US687250A - Hat, coat, and parcel rack. - Google Patents

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No. 687,250. Patented Nov. 26, mm.

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CHARLES J. MONFORT, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

HAT, COAT, AND PARCEL RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 687,250, dated November 26, 1901. Application filed January 31, 1901. Berial No. 45,433. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES J. MONFORT, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Paul, in the county l: .a.nsey and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful'lmprovements in Hat, Goat, and Parcel Racks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in hat, coat, and parcel racks, and more particularly to that class in which the rack may be easily taken apart or folded when not in use.

Its object is to provide simple and inexpensive means for holding hats, coats, and parcels.

A further object is to produce a rack that is cleanly, convenient for use, and of small dimensions To the above ends my invention consists of the novel devices and combinations of devices hereinafter described, and defined in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved hat, coat, and parcel rack. Fig.2 is a sectional view of the same, taken on the line X X of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective View of one of the posts of the rack and of two of the cross-bars, showing the method of joining the parts of the skeleton frame together, so that they may be easily taken apart. Fig. 4 is a cross-section of oneof the posts, showing two of the bars fastened in one of its sockets; and Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view in section of one of the cross-bars, showing the method of attaching the coat-hooks thereto.

In the drawings let A represent the frame of my improved hat, coat; and parcel rack, 13 the shelves, and O the hooks. The frame is constructed of any suitable material, such as angle-iron, and consists of the corner-posts 2, which are sectional. The sections of each corner-post are hinged at 3 to fold up, as indicated by the dotted-line position in Fig. 1. The folded sections may be fastened by the hooks and eyes 5 and 6. The posts are preferably Vd at 7, adjoining the hinges 3, so as to form a rigid joint when the posts are extended. The cross-ha 1S fer supporting the shelves B are detachably connected to the posts, so that they may be removed when deriveted to the posts at 13. The ends of the cross-bars are cut away at let (shown in Fig.

3) and are bent substantially at right angles to correspond with the walls of the channel and form the hooks 15. These hooks are adapted to prevent the bars moving lengthwise in the channels. through the flanges of the corner-posts and impinge against the hooks 15, so as to lock the cross-bars in the channel. The trays 9 are adapted to rest upon the lower flanges 17 of the cross-bars. The wire partitions 18 are detachably connected to the cross-bars and shelves by the eyes 19. The garment-supporters 0 are carried by the lower cross-bars 20 and arranged with their lips 21 lying transverse to the frame, as shown in Fig. 1. Each support consists of a single wire bent to form the broad lip 21 and having its ends 22 extendingrearwardlyandupwardlyandbrought close together to penetrate the cross-bar through holes 23 and bent again abruptly at 27 to engage the cross-bar. The cleat 2 1,

' which is fastened to the flange 25 of the crossbar by screws 26, clamps the abruptly-bent ends of the garment-supporter to the flange 25 and is adapted to hold the supporters upon the cross-bars. By the use of these support ers the tearing of coats is obviated and a given number of coats can be accommodated in a smaller amount of space and handled with greater ease and rapidity than heietofore.

When so desired, the legs may be closed to the position indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. l and fastened by the hooks 5. The partition and trays may be removed and tho cross-bars detached by loosening the setscrew 16 and lifting the ends of the cross-- bars from the channels. While I have shown the features of construction as applied to a hat, coat, and parcel rack, it is obvious that they may be used for one or more of .these purposes or applied for use to a table or other furniture.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is

1. A device of the class described, oonsist-' ing in combination of a skeleton frame The set-screws-l i pass formed by corner-posts and cross-bars, tap 2ring hooks formed on the cross-bars for joining to the corner -posts, said posts having channels in which said hooks are adapted to intermesh, and means for locking said hooks in said channels.

2. A device of the class described, consisting in combination with a skeleton frame composed of corner-posts and cross-bars, of a channel in each of said corner-posts for receiving the cross-bars, means for locking the cross-bars in the channels, garment-supporters carried by the cross-bars, each supporter consisting of a single wire formed into a broad tongue and having its ends extending back and upwardly to penetrate the crossbar and bent abruptly to engage the crossbar, and a cleat fastened to the cross-bar and adapted to clamp the abruptly bent ends of the supporter t0 the bar.

3. A device of the class described, consisting in combination with a skeleton frame,

composed of sectional corner-posts, hinged to fold'back, and having means for locking t e sections when folded, of cross-oars detachably connected to the corner-posts, garmentsupporters carried by the cross-bars, each of said supporters consisting of a single wire 1 adapted to impinge against the abruptly-bent ends and hold the supporters stationary upon the cross-bars.

4. A hat, coat and parcel rack formed by a skeleton frame, consisting of cross-bars and corner-posts detachably connected by hooks and channels, detachable shelves carried by said cross-bars and garment-supporters connected to the cross-bars, said supporters having broad lips positioned transverse to the frame.

5. A hat, coat and parcel rack, consisting in combination with a skeleton frame, formed by cross-bars and corner-posts, detachably connected by channels and tapering hooks which are adapted to intermesh in said channels, of garment-supporters carried by the cr0ssbars, each supporter consisting of a single wire bent to form a broad upwardlyinclined tongue, the ends of the wire bent back to penetrate the cross-bar, and means for fastening'said ends to the cross-bar.

6. Ahat, coat and parcel rack, consisting in combination with the sectional frame A, composed of cross-bars 8, tapering hooks 15 on said cross-bars, and corner-posts 2 having channels 9 to receive said hooks, of shelves B adapted to be carried by said cross-bars,

clothes-supporters O, cleats 24 by which the clothes-supporters are attached to the crossbars, and lips 21 arranged transverse to said frame.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES J. MONFORT.

Witnesses:

W. P. HAYES, F. G. BRADBURY.

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