US486459A

US486459A - Supporting-rack for trousers

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Publication number: US486459A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1892-11-22
Anticipated expiration: 1909-11-22

Description

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

W. GERHARD. SUPPORTING RACK FOR'TROUVSERS.

' No. 486,459. Patented Nov. 22, 1892.

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(No Model.)

W. GERHARD.

SUPPORTING RACK FOR TROUSERS. No. 486,459. Patented Nov. 22, .1892.

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WILLIAM GERHARD, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

SUPPORTING-RACK FOR TROUSERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 486,459, dated November 22, 1892.

Application filed May 9, 1892. Serial No. 432,279- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM GERHARD, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Mil- Waukee,in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Supporting-Rack for Trousers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in supporting-racks especially adapted for the support of trousers or pantaloons, and it consists in the construction and combination of the parts thereof, as will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

The object of this invention is to provide a device of the character set forth adapted to support trousers or pantaloons for display purposes or for shielding them from dust, dirt, or injurious effects of exposure to the suns rays, wherein the parts are simple and effective in construction and arrangement and comparatively inexpensive.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved rack, shown covered by the curtains thereof. Fig. 2 is a similar view with the curtains removed and in stored position and showing the manner of supporting trousers or pantaloons therein. Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line as 00, Fig. 2, and showing the rack as supported by a table. Fig. 4. is a longitudinal section on the line '51 y, Fig. 2, showing the rack supported by casters. Fig. 5 is a detailperspective view of one of the supporting-hooks.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the base of the rack, which is constructed of suitable material and may be ornamented in any manner. This base may rest upon a supporting-table removably or be provided with casters, as shown in the accompanying drawings. A further use of the said base will be in the form of abottom rest when the device is secured in permanent position. The said base 1 may also serve the purpose of a table or support for different articles if so desired, and rising from the same are uprights 2, having arched or curved connectingbars 3 at the upper ends thereof, and to which are also secured longitudinal outer bars 4, ar-

ornamentation.

ranged parallel, and between which are centrally located a pair of closely-arranged bars 5 and 6, which are connected to'the cross-bars of the uprights. This constitutes a framework which, as shown, is of substantiallyrectangular form, and the parts thereof may be constructed of suitable gas-pipe or other similar tubular structures, which may be nickel-plated or otherwise embellished with At the opposite sides of the ends thereof are hooks 7, and under the edge of the base-support are hooks 8, which are adapted to support a roller 9, having a curtain 10 attached thereto when the latter is rolled up. When the said curtain is employed as a covering, the roller 9 engages the hook 7, and thereby securely draws the said curtain over the side of the frame hereinbefore set forth and closes the same. This construction of curtain is provided on each side of the base to close the opposite sides of the frame, as shown in Fig. 1, and when the'same are rolled up they may be covered by a'suitable hinge-strip, as shown in Fig. 3. The ends of the device may have a similar construction of curtain extending across and entirely covering the top portion of the frame, and also the end, which will provide a complete closure; but, as shown, the said covering is made loose and disconnectible, so that it may be suitably stored and applied when desired. I

The trousers or pantaloons are supported between and by the

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4 and 5 and 4. and 6 on opposite sides of the device by hooks 11, (shown in detail in Fig. 5,) which consist of a hooked portion 12, having diverging arms 13, which are formed with return-bends to" provide means for inserting the same over the upper portions of the trousers 0r pantaloons, and said return-bends are constructed to come underneath the front and rear sus ponder-buttons or other fastening in the trousers or pantaloons. One of these hooks is secured to opposite sides of apair of trousers or pantaloons, and the hooked portion 12 of the same is suspended on the bars hereinbefore set forth.

It is obviously apparent that the curtains may have spring-actuated devices in connection therewith, whereby the same may be auremoving the same from the rack.

tomatically rolled and may also be provided with tying-cords to secure the same in position. Adevice of the character set forth is convenient, and the parts of the supportingframe are made high enough to permit the trousers or pantaloons to be suspended at full length and be protected from injury when in the frame by the inclosing-curtains surrounding the same.

The precise manner of constructing the frame hereinbefore set forth, as has been stated, may be varied, and the advantages and utility of a rack constructed in accordance with the arrangement of the parts shown in the accompanying drawings and hereinbefore set forth will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art and need not be further enlarged upon herein.

By means of the rack hereinbefore set forth a customer is enabled to see every pair of pantaloons or trousers supported by the same, and may readily pull out the leg of any one of the pairs of pantaloons or trousers without This avoids inconvenience and confusion arising from piling said class of goods on a table, as is now commonly done.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. In a rack of the character set forth, the combination of a base or support, uprights rising from said base or support and having upper arched or curved connecting-bars, longitudinal outer bars attached to said arched or curved connecting-bars and arranged parallel, a pair of intermediate closely-arranged parallel bars between said outer bars, supporting-hooks adapted to engage said bars, and inclosingburtains for the device, arranged in connection with the sides and ends an top, substantially as described.

2. In a rack of the nature set forth, the combination of a base or support, a frame rising therefrom having outer bars having books at the opposite ends thereof and a pair of closely-arranged central bars, hooks adapted to engage said bars, and a covering for the said frame, a portion of which is adapted to be held in position by said hooks, substantially as described.

3. In a rack of the character set forth, the combination of a base or support having hooks projecting therefrom, side curtains connected thereto and adapted to be rolled and supported by said hooks, a frame rising therefrom having hooks thereon for connection of the curtains therewith, said frame having parallel bars in the upper portion thereof for supportof trousers or pantaloons thereon, and a curtain adapted to be drawn over the top and ends of the said frame, substantially as described.

4. In a rack of the character described, the table or portable support, a wire frame rising therefrom and having supporting-bars,hooks depending therefrom for the support of the pantaloons or other articles, the inclosiug curtains, and hooks at the top of the frame and at the bottom of the table for the support of the curtains when rolled up, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM GERHARD.

Witnesses:

CLARENCE J. BILLERLEOK, HENRY D. HUMMEL.