US2000402A

US2000402A - Cabinet

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Publication number: US2000402A
Application number: US628515A
Authority: US
Inventors: Frank J Matchette
Original assignee: SERVIDOR Co
Current assignee: SERVIDOR Co
Priority date: 1932-08-12
Filing date: 1932-08-12
Publication date: 1935-05-07
Anticipated expiration: 1952-05-07

Description

May 7, 1935. F. J. MATCHETTE CABINET Filed Aug. 12, 1952 Patented May 7, 1935 UNITED STATES 2,090,462 osnmn'r Frank J. Matchette, New York, N. Y., as'slgnor to The Servldor Company, New corporation of Delaware 1 york, N. Y., a

7 Application August 12, 1932, Serial no. 828,515

a Claimsr (or. 7312-152 This invention relates to a cabinet adapted to be hingedly mounted upon a bathroom door, to form therewith a convenience closet for storing such bathroom necessities as are required in daily use.

7 Apartments and small homes seldom have sufficient'closet space in the bathroom, and the cabinet of the instant invention affords a practical way of overcoming this shortage.

In myco-pending application, Serial No. 485,873, filed October 2, 1930, there is disclosed a cabinet, whichisadapted to be mounted upon a bathroom doorto form 'a closet for that room. Broadly.

speaking, the instant application is an improvement upon this co-pending application. r In its preferred form, the cabinet of the presentIinvention isa generally rectangular structure havingan open face adapted to be registered with the bathroom door. The structure is adapted to-be hung for either right or left swinging movement-on the door, and is provided with a suitable latch which retains it in closed position onthedoor. 1 Within the cabinet I have provided a; plurality of shelves adapted to receive the articles of bathroom equipment which are too large to conveniently fit into the medicine case of the room, and a plurality of hooks from which can be hung such articlesas hot water bags, razor strops, etc. I have also provided a hamper for soiled linen.

The cabinet thus formed, when installed :upon a bathroom door, converts what-is otherwise waste space into a convenient closet wherein the-unsightly requisites of a bathroom can be stored.

My invention will-be best understood by .ref- ,erence. to the accompanying drawing, in which a preferred embodiment .of itisshown by way of example and in which:

Figure, 1 is an elevational. view of the cabinet attached to a door and opened away therefrom; Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view of Figure 1 taken substantially along the line 2. 2 looking .in the directionof. the arrows;

Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line 33 of Figure 2, looking in the direction of the arrows and drawn to an enlarged scale to show the details .of construction;

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the spring catch andstriker plate therefor;

Figure 5 is a perspective view of a hook; and Figure 6 is a perspective view of the door stop assembly. b

Referring now to thedrawing in more detail, .the door, indicatedgenerallyat I, and upon which the cabinet of my invention is adapted to be H, onelocatednear. each end of the plate. These 'rower than the width of the door, so. that there r are tapered to increasethe working room. The

mounted, comprises;side stiles 2 and}, which are connected together bysuitable top and bottom rails 4 to ,form a frame for the panel or panels 5. a

The shell or body structure of the cabinet of 5 my invention comprises ;angle members 6 which have one'legadapted :toengage the stiles of the door, and have. another leg adapted to be disposed at right anglestothe door. The stile engaging legs of the structure are pierced witha plurality of; holes .1 through which mounting screws are projected to mount the hinge 8 thereupon. Both anglemembers 6, are so pierced so thatthe hinges may ,be mountedupon either one of Y themtothereby permit mounting hinges either upon thegright, orthe left side of the cabinet...

- Formed integrally-with thefree edges of the second. ones of the legs ofsaid angles, are' side pieces l0; disposed at an acute angle to the door and extending towards the central portion thereof. The free edges of these side. pieces H! are formed integral with the planar front panel member II, which is disposed substantially parallel to the panel 5 ofLthedoor.

