US1786607A - Combination suitcase and card table - Google Patents

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Dec: 30, 1930. F. GUNCHICK 1,786,607

COMBINATION, sum"- CASE AND CARD TABLE Filed July 27, 1928 Patented Dec. 30, 1930 treats? FRANK GUNCHICK, F W'ALTHILL, NEBRASKA COMBINATION SUITCASE AND CARD TABLE Application filed July 27, 1928. Serial No. 295,682.

My invention relates to a combination suit case and card table of the type disclosed in my issued Patent No. 1,329,080, and has for its general object to improve upon the con struction shown of that patent.

An object of my invention is to provide a combination suit case and card table which is of simple, durable and inexpensive con struction.

A further object is to provide an arrangement in which the interlining of the suit case serves to form pockets to conceal the fo-ldable legs which convert the suit case into a card table.

Another-object is to provide a substantial bracing structure for said pockets.

A still further object of my invention is to provide a novel construction whereby the legs are securely supported, said means being arranged to allow the necessary pivotal movement of the legs to guard the egs against catching in the lining of the suit case during such pivotal movement to give lateral support to the legs when they are in their upstanding position and to be concealed also beneath the lining of the suit case so that the interior of the suit case will present an unbroken lined surface.

"l' ith these and other objects in view, my invention consists in the constraction arrangement and combination. of the various parts of my device, whereby the Ol)]6ClZS contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the device converted into a card table.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device with the legs folded, the cover of the suitcase being raised and parts of the lining being brolren away to illustrate the construction.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal, sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. is a transverse, sectional View taken on the line 4- 1 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a detail, sectional view of ad acent portions of the suit case and a leg, the latter being shown in its upstanding position.

In a suit case of the type under consideraor frame structure of substantial material covered by the usual cover material on the outsioe and provided with a lining of fabric or the like for the inside and that this lining may be arranged to form the pockets which receive the legs in their folded positions.

In the accompanying drawings 1 have used the reference character A to refer generally to the body of the suit case,the reference characterB to refer generally to the cover thereof, and the reference character C to indicate the legs.

The body A has a frame structure comprising the bottom wall 10, the side walls 11, and the end walls 12, which are of cardboard or composition boarding or some such suitable stifiening material as is ordinarily used in the construction of suit cases.

The side and end walls 11 and 12 are covered by a sheet of covering material 18, which may or may not be formed in one piece with the bottom covering 1 1, (shown in the drawings, as integral with the side wall covering.)

Between the side walls 11 and the bottom wall are longitudinally extending openings 15, which extend the entire length of the suit case, as may be noted from an inspection of Fig. 3. The bottom covering 1: is secured to the bottom wall 10 and extends beyond the side extremities of the bottom wall 10 so as to form the flaps 16 adapted to cover the openings 15. The flaps 16 are provided with fastener links 17, adapted to coact with the links 18, secured to the side walls 11 near the lower extremities thereoof.

It will be understood that the covering Ll may be of fab 'ic, leather or other flexible material.

The usual construction is observed in the cover B and therefore no detailed description thereof is given. The cover is hinged as at 19 to the body A and fasteners 20 are provided to secure the cover in closed position. A handle 21 is provided for the suit case. Corner brackets of ordinary construction are provided for the cover and body of the suit case.

The interior of the suit case is provided with a lining 23 of heavy fabric, stiffened by treatment with some composition such as varnish or the like and covering both side walls and bottom of the suit case. Pockets 24: are formed in the fabric lining 23 to receive the legs C in their folded position. A steel rib 25 is inserted between the lining 23 and the bottom and side walls 10 and ll, respectively, and follows the contour of the pockets 24:, bracing them against collapsing. Although only one rib 25 has been shown in the draw ings, it will be understood that as many may be used as may 7e necessary to properly support the fabric covering of the pockets 2%. It will be understood. th although the word fabric is used in connection with the lining 23, that other materials might be employed such as leather or even sheet metal.

The upper edges of the lining 23 may be covered in the usual manner by the downturned edges 26 of the outer covering 1?).

In the corners of the suit care body at the ends thereof are secured the transvc e blocks 27, which are spaced at their ends from the side walls 11 in order to receive the upper ends of the legs (l.

Each leg comprises a tapered shaft, as shown, having at its upper end a longitudinal slot 28, receiving a pin 29, which is extended through the side walls 10 and through the block 27 A. pin 30, extended through the bifurcated portions of the leg, closes the up per end of each slot 28. The leg has a rounded corner 81 to allow it to pivot about the pin 29 and clear the end wall 12.

It may now be noted that the leg is so arranged relative to the end wall that one of the bifurcations ot the leg slides snugly between the pin 29 and the wall 12, being thereby constrained to engage the wall 12 when it is slid upwardly to the position shown in l ig. The wall 12 thereby serves to lock the leg against movement in either direction about the pin 29 when it is in the position shown in Fig. 5.

