US909329A - Combined bath-tub and cabinet. - Google Patents

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G. W. PETERSON.

COMBINED BATH TUB AND CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED APR.24, 1907.

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CARL W. PETERSON, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

COMBINED BATH-TUB AND CABINET.

Application filed April 2 1, 1907.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 12, 1909.

Serial No. 370,021.

.7; State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Bath-Tub and Cabinet; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has for its especial object to provide a combination bath tub and cabinet, and to this end it consists of the novel devices and combinations of devices hereinafter described and defined in the claim.

The invention is illustrated in the accom-- panying drawings, wherein like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in front elevation, with some parts broken away, showing the improved device. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken on the line 00 x of Fig. 1. Fig. A is a plan view of the device, showing the bath tub and screen removed from the cabinet and in operative position; and Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the parts positioned as shown in Fig. 4, some parts being broken away.

The numeral 1 indicates a cabinet or case provided at its front with a pair of hinged doors 2. The back of this cabinet is open and in the bottom of the lower portion thereof a two-legged supporting frame 3 is mounted to slide into and out of said cabinet, the outward movement thereof being, as shown, limited by pins 4 carried by the sides of said frame and working in horizontal slots 5 in the sides of said cabinet. To the outer portion of this supporting frame 3 is pivoted a transverse bar 6 to which is secured a tub supporting rack 7 to which a bathtub 8, preferably of thin metal is secured. A pair of supporting legs 9 are pivotally connected to the outer portion of this rack 7. These legs 9 are adapted to be folded into the plane of the rack 7 when the device is folded up, and they are adapted to be held in their operative positions shown in Figs. 4 and 5 by a latch bar 10 of suitable construction. As shown, the bathtub 8 is provided with a faucet 11 through which water may be drained from the tub.

When the supporting frame 3 is slid into the bottom of the cabinet and the legs 9 are folded, the tub 8 is adapted to be moved pivotally upward and into the cabinet, as shown in Fig. 3. The cabinet 1 is provided with an inner storage compartment that is preferably afforded by ametallic shell 12 which is smaller but of approximately the same form as the bath tub, so that when the bath tub is moved within the cabinet the said shell will be contained within the bath tub. The rim of the shell 12 is, of course, rigidly secured to the cabinet. As shown, the said shell is provided with internal hooks 13 and with horizontal cleats 14 which latter are adapted to support shelves (not shown).

To one side of the back of the cabinet is hinged an extensible screen shown as made up of flexibly connected frame sections 15 and a covering material 16 of some suitable fabric or light flexible material. When the bathtub is turned upward into the cabinet, this screen is adapted to be folded against or Within the back opening of the cabinet.

When it is desired to use the bathtub, the supporting frame 3 is drawn outward, the legs 9 are carried outward, and the bathtub is then turned downward into its operative position, shown in Figs. 4 and 5. If desired, after the bathtub has been turned downward, the supporting frame 3 may be moved into the cabinet so as to carry the adjacent end of the bathtub close to the cabinet.

The screen may be extended around one side of the bathtub with sufficient space between the same and the bathtub to permit a person to conveniently stand within said space completely shielded from the observation of other persons in the room. When the device is placed against the wall and the screen is thus extended, the bathtub and the person using the same is entirely housed in. As is evident, when the device is folded up as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, it will occupy only approximately the same space that would be occupied by a simple cabinet having the same storage capacity as the inner compartment 12 of the device described. As is evident, the said inner compartment may be used as a wardrobe, for the storage of kitchen utensils, or for any other purpose it may be found convenient.

A device of the kind described is especially adapted for use in rural and suburban districts where modern plumbing and its resulting conveniences are not available, but it is also, of course, adapted for use in city homes that are not provided with plumbing.

What I claim is:

The combination with a cabinet, of a sup porting frame slidably mounted for movements into and out of said cabinet, a bath tub supporting rack pivotally connected to said supporting frame, a pair of supporting legs plvotally connected to the outer portion of said rack, a bath tub carried by said supporting rack and mounted to be moved into and out of said cabinet when in .a vertical position,

the said cabinet having an inner storage said bath tub is adapted to fit when moved .into the cabinet, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

CARL W. PETERSON. Witnesses:

MALIE HoEL,

F. D. MERCHANT.

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