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R. AIT'CHESON.

FEED TROUGH. v No. 391,220. Patented Oct. 16, 1888.

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UNTTED STATES ROBERT AITOHESON, OF BURTONSVILLE, MARYLAND.

FEED-THOUGH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 391,220, dated October 16, 1888.

Serial No. 280,136. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT AITOHESON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Burtonsville, in the county of Montgomery and State of Maryland, haveinvented new and use 'ful Improvements in Folding Feed-Troughs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to feed-troughs, and has for its object to furnishafeed-trough which will stand rigidly upon its legs while in use, and may be compactly folded and stowed away in a small space when not in use, being of substantial, light, and cheap construction.

lVith these objects in view my invention consists in the improved construction, arrangement, and combination of parts, hereinafter fully described, and afterwardspecifically pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a feed-trough embodying my invention set up for use. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 0c of Fig. 3, and Fig. 3 is a reverse plan view of the trough shown in Fig. 1 in the position its parts are brought to when folded for storage or transportation.

Like letters of reference marl; the same parts in all the figures.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A is the trough, composed of a wooden bottom, B, a canvas strip, 0, forming the sides and ends, secured to the bottom B by means of a leather or metal strip, D, and nails, tacks, or screws d, and wooden end pieces, E F, secured to the canvas ends of the trough.

G H I J represent the legs, which are pivoted to the wooden end pieces, E F, by means of boltsgh zj, as shown. The legs G I are outside of the legs H J, and are provided with inclined notches, as shown at 7;, in which the said inside legs rest when the trough is set up for use, as in Fig. 1. Braces L M, attached to the legs, connect those of one end with those of the other end, and may be crossed, as shown in full lines in Fig. 1, or passed straight, as shown in dotted lines in the same figure.

The operation of my invention may be described as follows, viz: Supposing the trough to be set up for use, as in Fig. 1, and that it is desired to fold it in the position shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the braces L M are unhooked,and the end pieces, E F, are folded down upon the wooden bottom B, the canvas acting as a hinge to allow such folding. Thclegs are now parted slightly by raising the outer ones, G I, disengaging the latter from the inclined notches 7c. The legs now lie upon the wooden end pieces, with their upper ends toward the center, and are turned upon their bolts as pivots until they are in the reverse position, as shown in Fig. 3, the legs G and I being turned in advance of the legs H and J, said legs G and I being pivoted at a short distance from the ends of the wooden end pieces, E and F, so that all the legs when folded may rest upon the bottom Bin parallel lines, as plainly shown in Fig. 3.

Then in the folded position,the braces may be wrapped around the whole structure and hooked, thus firmly securing the parts from accidental displacement.

It will be seen from the foregoing description that my device is cheap and simple in construction and not liable to get out of order. YVhen set up for use, it is a complete feedtrough, fully as good as a rigid wooden structure, while by simple manipulation it may be folded in a most compact bundle and stowed away in a very small space.

It will be readily understood that the bottom and end pieces of the trough and the legs may be made of metal, if desired, and the canvas be discarded, and any other flexible fabricsuch, for instance, as rubber clothbe used instead thereof without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. A folding feed trough consisting of a rigid bottom, sides and ends composed of a strip of flexible fabric secured around the edge of said bottom, rigid end pieces secured to said flexible strip, and folding legs pivoted to said rigid end pieces, as set forth.

2. A folding feed-trough provided with a rigid bottom, flexible sides and ends secured to said bottom, rigid end pieces secured to said flexible ends, legs mounted on said rigid end braces L M to connect legs G H to legs I J as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT AITOHESON. Witnesses:

S. BRASHEARS, JOHN P. DUVALL.

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