US1260115A

US1260115A - Suit-tray.

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Publication number: US1260115A
Application number: US14212017A
Authority: US
Inventors: George Wordingham
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1917-01-12
Filing date: 1917-01-12
Publication date: 1918-03-19
Anticipated expiration: 1935-03-19

Description

. G. WORDINGHAM.

SUIT TRAY.

APPLlCAIION FILED JAN;I2.19I7- 1,260, 1 5. Patented Mar. 19, 1918.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

G-. WURDINGHAM.

SUIT TRAY.

APPLICAHON FILED JAN. 12 1917.

1 260,, 1 1. 5 Patented Mar. 19, 1918.

2 SHEET$SHEET 2- warren snares rarnnr enrich GEORGE ORDTNGHAM, 0F MILWAUKEE, W-ISGONSIN".

SUIT-TRAY.

To -all whom c't concern:

Be it known that I, 'GEORGE WoRnmeHAM, a citizen. of the United States, residingat Milwaukee. in the county of Milwaukee and and'dyers and sometimes tailors to deliv suits or other articles of wearing apparel to their cu'stomersin dustproot bags which house in their upper ends garment hangers upon which the articles ofjwearing apparel aredraped. The bags are usually'ot considerab'le length and much time is lost and annoyance experienced in. fitting or slipping the bags overthe articles of wearing ap parel which have been hung and suitably draped upon the garment hanger. Iifthe garments are bulky it is likely that the bag will be tornin efforts to slip the samedownwardly over the suspended garments and it is also likely that the .;garments will become disarranged and therefore present an unsightly apearance when they are removed from the bag by the customer. The present invention therefore'has as its object to provide a garment tray upon which the garments to be bagged maybe laid and suitably draped and arranged and in this manner supported against disarrangement while the bag in which they are to be housed is slipped. over them and over the tray aiterwhich the 'arments and bag may be simultaneously removed from the device without, however, in. any way disturbing the arrangement of the garment. One advantage possessed by such a device lies in the fact th'at the garments maybe more readily and conveniently arranged and draped upon. the hanger and another advantage is that the tray may be disposed substantially horizontal, thereby obviating the necessity of reaching above ones head in passing the bag over the draped garments.

In, the accomp'a iying drawings Figurel isra perspective view of the device embodying the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view therethrou'gh;

Fig. 3 isia vertical sectional view indetail through the lower portion of the device;

Fig.4 is a horizontal sectional view in detail on the line H of Fig. .3.

specification otletters Patent.

Patented Mar. 1%, 1918.

Application filed Januarym, 1917. Seria11\To. 142,120.

Fig." "5 is a transverse sectional View on thefline 5+5 of Fig. 2';

Fig,- 6 is atransverse sectional view on "the line 6-6 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 7 is a rear form of tray.

Briefly stated, the device comprises a tray wh ch is supported by an arm mounted for swinging adjustment upon a base and or" theseparts the base is indicated by the n-u meral 1 and may be of any desired size and shape and this base is to possess sufficient weight to prevent overturning oi the tray in any of its positions of adjustment elevation of a modified and when, garments are placed thereon. The base 1 .is provided upon its upper side with an integral open boss Qwithin, which is pivotally mounted by means of a-pin 3; the lower end of the supporting arm for the tray, this arm being indicated by the numeral 4 and being provided witha right angularly extending branch 5. The manner in. which the tray proper is supported by the branch 5 of the arm 4 will presently be fully explained. In order that the arm 4 may be supported in various positions of adjustment, there is provided an arcuate rack comprising, a curved body member 6 secured at one end as at 7, to a lugnpon the base 1 and at its other end being provided with {a downwardly extending portion 8 which is secured as at 9 to the boss 2, the body 6 describing a quarter of a circle as clearly shown in Figs. and 3' of the drawings The pivotal connection between the lowerend of the arm and the boss 2 is a relatively loose one so that the arm may be swung slightly laterally and in such move ment the portion 4 of the arm maybe broughtinto and out of engagement indiagonal notches 10 formed in that lateral edge of the rack 6 beside which the arm a swings. In the present instance the rack is provided with three of the notches and for convenience in describingthe use of the device these notches are designated in the drawings specifically by the

reference numerals10

10 and 10, the notch 10 being located near the first-mentioned end of the rack 6, the notch 10 being'located near the upper end 'ofthe arcuate portion on? the rack, and the notch 1'0 being located between the

notches

10 and 10. It-will now be apparent that thearm 4: may be engaged in the notch 10' so as to assume an-approxt mately horizontal position, or it may be engaged in the notch 10 when it will assume an inclined position, as illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings, or, if desired, the arm may be engaged in the notch 10 in which position the arm will be substantially upright. In order that the arm may be held upright, or in other words, may be held in engagement in the notch 10, a sliding latch 11 is mounted upon the underside of the arcuate portion of the rack at the upper end thereof and has a shank 12 fitting slidably through an opening 13 formed in the portion 8 of the said rack near its upper end. The latch is guided by a pin 14 which is fitted through a slot 15 formed in the shank of the latch and secured in the said arcuate portion of the rack. A spring 16 is fitted through the said shank of the latch and bears at one end against the portion 8 of the rack and at its other end against a shoulder 17 upon the said shank and this spring serves to normally hold the latch slid in a forward direction as shown in Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings. The latch in the notch, the latch head 18 will bear against the said arm and be firmly held against disengagement from the notch. Of course, when the arm 4 is in engagement in either of the

notches

10 or 10 the weight of the arm and the tray supported thereby will prove sutficient to prevent accidental disengagement of the arm from the notch.

