US1493854A - Canteen holder - Google Patents

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CANTEEN HOLDER Filed Aug. 30. 1921 1 7 Patented May 13, 192 4a UNITED STATES 1,493,854 PATENT OFFICE.

sremunn FREY, or os ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

cniv'rnnn HOLDER.

Application filed August 30, 1921. Serial No. 496,888.

To all whom it may concern:

zen of the United States, residing. at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and 5 State of California, have invented a new and useful Canteen Holder, of which the following is a specification. 1

This invention relates to a holder for carrying a set of canteens. It is advisable to lo carry extra supplies of water, oil and fuel on motor cars, and this is generally done by putting such supplies in separate canteens and fastening the canteens in place on the running board of the automobile. Holders have been previously devised for clamping the canteens on the running board of the motor car. These holders have merely open frames, permitting the dust to settle on the canteens and make them unsightly.

An object of this invention is to provide an enclosure for the canteens and means to secure the enclosure to the running board of the motor car. 1

Another object is to construct the case so that ready accessibility may be had to the canteens contained therein.

Another object is to construct the case so that any one of the canteens can be turned approximately one-quarter of a revolution to bring the faucet or nozzle of the canteen in front directly above the front wall of the case so that the contents of the canteen may be discharged therefrom while said canteenlis supported by the case. This is a great convenience, especially when it is desired to discharge water from the canteen, though, ordinarily, the canteens holding the oil and fuel will be removed from the case when oil or fuel is to be discharged'into the appropriate receptacles provided on the motor car; that is to say, into the crank case and fuel tank.

Another object is to provide for the case clamps which can be attached to and detached from the case without it being necessary to employ any tools.

Another object is to provide clamp means that will not interfere with packing the case in a box of substantially the same inside dimensions as the outside measurements of the case.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a canteen case constructed in accordance with the provisions of this invention, the lid being shown in open position anda "set of canteens being in place in the'case.

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional elevation of the holder in Fig. 1, showing one of the canteens turned into position for discharging its contents through the faucet thereof.

Figure 3 is an enlarged side elevation of the clamp, and fragments of the case and of the running board of a motor car.

Figure 4 is an elevation mainly in section on line indicated by H, Figure 3.

' Thecase comprises two relatively movable sections, a lower section 1 and an upper or lid section 2, said sections being hingedly connected at '3; The section 1 comprises a bottom 4, end walls'5, a rear wall 6, and a front wall 7. The front wall 7 is considerably narrower than the rear wall 6 so as to form merely a narrow strip along the front of the case. The upper edges of the walls 5 extend diagonally from the upper edge of the wall 6 to the upper edgeof the wall 7.

Section 2 comprises a top 8, end walls 9, a rear wall 10, and a front wall 11, the rear wall 10 being much'narrower than the front Wall 11, and the free edges of the end walls 9 extending diagonally from the free edge of the front wall 11 to the free edge of the rear wall 10. The combined heights of the front walls 7 11 are equal to the'combined heights of the rear walls 6, 10, so that when the case is closed, the top 8 is substantially parallel with the bottom 4:. From the foregoing it is clear that the sections 1, 2 are complementary to each other. The section 1 telescopes a slight distance within the lid 2, and the joint between the sections extends diagonally downward from the'rear to the front at the'ends of the case.

The lid 2 is provided on its interior with a buffer strip 12vwhich extends along the inner faces of the end walls 9, frontwall 11 and rear wall 10. In Figure 1 a set of canteens is shown positioned in the lower section 1, the canteens being designated a, b and c. It may be assumed, for purposes of description only, that the canteen a is utilized for water, the canteen b for oil and the canteen 0 for gasoline. The canteen a is shown provided with a spout or faucet 13 projecting from p canteens a, c and the front and rear walls of all of the canteens so as to prevent rattling of the canteens in the case when the motor car is travelling.

The means for securing the case to the running board of the motor car will now be described. A clamping device is preferably provided at each end of the case and, because of their being identical in construction, only one of them will be-described in detail. But one clamping device can be seen in the drawings because of the nature of the views. Secured by rivets 15 to the front portion of the end wall 5 of the case is an outstanding plate 16, provided with a key hole slot comprising an upper wider portion 17 and a lower narrower portion 18. The wider slot portion 17 providesan entrance for a flanged stud 19 projecting laterally from a substantially U-shaped clamp member 20. When the clamp member 20 is moved to position the stud 19 in' the narrower slot portion 18, the flange or head 21 of the stud is accommodated in a recess 22 formed in the inner face of plate 16, the stud head 21 being of greater diameter than the width of the slot portion 18 so that when the stud is in the narrower portion of the slot it will be retained against lateral movement with respect to the plate 16.

