US1646521A

US1646521A - Portable bath cabinet

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Publication number: US1646521A
Application number: US1993A
Authority: US
Inventors: Elsie C Benson
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1925-01-12
Filing date: 1925-01-12
Publication date: 1927-10-25
Anticipated expiration: 1944-10-25

Description

E. c. BENSON PORTABLE BATH CABINET Filed Jan. 12, 1925 I INVENTQF? 575/2? 6. 56/15017 A T TOR/V51 Patented Get. 25, 1927.

ELSIE c. BENSON, or SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

PORTABLE BATH oABIiiE'r.

Application filed. J'anuary *The invention is a portable bath cabinet which has convenient shelves and a rack adjacent the tub, a hinged cover with sliding supports, and suitable drawers and com-v partments below the tub; I v

The object of the invention is to provide a bath cabinet that may also be used as a dresser or the like which is provided'with means above the tub for holding articles. 1 7

Another object of the invention is to provide a cabinet having a hinged cover with a small bath tub directly-under the cover andhaving a compartment below the bath tub in which is a receptacle so that the bath tub may drain into it.

And a still further objectis to provide a.

portable bath cabinet which is of a simple and economical construction. I

With these ends in view,' the invention embodies a cabinet resembling a dresser.

having a hinged top with sliding supports under it, a small bath tub under the cover and a rack with shelves and a rod, at the rear of the stationary portion of the top;

Other features and advantages of the in- .vention will appear from the following 'description taken in connection with the drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a front view of the cabinet with the top open. I I

Figure 2 is an end view with one end of the rack at the top omitted.

V Figure 3 is a cross section through the cabinet. 7 V

Figure 4 is a detail showing the arrangement of the tub and receptacle below it.

' In the drawings I have shown my cabinet as it would be constructed wherein -numeral 1 indicates the frame, numeral 2,

the tub, and numeral 3, the shelf rack at the top.

stationary top at the point 9. The stationary top 7 is provided with an opening 10 into which the tub 2 may be placed and at 7 the rear of the cover 7 is a shelf rack 3...

'The frame 1 may be constructed inthe 12, 1925. Serial No. 1,993. I

Just below the. stationary cover 7 is a slid- 111g support 11' which isconstructed with a cross member 12 and twobars 13 and 14:, 3; which areheld in cleats 1 5 and 16; as'shown in Figure 3. It will beseen that the supportll may be moved into or out of the frame 1 to support the hinged cover 8 when f desired.

' Thev rack 3'. is constructed with. ends 17 and 18, a back 19, shelves 20 and f2lland a rod 22. This rack is readily attached to the top and it will beseen that the shelves provide handy space for laying articlesof clothing or thelike while bathing the child. The rod at the top of therack may also be used for supporting wash cloths, towels or V thelike. Y V

It will be understood that other changes may be made in the construction without'departing. from the spirit of the invention. One of which changes may be in the arrangement of, the drawers or compartments,

another 'inaybe. inthe design of the tub,

another may be in the arrangement of the receptacle for the drainage, and still another may be in the design or arrangement of the s f shelf rack at the-top.

' The construction will be readily understood from the foregoing description. To use the device, it may be'assembled as shown, and it will be seenthat" when it is desired to bathe a child or wash clothes'or shown in will be seen that with the devicearranged in this manner, it will befparticularly convenient as the clothes or the-like maybethe like, the top may be openedas Figure 1 and the tub filled with water:

placed on the shelves on the rack 3 so that they will be handy, and also with the top 8 opening to the position shown in Figure 1 an unusually large amount of space willbe providedto place other clothes'or objectsywhile at the same time this large shelf may readily .be placed within the limits of the cabinet when not in use.

Having thus fully described'the invention,

what I" claim asnew and Letters Patent, is

Inan article of furnlture of the character desire to secure. by

- loo described comprising a cabinet with a wash tub in the upper part thereof, drawers in" the lower portion of the-cabinet and sta' tionary shelves extending upward from the said cross beam representing a drawer flODtrear of the said cabinet; a pair of parallel at the end of the said cabinet and adaptable beams slidably held in channel tracks below to draw the parallelibeams outward to sup- 10 the cover of the said cabinet, and a cross port a second cover hinged to the end of the beam connecting the said parallel beams at top of the said cabinet When the said cover one end and having a knob thereon con 1s used as a shelf.

necting the ends of the said parallel beams, ELSIE C. BENSON.