US651758A - Shirt-trunk. - Google Patents

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Patented June I2, |9UU.

C. HEUMADER.

No. 65I,758.

SHIRT TRUNK.

(Application filed Mar. 15, 1900.)

No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

CHRISTIAN itIEU'MADEE,A or ST. JOSEPH, MISSoURi.

SHIRT-TRUNK;

sPEc'IEIcATIoN forming part'of Letters Patent No. 651,758, dated June 12, 1906.

Application filed March 15, 1900. Serial No. 8,764. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern; V

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN HEUMADER, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Joseph, in the county of Buchanan and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ,Shirt-Trunks; andI do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of thev invention,such as Willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying draw, ings, and to the gures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to trunks, and more especially to that class of trunks used by drummers or traveling salesmen for their goods. v

The objects of my improvements are, first, to provide a shirt-trunk in which a large number of shirts may be frequently shipped, handled, and displayed without injury to said shirts; second, to so construct'- and arrange the parts of a shirt-trunk that any desired style of shirt may readily be extracted or taken therefrom without removing or disturbing other trays than the one desired; third, to so construct a shirt-trunk that each and every trayV may be conveniently and quickly arranged in a suit-able position for displaying all the shirts in said trays; fourth, to so construct a shirt-trunk that the trays will all be held securely therein, so as to avoid rocking and rubbing of one tray against another, and thus avoid consequent Wear and. injury of trays arising from agitation while shipping,and, Iifth, to construct ashirt-trunk which shall be cheap in cost of manufacture, extremely light of weight, durable, and of comparatively-small dimensions when the number of shirts contained therein is taken into consideration.i I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a trunk open.' Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the trunk-body cut vertically. Fig. 3 is a transverse sect-ion of a closed tray. Fig. 4.- shows a transverse section of tray held in alinement for leaning against a Wall or other support.

One of the essential features of my inven- -seen in Figs. l and 3.

tion consists of a certain number of suitablyconstructed trays and of a trunk-body especially designed for the reception 0f a certain number of said trays.

Another feature is in the construction of the trays whereby each tray may be suitably arranged and constructed for the reception of any desired'number of shirts andthe trunkbody may be suitably proportioned to receive any desired given number of trays.

The trays 1 and 2 are constructed in any substantial manner known to the trunk-makers art, but are preferably constructed of strips of wood, which form the frame or skeleton thereof, and bound and, backed with ducking or canvas and reinforced with strips of fiber. The body 3 of the trunk may likewise be constructed'in various proportions and in any one of the various styles now known to trunknary tapes 7 are suitably attached to end piece 8, and after passing through apertures 9 have their free ends 10 brought back through notches or slits ll and secured in suitable fasteners l2, thus securing the shirt 5 in place in tray 2with the collar 13 in position, as Shirt 14 is secured in the same manner as above described in tray 1, but with its collar 'l5 in position as seen in Figs. 1 and 2, thus bringing the collars 13 and 15 in opposite ends of one compartment 6,v

where trays 1 and 2 are closed together, as

seen in Fig. 3, thus economizing space and avoiding injury of one shirt 5 by the rubbing of shirt 14., and vice versa.

I am aware that shirts have been held in IOO ture 19 and being passed as a loop intonotch or slit 2O in partition 18, which arrangement allows the loop of tape 16 to be easily removed from the vnotch. 20, after which the g brace-tape 16, being thus liberated or .loosened at its lower end, allows trays 2` and 1 to be placed fin position, as seen in Fig. 4, and to.4 be held in: alinemen't by the-application of asuitable clamp 21, (preferably madeof iber,) as seen in Fig. 4, in which position the deL scribedtrays 2 and 1 are seen supported in their leaning position against an ordinary walfl 22, or they may bey placed in a horizontal position, (not sho'wm) as on a table or lioor.

