US1990271A - Automobile trunk - Google Patents

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Feb. 5, 1935. DIETRlCH 1,990,271

AUTOMOBILE TRUNK Filed May '7, v1932 .2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Feb. 5, 1935. I M. G. DIETRICH 1,990,271

AUTOMOBILE I TRUNK Filed May '7, 1952 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Imz? Patentecl Feb. 5, 1935 1,990,271 AUTOMOBILE TRUNK I -Michacl= G. nietriehmauia'ru Idaho Ap lication-May 7-, 1932,. swarm. 609,889 3131mm;(01.224 49) This invention relates to trunksandfmore particularly to a trunk adapted to be mounted on a:

motor vehicle or the like;

An object-of this invention isto provide a f trunk 'or articlecarrying: case which is so constructed thatqit can be usedto: carry articles of,

various sizes and particularly' articles having a.

length in excess of the-depth and widthv of the trunk. v

Another object of thisinvention isv to provide a trunk of this kind which has a swingable rear wall structure for extendingthewrear walli so'that relatively large articles. may-be carried within the. trunk body which is noti'possible witlra: trunk: havinga fixedicapacity; i

'A furtherobject of this invention .isfto. pro vide in a. trunk of this kind releasable locking means'for locking. the trunk in its extended position 1 as well. as. when closed;

A still further object of this invention isto.

provide a swingable rear wall structure which can'be either raised or lowered'depending on the; size of the articles which it. is desired to-placein the trunk, the lowering-of the rearvwall permitting articles of a leng'thgreater than the extended portion of thextr'unk: to. beFca-rried thereby. s j Still another object. of: this. invention; isi toprovide a trunk' having. an:extensiblegbottom; which .is slightly elevated toward the. rear, thus. keeping articles longer than; the trunkiwhen extended, from xworking backward.

The invention will be"deSCribediinLdetaiI in.

the accompanying :description: and illustrated in thedrawingawhereimj Figure '1 isxadetail perspective view; of artrunk constructed according'rxto: the; preferred embodi-.- ment of this. inventionnin openposition. 1

Figures 2: is: a sectional: view. taken, substan-' tially through the center off. the trunk and-show;- ing: the; trunk in extended fposition.

I Figure 3. is a sectional viewitakeneomthe line Br-3 of Figure2.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on theline 4--4 of; Figurerl Figure 5. is a fragmentary sectional'vi'ew' taken.

on the line 5'5 of Figure 1."

Figure 6 is a fragmentary sectional .view taken on the line 66i ofFigure-. 2.

Referring to the drawings wherein likenumetals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral 10 designates generally a trunkbbdycomprising abottom Wa11--1{1 arear wal1'13, and 'end walls 12.

A lid' or cover=14- ishingedly' carried by the rear wall 13 and is maintained in openposition. by

means ofaslotted link 15. Thislink"15;is:.piv-

otallyrcarried by a bracket- 16 mounted on. an.

inwardly extending, flange. 1'7 carried by the; rear wall .13, andan. L-shaped bracket. 18 is mounted. on the lid.14 and provided'witha headed pin 19.

loosely disposed inthe l- -.shaped: slotr20/providedz in the link: 15. Through. .the provision of: this:

L-shaped or angular slot; 20, thelid 14 can be;

maintained in upright... or open. position, de sired.

The lid 14 is provided with marginali flanges.

2011;: which extend about the. outer surface of the end walls 12 and the: front walli21'. Thissfront. wall 21 is-hinged at'the lower edge. thereof, ;as" at 22, to the forward edge of the bottom;11,and* atzeach .end thefront wall121: is providediwith angular members 23 which have one leg ;thereof' riveted, as 1 at 24, to the front wall 21andrthe;

other leg is adapted to slidably engage: theiouter" surface ofthe end wall 12. v a

An inner endwall 25is secured to: the frontrwall 21' and is slidable within: the .end I wall"v '12:. and providedwith an. upper inwardly extendingv flange;

26. havingfan aperture. 27"-adjacent the forward 'endithereofwithin which'a locking pin 28:;carried byv areleasable locking lever. 291is adapted to. be. disposed A spring-.303carriedLby -the inwardly extending vflange 17' engages .the'levers29 so as to constantly urge :this lever29. into. locking position. The front wall 21 has. an inwardly extending; flange; 31, which cooperates with the. flanges. 1'1

and; 261 in providing a reinforcing rimrfor the walls, of the trunk 10;

. r A pivotedwall32 ispivotedras' .at33tokthelnwardly: extending flange Bland when the trunk is inmollapsedposition aszshdwn. in Figure '1', the pivoted wall 31 will be dependinglydisposed closel-yiadjacent' the front wall 21.", In this manner, the .trunkf as shown in Figure "1, can ;be. fi11ed with the desired articles and the pivotedrwall" 32 .will not take up undue space within the trunkzbodm.

In, order to provide means whereby the trunk 10; may be, releasably locked inopen .or'extendedposition, I have provided a locking means including'a resilient bar 34 which isnriveted or secured, asat 35, to the inner end wall 25 and is provided with a revertedend portion 36,wh.ich is adapted toengage in a slot orfopening 37xprovid'ed in the outer. end wall 12 when the forward 7 wall 211s lowered, as 'shownin Figure 2; This locking member 34 prevents forward movement of the front wall 21 and theinner end walls 25.be;-

- yond the opening 37. V 0; i A releasable locking member: 38i. is secured,i; as;

at 39,to the inner end wall above the holding member 34 and is provided with an outwardly extending locking pin engageable in an opening 41 provided in the outer end wall 12, so that when the forward portion of the trunk is in its extended position, it will be releasably looked and cannot be collapsed or moved into the position shown in Figure 1 until the locking bar 38 is. released through the medium of a pivoted releasing member 42 which is carried by the end wall 25.

