US440764A - Wall ornament - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

M. E. CONBGAN.

WALL ORNAMENT.

Patented Nov. 18; 1890.

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NiTnn TATES MALACHI E. OONEGAN, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

WALL ORNAM ENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 440,764, dated November 18, 1890.

Application filed J' une 18, 1890. Serial No. 355,812. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MALAcHI E. CONEGAN, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Wall Ornaments, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and shown in the accompanying drawings.

My invention consists of a pendent shelf for the wall form ed and designed to hold fans or fansshaped parts spread or opened out, all parts together constituting a pleasing and useful ornament for the Wall, the same being hereinafter fully described, and more particularly pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the drawings, Figure lis a front elevation of the ornamental device with parts broken away and omitted; Fig. 2, a side elevation with the fans omitted, seen as indicated by arrow 2 in Fig. l; and Fig. 3, a plan, seen as indicated by arrow 3 in Fig. l, with parts omitted.

Referring to the parts, A is a vertical plate or part formed of wood, sheet metal, or other material, constitntingthe back of the shelf, and B a horizontal part, rigid with A, forming a shelf.

G is a Vertical brace serving to strengthen the parts A and B.

o, is an ornamental wire-hanger for the device formed with a loop b at its upper end to pass over a nail or screw driven in the wall.

D D and E E are fans ordinarily constructed or ornamental fan-shaped parts held by the device, respectively, above and below the shelf B.

The hanger d is formed with lateral extensions c and d, and in putting the upper or large fans in place the bars e of the fans are bent so as to be in front of the extensions c and back of the extensions d, as shown. The hinges or joints of the fans are back of the shelf, and the bending of the bars c in front and back of the extensions c and d, respectively, as stated, causes the fans to hold to their places on the device. The lower bars f of the fans are turned down horizontally, as shown, the two fans together forming a semicircle.

The small fans E E are also put in place, so as to form a semicircle beneath the shelf, as shown. The bars g of these fans are pressed under or back ofspring clasps or holders h, rigid with the shelf and bent near to the part A. The brace G is formed with an opening t', Fig. 2, in which to receive the part-s of the fans near the joints p, by means of which and the spring-clasps h the small fans are held Lo place on the device. The four fans thus arranged form a symmetrical ligure, and, with the shelf, an attractive ornament for the wall, the fans selected being pictorial, highly colored, gilded, &c.

The hanger a is offset from the shelf, as shown in Fig. 2, for the purpose of making room for the thick parts of the large fans at their joints.

lo is a horizontal bar rigid with the part A atits rear surface to bear against the wall F to aid in supporting and steadying the device. It also acts as a spacer and relieves the hanger by holding it slightly away from the wall. The hanger d is secured to the shelf, preferably by being bent under the latter, as shown, an opening l being formed in the part A to allowthe wires to pass through.

An overhanging ledge or part n is secured to the upper surfaceof the shelf partly to give finish to the shelf and also to aid in steadying the large fans. The lower barf of the right-hand fan rests under the narrow part of the ledge, while the more extended part o of the ledge is int-ended to meet the bar f of the left-hand fan. The bar f of the left-hand fan corresponds with the b'ar e of the right-hand fan, and is on the farther side MALACHI E. CONEGAN.

Witnesses: `l

E. B. WHITMORE, M. L. MoDERMoTT.

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