US1482878A - Receptacle retainer for trunks - Google Patents

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Feb; 5 1924. 1,482,878

Q. P. ALBERT RECEPTACLE RETAINER FOR TRUNKS Fileq April 5, 1922 mllml Patented Feb. 5, 1924.

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CARL P. ALBERT, F RACINE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO GREENE MFG. 00., OF RACINE, WISCONSIN, A CORPORATION OF WISCONSIN.

RECEPTACLE RETAINER FOR TBUNKS.

Application filed April 3,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL P. ALBERT, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Racine, in the county of Racine and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Receptacle Retainers for Trunks, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, Which are a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in wardrobe trunks and refers more particularly to means for removably securing therein a suitable recep- 1 tacle such as a shoe box or the like.

, The present type of wardrobe trunk may be said to be divided into two sections, one a drawer section and the other a wardrobe or clothes section, the clothes section preferably having in its lower part a shoe box or receptacle which is spaced from the rear thereof to provide space for the clothes.

It is, there-fore, one of the objects of this invention to provide improved means for securing the shoe receptacle or box in position which will be of extremely simple construction and inexpensive to manufacture and which will not in any manner mar the general neat and attractive appearance of the trunk.

This invention has for another of its objects to provide improved means for securing the shoe box or receptacle within the trunk section and permitting the pivoting or swinging of the box outwardly of the trunk to llow access thereto without the necessity of entirely withdrawing the box therefrom.

A further object of this invention resides in the provision of means carried by a shoe box or receptacle and engageable with the usual retaining angle members of the section to secure the box within the trunk against accidental removal and at the same time to permit the swinging or pivoting of the box outwardly.

A. still further object of this invention resides in the provision of plates secured to the front sides of the shoe box or retainer and extended thercbeyond and having projections or lugs engageable within recesses in the side angle members of the trunk sec- 1922. Serial No. 549,037.

tion to readily removably secure the box in position.

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, my invention resides in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts substantially as hereinafter described and more particularly defined by the appended claims, it being understood that such changes inthe precise embodiment of the hereindisclosed invention may be made as come within the scope of the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, I have illustrated one complete example of the physical embodiment of my invention constructed according to the best mode I have so far devised for the practical application of the principles thereof, and in which:

Figure l is a perspective view of the lower part of that section of a wardrobe trunk in which the shoe box or receptacle is positioned;

Figure 2 is a fragmentary perspective view of one upper corner of a shoe box or receptacle illustrating the manner of securing the same in the trunk section, parts of the trunk section being broken away and in section to more clearly illustrate details of construction,

Figure 3 is a fragmentary perspective view similar to Figure 2, of one lower corner of the shoe box or receptacle, and r i Figure 4 is a fragmentary perspective view looking at the inner face of the trunk illustrating means for readily releasably locking the shoe box against accidental dislodgement.

Wardrobe trunks generally comprise a drawer section, not shown, and a wardrobe or clothes section 5, the vertical sides of which are equipped with angle irons or bars 6 which primarily serve to prevent the drawers, not "shown, of the other section from sliding into the clothes compartmentof section 5 when the two sections are closed. A receptacle or box 7 is generally positioned in the lower part of section 5 for the reception of shoes, shoe trees and the like, and it is essential that this box be held spaced from the rear wall of section 5 to provide for clothes hung therein."

The box 7 is preferably in two sections hingedly connected together and I secure a plate 8 along each edge of the outer section thereof by suitable fastenings 9, the plates 8 projecting beyond the adjacent sides of the box to overlie the angle members 6 and prevent the box from moving into section 5 fur ther than with its outer face substantially flush with the angle members 6. To secure box 7 in place against accidental dislodgement, the upper outer end of each plate 8 is provided with a head or projection 10 which is struck inwardly parallel with the adjacent side of the box and provided with a downwardly extending tit or lug 11, the heads 10 being engageable in slots 12 formed in the angle members 6, as clearly illustrated in Figures 1 and 2.

