US3100128A

US3100128A - Combination valet and seat

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Publication number: US3100128A
Application number: US163212A
Authority: US
Inventors: Gleitsman Harold; Fuerst Carl
Original assignee: Gleitsmans Inc
Current assignee: Gleitsmans Inc
Priority date: 1961-12-29
Filing date: 1961-12-29
Publication date: 1963-08-06
Anticipated expiration: 1980-08-06
Also published as: GB978401A; FR1359039A; DE1429311A1; BE633788A

Description

1963 H. GLEITSMAN ETAL 3,100,128

COMBINATION VALET AND SEAT Filed Dec.

2 Sheets-Sheet 1 FIG. 2

INVENTQRS HAROLD GLEITSMAN CQRL F U E RST B ATTORNEY 1963 H. GLEITSMAN ETAL 3,100,128

COMBINATION VALET AND SEAT Filed Dec. 29, 1961 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTORS HAROLD GLEITSMAN CARL FUERS ATTORNEY United States Patent 3,100,128 COMBINATION VALET AND SEAT Harold Gleitsman, New Rochelle, and Carl Fuerst, Bronx, N.Y., assignors to Gleitsmans, Inc., Long Island City, N.Y., a corporation of New York Filed Dec. 29, 1961, Ser. No. 163,212 2 Claims. (Cl. 297-190) The present invention relates to a combination silent valet and seat. Silent valets, as is well known, are used by men to support their garments and are usually provided with means for supporting the jacket in a neat form, for hanging trousers in a properly folded condition, and also for supporting other wearing apparel, such as shirts, ties, etc.

While silent valets have long been in use they have not been entirely satisfactory, primarily due to the cumbersome construction and unattractive appearance thereof. In accordance with the present invention there is provided a silent valet which cooperates with and has formed as a detachable part thereof a seat to permit the user to occupy the seat while he is dressing. There is, in accordance with the construction of the present invention, a special relationship between the seat part and the silent valet part supported thereby which permits the use of the silent valet part free from interference by the seat part, without rendering the overall construction cumbersome and unattractive.

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a combination silent valet and seat of improved construction.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a combination silent valet and seat wherein the silent valet part is easily detachable from the seat part to permit the latter to be used as an ottoman.

Another object of the present invention is the provision of a silent valet and seat wherein the silent valet is positioned relative to the seat so that the latter does not interfere with the efficient use of the silent valet part as a support for clothes in a neat manner.

The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be more fully understood from the following description considered in connection with the accompanying illustrative drawings.

In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a front elevation view of the combination silent valet and seat in accordance with the invention;

FIG. 2 is a side view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is an exploded view similar to FIG. 2, showing the manner in which the various parts forming the invention are disassembled;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the shoe supporting device, which may be used in combination with the invention;

FIG. 6 is a section taken along line 66 in FIG. 2;

FIG. 7 is a section taken along line 77 of FIG. 2;

FIG. 8 is a section taken along line 8-8 of FIG. 2;

FIG. 9 is a fragmentary front elevation view of the upper part of a modification of the invention;

FIG. 10 is a view taken in the direction of arrow 10 in FIG. 9; and

FIG. 11 is a front actual use.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, the reference numeral 10 identifies the combination silent valet and seat in accordance with the invention. Provision is made for a seat .12 which may be provided with suitable padding material and which may be upholstered in suitable fabrics or plastic material. Also, the underside of seat 12 may comprise a backing plate 13 made of wood or any other suitable material. Seat 12 is supported by an perspective view of the invention in 3,15%,128 Patented Aug. 6, 1863 open base or frame 14, which, as here shown, is preferably formed in one piece of a length of metal tubing of circular cross section bent into the illustrated configuration. More specifically, supporting frame 14 comprises front legs 16, rear legs 18, said front legs being connected to said rear legs, respectively, by a pair of lower side connecting parts 20 adapted to rest on a floor. The front legs are connected to each other at their upper ends by cross part 22. As best shown in FIG. 8, seat 12 is supported at the front part thereof by the cross part 22 to which it is secured in any conventional manner, such as by screws 23. A continuous wire 25, bent into the illustrated shape, is welded to tabs 26 which are, in turn, secured to the underside of seat 12 by means of screws 27. The free opposite ends 29 of wire 25 project rearwardly of seat 12 and are inserted into complementary apertures in rear legs 18, to which they are secured in any suitable way. Accordingly, it is seen that the seat 12 is firmly supported on the frame 14. It will be noted, with specific reference to FIGS. 2 and 4, that a clearance is provided between the rear of seat .12 and legs 18, such clearance being identified by the numeral 28 and the purpose of which will be fully explained hereinafter.

