US177751A - Improvement in trunks - Google Patents

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L. M. RINGWALT.

TRUNK. No. 177,751. Patgnted May 23,1876.

UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE! LANs NG INewAL'r, OF CINCINNATI, 01110.

IMPROVEMENT IN TRUNKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 177,751, dated May 23, 1876; application filed February 28, 1876.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LANSING M. RING- WALT, of Cincinnati, Hamilton county, Ohio, have invented a new and useful Trunk- Bracket, of which the following is a specification:

My invention comprises a cheap and secure bracket, which is to be substituted for the ordinary wooden cleats that have heretofore been employed for supportingtrays within trunk-bodies.

The bracket is composed. of a light casting ofany suitable metal or composition of metals, and it is furnished with one or more pointed prongs, spurs, or tongues, that are capable ofbeing driven into the wooden trunk-body, so as to secure said bracket in its'proper position. Furthermore, the bracketrmay be provided with perforated'fianges, lugs, or cars, for the reception of screws or nails, to assist said spursinretaining the 'bracket in the angle of the trunk-body.

In the annexed drawing, Figures 1 and 2 are perspective views of two differentforms of my bracket; and Fig. 3 is a horizontal section of a bracket secured in position within the trunk-body. 7

My bracket consists, essentially, of two arms, A A, radiating from a commoncenter, a, and united at their outer ends by a and when they are joined with the curved bar represented in Fig. 2, said arms and bar inclose a quadrant, that may be imperforated, if desired.

The angle thus formed by the two arms may be bisected with a brace, (J, as represented in Figs-1 and 3.- This brace extends from the junction of arms A A to the bar B,

and unites with the -latter at or near its midlength.

The spaces existing between said brace and the arms may be filled in with any suitable ornamentation or fret -work, as seen in Fig. 3.

Cast with, or struck up with, the bracket are pointed spurs, or tongues, or prongs D,

of any suitable length, and projecting in such a manner as to readily enter the wooden sides and ends of the trunk-body E, as clearly shown in Fig. 3.

One or more of such spurs may be provided'with each bracket; but, where only one spur is employed, it will be advisable to furnish the bracket with ears or lugs F F, per forated, respectively, at f f, to receive nails, screws, or rivets G.

By this arrangement the retaining (1e vices Gwill assist the spurs D in securing the bracket in its proper position.

The perforated lugs, ears, or flanges F F may project somewhat beyond the bar B, as

seen in Fig. 8, so as to afford ample facility for driving the nails G. V

I The bracket represented in Fig. 2 is constructed without the perforated ears-F F, as the location of the outer pair of spurs is such as. to enable said ears being dispensedwith.

p The proper location of the bracket A A B within the trunk-body having been previously determined, the workman has only to hold the bracket horizontally, and then tap its bar B a .few slight blows with a hammer or mallet. This act drives the spurs D into the wood, and at once secures the brackets in place, unless it happens to be provided with flanges, in which case the tacks G are driven The brackets may be made of iron, and

2 "was! then japanned, or copper coated, or nickel- In testimony of which invention I hereunto plate set my hand. I claim as my invention- The within described angle-bracket for trunks, haying spurs D, and constructed either Witnesses with or without the ears F F, for the purpose J AMES H. -LAYMAN,

LANSING M. RINGWALT.

' shown and described. S. B. SPEAR.

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