" This releasing member 42 is provided with a taperingend portion 43and a lug 44 at the end oppositely from the tapering portion 43, this lug? 44 providing anoperating means for swinging the of the wall member 21.

releasing lever 42. The tapering portion43 is adapted to engage between the resilient locking bar 38 and the inner end wall 25 and movement of this tapering portion 43 toward the rivets'39' or fixed end portion of the'resilient bar 38; will cause the locking member 38 to be moved inwardly and carry'the 1ockingpin'40 outof the aperture'41.

" When the forward wall'21 is in the position shown in Figure 2, theipivoted wall. 32 may. be

left in either horizontaliposition or maybe swung in vertical position, as shown in Figure 2,.and in this position is releasably locked by means of a resilient locking member 45 having an outturned end portion 46 engagingtheinner, surface of the pivoted wall 32, the locking member may. be

pressed outwardly toward the end wall25r and in this position, the extension 46 will be positioned in an opening 146a intheiwall 25, and the wall 32 may then be swung inwardly. .The flange 26 is provided'jwithan inwardly extending pin 47. and

the pivotedwall 32 has'an aperture adjacent each end thereof toreceive this pin 47 and when the wall is engaged with this pin'47, the inner end walls 125 will beheld against spreading. It will, of course, be understood that the lid for the trunk, when it is in its extended position, will be normally maintained in open position by the bar 15, but

' it can be loweredeven though the trunkis in its 7 extended position, better allowing a canvashood over the entire trunk to keep out rainand dust. In the use of thisldevic'e, when the trunk is in its collapsed position, as'shown' in Figure 1, it

may be filled with desired articles, and the trunk canbe provided withsuitablelocking means, not

the machine. JWhen it is desired to carry articles T which are of the size that they cannotbe carried within the trunk in its collapsed position, as shown inFigure 1, theforward'wallf21 canibe swung;

downwardly by'pressing the locking lever 29 upwardly so as to depress, the locking pins '28 'and permit the inner walls 25to move with the for-' ward wall 21.

f The use of the'pivoted' wall 32 is optional, depending. on the character ofthe articles tobe placed within' the extendedtrunkas if desired,

this pivoted wal132 can 'beleft in substantially horizontal position or can be raised'and locked inits'upraisedposition through the medium of the locking. member 45, andthe locking pins 47 will'engage in the apertures provided adjacent each end of the wall 32, soas to prevent spreading of the inner or extensible end walls '25. As the forward wall 21 is swung downwardly, thelocking bars 34 and 38 will engagein the'apertures 37 and 41,i respectively, so-as toreleasably lock the collapsed position; i

, 3; A trunk, as setforth,,,comprising atrunk ends 25 of the trunk in the extended position of the trunk.

When it is desired to again, collapse the trunk,

the releasing levers 42 may be swung upwardly so as to carry the locking pins 40 out of the apertures 41, and due to the inclination of the looking portion 36 of the locking bar 34, the forward thereby permitting this locking member 38 to again move into locking position upon lowering It is,;*of course, understood that various changes andmodifications may be'niade in the details of construction and-design of the above speciflcallydescribed embodiment of this invention without departing from thespirit thereof, such changes and v modifications being restricted onlyby. the scope of the following claims;

What is claimed is:--'

' 1. A trunk as setforth, j a a body includingside andend wallsga'bottom wall and a hinged closure, means for hingedly mount'-.

ing one of the sidewalls to thebottom wallyfor movement outwardlyinto: extended horizontal position, inner end walls carriedby the hinged side wall for movement therewith, releasable locking means carried by said, inner end wallsv and'engaging the first named end walls to re-" leasably lock the inner endwalls andthe hinged sidewall in extendedposition', a second hinged side wall, means for hingedly mounting said sec-' ond hinged sidewallon said first side wall, re-

leasable locking means for locking said second I hinged, side wall in substantially verticalposition when said first hingedv side wall is in extended horizontal position, a lock releasing means for said first mentionedlocking means,- and'releas-r able locking means carried by, the'other side wall of the trunklbody andlengaging'the inner end walls for releasably locking the first hinged side,

wall in collapsediposition. v

, 2." A trunk asfset forth, comprising "a trunk body including side and end walls, a bottom upperedgeof said hinged side wall, a second side 1 wall hingedly carried by said flange of said hinged sidewall, releasable "locking means l carried by the inner-endwalls for releasably lock-i ing the second hinged side. wall in vertical posi-' tion whensaid firstchinged side :wall is in extended horizontal position, means carried bythe inner wall flanges and" engaging the second hinged side wall to prevent spreadingof the inher end walls'whenin extended position, and;

means carried by the other side wall of the body and engaging the innerwall fiangesto releasably lock the hinged side walls and inner end .walls in body including side and end walls, a bottom wall and a hinged top, means for pivotally mounting one of the side walls on the bottom wall for' movement of said one side wall into horizontal,

position, inner extensible end wall members carried by said one side Wall whereby to provide extensible end Walls, means engaging said latter end wall members and said first end walls to releasably lock said one side wall and extensible end Walls in extended position, a' lock releasing means carried by one of the inner end walls for releasing said locking means, a second locking means for locking said one side wall in upright position, said means including an apertured flange carried by an inner end wall, a flange carried by the other side wall, and a spring pressed locking member mounted on said second flange and engageable in said aperture of said inner end wall flange.

MICHAEL G. DIE'I'RICH.

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