger ways having elongated slots at their inner ends, the said slots embracing and accommodating the said pins and the inner ends of the said extensions underlying the said overturned portions of the hanger ways, the slots in the said extensions being so disposed that the inner ends of the extensions will engage the overturned portions of the hanger w'ays when the pins are in the outer ends of the slots and thereby support the extensions in extended position and being formed further so that when the said pins occupy the rear ends of the said slots the said extensions may swing downwardly and rearwardly about said pins as an axis, a transverse roller extending from one of said extensions to the other, the said roller being journaled in the outer ends of the said extensions, and means carried by the inner faces of the side walls of the trunk for holding 1G slots at their inner ends, the saidslots emsaid roller Vand extensions from return movement.

7. A Wardrobe f trunk having an open front side, a pair of hanger Ways disposed along the inside of the side Walls of the trunk and near the top thereof, said hanger `Ways having projecting pins near their front ends and having overturned portions above the -said pins, outward extensions from said hanger waysV having elongated bracing .and accommodating the said pins and the inner ends of the said extensions underlying the said overturned portions of the hanger Ways, the slots in the said extensions being so disposed that the inner ends of the extensions will engage the overturned portions of the hanger Ways when the pins are in the outer ends of theslots and thereby support the extensions in extended position and being formed further so that when the said pins occupy the rear ends ofthe said slots the said extensions may swing downwardly and rearwardly about said pins as an axis, Va transverse roller extending from one of said extensions to the other, the said roller being ournaled in the outer ends oi' the said eXtensions, and means for holding said roller end extensions from return movement, said means embodying arcuate notched plates secured to the inner faces of the trunk Walls and the said roller being provided with projecting pins adapted to engage the notches in the said notched plate.

8. In a Wardrobe trunk, clothing hangers, means for supporting the same adjacent a Wall of the trunk, a press adapted to be forced against the clothing hung therefrom and to hold the same against the adjacent trunk wall, said press comprising movable brackets with a roller jo'urnaled therein, said roller being disposed to contact the clothing and being revoluble thereagainst.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

Y CHURCHILL GRAVES.

Witnesses PAUL L. BIBB, D. V. DES PORTES.

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