USRE11907E - Wardrobe - Google Patents

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Reissuad May 7,1901.

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mized, classification of by and below the main The main member F is supported on the back UNITED STATES PAT NT OF ICE.-

JOHN E. KENNEDY, onnos'ron, MASSACHUSETTS.

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srncmrcanon forming gm of Beiuued Letter a Patent No. 11,907,

dated my 7, 1901.

Original No. 631,526, dated August 22, 1899. Applinationfor reissue filed lay 31,1900. mn No. 18,6 t0i.

T0 or. whom it may concern: Be-it known that I, JOHN E. KENNEDY, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing in Boston, Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wardrobes, of. which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in wardrobes; and the object of the invention is to design a form of wardrobe moreparti'cular] y applicable for stores for read y-made garments, whereby storage-space may be econosize and price facili tated, and time saved in selling and the goods; and it consists, essentially, of a wardrobe each section of which ,is provided with extensible supports or hanging devices, comprising each a plurality or-set of members, preferably tubes or rods, the uppermost member of each set being mounted upon or carried by the frame of the wardrobe, and the lower members being suspended by suitable carriers from the said upper member.

Figure l is a sectional perspective view of a portion of a wardrobe-case constructed in accordance with my invention, showing one of the extensible hanging devices in position in the ward robe and the door closed. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the door open and the extensibledevices drawn forth. Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of one of the extensible hanging devices detached, and Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the extensible device as partly extended or drawn out.

In the drawings like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

Ais the top of the wardrobe, the back, and O the front upright separating the doors of the wardrobe.

D is the front top board, and E the door.

' have herein shown the extensible support or hanging device as comprising an elongated main supporting member F, preferably made as a tube or rod, and a plurality of longitudinally-movable auxiliary members supported member, as F F.

.B by the bracket G and on the top front board by the bracket H, said brackets being snitably attached to :memberF. The auxiliary member Ef, shown as situated next below the I fixed -me1ii'ber F, is suspended therefrom and handling.

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sustained thereby by' uptu rned carrier-brackets I I, brazed or otherwise connected to the member F at its inner end and intermediately of its lengthyrespeclively, as clearly illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4. The end bracket is provided with means to counteract the upward thrust of the adjacent endof its attached member, and herein the bracket I is shown as provided with grooved rollers 'i z, 'jourualed therein above and below the member F to engage therewith, the bracket 1' having a single grooved roller 11' resting on the member F. The third or undermost member F of the set or series is similarly provided at its in ncr end intermediately of its length with upturned carrierbrackets J J, respectively, suitably secured at their lower ends to the member F. inthe bracket J to engage and run upon the top and bottom of the intermediate member F, while the bracket J has a single grooved roller j to travel upon the top of the member F, which latter is shown as provided at its outer end with a stop-collar and handlef, a stop-collar f being secured to the outer end of the member or rod F s It will be noticed on reference to Fig. 2 that when the device is extended the bracket 1! and the'bracket J and roller of the member F are stopped by the stop-collar f,'so that when the auxiliary tubular or rod-like memhere are drawn out longitudinally to their fullest extent the major portion of the member F is entirely outside the compartment of the wardrobe. Such lowermost member F is designed to receive and hold suitable garment-supporters, from which a number of garments may be hung. It will be manifest that the entire capacity of the member F can be utilized vfor such hangers and that the latter will be wholly within the wardrobecompartment' when the supporting device is pushed in and exposed to examination outside of the wardrobe. when the device is extended.

The several tubes or rods set are located substantially in the same vertical plane onebelow another, each member being suspended from the member next above it.

When the members are drawn out, as in Suitable rollers j are journaled and its roller are stopped by the bracket H,

composing each .length, codperatiug with the,

against the under side of member F, and the upward thrust of the inner end of this member is in turn counteracted or resisted by the lower roller 1' bearing-against the under side of the fixedly-positioned main member F.

