US25347A - Improvement - Google Patents

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N. PETERS. PHOTO-LITNOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. D C.

NITED STATES APATENT FFICE.

JACOB PARKR, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

IMPROVEMENT lN TRUNKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 25,347, dated September 6, 1859.

To all whom it may concern,.-

Beit known that I, JACOB PARKER, of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented certain Improvements in TravelingTrunksg and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference bein g had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in certain improvements in the construction of traveling trunks, by which they are rendered much more complete and durable, as will be hereinafter explained.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention I will proceed to describe it as I have practiced it, referring by letters to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 represents a perspective view of one of my improved trunks. Fig. 2 represents a top view of the same with the lid raised. Fig.

3 represents a vertical cross-section at the line mfc, Fig. l, and Fig. 4 represents a vertical longitudinal section at the line y, Fig. 3.

Similar letters denote the same parts in the different views.

A represents the body portion of the trunk, which is formed about as usual.

a ct are its handles.

Bis the lid on top of the trunk. This I make semicylindrical, as seen in perspective at Fig. l and cross-section at Fig. 3. I form the lid B of two semicircular heads b, connected by suitable braces c, and covered with thick tarpaper,lined and skinned, or with thick leather, or other suitable tough material, and hinged to the rear top edge of the lower portion a in the usual manner. The lock and strap attachments are applied in the ordinary manner. By forming the lid B, as shown, semicylindrically, I am enabled not only to render the cover more durable and capable of sustaining more weight, (which is a great desideratum in a traveling trunk now,) but also to include that space which is cut out by the attened top, (by taking in which the trunk is rendered no more cumbersome,) and thereby enabling me to introduce a tray, which shall be capable of having one or more hatboxes formed in it, which have now/ to be formed in the lower portion, whereby that part is so out up that there remains not asuitable space for packing in ladies dresses or other clothing which should not be folded small.

C is the tray, which at its base is equal in area to the interior of the body A, within which it rests on supporting-strips d, arranged just below the upper edge of the body A. This tray O, I propose to divide into three parts from front to back, which may be subdivided, each or any. The middle portion I have divided by removable and adjustable division-boards into three hat-boxes. The back portion is left undividedto contain ladies parasols, or such other things as re` quire the whole length of the trunk and little room laterally. The front portion I have subdivided into three compartments f fg. The rear compartment I is furnished with a lid t', hinged at rear-and secured along its front edge by little hooks or clasps fm fm. The middle portion or hat-boxes 7c 7c 7c. are covered by a curved lid K, concentric with the lid of the trunk, hinged and fastened in same manner as lid/ The front compartments or cabinets ff g are formed with their` covers or lids after the fashion of a portfolio and on a flare. The object of the ared lid. is to allow the swing of the main lid B, as seen in red lines in Fig. 5, and at the same time to occupy all the space possible. The middle box g, Iline thoroughly with oiled silk or other impervious material for the purpose of containing wet Sponges, vials, cologne-bottles, or other articles the breaking of which would damage the clothes or the like, which have frequently to be carried, and which otherwise would be extremely awkward. compartments ff g is furnished with a small portfolio-lock, and may be arranged to serve as jewelry-boxes, &c. The boards n n, dividing the middle portion, are made to be readily removed, or to slide up and down, and in such manner that the central portions of theirlower edges do not come in contact with the bottom of the tray. The object ot' this peculiar construction is that they may be lifted and a gentlemans hat placed with the crown running under, as seen in red, Fig. 4.

It will be seen that with the construction of lid described and shown I am enabled to form the trunk more lastingly, so that it will sustain more weight, and so that I can render available sufficient room in a top tray to constitute therein hat-boxes, and leave the body Each of thev cf the trunk intact for packing large clothing. It will also be seen that by the arrangement ot` the tray substantially as described I form one or more hat-boxes at pleasure, which can readily retain gentlemens hats, provide 'for such articles as parasols, &c., and furnish small ladies trinket-boxes, and an impervious box for Wet materials.

0 o are straps arranged in various parts of the trunk, which buckle together and are eX- ceedingly useful for holding down clothes in unlled portions, pinning ladies7 laces to, 85e.

I-Iavn g described my improved trunk, What I claim therein as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. Forming the lid of the trunk in the shape JACOB PARKER.

Witnesses:

W. P. MENAs, L. E.DNEWT0N.

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