US1541769A - Cabinet with secret compartment - Google Patents

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O. R. PLATTER CABINET WITH SECRET COMPARTMENT Filed Dec. 20. 1925 4 Sheets-Sheet l June 9, 1925.

' June 9, 1925.

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GEVAL R. PLATTER, OF NORTH VERNON, INDIANA.

CABINET WITH sEcnE'i` COMPAETMENT.

Application ied 'i'.ieceinoer 2i), 1923. Serial No. 881,810.

To aZZfwiom "it may concern.: y

Be it known that I, ORVAL R. PLATTER, a citizen of' the United States, residing at NorthiVernom in the county of .lennings jandStatefof Indiana, haveinvented certain new and usei'ul Improvements; in "Cabinets withSecret Coinpartments; and I do hereby declare theffollowing to be'a `i'iilhclear, and exact description olI the invention, such was will enable'othersv skilled in the art to `which it appertains to make and use the same. 1j j This invention relates to improven'ients in cabinets suitable .for use in bath rooms, bed

rooms andapartments, andhas for its ob- `ject to provide a secret'compartment in the cabinet;` f

` The various novel features ot the invention will appear lrom the detailed descrip- Iltiontaken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming part ot the speci tication. i

y Referring to` the. drawings, Fig,V 1 is a perspective view vot one style oi' cabinet in u which the iniproven'ient may be embodied;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of `the same cabinet showing the clothes hamper swung open and the secret compartment or drawer pulled out into position;

Fig. 3 .is a horizontal cross section thru the impro-ved cabinet showing` the relative positions of the secret compartn'ient and the clothes hamper;

4i is a View similar to Fig. 3 but showingthe clothes hamper as swung open and the secret compartment drawn out of the cabinet;

Fig. 5 is a vertical section on line 5 5 of F ig. 3;

Fig. 6 is a horizontal view thru the cabinet showing a modilied form of slide bar to which the secret compartment is hinged;

Fig. 7 is a vertical section on line 7-7 of Fig. 6;

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a cabinet similar to that shown in Fig. Q but showing the secret compartment mounted within the cabinet in a somewhat diiierent manner;

Fig. 9 is a horizontal section taken thru the cabinet shown in Fig. 8;

Fig. 10 is a View partly in elevation and partly in section, the section being taken on line 10-10 of Fig. 9, and

'the back wall 141- o'i the hamper will be sufii- 'vided with suitable shelves.

Fig. 11 is a view similar to Fig. l() but showing the secret compartment as opened outinto accessible position.

"panel to provide the necessary clearance in opening and closing the hamper, as will be readily understood. The hamperis oi such size thatwhen the same is in closed position,

i ciently removed trom the back wall 15 of the cabinet to leave a considerable space therebetween.

fir-ranged between the baci; wall 15 of the cabinet and the baci; wall 19; of the 7: hamper, isa secret compartment generally indicated at 1G. This compartment is ot tray-'like form and one tace thereof may conveniently be omitted, namely that side oi' the compartment which will be normally Si) disposed against the. back wall 15 of the cabinet, and the compartment may be pro- In one embodiment of the invention shown in Figs. 1 to 7, the compartment 16 is mounted to S5 swing on a vertical axis and so arranged that it can be drawn out of the cabinet when the hamper has been opened out.

In Figs. 1 to 5, vertical pivots about which the compartment 16 shall swing may con- 90 veniently take the form ot' pins 17 arranged adjacent one corner of the compartment while in Figs. 6 and 7 they are shown as constituting hinges 17. Upper and lower rails 18 are secured to the cabinet at one 95 side thereof, and each of the same is provided with a grooved traclrway 19. In the construction shown in Figs. 1 to 5, the vertical pins 17 are slid'ably received within t-he traclrway while in Figs. 6 vand 7, a vertioal- 100 ly disposed bar 17a is slidable therein, and to this bar, the secret compartment is hinged by hinges 17. Either of these constructions permits the compartment 16 to be swung from closed position, see Figs. 3 and 5 to 105 open position7 as shown in Figs. 2, 4.- and 6,

While the hamper 11 is opened, the back wall ot' the compartment 16 will appear as the back wall 15 of the cabinet, thus constituting in effect a false back oi' the cabinet, and hence no indication will be given that there is a secret compartment in the cabinet. The secret compartment is, however, readily gotten at by swinging the same outward on its hinges and then drawing the same along the grooves 19 in the rails 18 until it has been drawn out to the limit of its movement at the end of the rails.

The space utilized by the secret compartment is generally waste space because it is not found practical to make the hamper the full depth oi the cabinet. The angle of the upright side 13.\o the hamper is detei-mined by the depth of the hamper, and if the hamper is of too great depth, it becomes of objectionable form because of the angularity of the wall 13. The compartment 16 does not, therefore, sacrifie any useful space and is a very desirable feature in cabinets of this kind.

In Figs. 6 and 7, the bottom of the lower section of the cabinet is shown as having a diagonally arranged strip 2O in place of the full floor as in the other views.

In some instance it may be desirable to mount the secret compartment to swing on a horizontal hinge 21 as in Figs. 10 and 11, the same being connected to a bar 17b which is slidable in a horizontal plane, in connection with suitable tracks 18a.

It may be desirable that the hamper 11 be removable from the door to which itis hung. In F ig. 2 the hamper is shown as comprising a wire basket hung on the door by any suitable means, such as hooks 11. By making the hamper removable it can be removed when filled with soiled linen, and a new basket hung on the door in place of the one removed. This may be a very desirable arrangement in some instances as will be readily appreciated.

TVhat I claim is:

1. The combination in a cabinet of a hamper mounted to swing into and out of the same, a tray-like compartment within the cabinet between the back wall of the same and the adjacent wall of the hamper, said compartment being normally disposed with one of its broad faces against the back of the cabinet, and turnable and slidable means on which the said compartment is mounted for opening and withdrawal.

2. The combination in a cabinet oif a hamper mounted to swing into and out of the same, a tray-like compartment disposed between the back ot the cabinet and the adjacent wall of the hamper and turnable and slidab'le means to which said compartment is connected for being swung toward and from the back wall of the cabinet and for being drawn out of the latter, said compartment when closed constituting a falseback for the cabinet.

3. The combination in a cabinet of a hamper mounted to swing into and out of the same a tray-like compartment disposed between the back of the cabinet and the adjacent wall of the hamper, a hinge about which said compartment may be swung toward and from the back wall of the cabinet, said compartment when closed constituting a false back for the cabinet, and guide rails extending fore and aft of the cabinet on which the compartment may be drawn out;

of the latter.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

ORVAL R. PLATTER.

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