US1711854A

US1711854A - Combination shelf and clothesrack

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Publication number: US1711854A
Application number: US229373A
Authority: US
Inventors: Milton M Olander
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1927-10-28
Filing date: 1927-10-28
Publication date: 1929-05-07
Anticipated expiration: 1946-05-07

Description

May 7, 1929. M. M. OLANDER CHBINA'IIION SHELF AND CLOTHESRACK Filed Oct. 28, 1927 'I lIIHIIIflnIlTl--IIIHI'IHIIIllll 5 J f .UHH #NNUU n.huuu! f "n J/l 0.

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UTED STATES MILTON M. OLANDER, OE CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS.

COMBINATION SHELF .AND CLOTHESRAC. i 'i Application filed October 28, 1927. Serial No.. 229,373.

My invention relates to improvements in combination shelves and clothes racks, and it consists in the combinations, constructions, and arrangements kherein described and claimed. l

An object of my invention is to provide a combination shelf and clothes rack which may be readily inserted in a clothes closetor a clothes locker, and by means of which the carrying capacity of the locker orl closet is increased.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device of the type described by means of which clothing may be held free i'from the walls of the locker.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device of the type described which is constructed of relatively thin. material and is so formed that air may circulate treely therethrough, thus rendering the device sanitary.

A further object ol:` my invention is to provide a device of the type described by means of which any piece of clothing may be removed without disturbing` the other clothing disposed therein.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following speciication, and the novel features of the invention will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming part of this application, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device, and

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the device as applied to a locker.

In carrying out my invention, 1 provide a frame 1 substantially rectangular in contour and formed of a relatively thin 'material. Supporting

members

2, 3 and 4 eX- i tend between side walls 5 and 6 of the trame 1 and are provided with downwardly eX- tending integral portions which are rigidly secured to the sides 5 and 6 by means of rivets or bolts 7. A plurality oi' clothes hooks 8 are secured at spaced-apart points to the supporting

members

2, 3 and 4.

A tray 9 is disposed between the supporting member 2 and the front 10 of the frame and between the side Iwalls 5 and 6.

Openings

11 and 12 are disposed in the side walls 5 and 6, respectively, for a purpose hereinafter described. y Let us assume that the vdevice is to be applied to a locker, indicated generally at 13, which is of standard size. The frame may be constructed to conform to the inner dimensions of the locker 13. yBy placing the device within the locker, as shown in Figure 2, therframe may be rigidly secured to the locker by placing the bolts or rivets through the

openings

11 and 12 and through the openings provided in the locker for the usual shelf'. In this manner, the device may be rigidly secured within the locker.

The size and-shape of the device may be v varied to agree with the size of the locker in which it is to be disposed. The number of hooks 8 may also vary in number according to the size of the locker.

When the device is in place, it will be noted that the tray 9 is positioned adjacent the door 14 of the locker. This tray is arranged to receive small articles, such as keys, watches, pocketbooks, or any other articles which the user wishes to dispose therein. The hooks are so arranged that the clothes may be hung in rows and positioned away from walls opt the locker.

Vhen wet garments, such as track suits or bathing suits, are placed within the locker, they may be suspended from' the hooks 8. In this manner, air may circulate freely through t-he locker between the supporting members2, 3 and 4, and the wet garments may dry properly and will not mildew as would be the case if they were suspended 'from hooks so that they would engagevwith the walls of the locker.

Furthermore, wet garments, such as track suits, bathing suits, or the like may be suspended from two, three or four of the hooks 8. In this'manner, the wet garments are held in somewhat of a circular position, al-

lowing the air to pass not only therearound but therethrough. The positions of the hooks 8 upon the spaced-apart supporting

members

2, 3 and 4 permit a free circulation of air through air openings 15 in the bottom of the lockerv door 14, through the locker around the garments, between the supporting

members

2, 3 and 4, and through air openings 16 in the top of the vlocker door 14.

1 claim:

l. A device of the type described comprising a frame having side walls and a front wall and arranged to be disposed in al compartment having walls, means whereby said frame may be rigidly secured to vthe walls of said compartment, supporting members extending between the side walls of said frame and having downwardly extending portions arranged to be secured thereto,

hooks secured to said supporting members at spaced-apart points, and a tray disposed 5 between said front wall, said side Walls and the adjacent supporting member.

2. A device of the type described comprising a frame, supporting members earred by said frame, T-shaped hooks carried by said supporting members and positioned 10 at spaced-apart points, and a tray carried by said frame and integral with one of said supporting members.

MILTON M. OLANDER.