US787835A - Trunk. - Google Patents

Description

PATENTED APR. 18, 1905.

H. DAVIS.

TRUNK.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 3, 1905.

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H. DAVIS.

TRUNK.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. a, 1905.

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lvllineowo lUNTTED STATES Patented April 18, 1905.

PATENT EEIcE.

TRUNK- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 787,835, dated April 18, 1905.

Application filed January 3, 1905. Serial No. 239,406.

Be it known that I, H ERMAN DAVIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, have invented new and useful .lmprovements in Trunks, of which the following is a specilication.

My invention pertains to wardrobe-trunks; and its novelty, utility, and practical advantages will be fully understood from the following description and claims when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in whiclr Figure 1 is a perspective view of a trunk constituting one embodiment of my invention, the same being shown with its tray and its top in their open positions. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the said trunk as the same appears when entirely closed. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a modified trunk with its tray and top opened, and Fig. 4. is a longitudinal vertical section of the latter trunk with its tray and top closed.

Referring by letter to the said drawings, and more particularly Figs. 1 and 2 thereof, A is the body of my novel trunk, which is preferably rectangular in form and provided with a transverse partition (1 of less height than its side walls and also provided on said partition-wall and one of its end walls with cleats b. B is the tray of the trunk. The said tray is preferably made up of a main wall 0, side walls (1, disposed at right angles to the main wall, a shallow inner end wall a, a bar 7", disposed at right angles to and connecting the free edges of the side walls (I at the outer ends thereof, and a bar g, disposed at right angles to and connecting the main wall and the barf. \Vhile I prefer the barsf' and 7 for connecting the outer ends of the main wall 0 and side walls (Z. so as to lend strength and durability to the same, I do not desire to be understood as confining myself to such construction, inasmuch as the outer end portions of the walls (I may be braced and strengthened in any approved manner without involving a departure from the scope of my invention. It will be noticed, however, that in the construction illustrated the bar 7 is adapted to serve the additional function of a support for garment-hangers or the like. The inner shallow wall (1 of the tray B is connected by one or more hinges /1 with one end wall of the body A, and it will be observed that when the tray is swung up into an upright position its center of gravity is such that garments hung from the bar will tend to retain it in such position and against casual fall. It will also be observed that when the tray B is swung downwardly into a horizontal position the free edges of its side walls 1/ will rest on the partition-wall u of the body. Because of the tray B having the side walls (7 it is quite deep, and hence is adapted to hold in orderly arrangement a number of earments. The depth of thetray B-i. (a, the combined width of the walls (I and thickness of the wall cis by preference proportionately that illustrated, and hence it will be noticed that when the tray is swung down into body A it will project a considerable distance above the upper edges of the body-this in order to obviate making the body unduly deep, and thereby rendering it difficult for a short person to remove a tray, such as O, therefrom. D is the top of the trunk. The said top comprises a main wall A and side and end flanges and m, respectively, and hence is adapted when closed, as shown in Fig. 1, to accommodate the upwardly-projecting portion of the tray B within it. The said top has one of its flanges hinged at p to one of the side walls of the body A, and a strap (1 or other suitable means is preferably employed to prevent it being opened beyond a vertical position.

It will be gathered from the foregoing and by reference to the drawings, particularly Fig. 2, that my novel tray Bis almost as long as the trunk as a whole, and hence the said tray, in combination with the body A, is adapted to receive and hold in a neat and orderly manner long garments such as ladies fulllength coats, suits, and skirts and mens overcoats, skirt coats, and the like. It will also be gathered that because of the depth of the tray B a large number of garments may be placed one in front of the other therein without danger of any of the garments becoming mussed or creased.

The embodiment of my invention illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings differs from the embodiment shown in Figs. 1 and 2 in that its body A is provided with a false end wall T, which extends about the proportional distance illustrated above the body, and in that the tray B is connected by one or more hinges it to the upper end of said false wall and a turnbutton E on the main wall of the tray is employed to retain the tray in its upright position. While the tray B is connected to the upper end of the false wall r, it will be observed that when the tray is in its horizontal or closed position the inner ends of its side walls 7) abut against the inner side of the false wall 1", and hence the tray may be made almost as long, in proportion to the length of the trunk, as the tray B before described. When the tray B is swung into an upright position and the turn-button E is made vertical, the said turn-button will obviously hold the tray against downward movement, while when the turn-button is made horizontal or parallel to the upper end of the false wall 1* it will in no way interfere with the tray being sw ung down into the horizontal position shown in Fig. 4.

In conclusion it will be noted that my novel trunks are adapted when opened to form convenient wardrobes and that in proportion to their capacity the said trunks are very simple and inexpensive and are well adapted to withstand the rough handling to which trunks are ordinarily subjected.

In a contemporary application of even date herewith, Serial No. 239,407, I have disclosed a trunk embodying a body and a verticallyswinging tray hinged to the body. The said tray, however, differs from that comprised in the present embodiments of my invention in that it is hinged to a transverse partition-wall of the body and is open at its outer side.

I have specifically described the construction and relative arrangement of the parts included in the present embodiments of my invention in order to impart a full, clear, and

exact understanding of the said embodiments. I do not desire, however, to be understood as confining myself to said specific construction and relative arrangement of parts, as such changes or modifications may be made in prac- 5 tice as fairly fall within the scope of my insaid tray and body being so relatively'ar- 6 ranged that when the tray is swunginto ahori.-. Zontal position it will project above the upper edge of the body, while when the tray is swung into an upright position the free edge of its shallow end wall will rest above the 6.

edge of one end wall of the body, and a top hinged to one side of the body and comprising a main wall and flanges, whereby when said top is closed it is adapted to receive the projecting portion of the tray. 7

2. In a wardrobe-trunk, the combination of a body, a swinging tray hinged to one upright wall of the body and comprising a main wall and side walls extending inwardly from said main wall; said tray and body being so rela- 7 tively arranged that when the tray is swung into a horizontal position it will project above .the upper edge of the body, and a top hinged to one upright wall of the body, other than the upright wall mentioned, and comprising a main wall and flanges, whereby when said top is closed it is adapted to receive the projecting portion of the tray.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand'in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HERMAN DAVIS. WVitnesses:

O. METZGER, C. B. I-IoYT.

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