US1749865A - Shoe and hosiery bench - Google Patents

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March 11, 1930. Q E WELLINGTQN 1,749,865

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Fatented Mar. 11, 1930 UNHTED STATES PATENT? OFFICE CURTIS F. WELLINGTON, F LEOMINSTER, MASSACHUSETTS SHOE AND HOSIERY BENCH Application filed February 18, 1929. Serial No. $10,709.

This invention relates to an article of furand the parts underneath constitute waste niture which is Constructed in the form of a space. bench suitable for general use but adapted The idea of this invention is to utilize the especially for use with a vanity and having space under the top of such a bench for the within it a shoe rack and a hosiery drawer. purpose of storing shoes and hosiery and to The principal objects of the invention are construct the bench in such form that the to provide a piece of combination furniture shoes will be in a convenient position to be for this purpose having a neat and attractive reached from the front of the bench. appearance when used as a bench and capable It will be seen that the bench is construct- 10 of being opened easily to expose the shoe ed in general in an ordinary way with four rack at an inclined. position and at a comvertical legs 10 and a top 11, provided with 'parati'vely high levelso that the shoes may suitable cushions as desired. Instead of bebe reached conveniently; to provide a, coning all open, it is closed in by a rear side 12 struction in which the opening of the doors and two ends 13 which may be of as beautiful 15 will swing the shoe rack upwardly in a conand ornamental wood as may be desired and venient position for the removal of shoes; to the front is closed by a pair of doors 1 1 which provide a convenient receptacle for shoes 00- swing in toward the center from hinges 15 cupying no space except that which is wasted at the corner legs on vertical axes.

ordinarily, and to provide an improved con- For the purpose of storing the shoes, the 20 struction of a shoe rack and a convenient locatop 11 is provided, rigidly secured thereto, tion for the hosiery drawer. with a frame 16, preferably of sheet metal Other objects and advantages of the invenand of rectangular form, having above the tion will appear hereinafter. bottom a parallel shelf 17 also of sheet metal. Reference is to be had to the accompany- The bottom and the shelf 17 are provided 25 ing drawings in which with longitudinal rails 18 or cleats over which Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a bench conthe shoes are intended to be supported with structed according to this invention and the heels in front of these rails so that the shown in closed condition; shoes will not slide back in the cabinet but Fi 21 an d l vatio thereof; will stand therein right side up and all the Fig. 8 is a sectional view on the line 33 same distance from the front of the device of Fig. 1; and maintaining their position therein on ac- Fig. 4 is an end view showing the doors count of the square front surface of the heel opened and the top of the bench and shoe resting against one of these mils.

rack swung upwardly; The cover is pivoted to the rear wall 12 by 35 Fig. 5 is a front view with the parts in the hinges 19 on horizontal axes so that it can be same position; moved from horizontal position to an in- Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional view on enclined position as shown in F 4, 5 and 6. larged scale, showing the device opened, and It will be obvious that this motion exposes the Fig. 7 is a sectional view on the line 77 of front side of the shoe rack 16 which is open so 40 6. that the desired pair of shoes can be taken out The disposal of shoes is a matter of convery conveniently. I siderable annoyance in many homes. In The device is arranged so that the movespite of all the articles of furniture with ment of the top into the lnchned position will 7 .which homes are usually provided there is open the doors 1 L this being provided for by no place for shoes except on the closet floor or a pair of links 20, each pivoted on a vertical on racks usually intended to be hung in a axis to a cleat 21 on one of the doors and closet on the inside of the door or in an extra pivoted, by a substantially universal joint 22, cabinet occupying floor space. Furthermore, to a fixed stud 23 carried by the bottom of the the ordinary benches for vanities are of such frame 16 near the back of the cabinet. a nature that they take up considerable room It will be seen therefore that the doors vice. The parts are so proportioned thatv when the doors are swung through an arc of 90 the frame will swing out into the position shown in Fig. 6 and the cover needbe raised no further. T

Naturally the frame 16 is located in a com- I partment in the bench and the bottom of this compartment is closed by a floor 24. This may be a sheet of wood or metal which slides in grooved ways 25 on the stationary ends of the device and therefore can be removed. These ways or cleats 25 are secured by screws 7 to the ends of the bench inside and the iron or thin wood floor 24: is slid in along these grooves. This constitutes a cover ng for the parts below which can be removed for cleaning, thus making it easy to prevent the accummulation of dust inside the bench.

Below this floor or'covering 2a is a drawer 26 which is of ordinary shape and has buttons 2'? for moving it out and in. The sides of the drawer are provided with grooves 28 arranged longitudinally which rest on cleats or guides 29 permanently fastened in the inside of the ends of the bench. This drawer is designed to'contain hosiery and the cover 24 is provided 30- that the same will not get up into the upper part of the device and perhaps get caught in the rods 20 or the pivots at the ends of these rods which are'designed to be quite loose.

It will be seen therefore that the vanity benchcan be made of any desirable degree of attractiveness and can be used for the purposes for which the ordinary benches are now employed and that the shoes and hosiery are located in it most conveniently where they can be taken out in a simple and convenient maner. The shoe rack and hosiery drawer take up no room not otherwise required for such a bench. Thedoors are not capable of swinging open of their own accord and there is no danger as long as the cover is down of the doors opening to get in the way of the user of the bench or allow dust to enter the interior. The hosiery drawer is well protected against the same difficulty and the articles inside the bench are always in-the desired position. 7

Although I have illustrated and described only one form of the invention I am aware of the fact that modifications can be made therein by any person skilled in the art withlike structure having a top pivoted: at one side I to swing upwardly,.a rack secured to the underside of the top and having strips across it near the front to constitute a shoe rack, a

pair of doors pivoted to the front of the structure and rods pivotally connected with said rack and with the two doors for opening the'doors when the top and rack are swung upwardly. 7

2. In a bench, the combination with a closed body, a top pivoted'at the top of the body along one side, a rack depending from the top and located inside and having shoe racksthereon, a pair ofdoors pivoted on the front side of the bench, a pair of rods connectlng the doors with the bottom of the rack,

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the inner'ends of said rods being pivotally;

whereby when the top is raised the doors will be opened and the front of the rack exposed.

3. As anarticle of manufacture, a shoe holder'having a top pivoted at one side to swing upwardly, a rack secured to the underside of thectopand having strips across-it near the front to constitute a shoe rack,a pair 7 of doors pivoted to the front end edges of. thestructureland means connected withsaid rack an d with the two doors for opening the doors outwardly in opposite directions when the top and rack are swung upwardly.

In testimony whereof Ihave hereunto af-' fixed my signature.

CURTIS F. WEL INGTON.

Therefore, I do not wish to be limitedin 7 if this respect but what I do claim is a 1. As an article of manufacture, a bench-

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