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No. 243,958. Patented July 5,1881.

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AARON OSBORNE, OF GEORGETOYVN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO LEROY G. OSBORNE, OF NElV YORK, N. Y.

PROVISION-SAFE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 243,958, dated July 5, 1881.

Application filed June 4, 1881. (hlodcL) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AARON OSBORNE, of Georgetown, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain Improvements in Provision Safes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to provision-safes, and more especially to the safe for which Letters Patent were granted to me, hearing date July 20, 1880, and numbered 230,195.

The present invention consists in jointing or hinging the several sides one to another in such mannerthatthe entire body may be folded into a flat compact form for shipment or storr5 age, the top, bottom, and shelves being either made removable or hinged to the body, and adapted to fold against the sides of the same when the latter is folded or collapsed, as preferred.

The invention further consistsin certain detailsof construction hereinafter more fully explained.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my improved as safe, with the top raised to show its under side; Fig. 2, avertical transverse section of the same; Figs. 3, 4, and 5, views illustrating slightly differing forms or arrangements of the joints.

The object of my invention is to produce a 0 safe which may be readily folded into a compact form for shipment or storage, or set up for use without the use of tools or the assistance of skilled labor.

To this end the invention consists in con- 5 nectin g each section of the body to the adjoining sections by means of hinges applied to the joints altern atelyinside and outside of the body, whereby the entire body is rendered capable of collapsing or folding fiat together without the removal of any of its sides.

The arrangement of the joints and their number may be considerably varied without departing from the nature of my invention, provided the hinges be applied to the inside at one joint and to the outside at the next.

Referri n g, now, to the drawings,A represents the safe, which, in the present instance, is shown as consisting of four sides, a, adapted to form, when the safe is set up for use, a rect- 5o angular body, as shown. As represented in the several figures, the sides are connected one with another by hinges B, placed inside and outside of the body at the several joints alternately. The arrangement of joints which I prefer is that represented in Figs. 1 and 3, by referring to which it will be seen that the front and rear sides or sections extend past the ends of the sides proper, thus producing a uniform appearance of the front and back at both sides pr edges, instead ofexposing the edge of either or both of the side sections. When thus arranged it will be seen the sides will fold together, as represented in Fig. 3, causing the sides proper to stand in line with each other, and the front and back portions to lie against the outer faces of the same on opposite sides. Instead of this arrangement miter-joints may be formed at the several corners, as shown in Fig. 4, and the hinges applied to the joints alternately inside and outside of the body, in which case the front and one side and the back and remaining side will fold inward and come into contact, as shownin said figure. In lieu of either of these arrangements the sides maybe arranged each to project past the edge of the next, as shown in Fig. 5, the hinges being applied in the same manner as in Fig. 3, and the body being thereby caused to fold into the same form, substantially as under the arrangement there represented.

The number of sections may be increased as desired, but in any case the hinges should be applied alternately inside and outside, as under such arrangement only can the joints be rendered close and tight and the bodybe caused 8 5 to fold compactly.

For the purpose of maintaining the body in its expanded form or condition for use, the top bottom, or a shelf may be made to fit closely within the rectangular body or frame. 9

In practice I prefer to place the bottom within the body inthis manner, and also the shelves, as shown in Fig. 2, in which 0 represents the bottom resting upon a ledge, b, and D a shelf filling the interior of the frame or body, and 9 5 supported by cleats or blocks 0, which latter may be either fixed or adjustable.

The top E is provided on its under face with cleats (l, or may be made with a depending por-' tion to fit within the upper end of the frame or body, to which it is secured by hooks F and eyes G, attached to the body and top respectively, or by any equivalent means.

Instead of making the top, bottom, and shelves detachable from the body, they, or any one or more of them, may be hinged to the body and adapted to fold against the face of its sides, in order to permit the collapse of the body.

The sides are constructed of open frames furnished with wire-gauze, perforated sheet metal, glass, or other material commonly used in the panels of provision-safes.

The front, or one or more sides, will be provided with a door to permit access to the interior. In the present instance a door, H, is shown in the front, divided vertically through the middle to permit it to open out in a small space. This feature may, however, be omitted.

The hinges may be of any suitable form, and, if preferred, may have loose pintles, by the removal of which the sides maybe separated, if desired for any reason.

Having th us described my invention, what I claim is-- the sides one from another.

3. In combination with a collapsible body of a provision-safe, a board or stretcher adapted to fit within the body and to hold the same in an expanded condition, substantially as set forth.

4. The collapsible body for a provision-safe, consisting of parallel sides, and of a front and back extending to the outer faces of said sides, the parts being connected by-hinges applied to the joints, inside and outside of the body alternately.

AARON OSBORNE. Witnesses:

LEROY 0. STURGES, ELIZA A. SANFORD.

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