US446761A

US446761A - Bracket

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Publication number: US446761A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1891-02-17
Anticipated expiration: 1908-02-17

Description

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 446,761, dated February 17, 1891.

Application filed September Il, 1890. Serial No. 363,915. (No model.)

To alt 107mm t may concern:

2e it known that I, GEORGE R. NAFIs, of

irooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and lmproved Bracket, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to brackets tor use on clothes-racks, ower-stands, book-cases, the.; and its object is to provide a new and improved bracket which is simple and durable in con struction and can be readily adjusted to any desired position or conveniently folded up when not in use.

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The invention consists of a sleeve fitted to turn on a pole and an arm having an inclined slot through which passes a pivot-pin on the 'said sleeve, the said arm being adapted to engage with its inner edge the side of the pole or to turn on the said pin.

The invention also consists ot certain parts and details and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter, and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a perspective view of the iinprovement as applied to a clotliesnack. Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a front view of the same. Fig. et is a sectional plan view oil the same, and Fig. 5 is a side elevation ot the improvement as applied to a newer-stand.

rlhe improved bracket is provided with a sleeve A, mounted to turn on a pole B, pref erably arranged vertically and mounted to turn in suitable bearings C and C', secured to a wall, post7 or other support. vent the sleeve A from sliding on the pole, a staple D is provided, which is secured by its ends to the pole, passing over the outside of the sleeve, as is plainly shown in the drawr)The sleeve A is parted lengthwise of the pole, and is provided with lugs E, extending at right angles to the pole and supporting a piv0t-pin F.

Between the lugs h is passed an arm ll, provided with an inclined slot G, through which passes a pivot-pin F, supported on the lugs. The inner edge Il of the arm is adaptln order to preL4 ed to rest against the side of the pole when the arm ll is pressed downward, so as to lock the sleeve A to the pole B. iVhen the .arm lI is moved upward until the lower end of the slot G strikes against the pivot-pin F, then the arm ll can be turned so as to swing downward into the position shown inthe middle of Fig. l.

Then the device is used for a clothes-rack, as illustrated in Figs. l, 2, 3, and 4, then the arm ll is preferably formed at its upper end into a socket or sleeve l, into which passes one end of a stick J for supporting the clothes. The inner end of the stick J is grooved, as at J, so as to engage or tit onto the side of the pole B. The stick J may be secured in the sleeve I by a nail or other suitable means.

When the device is used for a newer-stand, as shown in Fig. 5, the arm Il is extended into the curved arm K, provided with a disk K on which the iiower-pot is set.

When the device is used as a clothesrack or tlower-stand, a number of sleeves are fitted to turn on a single pole, as shown in Figs. l and 5. The brackets may be adjusted in such a manner that the several sticks J or arms K extend in diiterent directions from the pole, so as to permit of conveniently hanging up the clothes or supporting flower-pots, as desired.

In order to turn the sleeve A to the proper position, the arm Il is moved upward slightly,

so that the inner edge H' is disengaged from the pole, thus permitting the turning of the sleeve A. until the desired position is reached. The operator then presses the arm Il downward, so that the inner edge I-l of the arm H is pressed iirmly in contact with the side ot the pole, thus locking the sleeve in place.

NVhen the device is not to be used, the bracket can be folded by first moving the arm Il upward until the lower end of the inclined slot strikes against the pivot-pin F. The arm Il can then be swung downward, moving the stick J or the arm K in the same direction, thus folding the parts close to the pole B.

It is understood that the device can readily be applied for other purposes besides those mentioned.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Ico l. The combination, ufith L pole, of e Sleeve parted lengthwise and fitted to turn on the 'said pole, a pivotpin held in the said sleeve,

and an arm having an inclined slot through which passes the said pivot-pin, the seid a-rln being adapted to engage the said pole with its inner straight edge and to turn on the said pivot-pin, substantially as shown and described. f

2. The combination, with a pole, of a sleeve parted lengthwise and fitted to turn on the said pole, a pivot-pin held in the said sleeve, and an arm having an inclined slot through which passes the said pivot-pin, the said arm being adapted to en gage the said pole with its inner straight edge and to turn on the said pivot-pin, and a Socket formed on the said arinl GEORGE R. NAFIS.

Witnessem THEO. G. IIos'rER, E. M. CLARK.