US1678375A

US1678375A - Ash tray

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Publication number: US1678375A
Application number: US164613A
Authority: US
Inventors: William H Berssenbrugge
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1927-01-29
Filing date: 1927-01-29
Publication date: 1928-07-24
Anticipated expiration: 1945-07-24

Description

July 2 4, 1928.

W.. H. BERSSENBRUGGE ASH TRAY Filed Jan. 29, 1927 Patented July 24, 1928.

UNITED STATES WILL AM E. nnnssnnnnueen, or MILWAUKEE, wrtoorrsmQ ASH TRAY.

Application filed January This invention relates to ash trays. Objects of this invention are to provide an ash tray which will cooperate with a standard card table in a novel and effective manner to temporarily lock the ash tray to the card table, so that the ash tray pro ects from the corner of the table and yet is held in'a substantial and firm manner.

It is to be noted that card tables are not 1 very extensive and usually their entire surface is utilized in a game of cards. The usual practice is to place an ash tray upon the top of the table, but this necessarlly 1nterferes with the freedom of the players.

This invention overcomes the defects noted above in that it provides an ash tray which does not occupy-any of the available space on the card table, but which projects therefrom, as stated, and which is preferably set below the top of the table so as not to interfore in any mannerwith the freedom of the players.

Further objects are to provide a very slmple type of ash tray havlng the characteristics enumerated above, which may be cheaply formed, and which may be very readily secured in place.

An embodiment of the invention'is shown in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the ash tray showing it attached and showing a portion of the card table;

Figure 2 is a sectional view through the ash tray on the line 2-2 of Figure 1, the table bemg shown in dotted lines;

Figure 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.. Gard tables, as usually constructed, are provided with a frame work 10f rectangu- 4o lar formation to which is secured the top 2. A groove 3 is provided in the frame work and the edges of the cover at for the table top 2 and positioned within the groove. Further, it is the usual practice to reenforce the corner portions where two of the side frame members meet with an angular metal member 5 which is folded about such corner portiomand which has its upper edge folded into the groove 3 in the adjacent frame members 1.

K The ash tray is so constructed that it cooperates with this standard card table'construction and comprises a bowl or ash receiving portion 6 stamped from sheet metal and preferably provided with, a rolled "or beaded edge 7. This edge ?continues 29, 1927. Serial No. 164,613.

and merges into a flat bearing portion 8, as

may be seen from Figures 1 and 2. This flat bearing portion is provided with downwardlyextending flanges 9 which run into the bead 7 or downwardly turned flange of v the bowl and thus form a very rigid construction. The bearing portion 8 is flat and is provided with two downwardly turned lips 10 set at right angles to each other, as may be seen from Figure 1. These lips 10 are relatively short in extent'and fit within the slots 3 formed in adjacent side frame members, as shown most clearly in Figures 1 and 3. Thus, a positive interlocking 1s securedbetween the ash tray and the card table.

In order to prevent. the inadvertent upward lifting of the ash tray a spring finger 11 is pivotally secured as by -'means of a rivet 12 to the central bottom portion of the ash tray 6. Preferably, the spring finger 11 is provided with,a curved outer. end and is bowed intermediate its length so as to provide a bearing face 13 adapted to engage beneath the corner portion of the table, as shown in Figures 1 and 2.

In positioning the device, the lips 10 are slipped into the appropriate grooves 3, as shown in Figure 1, and the spring arm or retaining arm 11 is rocked about the; pivot 12 into the position shown in dotted lines in Figure 1, and in full lines in Figure 2. This securely holds the ash tray against detachment from the table and makes a very firm construction. When it is desired to removethe ash try it is merely necessary to rock the locking arm 11 into the position shown in dot and dash lines in Figure 1 away from the corner of the table. Thereafter, the ash tray may be detached by lifting it directly up wardly from the table.

' It is to be noted that the construction is such that the utmost" rigidity is secured, al though the ash tray iinaybe formed from relatively thin sheet metal.- The rolled marginal portion 7 runs into the side flanges 9 of the bearing member 8 and, consequently,

produces a very rigid construction, in addition to the rigidity secured by the pressing of the bearing portion 8 upwardly and the shaping of the bowl or body portion of the ash tray.

' Thus, an ash tray has been provided which is eminently suited to card tables and which will rigidly and securely interlock with the card table and hold itself in an easily accessible position without wasting any of the available space on the top of the table.

It will be seen further that the ash tray is of extremely simple and'cheap construction and may be readily made and easily applied.

Although the invention has been described in considerable dctail, such description is intended as illustrative rather than limiting as the invention may be variously embodied and as the scope of such invention is to be determined as claimed.

I claim:

1. An ash tray comprising a body portion having a depression for the reception of ashes and having a bearing portion projecting therefrom, said bearing portion being provided with downwardly extending lips adapted to engage the groove of a card table at spaced points, and means for preventing the upward lifting of the ash tray.

2. An ash tray comprising a body portion having a depression for the reception of ashes and having a bearing portion projecting therefrom, said bearing portion being provided with downwardly extending lips adapted to engage the groove of a card table at spaced points, and a spring arm pivotally secured to the underside of the body portion and adapted to be rocked beneath the corner of a card table.

3. The combination of a card table havin r a groove extending around its periphera portion, an ash tray adapted to cooperate with the corner portion of the card table and comprising a depressed body portion, a bearing member provided with a pair of angularly arranged downwardly extending fingers adapted to fit into the said groove, and a locking arm pivoted to the underside of the body portion of the ash tray and adapted to be swung beneath the corner portion of the card table.

4. The combination of a card table having a groove extending around its peripheralportion, an ash tray adapted to cooperate with the corner portion of the card table and comprising a depressed body portion, a bearing member provided with a pair of an larly arranged downwardly extending ngers adapted to fit into the said groove, and

a locking arm pivoted to the underside of the body portion of the ash tray and adapted to be swung beneath the corner portion of the card table, said ash tray having a peripheral downwardly extending flange, and said bearing member having downwardl extending side flanges merging into said rst mentioned flanges.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of WVisconsin.

WILLIAM H. BERSSENBRUGGE.