US806550A - Cabinet. - Google Patents

Description

PATENTED DBO. 5, 1905. H. lvlARsrALL.Y

CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 8, 1905.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEioE.

CABINET.'A

Speccaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 5, 1905.

Application led June 8, 1905. Serial No. 264,270.

To all whom t molly concern:

Be it known that l, HERMANN MARSTALL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of ,.Henderson, in the county of Henderson and The object of the invention is to produce a cabinet carrying a mirror which will be normally concealed from view, but which may readily be drawn out into a convenient position.

Reference is' to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference designate similar parts in all the views. v

Figure 1 is a perspective showing the cabinet with the mirror drawn out, and Fig. 2 is*l .a cross-sectlon taken 1n a vertical plane from front to rear at the upper portion of the cabinet where the mirror is located.

Referring more particularly to the parts, 1 represents the body of the cabinet, which may be of any desired construction. Preferably in the upper portion of this cabinet and d'irectly beneath the cover 2 thereof yan opening 3 is made for a drawer 4. This drawer is of special construction. -It is supported, however, in the usual manner upon cleats 5, asindicated in Fig. 2. At its forward portion the bottom 6 of the drawer is cut away, as indicated at 7, and the sides 8 of the drawer are similarly cut away, so that a transverse shoulder 9 is presented running across the bottom. of the drawer.

The forward extremities of the sides 8 of the drawer are preferably formed into rounded noses 10, and these noses project well beyond the shoulder 9, as indicated. Between the noses 10 a mirror-frame 11 is pivotally mounted, as indicated at 12. The lower rail 13 of the mirror-frame 11 carries a face piece or panel 14, the outer side whereof is finished to match with the-finish of the cabinet. In the mirror-frame 11 a suitable mirror 15 is carried in the 4manner shown in Fig. 1. The mirror-frame lies normally in the position in which it is indicated in Fig. 2, being concealed within the drawer, which is closed. When the drawer is closed, as indicated, it

presents substantially the appearance of an ormirror-frame may be 4rotated upwardly into an upright position. When arranged in this way, the lower or rear edge 16 of the facepiece 14 will come against the shoulder 9, so that the shoulder operates as'a -stop to vlimit the movement of the mirror-frame, as will be readily understood.

In order to limit the-outward movement of the drawer when extended to throw the r'nirror into view, I provide a transverse cleat 17, as indicated in Fig. 2, which is attached to the under side of the cover 2.` This cleat lies in the path of the rear or back 18 of thedrawer, and when this part of thedrawer'strikes the cleat the outward movementof the drawer is arrested, as will be readily understood.

In the manner described a cabinet is produced which presents the usual appearance, but which carries a concealed mirror which may be readily brought into View. -While in Fig. 1 I have Iillustrated the drawer as fully extended, this has been done merely to illustrate the construction. In using the mirror it should be understood that after it is rotated to its upright position, the drawer having been extended out therefrom, and a mirror pivoted l to the forward portion of said drawer and adapted to rotate to an upright position when said drawer is extended, said drawer presenting a shoulder constituting a stop for main` taining said mirror in an upright position.

2. A cabinet having a drawer adapted to be extended therefrom, said drawer having side vpieces cut away on their lower edges and forming shoulders, and a mirror-frame having a joint connection with said side pieces and abutl HERMANN MARSTALL.

,Witnessesz S. H. THOMPSON,

J. L. KnvnviEL.'

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