The top plate 12 is Fregistered 'with the angles 6, side pieces? Ill-and panel I I, and-contains flanges by which it is fixed'ythereto, preferably by welding. This topjplate I2'is pierced with two holes holes are adapted'to receive apin by which a suitableadoor stop is fixed t'o the cabinet to limit the movement of the cabinet with respect to the door. A similar bottom'plate 15, having flanges l6 registered with the angles, side pieces and 30 panel of the debris fixed in the opposite end of the cabinet to close the same. The bottom I5 is not ordinarily provided with holes, since the door stop is mounted at the top rather than at the bottom of the cabinet. t f i r c The precise dimensions of the structure thus formed willrbe varied .to fit various sizes of doors. In all instanc'ea'however, the angles 6 will be spaced far. enough apart to permit them to'overhang the sidestilesof the door,'and the cabinet structure'will be long enough to overhang the the cabinet is approximately seven inches naris a margin of three and one-half inches upon each side of thecabinet when itis secured to the door. Thismargin-is ample topermit the door knob to be operated with ease, particularly since the edges of the 'cabinet adjacent the door knob 55 length of the cabinet is preferably several inches shorter than the door, so that, when the cabinet is installed upon the door it is disposed at some distance above the floor of the room. This permits the floor under the cabinet to be easily cleaned with an ordinary broom or mop.

The thickness of the cabinet is preferably approximately the same as the widthor thidmess of the door frame. Thus when the eaibimtis mounted on the side of the door swinging into the frame when the door is closed, the cabinet f ts within the door frame and occupies only what is otherwise waste space.

the cabinet of a thickness equal to the thickness of the frame of the door permits the door to be fully opened before the cabinet strikes against The tapered edges of thecabinehin the wall. either event, permit its installation upon the door and operation thereon without striking against the door frame. I In the embodiment shown sheet metal is used in the construction of this shell or body of the cabinet. While this material-is preferable; because of its'great strength and relatively low cost, I am not to be limited to'cabinets constructed this manner, as I contemplate 'employing wood, or the composition building material-commercially known as Presswood'. -The cabinet may bo-finished to-matoh the finish of the room in which it is installed, or to match the door uponwhieh it is mounted. T v The second legs of the angles 8, that is to-say, the legs disposed normal to the door, are pierced with holes II to permit mounting a'latch member l8 thereupon. This latch member comprises a mounting escutcheon ll omtaining holes through which suitable bolts are protected toattaeh it to the angle member 1. Bars 28 are turned up out of this escutdieon to receive a pivot pin 21 upon the movablemember 22 of the latch is pivotaily mounted. "This movable member contains parallel ems-'21 which are formed with hooks at their free ends, and a hamdle 24, by which-the member is rotated upon its pivot. A spring. :15, wound around the rivet pin 2! and engaging the :escutchecn and the movable member, restores the movable member to its normal position when the handleis released. A striker plate rnoruntedupon-the door stile contains .a. keeper 21 which is engaged by the hooked ends of the arms 23. of the movable'member to secure the cabinet structure in closed position upon the =doorx Inasmuch asixrth" of the stiles of thecabinet "are pierced with. mounting holes, obviously the latch It may be mounted upon eitheriside of the cabinet. The particuiar design of the latch may 'bevariediwitmn the teachings of my invention. ,i-

Within the cabinet I have disposed-a plurality of shelves 35, the upper two-ref which are low shelves that is to say, these shelves are placed relatively close together and are adapted to receive objects do not project a great distance above the shdves; The lower shelves are so-called thigh shelves adapted to receive taller articles. 7 r .1 I

Each of these shelves comprises a net, planar portion disposed in hor'montai-position-and flanged at its front and back edges. 'Ihe back-edgeflange 35 is disposed against the panel member B and attached thereto in any suitable-manner, such as shelves extends *upwardl-y 'from the shelf and In certain instances where a door is mounted to swing through ninety degrees into parallel relation afwalhluving' "isfonned from a short piece of wire of suitable serves as an edge for preventing small articles from rolling r sliding off of the shelf.

In order to eliminate the possibility of tall articles placed upon the high shelves from tipping over and falling off of the shelves as the cabinet is opened upon hinges 8, I have provided guard bars 38 which are disposed a short distance above the shelf and securely fixedto the flanges 6 of the cabinet. v e

Upon the flange 36 of the lower shelf 35, I have ;.mounted a plurality of hooks 39 which are adapted to receive such articles as hot water bottles and the like. A second row of hooks 39 .are attached to the panel II a short distance below. hooks 39. Each one of the hooks 39 gauge and flattened at one end to afford a flat seat which is welded to the supporting member.

