US269538A

US269538A - Rack or support for garments

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Publication number: US269538A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1882-12-26
Anticipated expiration: 1899-12-26

Description

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R. W. RANDALL.

RACK 0R SUPPORT FOR GARMENTS.

,No. 269,538. Patented Dec. 26., 1882.

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REUBEN V. RANDALL, OF BIDDEFORD, MAINE.

RACK OR SUPPORT FOR GARMENTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent. No. 269,538, dated December 26, 1882.

Application filed June 12, 1882.

To all who m it may concern Be it known that I, REUBEN W. RANDALL, of Biddeford, county of York, and State of Maine, have invented an Improvement in Racks or Supports for Garments,&c.,of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

My invention relates to a rack or support for garments or other small articles, it being especially intended for use in cars and similar places. The rack consists of a frame to receive the brim and crown of a hat, the said frame also being provided with a series of hooks to serve as supports for garments, satchels, baskets, or other small articles, and it is preferably made of a single continuous wire properly bent to perform all the before-mentioned functions and to receive screws or other fastenings by which it maybe attached to the wall of an apartment, preferably the panel between the windows at the end of eachseat of a passengar-car.

Figure l is a front elevation of a garment supporting rack embodying this invention, and Fig. 2 a. plan view thereof.

The rack or frame is shown as made of a single wire bent at either end to form eyes a a, to receive screws or other fastenings by which it is attached to the wall or panel I). From the said ends a a the wire is curved outward from the panel I), as shown at 0, a,

sufficient distance to receive the brim ot' a hat. From the curved portion 0 it has a horizontal portion, (1, and downwardlyextended portion 0 nearly parallel with the panel b, the said portions d and e overlying the brim of the hatand holding it against the panel I), while the crown projects outward between the said portions 6. At the lower end of the said brim-holdingpor tion 0 are hooksf, formed by loops of the wire, which is carried back for a short distance by the side of the portion 6, as shown at g, from which a transverse portion is curved in a hori- (No model.)

zontal plane back toward the panel 0, asshown' at h, where the middle portion of the wire is formed into a hook, i, it also having an eye or socket,j, to receive a fastening by which the lower portion is secured to the panel I).

A staple or loop, k, holds the two portions of the wire together near the eyej to prevent them from spreading, and thus escaping from the fastening. The horizontal portions h form a support for the lower edge of the brim o t'the hat that is held by the portions (1 e.

It will be seen that the herein-described garment-support is very convenient, and at the same time is of but slight expense and may be made of ornamental appearance. It is obvious it may be made, if desired, of other material besides wire.

I claim- 1. As an improved article of manufacture, the herein-descril ed hat and garmentsupport, it consisting of a wire having fastening-eyes at its ends, outwardly-curved and downwardlyextending portions 0 e, hooks formed of loops of the wire at the end of the said downwardlyextended portions, and a transverse portion between the said hooks, also formed into a supporting'hook, and having an eye or socket to receive a fastening, as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination, substantially as shown and described, of the outwardly-curved portions 0 c, the downward extensionsee, and the cross portions h, with hooks and sockets to receive the fastenings, all formed of a single wire, as specified.

In testimony whereot'I havesigned my name to this specification in the presence of two sub scribing witnesses.

REUBEN W. RANDALL. Witnesses:

J. W. RANDALL, THOMAS MoaAN, Jr.