It may further be noted that the blocks 27, in conjunction with the side walls 11, form a socket to receive the upper end of the leg C, to brace the leg against lateral movement. The block 27 further serves the function of supporting the lining 23 over the spaces between the ends of the block and the side walls 11, thereby forming covered sockets for the legs and supporting the linings so that the legs will not become caught in the lining or be interfered with by the lining in their movement toward or from the position shown in Fig.

The lining will aid in supporting the leg invention without departing from the real spirit and purpose or" my invention id it is my intention to cover by my claims, an modified forms of structure or use of mechanicai equivalents, which may be reasonably inchided within their scope.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a combination suit case and table, a receptacle body including side walls, end walls and a bottom wall of relatively thin ma terial, said bottom wall having longitudinal openings separating it from the side walls, a lining of thin sheet material secured to the side walls throughout a portion of their height and spaced therefrom near the bottom wall to form longitudinally extending leg receiving pockets communicating with said longitudinal openings, a reinlorcing rib secured to the side walls intermediate the ends thereof between the side walls and the lining, extending from side to side of the body between the bottom wall and the lining, and provided with arched portions following the contour of the pockets and supporting said pockets, a block secured to the body in the interior of an end corner thereof, extending transversely i the body and spaced from the side walls thereof to form sockets, and legs hingedly mounted in said sockets, braced against lateral movement by snug engage ment with the ends of the block and with the side walls, and adapted to move through said longitudinal openings.

2. In a combination suit case and table. a receptacle body including side walls, end walls and a bottom wall of relatively thin mate l id bottom wall having longitudinal openings separating it from the side walls, a

lining of thin sheet material secured to the side walls throughout a portion of their height and spaced therefrom near the bottom wall to form longitudinally extending lee receiving pockets communicating witli said longitudinal openings, a reinforcing rib secured to the side ails intermediate the ends thereof between the side walls and the lining. extending from side to side of the body be tween. the bottom wall and the lining, and provided with arched portions following the contour of the pockets and supporting said pockets, a block secured to the body in the ,l' of an end corner thereof. extending ersely of? the body and spaced from the side walls thereof to form sockets, and lnngedly mounted in said sockets on pins supported by the block, braced against lateral movement by snug engagement with the ends of the block and with the side walls, and adapted to move through said longitudinal openings.

3. in a combination suit case and table, a receptacle body including side walls, end walls and a bottom wall of relatively thin material, said bottom wall having longitudinal openings separating it from the side walls, a lining of thin sheet material secured to the side walls throughout a portion of their height and spaced therefrom near the bottom wall to form longitudinally extending leg receiving pockets communicating with said longitudinal openings, a reinforcing rib secured to the side walls intermediate the ends thereof between the side walls and the lining, extending from side to side of the body between the bottom wall and the lining and provided with arched portions following the contour of the pockets, and supporting said pockets, a block secured to the body in the interior of an end corner thereof, extending transversely of the body and spaced from the side walls thereof to form sockets, and legs hingedly and slidably mounted in said sockets, braced against lateral movement by snug engagement with the ends of the block and with the side walls, and adapted to move through said longitudinal openings.

4. In a combination suit case and table, a receptacle body including side walls, end walls and a bottom wall of relatively thin material, said bottom wall having longitudinal openings separating it from the side walls, a lining of thin sheet material secured to the side walls throughout a portion of their height and spaced therefrom near the bottom wall to form longitudinally extending leg receiving pockets communicating with said longitudinal openings, a reinforcing rib secured to the side walls intermediate the ends thereof between the side walls and the lining, extending from side to side of the body between the bottom wall and the lining, and provided with arched portions following the contour of the pockets and supporting said pockets, a block secured to the body in the interior of an end corner thereof, extending transversely of the body and spaced from the side walls thereof to form sockets, and legs hingedly and slidably mounted in said sockets, on pins supported by the block, braced against lateral movement by snug engagement with the ends of the block and with the side walls, and adapted to move through said longitudinal openings.

5. In a combination suit case and table, a receptacle body including side walls, end walls and a bottom wall of relatively thin material, said bottom wall having longitudinal openings separating it from, the side walls, a lining of thin sheet material secured to the side walls throughout a portion of their height and spaced therefrom near the bot-tom wall to form longitudinally extending leg receiving pockets communicating with said longitudinal openings, a reinforcing rib secured to the side walls intermediate the end thereof between the side walls and the lining, extending from side to side of the body between the bottom wall and the lining, and provided with arched portions following the contour of the pockets and supporting said pockets, a block secured to the body in the interior of an end corner thereof, extending transversely of the body and spaced from the side walls thereof to form sockets, pins sup ported by said block, extending into the sockets and positioned substantially above the lower edges of the adjacent portions of the end walis and legs, provided at their upper ends with longitudinal slots receiving said pins, whereby the legs may slide upwardly longitudinally to positions braced against lateral or hinging movement, and may slide downwardly to positions where they may swing about said pins.

Signed this 9th day of July, 1928, in the county of Thurston and State of Nebraska' FRANK GUNCHICK.

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