US1226931A - Wardrobe. - Google Patents

Description

C. F. VOLLMER.

WARDROBE.

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Patented May 22, 1917.

CHARLES F. VOLLMER, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

WARDROBE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 22, 1917.

Application filed May 11, 1915. Serial No. 27,398.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES F. VOLLMER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Denver, in the county of Denver and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wardrobes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is generically relevant to Another object is to provide a compact structure, which although possessing advantages for use in various capacities, nevertheless is simple in construction, durable and efficient for use in all capacities.

Other objects as well as the nature, characteristic features and scope of my invention will be more readily understood from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claim forming a part of this specification.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure l is a front elevational view of a wardrobe constructed in accordance with my invention,

Fig. 2 is an end elevational view of ti o same, the hinged walls thereof being shown in open position, and a portion of one of the walls being broken away,

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view of the wardrobe when in a closed position,

Fig. 4; is a longitudinal sectional view of one of the hinged walls of the wardrobe,

Fig. 5 is a detail enlarged fragmentary sectional view of the lower end of the wardrobe, showing to advantage a portion of one of the trouser presses and the manner in which it is held from undue movement, and

Fig. 6 is a plan view of a rack associated with the top of the wardrobe.

In the drawings, the wardrobe embodies a casing 1, which is preferably of an oblong configuration, and is made of wood or any other suitable material, the lower end thereof being provided with legs 2. The base of the housing is provided with an opening 3 therein, adapted for the reception of shoes,

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slippers, etc., access being gained to the interior of said opening from the front of the casing, as shown in Fig. 1.

One wall 4 of the casing has one of its lateral margins hinged to a permanent part of the casing, the opposite margin being free to move in the arc of a circle, in order to permit access to be gained to the interior of The inner face of the wall a is provided with a multiplicity of superposed receptacles 5, adapted for the reception of collars, socks, shirts, etc., the receptacles or drawers 5 varying in length, so as to be adapted for the reception of various articles of wearing apparel. The outer face of the wall 4 is provided with a decoy, so as to represent a plurality of drawers which are movable in the wardrobe in the usual manner. Handles 6 are arranged at intervals on the outer face of said wall eand may be used for opening the wall 4: when so desired, a plurality of these handles being shown in order to provide a more effective decoy, although one is all that is necessary to open the wall.

he end walls 7 of the casing are hingedly mounted so as to permit their being swung into an open position, permitting access to be gained to the interior of the casing, and likewise facilitating utilization of trouser presses 8 which are arranged upon the inner faces of said end walls 7 Each of the trouser presses 8, comprises a stationary standard and a hinged standard, the hinged standard permitting the insertion of the trousers between said stationary standard and the hinged standard. It will moreover be observed that each of the end walls 7 has one of its lateral margins hinged to the rear wall of the casing, the latter being fixedly engaged with the upper and lower ends of the casing, so as to provide a firm support. The rear wall of the casing is indicated in the drawings at 9, and shown to advantage in Fig. 3, having mounted upon the inner face thereof a trouser press 10, the latter comprising a stationary wall and a hinged wall, the latter being limited in its movement by an abutment 11, which is preferably of a triangular configuration and is associated with the upper face of the bottom of the casing, as shown to advantage in Fig. 5. It will therefore be seen that the hinged standard of the trouser press 10 is movable toward the front wall 4 of the casing, so as to permit the trousers to be inserted between the normally parallel standards comprising the press. I

A rack 12 is associated with the lower face of the top of the casing 1, comprising a main strip which is secured in any suitable manner to the top of the casing, and which has extending from one of the lateral margins thereof a plurality of arms 13, the inner end of each of which is hinged so as to permit movement of said arms in the same direction to permit access to be gained to any one of the supporting arms 13.

It will be noted that the end Walls and rear wall are provided with a suitable ornamentation therein, in order to add to the appearance of the Wardrobe, this being of course, of any suitable design.

In use therefore, it is seen that access is gained to the trouser press by opening the end walls 7 of the casing, the latter likewise permitting access to the interior of the casing, so that access may be gained to the trouser press 10 if so desired, although access can be had to the latter more freely by opening the front wall 4:. The front wall 4 is movable, so as to simultaneously actuate all of the receptacles 5, whereby access may be gained to any one of the receptacles upon opening the wall 42. It is, of course, understood that the supporting arms 13 of the rack bar are adapted for engagement for coat hangers, etc., so as to support coats or other articles of clothing therein which may be conveniently suspended from the top of the casing.

It will be understood that the above description and accompanying drawings comprehend only the general and preferred embodiment of my invention, and that various minor changes in details of construction, proportion and arrangement of parts may be made within the scope of the appended claim without sacrificing any of the advan tages of my invention. 7

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A wardrobe including a casing provided with a plurality of hinged Walls, each of I which is adapted to receive a garment support thereon, one of the walls of said casing being stationary and adapted to receive a movable garment supporting element thereon, and means mounted in the bottom of said casing for cooperation with the supporting element of the stationary wall, to limit the movement of the supporting element.

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

CHARLES F. VOLLMER. Witnesses:

F. J. YOUNG, C. R. FERGUSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of'Patents,

Washington, D. G.

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