US575893A

US575893A - Case or receptacle for use by tourists or others

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Publication number: US575893A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1897-01-26
Anticipated expiration: 1914-01-26

Description

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B. E. JOHNSTON} CASE 0R REGEPTAGLE FOR USE BY TOU RISTSv OR OTHERS.

No. 575,893. Patented Jan. 26. 1897.

WITNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EFFIE E. JOHNSTON, OF ANGELS CAMP, CALIFORNIA.

CASE OR RECEPTACLE FOR USE BY TOURISTS OR OTHERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 57 5,893, dated January 26, 1897.

Application filed July 15, 1896.

To ctlZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EFFIE E. JOHNSTON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Angels Camp, in the county of Oalaveras and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cases or Receptacles for Use by Tourists or Others, of which the following is a specification, reference be ing had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, in which similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to cases or receptacles for stationery, toilet, and other articles; and the object thereof'is to provide a device of this class which is particularly adapted for use" by tourists or travelers and which is adapted to be suspended from a wall or other support, and which is also designed to serve as a paper-file, a mirror, and for other and similar purposes, a further object being to provide an article of the class specified which is simple in construction and comparatively inexpensive and which, if desired, may be folded together.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which Figure 1 is a front or plan View of my improved case or receptacle, and Fig. 2 a sec; tion on the line 2 2 of Fig. l.

In the practice of my invention I provide a case or receptacle for the purpose herein specified, consisting of a rectangular frame composed of a central portion 5 and side portions 6, and connected with the bottom of the central portion 5 is a supplemental portion 7 of the same size and form as the central portion 5, both of these parts being preferably square in form, and the side portions 6, which are connected with the central portion 5 of The main frame, are also rectangular in form, but preferably mu ch narrower than said central portion.

The side portions 6 may be so connected with the central portion 5 as to be folded thereover, or the entire main frame, composed of the central portion 5 and the side portions 6, may be rigid, and the supplemental portions 7 may also be hinged or otherwise secured to the central portion 5 of the main frame, and in practice I connect the lower corners 8, 9, 10, and 11 by means of cords or Serial No. 599,272. (No modeld chains 12, and these cords or chains 12 are adapted to serve as paper-files or for any other and similar purpose, and secured to the upper corners of the main frame is a similar rope, cord, or chain 13, by which the device may be suspended from any suitable support.

The front of the central portion 5 of the main frame is provided with a mirror 14, and form ed on or secured to the upper part of one of the side portions 6 is a pincushion 15, and below said pincushion are a plurality of

pockets

16, 17, and 18, and these pockets are designed to serve as receptacles for a comb, curling-iron, and brush, and the opposite side portion 6 is also provided with a plurality of

pockets

19, 20, and 21, which are des gned to serve as receptacles for letters and various other articles, and the supplemental portion 7 of the frame is provided with a plurality of

pockets

22, 23, 2a, 25, 26, and 27, of which the

larger pockets

22 and 23 are designed to serve as receptacles for letter-paper, envelops, &c., the pockets 26 and 27 as receptacles for inkstands, stamps, and pens, and the pockets 24 and 25 as receptacles for pencils, penholders, and other articles.

The back of the frame or frames is composed of a plate or board 28, which may be formed from cardboard or any other material, and around the same is placed a flange 29, and the pockets connected with the frame or frames may be made of leather, cloth, or any desired material, and the entire device may be ornamented in any preferred manner.

Having fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent As a new article of manufacture a case or receptacle for stationery, toilet, and other articles adapted for the use of travelers or tourists, consisting of a case or receptacle of rectangular form having a central portion, side portions secured thereto, and in connection with the. bottom of said central portion is a supplemental portion of corresponding form as of the said central portion, the lower corners of said portion being engaged by cords or chains adapted to serve as paper-files or any other similar and desirable purpose, a similar rope or chain secured to the upper outer corners of said main frame, adapted to support the said receptacle, a mirror on the In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 10 my invention I have signed my name, in presence of the subscribing Witnesses, this 30th day of June, 1.890.

EFFIE E. JOHNSTON.

Vitnesses:

OTTO DoLLINo, A. N. J ONES.