US2095384A

US2095384A - Hamper

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Publication number: US2095384A
Application number: US106939A
Authority: US
Inventors: Gleitsman Harold
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1936-10-22
Filing date: 1936-10-22
Publication date: 1937-10-12
Anticipated expiration: 1954-10-12

Description

Oct. 12, 1937.

H. GLEITSMAN HAMPER Filed OCT.. 22, 1936 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 www `Patented Oct. 12, 1937 U UNITED; ,STATES PATENT OFFICE' HAMPER` Y f Harold Gleitsman, Cedarhursh'N. Y. 1: Application October 22, 1936, Serial No. 106,939

, 5 Claims.

This invention relates `to Vhampers and more specifically to clothes hampers. Y

In general, it is an object of the invention to provide a device of the character described, which 5 will efficiently perform the purposes for which it is intended, which is simple and economical of construction, which can be expeditiously, conveniently and safely manipulated, and which can be readily manufactured and assembled. l `Another object of the invention is to provide Va hamperwhich segregates wet and dry clothes until they are all dry; to provide'a hamper which supports Vwet `clothes in theairto dry without the normal functionsv of the hamper, Ythe receiving l and containing of clothes, being interfered with;

andto provide a hamper with such drying elements whichmaywhen their usefulness in drying is no longerLdesi-red-be availed of as a handle or handles, with or withoutrchange of position. Other objects of the invention will in part be obvious and will inpart appear hereinafter.

The invention accordingly comprises an article of ymanufacture possessing the features, proper-V ties and the relation oi' elements which will be exemplied in the article hereinafter described and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the claims.

For a fuller understanding of the nature and objects of the invention, reference should be had to the following detailed description, takenin connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a portion of a device embodying one form of the invention Fig. 2 is a View, in elevation, partly in section,

of a part of the device shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a cross-section of the device shown:

in Fig, 2 taken along the lines 3 3; and

Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are perspective views of modications of the device shown'in Fig. 1. In using a container as a receptacle for objects, it is often desirable and even necessary that there be a choice made among the objects. Certain ones may, in accordance with a predetermined arrangement, beV placed in a container aiter certain other ones. Itmay be best to withhold some, either temporarily or indefinitely, so Athat they are not put into the container, at least at once. This is especially the case when the container is a device in the nature of a clothes hamper. Sometimes, colored clothes or flat linen of a particular type should be kept separate sothat theV variousV kinds of clothes will not go to the laundry together. Also, wet clothes should not be placed in a hamper, either by themselves 1 to place.

(c1. arr-122)" or with dry clothes, until they'have been given an opportunity to lose some of their moisture. AItis not necessary that there be more than one hamper if means are present which permit such an assortment. VIt is desirable that a single hamper be 5 sufficient to accomplish thisas it is moved about.

It is contemplated by the present inventionrto accomplish such preliminary sorting orV drying witha hamper which may be carried from place 10 n In the drawings, I0 denotes a hamper which may be made of any suitable. material such as wicker-work, wood or metal. Associated with the top of thedevice and preferably along an upper periphery thereof,'there are one. ormore handles 15 I2. VThese handles are so installed thatV they may be moved with respect. to thefhar'nper and so that atle'astoneend may be. extended awayrfrom the side wall of the hamper andV preferably in a direction horizontally away. Various means are 20 provided for accomplishing this. The handle may be pivoted at one end by means of a pivot I4 which isV attached to the hamper. Where the handle I2 is closely adjacent the top of the hamper wall, the latter may have a portion cut 25 away as at IB to provide a place for the hand of the person who is picking the hamper up.

The handle I2 may extend the entire length of one Wall or only a portion of the length of a wall. There may be a plurality of handles along any 30 one wall, each pivoted at one end. Their free ends may come together as in Fig. 2. When such handles are in alignment and with their free ends adjacent, they are available to be used separately or together as a single unit. 5V

above the handle to act as a kind of guard 2B.

There may be decorative devices 22 on the guard. 40 One of these is shown in Fig. 1 as cut away so as to expose, for the purposes of this description, the end of the pivot pin 24. Y

The temporary support may be positioned be- Y low the top of the hamper in a recess 26 in a wall 45 of the hamper. This form is particularly suitable where that wall or that, portion of the wall is made of metal (see Fig. 4). The supporting element I2 may be pivoted in the slot 26 onpivot I4.

In Fig. 5, there is shown a pair of handles I2 50 without the guard 20, each pivoted in .a bracket 28 conveniently positioned along'the top of the hamper. The end of each handle I2 may have a knob 30 or other latching element, which catches into a corresponding latching element 32 55 xed to the hamper. The element 32 may receive some of the stress due to the weight of the hamper and its contents as the hamper is moved from place to place and so permit the bracket 28 and pivoting means to be of somewhat less heavy construction. A single such arrangement may take the place of the double arrangement shown.

The motion of the supporter may be brought about by having it slide with respect to the hamper Wall, as shown in Fig. 6. There, the support or handle l2 lies in a longitudinal slot 34 which is open at one or both ends. The support l2 is slidable in the slot and has means for holding it in one or more particular positions and means for preventing it from falling entirely out of the slot. 'Ihese means may include an enlarged knob 36 on the end of the support or handle. A button on the end of a spring aiixed on the interior of the slot may register with an indent in the knob.

It is intended that the present device should be such that it may be picked up by the handle I2 and moved from one position to another and that when it is set down, the handle may be pivoted to slide away from the body of the hamper basket and support any wet clothes which may need to be dried as long as is necessary.

Since certain changes may be made in the above article and dierent embodiments of the invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

It is also to be understood that the following claims are intended to cover all of the generic and specc features of the invention herein described, and all statements of the scope of the invention which, as a matter of language, might be said to fall therebetween.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and useful and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a device of the character described, the combination comprising a container adapted to receive objects, and handle means pivoted on said container and having a portion adapted to swing free from said container and to support one of said objects, said means comprising a straight bar pivoted at its end.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination comprising a container adapted to receive objects, and a plurality of handle means pivoted on said container and each having a portion adapted to swing free from said container and to support one of said objects, said plurality when in use as a handle being positioned as linear extensions of each other.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination comprising a container adapted to receive objects, and handle means adapted to be used together as a handle and pivoted independently about vertical different axes.

4. In combination, a Clothes hamper having a side Wall, said side Wall having a recess in the upper portion thereof, supporting means pivotally attached to said hamper and adapted to be received into said recess and to be moved to support clothes away from said hamper.

5. In combination, a clothes hamper having a side wall, said side wall having a recess in the upper portion thereof, supporting means movably attached to said hamper and adapted to be received into said recess and to be moved to support clothes away from said hamper.

HAROLD GLEITSMAN.