US1141468A - Portable wardrobe. - Google Patents

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A. S. LAWTON. PORTABLE WARDROBE. APPLICATION FILED JULY 15, 1912.

1 ,1%1,46, Patented June I, 1915.

ANDREW S. LAWTON, 0F BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

PORTABLE WARDROBE.

memes.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 1, 1%15.

Application filed July 15, 1912. Serial No. 709,555.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW S. LAWTON, citizen of the United States, residing at Brockton, in the county of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Portable llVardrobes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to portable wardrobes, and has as its object to provide a wardrobe which may be readily carried from place to place; which may be folded to compact form when not in use; and, which may be readily set up in the corner of any room and will occupy but little space although arranged to contain a number of garments.

It is one aim of the present invention to provide a wardrobe of this type constructed to effectually protect the garments hung therein, from dust.

The invention further aims to provide a portable wardrobe which, while it is adapted to be folded to compact form when not in use, and also to contain a maximum number of garments when setup, can be inexpensively manufactured and is extremely simple in its construction. V

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the portable wardrobe embodying the present invention; Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof, parts being broken away; Fig. 3 is a group perspective view of a portion of the upper end of the wardrobe, the parts being disassembled; Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a portion of the top of the wardrobe.

The wardrobe embodying the present invention is of skeleton construction, it being closed at its top by a flexible covering and at its front by draped curtains. The wardrobe includes, essentially, an upright which is indicated in the drawings by the numeral 1 and is preferably in the form of a wooden post which may be either rectangular in cross section or triangular, so as to fit the corner between the walls against which it is disposed. Hinged, as at 2, at the upper end of the post 1 are the side bars 3 of the top frame of the wardrobe, these bars being also preferably of wood and having their forward ends beveled, as at l. Pins 5 and 6 project upwardly from the upper end of the post 1 and side bars 3 respectively.

The top of the wardrobe consists of a flexible covering 7 which is triangular in form and corresponds to the dimensions of the frame of the top. The cloth covering 7 is provided adjacent each corner with an eyelet 8, and in applying the cover to the frame, these eyelets are engaged with the pins 5 and 6, the cover being stretched taut at the time of said engagement.

In addition to the upright 1, the wardrobe includes other uprights 9 which are secured at their upper ends one to the forward end of each of the side bars 3 at the top of the frame, and those uprights 9 are spaced with relation to the upright 1 by means of arms 10 and 11 which are hingedly connected, as at 12 and 13'respectively, to the upright 1, the arms 10 being located above the arms 11 and preferably adjacent the side bars 3 of the top frame. In order that garments may be hung within the wardrobe, a number of garment supporting hooks 1 1 are secured upon the inner sides of the arms 10, and if found necessary or desirable similar books may be arranged upon the arms 11 and upon the side bars 3. Also, if desired. one or more hooks may be arranged upon the upright 1.

As before stated, the front of the wardrobe is closed by means of draped curtains, and these curtains are draped from a curtain rod which extends in front of the said top frame. This curtain rod is indicated by the numeral 15, and at each end is formed with an opening 16 arranged to receive the bill of a hook 17 upon the forward end of the adjacent or corresponding side bar 3. Curtain rings 18 are provided upon the curtain rod 15 and curtains 19 are draped from the rings and may be drawn across the front of the wardrobe or draped to one side when it is desired to have garments hung therewithin.

From the foregoing, it will be apparent that by removing the curtain rod 15 and the covering 7, the remainder of the structure may be folded or collapsed to occupy but little space, and it will further be apparent that this front cross bar, the curtain, and the supporting pole therefor, as well as the cloth covering may be arranged between the arms 10 and 11 when the device is folded. It will also be understood that the wardrobe is to be set up in the corner of a room and will consequently occupy a minimum space although it will hold a maximum number of garments. The edges of the top covering are tacked as at 20 to the upper edges of the side bars 3.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is: v

A portable Wardrobe including a foldable substantially triangular skeleton frame comprising a central upright adapted to be positioned in the corner of a room at the junc-' tion of the adjacent side Walls thereof, upper side arms having their inner ends beveled and pivotally connected to the adjacent longitudinal edges of the central upright and their ,outer faces bearing directly against the adjacent side Walls of the room, lower side arms pivotally connected With the longitudinal edges of the central upright and also bearing against the adjacent side Walls of the room, forward uprights connecting the outer ends of the upper and lower side arms, intermediate hook carrying side arms having their inner ends pivotally connected with the adjacent longitudinal edges of the central upright and their outer ends secured to the forward uprights, means arranged upon the upper longitudinal edges of the upper side arms and disposed to-operatively supporta' cover, and means arranged upon the outer ends of the upper side arms for supporting a curtain pole.

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

- ANDREW s. LAWTON. Lg 3.1

Witnesses: r r

STEWART B. MoLEon, A-NNABEL C; LYNoH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing "the :Gommissioner .of Batents,

Washington, Dec.

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