US731451A - Cleat for theatrical or other portable properties. - Google Patents

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Nb. 7s1",45i.' RATBN'I'ED JUNE 23, 1903. .v

G. s. & E. A. HALL. GLEAT FORT-HEATRIGAL OR OTHER PORTABLE PROPERTIES.

APPLIOATION FILED DEC. 18, 1902.

no MODEL.

Patented June 23, 1903.

FFICE.

ATENT GEORGE SAMUEL HALL AND EDWARD ALBERT HALL, OF BIRMINGHAM,

ENGLAND.

CLEAT FOR THEATRICAL OR OTHER PORTABLE PROPERTIES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 731,451, dated June 23, 1903. Application filed December 18, 1902- ,Serial No. 135,773. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE SAMUEL HALL and EDWARD ALBERTHALL, subjects of the King of Great Britain, and residents of B Summer Lane, Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, England, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Cleats for Theatrical or other Portable Properties, (for which we have applied for a patent in Great Britain, No. 5,626, dated the 7th day of March, 1902,)of which the followingis a specification;

This invention relates to improvements in cleats for theatrical and other portable properties, and has for its object in theatrical scenery which automatically opens into the required position for use when the scenery is in a vertical position, butcloses up flush when the scenes or other property are placed horizontall as when being acked for carriage or transport, thereby preventing the articles from damaging each other or any object with which such articles may be packed or with which they may come in contact, while at the same time the scenery. or other objects can be packed much more closely face to face than in the case of those having fixed projecting cleats.

In order that this invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried into practice, we have appended hereunto two sheets of drawings, upon which we have illustrated the nature of our said invention.

Figure l is a view of a cleat when fixed and open ready for use. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the cleat when open, as shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a cross-section through Fig. 2 on the line 1 2. Fig. 4 is a similar section to Fig. 2, but showing the cleat when in a horizontal position with the face side up. Fig. 5 is a cross-section through Fig. 4; on the line 3 4.. Fig. 6 is a similar section to Fig. 4, but with the face side down. Fig. 7 is a crosssection through Fig. 6 on the line 5 b. Fig. 8 is an elevation of the face of the cleat. Fig. 9 is a side elevation of the casing. Fig. 10 is a view of a modified form of cleat. Fig. 11 is a sectional elevation of the top part of the cleat, showing a modification in the pivot of lever.

In carrying this invention into effect the cleat-hook A is pivoted to the casing B at b, the part a being made of sufficient weight to cause the hook to fall into the position with the weighted end 0,

a cleat for use shown by Fig. 1 immediately the scene to which it is attached is erected in a vertical position; but as soon as the scene is moved into such a horizontal position that the cleat faces upward the book A is so balanced as to fall by its own gravity into the position shown by Fig. 4:, in which position the hook A is so contained within the case as to leave the face b of the cleat-case flush. The lever C is pivoted to the casing B at b and is provided the intermediate part being so shaped that when the scenes are placed in a horizontal position, in which the face b of the cleat is down, the nose 0 of the weighted lever presses against the projection a which is provided upon the reverse end of the hook A and raises the hook end until it is wholly contained withinthe casing, as shown by Fig. 6, thereby retaining the face 6 of the cleat-case flush. Theweighted projection c on the lever O is provided to retain thelower part of the lever 0 against the back of the casing when the cleat is in the vertical position, and thus permit of the book A dropping freely into position;

The end of the hook A may be formed into an eye, such as illustrated by Fig. 10, and the shape of the lever may be Varied and the position of the .pivot 19 altered, so that the hook is normally retained in a closed position in the cleat even when vertical, in which case the nose 0 is provided to enable the lever to be pushed back and release the book when required.

Having now described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The improvements in cleats for theatrical and other portable properties consisting of a hook pivoted and balanced in a casing so as to fall into projection when the cleat is in a vertical position and drop into the casing 5 when the cleat is face upward in a horizontal or inclined position in combination with means including a weighted lever to raise the hook into the case when the cleat is face downward. In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands in presence of two witnesses.

- GEORGE SAMUEL HALL.

EDWARD ALBERT HALL. Witnesses:

LEWIS W. GOULD, WALKER H. E. BARKAM.

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