US1535119A - Wardrobe trunk - Google Patents

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April 28, 1925;

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EUGENE \V. HAWLEY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

WARDROBE TRUNK.

Application filed July 5,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1',EUGENE W. Hawnnr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Wardrobe Trunks, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

It is well known to equip a wardrobe trunk with a shoe box positioned over the floor of one of the trunk compartments and spaced from the rear wall of the compartment, thereby economically utilizing a space that would otherwise be wasted. It is known, also, to so connect this box to the trunk compartment that it may be held in fixed position relatively to the trunk, or be swung outward relative to the trunk or be removed therefrom.

The object of my invention is to provide a shoe box having the above capacities but to secure such capacities by mechanism which is relatively simple and durable and which preferably embodies no parts whatever that are not rigid with either the shoe box or the trunk.

In the drawings, which show a preferred embodiment of my invention:

lfig. 1 is a. perspective view of a trunk with the shoe box positioned therein.

Fig. 2 a sectional plan of the trunk compartment containing the shoe box, the section being taken through the shoe box.

F 3 is a vertical sectional view through the same trunk compartment, showing also the means for holding the shoe box in position when the trunk is closed.

Fig. 4 is a detail sectional plan showing on an enlarged scale one of the pins on the shoe box engaging one of the ways on the trunk compartment.

Fig. 5 is a detail sectional elevation, showing the lower pin on one side of the shoe box positioned in the bottom of its way.

The trunk comprises the compartments a and b, hinged one to the other. To the wooden reinforcing bars 0, secured to the side walls of the compartment 6 adjacent its front edges, are secured vertical guideways, each comprising front and rear members (Z and c, the rear member 6 extending substantially above the level of the front member (Z. These guide-ways are open 1923. Serial No. 649,450.

along their sides and at their tops. A filler piece 7' (see Fig. 5) is preferably inserted between the members (Z and 6 so as to raise the bottom of the guide-way above the floor of the trunk con'ipartn'ient.

Angle plates 9 overlap the front and side of the shoe box it at opposite sides of the box. There are two angle plates on each side. Each angle plat carries a laterally projecting pin; the lower pins on opposite sides being lettered i and the upper pins To engage the shoe box it wit-l1 the trunk compartment Z), the box is positioned so that the two pairs or pins 2', j, rest against the rear guiding members 0, the lower pins i clearing the upper ends of the front guiding members (Z. The box is then lowered, the pins 71 and j successively entering the ways formed by the guiding members. \Vhen the lower pins 2' reach the bottoms of the ways (see Fig. 5), the box It rests immediatcly over the floor of the compartment Z) and the box is restrained from moving forwardly, rearwardly or pivotally and can only be withdrawn by a vertical upward movement. The box so positioned is shown in. Fig. 1 and in full lines in Fig. 3.

It it is desired to swing the box forwardly without disengaging the box from the trunk, the box is lifted the limited distance required to allow the upper pins j to clear the troutguiding member (Z. The top of the box is then swung out through a short are to bring the upper pins 7' outside the members (Z. The box is then dropped until the lower pins engage the bottoms of the guideavays. The box may be then swung back and forth on the pins 5, as an axis, resting on liller pieces f, as shown in broken lines in Fig. 3.

The compartment a of the trunk is provided, as is common, with a set of drawers m, m. To one of the drawers ot' a set is secured a pair of holders n, n. lVhen the shoe box is in place and the trunk is closed, the holders n extend over the top of the box (see Fig. 3) and hold the box from any substantial upward movement relative to the compartment 6.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. In a wardrobe trunk, the combination with one of the compartments, of a shoe box and a pair of pins thereon at each end thereof, the pins of a pair being at different vertical heights, and oppositely facing ways having front and rear walls and opening throughout their length toward each other, said ways being closed at the bottom and open at the top, each way accommodating both pins of a pair, the front wall of each way being longer than the distance between the pins of a. pair and the rear wall of each way extending a substantial distance above the front wall; thereby allowing the withdrawal of the box by a vertical sliding movement of both pins within, and out of the open upper end of, said ways, and allowing the box to be readily maintained in a vertical position, by the sin'iultaneous en-' gagement 'ot the two pins of a pair with the corresponding rear wall, during the box replacement operation, and whereby the box may also be restrained from. a'baclm'ard swinging movement and allow a forward swinging movement when raised suiiiciently high fol-the upper pins to clear the tops of the front walls of the ways.

2. In a wardrobe trunk, the combination with one or the eoinparti'nents, of a "front guide member and a rear guide member projecting from each side wall and forming a single continuous way opening toward the interior of the eompartn'ient and open at its top, filler pieces one positionedbetween the two guide members forming each way, and a box having a plurality of pins at each of its opposite ends, the distance between the upper and lower pins at each side of the box being less than the length of said guide members above the filler piece, whereby the box may be held in an upright position or allowed to swing -forward by sliding the box down with its upper pins inside or outside the front guide member.

3. In a wardrobe trunk, he combination with its two compartments, of a set of drawers in one compartment, a shoe box slidahly engageable with the lower part of the other compartment, and a holder projecting from the set of drawers adapted, when the coinpartments are swung into closed position, to move into position to hold the shoe box from sliding out of engagement with its compartment.

In testimony of which invention, I have hereunto set my hand, at Philadelphia, Penna, on this 3rd day of July, 1923.

EUGENE W. HAXVLEY.

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