The frame 14 which supports seat 12 also defines the means for supporting the silent valet portion of the present invention. More specfifically, there are provided a pair of uprights 30 each of which consists of a generally cylindrical elongated member provided at each of the opposite ends thereof with a neck portion 32 of reduced diameter. The diameter of said neck portions 32 is substantially equal to the inside diameter of the metal tubing which defines the supporting frame 14. Accordingly, an upright 36 is insertable into the open upper end of each of the two tubular rear legs 18 whereby said uprights 30, when so inserted, are firmly supported by the frame 14. This is best shown in FIG. 6 where it will be apparent that the longitudinal extent of the neck portion 32 is sufiicient to permit said uprights to be relatively stable when inserted into the tubular rear legs 18. A one-piece formation 34 made of a length of metal tubing similar to the metal tubing which forms the supporting frame 14 is bent into the illustrated configuration to form the upper part of the silent valet of the present invention said upper formation 34 comprising a pair of downwardly diverging portions 36, a pair of downwardly converging portions 38, and a pair of downwardly extending portions 40. The free ends of formation 34, i.e. the lower tubular open ends of portions '40, are adapted to receive upper necks 32 of uprights 30. Upper formation 34 may be provided with a pair of

cross bars

42 and 44 which rigidify the entire construction thus preventing the same from being unstable. The apex defined at the junction of portions 36 may be apertured as at 46 and a rod 48 is passed through said aperture and is secured at its bottom end to cross bar 44, by any conventional means such as welding. The upper end of rod 48 terminates into an endless formation 50 of generally elliptical configuration and disposed in a horizontal plane. If desired, and as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, an additional wire formation 52 may be provided above formation 54?, being spaced therefrom by means of spacers 54. Also, if desired, each side connecting part 20 may be provided with a pair of apertures '56 '(FIG. 7) for receiving a front leg 58 and a rear leg 60* of a shoe rack 62 (FIG. 5). Shoe rack 62 is made of wire having the same diameter throughout, and as shown in FIG. 5 the rear legs 60 are taller than front legs 58. Accordingly, when the legs of racks 62 are inserted in the apertures 56 of frame 14, in the manner shown in FIG. 2, rack 62 will be inclined downwardly and forwardly. Rack 62 may be reversed, and in such event it will be inclined downwardly and rearwardly when inserted in the aperture of the frame 14 in the manner shown in FIG. 4.

It is thus seen that the combination silent valet and seat in accordance with the invention is of simple and economical construction and can easily be assembled and disassembled for packaging or storage purposes.

FIG. 11 shows the silent valet and seat combination in accordance with the invention as actual-1y used. Thus it will be seen that a jacket I is supported primarily by upper formation 34. It is important to note that the lower front part of the jacket I is disposed in the clearance 28 between the rear of seat 12 and rear legs 18. Thus the seat 12 does not interfere with the neat and natural support of the jacket. This feature is significant in that the absence thereof would cause the jacket to be supported partly by seat 12 and would result in folds or creases formed in the jacket while it was being supported, unless the formation 34 were located at a much greater vertical distance from the upper edge of seat 12, resulting in an unstable and costlier construction having a far less pleasant appearance than the subject construction. As further shown in FIG. 11, a pair of trousers T is supported by the elliptical endless formation 50 provided at the upper end of the device 10. The narrow sides of elliptical formation 50 may he used for suspending a belt B, and a tie C, respectively. The users shoes S are supported by shoe rack 62. Additional wire formation 52, shown in FTG. 11, is for the purpose of supporting a tray 64 having a plurality of compartments in which the user can place such items as his cuff links, watch, wallet, etc. Seat 12, obviously, is to permit the user to sit down when he is putting on or removing his shoes. Furthermore, seat 12 serves to prevent the shoes S, supported :by rack 62, from being accidentally kicked away.

When the need arises, the combination silent valet and seat in accordance with the invention may be easily disassembled so as to provide an ottoman. More specifically, the uprights 30 can easily be withdrawn from supporting frame 14, thus leaving available an ottoman having an extremely pleasant appearance. In this connection a pair of plugs may be provided for insertion in the open upper end of tubular legs 18.

