US849334A - Wardrobe-trunk. - Google Patents

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No. 849,334. PATENTED APR. 2, 1907. W. G. LIKLY & J. J. OANNAN. WARDROBE TRUNK.

APPLICATION FILED NOWZB. 1906.

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WARDROBE TRUNK.

APPLICATION FILED N0V.26,1906.

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WILLIAM C. LIKLY AND JOHN J. OANNAN, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, AS-

SIGN ORS TO HENRY LIKLY & COMPANY, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK,

A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

WARDROBE-TRUNK.

Specification of Letters Patent" Patented April 2, 1907.

Original application filed May 14, 1906, Serial No. 316,626- Divided and this application filed November 26,1906. Serial No. 345,262.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM C. LIKLY and JoHr J. OANNAN, both of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New 5 York, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in Wardrobe-Trunks; and we do ereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the specification, and to the reference-numerals marked thereon.

Our present invention relates to trunks, and particularly to the type known as wardrobe-trunks, which are intended to stand on end in a vertical rather than a horizontal position to"-preserve the shape and position of garments'and other articles contained. therein, whereb the necessity of packing the con tents close y is avoided; and it has forits object to provide such a trunk having a removable cabinet divided into compartments ada ted to receive the smaller articles of clot 'ng and those accessories usually carried by travelers, which is detachably mounted upon the hinged side or cover of the trunk and fits within the body or wardrobecom artment when the parts of the trunk are c osed.

To these and other ends the invention consists in certain improvements and combinations of parts, all as will be hereinafter more fully described, the novel features being pointed out in the claims at the end of the specification.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a trunk constructed in accordance with our invention, showing the cover or dooiiin open osition and the handle portion in section. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional I view on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1, but with the cover or door closed. Fig. 3 is a detail horizontal sectional view taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

Similar reference-numerals in the several figures indicate similar parts.

The'present inventiorifis a division of the one shown and described in our prior application, Serial No. 316,626, filed May 14,1906, 5c and in order to illustrate it we have shown a trunk of the usual construction consisting of the rectangular box or body, having a top 1, a bottom 2, a back 3, and the two sides 4 4. Hinged at one side of the box or body is a door or cover, comprising a panel 5, sides 6 6, and ends 7 7, which latter are adapted to cooperate with the corresponding sides and endsoi' the box or body and when closed thereon to be secured by the usual or any preferred construction of locking devices, which have been omitted from the illustrations. The trunk is adapted to rest upon its lower end 2, which is provided with casters or rollers Sto facilitate its being moved when supported in the normal position, and a similar roller 8 is provided on the corresponding end of the cover, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

' On each end of the trunk are the handles by means of which it may be carried. The one located on the lower end 2 of the body (omitted from the illustrations) may be of the usual construction and is adapted to. lie flat, so that it will not engage the floor when the trunk stands in the normal u right position on the casters. The other andle, arranged on the upper end or top 1 of the body, forms a projection intended to prevent the trunkfrombeingstoodinaninverted position, and it comprises end posts 10, preferably made of sheet metal having rounded ends and fiat bases, which latter are secured by rivets 11 to the top of the trunk. In the adjacent sides of the rounded ends of each post are apertures receiving the ends of a revoluble tubular cross-piece 12, which may be pro- 5 vided with a covering of leather or other suitable material. By forming a handle at one end of the trunk in themanner described. the parts may be made sufficiently strong to serve the urpose for which they are intended wi hout addi materially to the Weight of the trunk. he bar or cross-piece 12 ma be rigidl connected to the posts or forme integral therewith; but if it is free to rotate it forms a more convenient grip-piece, as will be understood, and being located beneath the outer ends of the posts it isprotected from injury.

The box or body of the trunk forms a chamber in which garments or other articles may be packed, and to enable it to beutilized as a wardrobe-compartment wherein garments may be hung it is provided with an extensible supporting-frame 13, guided in channels formed in the proximate faces of ways or strips 14, secured to the sides 4 4 of the trunk-body and projecting inwardly therefrom in proximity to thetop 1. A plurality of garment-hangers 150 depend from the frame 13, and the garments suspended thereon may be compressed and secured within the trunk by a suitable follower of the usual or any preferred construction, as will beunderstood.

The means we have provided for carrying the smaller ieces of clothing, toilet acces sories, and ot er articles comprises a cabinetsection removably fitted within the trunk beneath the supporting-frame 13 and its ways 14 and capable of being detached therefrom and used in lieu of a chiflonnier or dresser, thus permitting the entire box of the trunk to be utilized as a wardrobe. In illustrating our invention we have shown a cabinet comprising side pieces 15, betweenwhich are provided-a plurality of compartments of any desired size and arrangement, which are closed at their rear sidesby a back 16 and are accessible from their forward sides through the doors or flaps 17. Each of the side walls of the cabinet-section is provided near its upper end with a block or mem ber 18, having a downwardly-extending finger or projection 19, which engages with a-correspondingly hook-sha ed projection 20 on a block 21', secured to t e side walls 6 and the back 5 of the cover. These blocks form interlocking members which support the cabinet-section with its lower end or bottom 22 slightly above the plane of the end .or

bottom walls 2 and 7 of the trunk-loox and cover, respectively, permitting the weight oi the cabinet and its contents to hold the interlocking members. tightly in engagement. The bottom of the cabinet is retained in posi tion by a transversely-extending strip 23 thereon, which engagesin rear of a similar strip or cleat 24, secured-to the correspond ing end.7 of the trunk-cover, as shown in Fig. 2.. The cabinet-section is made of less width than the corresponding -internal dimensionof the trunk, so that it maybe made of a greater depth than the cover, and when carried thereon may be rotated into the open side of the body to occupy the space afforded therein beneath the supportingdrame when l-Ey providing the removablecabinet-sec body of the trunk when the cover is in the closed position,

2. In a trunk, the combination with a body open at one side and a cover for closing it comprising shallow side and end walls anda back, of a cabinet-section arranged therein and adapted to project into the body of the trunk comprising side walls and of less width than the cover and body, members spacin the cabinet-section centrally of the cover an interlocking devices on the cabinet and cover removably securing the former within the latter.

3. In a'trunk, the combination with a body open at one side, guides rojecting outwardly beyond the edges of t e body at one end thereof and a frame supported in the guides and having an edge also projecting beyond the edges of the body, of a cover fitted tothe I outer side of the latter and comprising a back and side and end walls of a depth to receive the rojecting ends of the guides-and the edge of t e frame and a cabinet section mounted on the cover and projecting into the body of the trunk when said cover is closed,

4. In a trunk, the combination with a body open at oneside anda coverfitted thereto both the bod and cover comprising side an 7 end walls an a back, of a cabinet-section ar: ranged within the trunk body and cover hav-. ing side walls, spacing members on the cabinet supporting it centrally between the side walls of the trunk and cooperatin interlocking members onthe cabinet an cover arranged in rear of the spacing members and 6. In a trunk, the combination with a body open at one side and a cover therefor, a cab1 net-section fitting the trnnk and detachable connections between it and the cover, of gar merit-sup citing devices arranged within the tnnilebo y andcooperating with the top of the cabinet to prevent its longitudinal movewhen the cover is closed.

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