At the bottom of the cabinet I have formed a hamper by placing a horizontal bar 46a short distance above the bottom plate 45. This bar is fixed to'the flanges 6, preferably by welding.

A plurality of short vertical bars ll extend betweenthe bar 48 and the front flange 46 of the bottom member [5, each bar 4| being welded to these'members. The hamper thus 'formed'may conveniently receive soiled linenand the like. 'Movement'of the cabinet structure relative to the door is arrested by a suitable door stop when the cabinet is at'right angles to the door and its interior is readily accessible. This door stop may comprise levers 45 and 46 pivoted together at 41. Lever l is pivoted to the door l by a. suitable bracket 48. Lever 4B 'is pivoted to thecabinet'by a pin 49 projeeted'through the proper one of the holes H and the lever end held in place by a pin-5e. Lever 4 5 is provided'witha'b'oss ,51 which strikes against the edge of lever 46 to limit relative movement of the levers. v I I the foregoing it will be seen that I have provided a simple, sturdy, and yet inexpensive cabinet adapted tobe mounted for either rightor left swinging on a bathroom door and to be. secure 'ly' latched in closed position thereon. When closedthe cabinet is of pleasing appearance and whenopened it places the articles it contains within easy reach of. a person.

' What I consider new and desire to have pro tected by Letters Patent is pointed out in the appended claims. I

'What is claimed is:v 1.-A;cabinet adapted to be attached to one side of a bathroom door, comprising a pair of angle members adapted to engage the stiles 0f the door, integral side pieces extending from said angles at'an'acute-angle to the door, a front panel formed integrally'with said'side pieces and disposed parallel to the door, top and bottom plates fixed to said angles, side pieces, and panel, and having flanges adapted to engage the top and bottom rails of the door, respectively, a plurality of Z-shaped shelves fixed in said cabinet near the top thereof, each shelf having one leg extending downwardly against said panel and having another leg extendingupwardly from the shelf and against said angles; a'plurality of hooks fixed to the downwardly extending leg of the lower one of said shelves, a horizontal bar fixed to said angles near said bottom plate, and a plurality of vertical bars fixed to'said horizontal bar and to the flange of said bottom plate to form ahamper at the bottom of said cabinet.

2. A cabinet adapted to be attached to one side of a bathroom door, comprising a pair of angle members adapted to engage the'stiles of the door,

integral side pieces extending from said angles at an acute angle to the door, a front panel formed integrally with said side pieces and disposed parallel to the door, top and bottom plates fixed to said angles, side piecesand panels, and having flanges adapted to register with the top and bottom rails of the door, respectively, the stile engaging legs of said angles being pierced with holes to permit mounting hinges on either side of the cabinet, the other legs of said angles being pierced with holes to permit mounting a latch on either side of the cabinet, a plurality of shelves fixed in said cabinet adjacent to the top thereof, guard bars disposed above said shelves and fixed to said angles to prevent tall articles from falling ofi of the shelves, a horizontal bar fixed to said angles adjacent to the bottom plate of the cabinet, a plurality of vertical bars fixed,

the door, integral side pieces extending from said angles at an acute angle to the door, a front panel formed integrally with said side pieces and disposed parallel to the door, top and bottom plates fixed to said angles, side pieces, and panel, and having flanges adapted to register with the top and bottom rails of the door, respectively, the stile engaging legs of said angles being pierced with holes to permit mounting hinges on either side of the cabinet, the other legs of said angles being pierced with holes to permit mounting a latch on either side of the cabinet, two relatively closely spaced Z-shaped shelf members fixed in the top of said cabinet and having one leg extending downwardly against said panel and the other leg extending upwardly against said angles to form an edge on the shelf, a second pair of Z-shaped shelf members fixed in said cabinet below said first shelves and spaced apart a distance greater than the first mentioned shelves, each of said latter shelves having one leg extending downwardly against said panel and another leg extending upwardly against said angles to form edges for the shelf, a plurality of hooks fixed to the downwardly extending leg of the bottom one of said shelves, a horizontal bar fixed to said angles adjacent to said bottom plate, a plurality of vertical bars fixed to said horizontal bar and to the flange of said bottom plate to form a hamper at the bottom of the cabinet, said top plate containing a plurality of holes to permit mounting a door stop thereupon and adjacent to either side of the cabinet.

FRANK J. MATCHETTE.