The clamp 20 comprises a longer upper arm 23 and a shorter lower arm 24 joined together by an arm 25 extending substantially at right angles to the arms 23, 2-1, the stud 19 projecting laterally from the arm 23. Screw-threaded through the arm 251 is a clamping screw 26 adapted to bear against the under face of the running board of the motor car as clearly shown in Fig ures 3 and 4;. The under face of the arm 23 is provided adjacent the arm 25 with a downwardly projecting lug 27 which is adapted to seat upon the upper face of the running board, as clearly shown in Figure 3. It is obvious that when the stud is inserted in the wider slot portion 17, tightening of the screw 26 against the under face of the running board will tend to rock the clamp member 20 so as to swing the arm 24 downwardly, thus to swing the stud end of the arm 23 downwardly to move the stud from the wider slot portion 17 into the narrower slot portion 18.

When the case with its set of canteens is to be shipped the clamps 20 will be wrapped and placed on top of the canteens, and the case will be'pacl'zed in a box just large enough to hold it. If the clamps were permanently attached to the case, a larger packing box would be necessary and, if the clamps were fastened to the case by screws, it would be necessary for the customer to fasten the clamps in place with the screws and such operation might be unsatisfactorily performed.

With this invention, when the case is received by the customer, he places it upon the running board oi, as shown in Figures 3 and 4:, and he places the clamp 20 so as to embrace the front edge of the running board, moving the clamp toward the case to bring the stud 19 into the winder slot portion 17. He then tightens the clamping screw 26 to cause the rear end of the arm 23 to swing downwardly,thus to move the stud 19 into the smaller slot portion 18. Then the screw 26 is tightened against the running board, the stud 19 cannot escape from the slot and, therefore, the case will be securely retained in position on the running board. Thus the screw performs a two-fold function.

Assuming, for example, that the canteen (1 contains water, to draw water therefrom, the canteen will be raised and turned to the position shown in Fig. 2 with the forward portion of the canteen resting on the upper edge of the front wall 7. The distance between the upper edges of the walls 6, 7 is less than the greatest diameter of the canteen and, therefore, the canteen will readily remain in position with the spout projecting above the front wall 7. Water can be readily withdrawn from the canteen when in this position, without it being necessary for the operator to hold the canteen. When the canteen a is in its normal position, as in Fig. 1, there will be no tendency for water to leak from the faucet, even though the valve thereof is not tightly closed, because the faucet is positioned on the top of the canteen. Thus, it is seen that with this invention, the canteen can be readily placed in two different positions, a position for carrying and a position for discharging the contents therefrom.

It is to be noted that the distance from the bottom of the slot 17 to the top face of the running board a? is greater than the distance from the shank of the stud 19 to the bottom face of the clamp member 20 so as to insure that the stud seat firmly in the bottom of the slot. Thus the plate 16 and case bottom rest on the running board and the end of the clamp member 20 adjacent said plate is spaced from the running board when the screw 26 is tight against the running board. This prevents rattling of the case.

I claim:

1. In a canteen holder, a case, a plate fastened to the case and having a keyhole slot, an approximately U-shaped clamp member having a flanged stud, the flange of the stud being of greater diameter than the width of the narrower portion of the keyhole slot, and means to cause rocking of the clamp member on the member to which it is attached from position with the stud in the wider portion of the slot to a position with the stud in the narrower portion of the slot.

2. In a canteen holder, a case, a plate fastened tothe case and having a keyhole slot, a clamp member having a flanged stud, the flange of the stud beingof greater diameter than the width of the narrower portion of the keyhole slot, and means to secure the clamp to a support in position to retain the stud in the narrower portion of the keyhole slot.

3. In combination, a case comprising relatively movable lower and lid sections, the joint between the sections extending diagonally downward from the rear to the front at the ends of the case, canteens end to end in the case, and a bufi'er strip secured along the inner faces of the end walls and front walls and rear wall of the lid section adapted to engage the outer ends of the end canteens and the front and rear walls of said canteens.

Signed at Los Angeles, California, this 24th day of August, 1921.

SIGMUND FREY. Witnesses:

GEORGE H. HILES, L. BELLE WEAVER.

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