US1008835A - Dresser and bureau. - Google Patents

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A. LICHTEN'STINE.

DRESSER AND BUREAU.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 18, 1911.

WITSESSES CMMM Patented Nov. 14, 1911.

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ALBERT LICHTENSTINE, OF EAST LIVERPOOL, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM E. RUSSELL, OF EAST LIVERPOOL, OHIO.

DRESSER AND BUREAU.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 14, 1911.

To all whom itmcy concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT LIOI-ITEN- STINE, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at East Liverpool, in the county of Columbiana and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dressers and Bureaus, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to dressers and bureaus, and the primary object of my invention is to provide a dresser or bureau with a folding mirror that can be folded into the body of the dresser and protected during transportation or storage.

Another object of this invention is to furnish a dresser with a foldable mirror that can be swung into the dresser to permit of the top of the dresser being used as a table or stand.

A further object of the invention is to provide a dresser or bureau of the above type consisting of comparatively few parts, inexpensive to manufacture, easy to manipulate, and susceptible to any desired ornamentation.

I attain the above objects by a mechanical construction that will be hereinafter specifically described and then claimed.

Reference will now be had to the drawing, wherein like numerals denote corresponding parts throughout the several views, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of the dresser or bureau. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is an enlarged horizontal sectional view of a portion of the dresser. Fig. 4 is an enlarged vertical sectional View of a portion of the same; and Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view of the dresser showing the mirror folded within the dresser.

A dresser or bureau in accordance with this invention comprises a front wall 1, end walls 2 and 3, a rear wall 4, a bottom plate 5, a top plate 6, and a rear foot piece 7.

The front wall lhas drawer-ways 8 for drawers 9, slidably arranged upon cleats 10, carried by the inner sides of the end walls 2 and 3. The foot piece 7 projects beyond the rear edge of the bottom plate 5 and the end walls 2 and 3 project beyond the rear wall 4, with the rear edge of the top plate 6 meeting the front edge of the rear wall 4. Hinged or otherwise connected to the rear vertical edge of the end wall 2, as at 11, is a door 12 corresponding in length and depth to the body of the dresser. The door 12 has an auxiliary top plate 13 and the lower edge of said door engages the rear edge of the foo-t piece'7, also the end of the wall 3. The door 12 is retained in a closed position by a conventional form of hook and eye 14. The top plate 13 of the door 12 meets the rear upper edge of the wall 4, thereby providing a longitudinal slot 15. Hinged to the upper rear edge of the wall 4, as at 16, is a mirror frame 17 having a mirror 18 and a backing 19. When the door .12 is in an open posi tion, the mirror frame can be swung downwardly into parallelism with the rear wall 4, as shown in Fig. 5, and when the mirror frame is in a vertical position for use, it is braced by the top plate 13 of the door 12, and by a molding strip 20 hinged, as at 21, to the rear edge of the top plate 6. This molding strip is also employed for closing the slot 15, when the mirror frame is in a folded position.

From the foregoing it will be observed that the dresser or bureau presents a neatappearance with the mirror frame in a vertical position for use, it being almost impossible to detect the folding feature of the mirror. When the mirror frame is in a folded position within the body of the dresser, it is fully protected and the top of the dresser presents a smooth surface whereby the dresser can be utilized as a table or stand.

While in the drawing there is illustrated a preferred embodiment of the invention, I would have it understood that the structural elements are susceptible to such variations and modifications as fall within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is 1. A dresser comprising a body having a top plate, a rear wall and end walls, a door hinged to the rear edge of one of said end walls and adapted to be detachably connected to the rear edge of the other end wall, a mirror frame hinged to the upper edge of said rear wall and adapted to be folded downwardly into parallelism with said rear wall, a top plate carried by said door and adapted to cotiperate with the top plate of said body in supporting said mirror frame in a vertical position upon the upper edge of said rear wall, and means carried by the top plate of said body for closing the I space between said top plates when said mirror frame is folded.

2. A dresser comprising a body having end walls, a top plate, a rear wall, a door hinged to one of said end walls and detachably connected to the other end wall, a top plate carried by said door and forming the wall of a longitudinal slot at the rear edge of the top plate of said body, a mirror frame hinged to the upper rear edge of said rear wall and adapted to fold into parallelism with said rear wall, and a molding strip hinged to the rear edge of the top plate of said body for bracing said mirror frame and adapted to fold inwardly to close the slot between said top plates when said mirror frame is folded.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT LICHTENSTINE. Witnesses:

JAS. F. CUMMINs, JOE MOKENNA.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

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