' The tray comprises a frame including side bars 19, a cross bar 20 connecting the inner ends of the side bars, a cross bar 21 connecting the outer ends of the side bars, and an intermediate bar 22 which extends centrally between the bars 19 and in parallelism thereto. The bars 20 and 21 respectively, carry brackets 23 and 24: and these brackets respectively, are provided with sleeve portions 25 and 26 through which the ends of the bar 22 are fitted, as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 6 of the drawings, it being understood that the bar 22 is not slidable through the sleeve portions 25 and 26 but that the entire frame structure is rigid. It will be observed, particularly by reference to Fig. 2, that the sleeve portions 25 and 26 are displaced with relation to the plane occupied by the side bars and end bars of the frame and that, come-- 7 quently, the bar 22 is located forwardly of the said plane, or, assuming that the tray is in horizontal position, is located below the said plane. The inner end of the bar 22 projects inwardly beyond the sleeve portion '25, as indicated by the numeral 27 and is fitted in one endof an elbow 28 at the outer end of the portion 5 of the arm 4. Thus while the frame as a whole is displaced rearwardly with relation to the arm 4, the

side, bars and fitted into the grooves 31 in the manner clearly shown in Fig. 6 of the drawings, the intermediate portion of the sheet 30 being passed beneath or in front of the bar 22 and the sheet being stretched taut. In order to prevent any undue sagging of the bottom of the tray and in order to further relatively brace the side bars 19, an intermediate cross bar having relatively angularly extending portions 32 is secured at its bend, as at 33, to the forward side of the bar 22 and the ends of the said portions 32 abut against the opposing sides of the side bars 19 and are secured in place by any suitable means as, for example, by screws 3 1 which are passed through the side bars 19 and threaded into the said ends of the portions 32 of the cross bar,

In order that a coat hanger may be readily assembled with the tray after the garments have been disposed upon the hanger, the upper or outer end of the bar 22 is provided, beyond the sleeve portion 26 of the bracket 24, with an outwardly and rearwardly extending finger 35 which in its extremity is formed with a notch 36, the said notch being designed to receive the usual garment hanger hook.

From the foregoing it will be understood that after garments have been casually hung upon a garment hanger the garment hanger may have its book engaged in the notch 36 of'the finger 35 with the garments resting upon the bottom 30 of the tray. In this operation the tray may assume an inclined position, as shown in the several figures of the drawings, or it may occupy a horizontal position to suit the convenience of the user the opening inthe'closed end of the bag.-

The hook of the garment'hanger may then be grasped and the hanger, together with the garments suspended thereon, may be removed from the tray without in any way disarranging the said garments or without likelihood of tearing the bag. When the device is not in use the tray may be swung to upright position and will then occupy but little space.

If desired the bottom of the tray may be constructed as shown in Fig. 7 of the drawings. In this modification the sheet constituting the said bottom is passed in front of the intermediate bar 22 of the frame of the tray and thence about the rear sides of the side bars 19 and a lacing cord or string 37 is threaded back and forth through eyelets 38 in the edges of the said sheet, and, of course, when this cord is drawn taut the sheet will be properly stretched.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. In a device of the class described, a tray comprising a frame, means supporting the frame at one end thereof, the said frame including side members, a tray bottom comprising a sheet connected at its lateral edges with the said side members and stretched taut between the same, and means carried by the tray for the support of a garment hanger.

2. In a device of the class described, a tray comprising a frame, means supporting the frame at one end thereof, the said frame including side members, a tray bottom comprising a sheet connected at its lateral edges with the said side members and stretched taut between the same, and means at the other end of the tray for the support of a garment hanger.

3. In a device of the class described, a tray comprising a frame including side members and an intermediate member displacedwith relation to the planeoccupied by the side members, a tray bottom comprising a sheet &

stretched over the said intermediate member and connected at its lateral edges with the side members of the frame, and means at one end of the frame for supporting the same.

4. In a device of the class described, a tray comprising a frame including side members and an intermediate member displaced with relation to the plane occupied by the side members, a tray bottom comprising a sheet stretched over the said intermediate member and connected at its lateral edges with the side members of the frame, means at one end of the frame for supporting the same, and means at the other end of the frame for supporting a garment hanger.

5. In a device of the class described, a base, an arcuate member mounted thereon and having a plurality of recesses, an arm loosely pivotally mounted upon the base and angnlarly movable beside the said arouate member and designed for engagement in the recesses selectively, a suit tray supported at its lower end by the said arm, and means at the upper end of the tray for the support of a garment hanger.

6. In a device of the class described, a tray having its upper surface transversely concave to receive garments to be bagged, means for supporting the tray for angular adjustment, and an element extending from the upper end of the tray at the concave side thereof for the attachment and support of a garment hanger.

7 In a device of the class described, a tray to receive garments to be bagged, means connected with the lower end of the tray for angular adjustment thereof, and a finger extending from the upper end of the tray in an upward direction and arranged for the connection and support of a garment hanger. In testimony whereof I aflix my signature. GEORGE WORDINGHAM. [L.S.]

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Washington, D. O.