The lower end of each plate 8 is provided with a head or projection 13 which extends inwardly parallel with the adjacent side of the box and has a tit or hook member 14 on the lower end thereof which serves to prevent the accidental removal of the head from its slot 15 formed in the adjacent angle member 6. Heads 15 also provide pivots on which the box swivels when the same is swung outwardly to permit access to its interiorwithout completely withdrawing the same from the trunk section.

As best illustrated in Figures 1 and 2, the slots 12 and 15 are of a length equal to the overall lengths of the heads 10 and 13, re spectively, so that the box 7 must be raised to engage heads 10 against the upper ends of slots 12 before the box can be removed or its upper end swung upwardly with the lower heads 13 serving as pivots on the lower ends of slots 15. When the box 7 is swung outwardly and not entirely removed, the tits 14 pivot on the lower ends of slots 15 and when the box has been moved to a horizontal position, the lower ends of the slots 15 are engaged in openings 16 as will be readily obvious. To engage the heads 10 in looking position it is necessary to bodily lift the receptacle to bring the ends of lugs 11 in line with the recesses 12 and by tapering or inclining the outer face of each head 10 the receptacle is raised by the cam action of the heads as it is moved inwardly on the heads 13 as pivots.

As clearly illustrated in the drawings, the plates 8 extend upwardly from the adjacent sidesof the receptacle 7 and overlie the trunk carried members 6 to thus eliminate the upward movement of the receptacle. As hereinbefore described, that portion of plates 8 below the heads 13 and'overlying angle members6 is cut away as clearly illustrated in Figure 3.

Movement of the heads 10 and 13 in their recesses, upon the trunk being turned on its top end, is prevented by a latch member 17 pivotally secured, as at 18, to each angle bar 6 above the adjacent recess 12 to bring its lower free end 19 in a position engaging the top of the adjacent head 10 when the head is in a position securing the shoe box within the trunl-I. Each latch 17 is provided with a finger piece 20 for convenience in swinging the same to and from securing position and the latch is readily removably secured in locked position, see dotted lines in Figure 4, by a tit or projection 20 which resiliently engages in recesses 12, as will be readily apparent.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. In a wardrobe trunk having a plate projected inwardly from each side thereof, a receptacle, plates secured to the receptacle one adjacent each edge and projected therebeyond to overlie the trunk carried plates when the receptacle is positioned within the trunk, projections extended inwardly from each receptacle carried plate near the upper end of the receptacle, said projections being insertable through slots in the trunk carried plates, and parts carried by the projections and engageab-le behind the trunk carried plates to removably secure the receptacle in the trunk.

2. In a wardrobe trunk having a plate projected inwardly from each side thereof, a receptacle, plates secured to the receptacle one adjacent each edge and projected there? beyond to overlie the trunk carried plates when the receptacle is positioned within the trunk. projections extended inwardly from each receptacle carried plate near the ends thereof, said projections being insertable through slots in the trunk carried plates, and parts carried by the projections and engage able behind the trunk carried plates to removably secure the receptacle in the trunk, and the lower projections of the receptacle plates being spaced from the lower ends f said plates and that part of the plates below the lower projections and overlying the trunk carried plates being cut away to permit the receptacle to pivot on the lower projections.

In a wardrobe trunk, a receptacle, a

projection carried by the receptacle adjacent each side edge thereof. trunk carriedparts having slots in which the pro ections are engageable to secure the receptacle within the trunk, means engageable with one projec tion after the same has been engaged in the adjacent trunk part slot to lock the receptacle in position, and a part carried by the first-named means and engageable in the adjacent slot to releasably secure the same against accidental disengagement from the adjacent projection.

4. In wardrobe trunk, a receptacle, a trunk carried part, a projection carried by the receptacle adjacent one edge, said projection being spaced from and parallel with the adjacent side wall of the receptacle and engageable with a slot in said trunk carried face of the projection to ride over the lower part, and a lug on the inner end of said pI'oedge of said slot and raise the receptacle to jection and adapted to engage behind the permit said lug to engage behind the trunk l0 trunk carried part to secure the receptacle carried part.

5 in the trunk, the outer face of said projec- In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

tion being inclined whereby inward movement of the receptacle causes the inclined CARL P. ALBERT.

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