Having fullydescribed my invention, what I claim, andfies'ire to secure by Letters Pat- Qllli, lS- fx Q 1. The combination with the wardrobe, of a tube or rod having fixed supports in the frame of the wardrobe above the level of the door or opening, a second tube supported by the fixed tube and having the outer end free, and suspended at the inner end and inter- 'mediately of its length from the fixed tube by upturned brackets, so that said second tube may be slid out approximately half its length beyond the cuter-end of the fixed tube, and a third tube suspended from the second tube and having its outer end free, and supports at its inner end and intermediate of its second tube, whereby the third tube may be slid out approxi mat'el y its entire length beyond the on ter end of the fixed tube and the front of the wardrobe.

2. In an apparatus of the class described, an elongated main supporting member fix-' edly sustained at its ends, a plurality of longitudinally-movable auxiliary members sup- -ported by and below the main member, each other.

auxiliary member having attachedto it at its inner end, and intermediately of its length, respectively, upturned brackets to engage and travel upon the member next above it, and means carried by each of said end brackale to counteract upward thrust of the adjacent end of its attached member, said aux- .iliary members being longitudinally movable relative to the main member and to each apparatus of the class described, a main supporting rod or tube fixedly sustained at its ends, a plurality of longitudinally-movable auxiliary rods or tubes supp rte by and below the main rod, each auxiliary rod or tube having attached thereto upturned brackets at its inner end and intermediately of its length, respectively,to engage and travel upon the rod or tube next above it, and means carried by each of said. end brackets to counteract upward thrust of the adjacent endof its attached rod and to transmit suchthrust to the rod next above it, said auxiliary rods or tubes being longitudinally movable relative to the main rod or tube and to each other.

4. In an apparatus of the class deecrib'ed, a main supporting 3. In an sustained at its ends, a plurality ed by and rod or tube fixedly sustained at its ends; a plurality of longitndinally-movable auxiliary rods or tubes supported by and below the main rod, each auxiliary rod or tube having attached thereto upturned brackets at its inner end and intermediately of its length, respectively,to engage and travel upon the rod or tube next above it, a pair of rollers mounted on each end bracket, loengage and travel upon the upper and lower portions of the tube or rod next above, the lower roll of each pair counteracting upward thrust ofthe adjacent and of the 1 tube or rod towhich its bracket is attached,

and a roll mounted on each intermediate bracket, to travel upon the upper side of the tube or rod next above, said auxiliary rods or tubes being movable longitudinally relative to the main rod or tube and to each other.

5. In an apparatus of the class described, an elongated main supporting member fixedly oi longitudinally-movable auxiliary members supportbelow the main member, each auxiliary member having attached to it at its'inner end, and intermediately of its length, respectively, upturned brackets to engage and travel upon the member next above it, means carried by each of said end brackets to counteract upward thrust of the adjacent end of its attached member, said auxiliary members being longitudinally movable relative to the main member and to each other, a stop on the outer end of the main supporting member for the intermediate bracket of the auxiliary member next below, and a stop on the outer end of said latter member for the intermediate bracket on the lowermost auxiliary member.

'6. In an apparatus of the class described, a main supporting rod or tube fixedly sustained at'its ends, a plurality of longitudinally-movable auxiliary rods or tubes supported by and belowthe main rod, each auxiliary rod or tube havingattached thereto upturned brackets at its inner end and inter media't'ely of its length, respectively, to engage and travel upon the rod or tube next above it, and means carried by each of said end brackets to counteract upward thrust of the adjacent end of its attached rod and to transmit such thrust to the rod" next above it, said auxiliary rods or tubesbeing longitudinally movable relative to the main rod or tube and to each other, ubes being located one below the other in substantially the same vertical plane, the longitudinal movements of the auxiliary rods or tubes being eflected in such vertica plane.

In testimony whereof I have signed my the several rods-or E. KENNEDY.

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