M'y' invention isespecially designed to furnish every facility for rapidity in theplaci-ng of the trays 2' and 1 in thetrulnk-body 3, as with the cl-'assof people (traveling salesmen) who willv use said trunk speed in handling is ot vital importance. Trays 2 and 1 maybe hastily forced inrto position seen Viin Fig.'3

without touching or taking hold of'or removing'clamlps-21g since 21 is made, preferably, of ber, whichfis elastic to a certain extent and willof itselfspring from its position seen inf Fig'. -4 and wiflil gravi-tate into tray 1 when trays'2 andi E areforced into position seen in: Fig. 3f, andl being attached to the free end. vof tape 16 cannot be lost or misleid. When inf position and folded, the studs or posts' 31 -will keepv the free edgesv of traysf2 and 1 in after `whliich the-lid 26, rotated upon hinges 2% from: posiftionsee'n in Fig. 1 topositiony seen in: Fig. 2',.earry elastic or yieidfin g strips 2S`and 29 do'wnwardiand onto -trays2 and 1^,holdinlg them` securely irr the position seen in Fi g.j2`, preventing rubbing-of trays and consequent l injklry'theretoi Suitable'labelsBO willenable Fig:

the operator or'user of my invention toascertaifnwhiclr tray orv traysv to remove, as hedesiires, onepairbei ng thus re nro-ved, asfseen in avi'ng fulflfy described my invention, what I claim as new, and@ desire to secure by Letters g In a: shirt-trank, the combin'ationwith Y Y twotray-sections hinged together at one edge l an angle,

. and providedwith partitions., oneof the parti-tionsf bei-ng provided with a notch extending toward the hinged edge of the section, of

.a brace permanently secured to one of the partitions of the other section at one end and kxadapted to enter the notch. of said partition with the other end", the length of the brace being less than the distance from the point g of permanent attachment to the bottom of the notch when the sections are in alinement with 'each other.

2. YIn, at shirt-trunk, the combi-nation, with two tray-sections hinged together at one edge,

of a notched Iiex'ible clamp adapted to fit over the hinged edges of the sections and normally hold the sections in alli-nement but `adapted to be automatically removed therefrom when the sections are forcibly swungupolr their hinges;

3'-, In a shirt-trunk, the combination, With two tray-sections hinged together at oneedge and provid-ed with partitions,v ori-el of the partitions being provided with a notch extend'- ing towardf the" hinged edge-of the section, of a brace permanently secured to one of the partitions of the other section, the freeI end of which is adapted tov entery the-notch1 of? said partition, and aA notched' lieXible clampl secured to the free end of the brace in position to be placed uponkv theV hinged edges of the sections and to be automatically removed therefrom. y

4. ln a shirt-trunk, the combination, with i tray-sectionshifnged together'atv oneedge'- and pro-vided with apert u-'red partiti'orls,H of a tastener at oneend otthes'eetion'-, a tape secured to` the opposite end having its intermediate portion passed through the partitions and its free end detachably secured to the fastener.

5. In? a shirt-trunk, the: combination, with tray-sections hinged together at' one-edige', of

i labels on one end thereot',.saifd trays being of.

va greater length4 than the depth ot the trunk yand arrangedtransversely therein with the IOO labeled ends extending above tlreY top o6v the l trunk-body.

6. In' a shirt-trun=k, theconrbiination, with tliebod'y, of yielding strips, secured long-itu- -dinally upon the front and upon the'top and bottom, the stripson thefront beifng beveled on top, ofv a series of hinged trayese'ctiions therein, each ofl a greater length than the gd'epth ot the trunk-bod y and arranged trans- Versely thereof, the front edges engaging `w iththe strips on; the frentand the ends with the strips on` the top andL bottom.

' In-` testimony whereofr I aiiiXmysigna-ture in presence-of two witnessesi Y CHRISTIAN HEUMADER.

Witnesses JOHNv F. ARNOLD, GEORGE WtHlrN'ro'N;

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