In view of the foregoing, it will be seen that the present invention is eminently well suited to accomplish all the previously stated objectives. More specifically, the present invention provides a combination silent valet and seat wherein the silent valet part and the seat part cooperate with each other to provide an improved overall construction.

While We have shown and described the preferred embodiments of our invention, it will be understood that the invention maybe embodied otherwise than as herein specifically illustrated or described, and that in the illustrated embodiment certain changes in the details of construction and in the form and arrangement of parts may be made Without departing from the underlying idea or principles of this invention within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

l. A combination valet and seat comprising, a supporting frame having a pair of front legs and a pair of rear legs, a seat mounted by said front and rear legs with the rear edge of said seat being horizontally spaced from said rear legs to define a clearance between said seat and said rear legs, said frame also mounting a valet member which includes at the upper part thereof jacket supporting means, said clearance being adapted to receive the lower front part of a jacket supported by said valet member to prevent said jacket from becoming creased, said valet member comprising a pair of uprights in supporting engagement with and extending above said rear legs, respectively, and a continuous formation in supporting engagement with and extending above said uprights, said continuous formation defining said jacket supporting means, said uprights being easily disengageable from said rear legs whereby said frame in combination with said seat defines an ottoman.

2. A combination valet and seat comprising, a supporting frame having a pair of front legs, a pair of rear legs, a pair of side parts connecting the rear legs to the front legs, respectively, at their lower ends, and a cross part connecting the upper ends of said front legs, a seat secured at the front underside thereof to said cross part, securing means attached at one end thereof to the underside of said seat, projecting beyond the rear edge of said seat and secured at. the other end thereof to said rear legs, whereby a clearance is defined between the rear edge of said seat and said rear legs, said frame also mounting a valet member which includes at the upper part thereof jacket supporting means, said clearance being adapted to receive the lower front part of a jacket supported by said valet member to prevent said jacket from becoming creased, said valet member comprising a pair of uprights in supporting engagement with and extending above said rear legs, respectively, and a continuous formation in supporting engagement with and extending above said uprights, said continuous formation defining said jacket supporting means, said uprights being easily disengageable from said rear legs whereby said 'frame in combination with said seat defines an ottoman.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS what we claim 178,439 Holtz et al. June 6, 1876 1,008,327 Hamilton Nov. 14, 1911 1,163,038 Robertson Dec. 7, 1915 1,405,194 Ferdon Jan. 31, 1922 1,447,145 Morell Feb. 27, 1923 1,727,596 Hall Sept. 10, 1929 1,949,017 Knupp Feb. 27, 1934 2,209,145 Weber July 23, 1940 2,262,581 'Gonczy Nov. 11, 1941 2,613,735 Fisher Oct. 14, 1952 2,745,474 Blomq uist F, May 15, 1956

Claims

1. A COMBINATION VALET AND SEAT COMPRISING, A SUPPORTING FRAME HAVING A PAIR OF FRONT LEGS AND A PAIR OF REAR LEGS, A SEAT MOUNTED BY SAID FRONT LEGS AND REAR LEGS WITH THE REAR EDGE OF SAID SEAT BEING HORIZONTALLY SPACED FROM SAID REAR LEGS TO DEFINE A CLEARANCE BETWEEN SAID SEAT AND SAID REAR LEGS, SAID FRAME ALSO MOUNTING A VALET MEMBER WHICH INCLUDES AT THE UPPER PART THEREOF JACKET SUPPORTING MEANS, SAID CLEARANCE BEING ADAPTED TO RECEIVE THE LOWER FRONT PART OF A JACKET SUPPORTED BY SAID VALET MEMBER TO PREVENT SAID JACKET FROM BECOMING CREASED, SAID VALET MEMBER COMPRISING A PAIR OF UPRIGHTS IN SUPPORTING ENGAGEMENT WITH AND EXTENDING ABOVE SAID REAR LEGS, RESPECTIVELY, AND A CONTINUOUS FORMATION IN SUPPORTING ENGAGEMENT WITH AND EXTENDING ABOVE SAID UPRIGHTS, SAID CONTINUOUS FORMATION DEFINING SAID JACKET SUPPORTING MEANS, SAID UPRIGHTS BEING EASILY DISENGAGEABLE FROM SAID REAR LEGS WHEREBY SAID FRAME IN COMBINATION WITH SAID SEAT DEFINES AN OTTOMAN.