US1996414A - Toilet cabinet - Google Patents

Description

April 2, 1935. A, AN 1,996,414

TOILET CABINET Filed March 28, 1954 Patented Apr. 2, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Claims.

let cabinets and more especially to a novel cabinet which may be readily carried from place to place and set up in various locations.

5 One of the objects of the invention is to pro-' vide a toilet cabinet which may be set in a bath tub so that it may be used by a person while bathing.

. Another object is to furnish a cabinet with special means for attaching the same to the taucets of a bath tub while the cabinet is supported within the tub.

A still further object is to provide a cabinet designed to contain soap, towels, shaving accessories and the like.

Another object is to supply such a cabinet with a novel mirror structure so that the mirror may be swung forward out of the cabinet when it is desired to use the mirror during shaving.

With the foregoing objects outlined and with other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in the novel features hereinafter described in detail, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims. 1

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a bath tub with my improved cabinet set therein and attached thereto.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of the cabinet with the doors in closed position.

Fig. 3 is a similar view with the doors. open.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view looking at the rear of the cabinet.

Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view of the cabinet and illustrating the means for attaching the same to a bath tub faucet.

Fig. 6 is a similar view of a portion of the means for connecting the cabinet to the faucet.

Fig. 7 is a top plan view of the structure shown in Fig. 6.

Referring to the drawing, 8 designates the cabinet consisting of a rear wall 9, a bottom I 0, a top H, side walls l2 and a front wall I 3 all rigidly connected together. The front wall is of substantially inverted U-shape to which swinging doors l4 may be connected by hinges 15.

Each door may be provided with a knob l6 and a mirror l1, and the doors may be held in closed position by any suitable means such as a latch l8 that is pivotally connected at l9 to the upper portion of the cabinet.

To improve the appearance of the cabinet, a clock 20 may be mounted on the top of the same.

. v (01. 132-79) This invention relates to improvements toi- The lower portion of the cabinet isenlarged and the frontwall 2| of this enlargement is connected by hinges 22- to a lower door 23 that cooperates with the doors l4 to close thefront opening in the cabinet.

From Fig. 5, it may be seen that the free edge 24 of the door 23 is beveled and this edge, when the door 23 is closed, will lie in a horizontalplane just below the lower edgesof the doors l4, so that the doors I4 will hold the door 23 in 10 closed position when the doors I4 are closed. 7

The interior of the cabinet may be provided with vertical partitions 25 and horizontal shelves 26 and in the compartment between the partitions a shaving mirror 21 is arranged. This mir- 15 ror has the upper portion of its rear surface pivotally connected at 28 to the cross bar 29 of an inverted v-shaped bracket that has its feet pivotally connected at 30 to the inner surface of the bottom of the cabinet. 20

Normally the mirror is held close to the back of the cabinet by means of a hook 3| which has a shank 32 that is swiveled in the back of the cabinet and provided exteriorly of the latter with a knob 33 to facilitate the turning of the hook 25 for releasing the mirror or holding it in a stationary position.

When all of the doors of the cabinet are open the mirror may be swung forward so as to rest on the upper edge of the front wall 2| of the 30 cabinet or, if desired, the mirror may be swung further forward until the mirror supporting bracket rests on the 'door 23, as indicated in Fig. 5.

A suitable carrying handle 34 may be connected 35 to the top of the cabinet.

In order that the cabinet may be wedged into a bath tub and be supported by the converging sides of the latter, I provide the opposite lower edges of the cabinet with suitable rubber bump- 40 ers or friction members 35.

In case it is desired to more firmly support the cabinet within the tub, suitable means may be provided for connecting the cabinet to the bathroom faucet 36. Such means may comprise a ring 45 31 to encircle the horizonal portion of the faucet and having a slot 38 to accommodate the faucet nozzle 39. The ring also has projectingclamp arms 40 provided with a set of apertures 4| to receive a suitable bolt 42 that connects the 50 strips to the rear ends of arms 43 which divergeforwardly and have their forward ends pivotally connected to the back of the cabinet as shown at 44.

From the foregoing, it is believed that the con- 5 ported between side walls of thevlatter, of sup-% porting means for detachably and pivotally connecting the cabinet to the faucet of the bath tub, whereby the cabinet may be swung downwardly or upwardly into or out of the bath tub.

2. The combination with a toilet cabinet adapted to be used in a bath tub and to be sup- 1 ported between side walls of the latter, of means for detachably connecting the cabinet to the faucet of the bath tub, said means comprising a clamping ring adapted to be secured to said faucet, and diverging arms having their rear ends connected to said clamping ring and their forward ends pivotally connected to said cabinet. I

3. The combination with a toilet cabinet adapted to be used in a bath tub and to be supported between side walls of the latter, of supporting means for detachably and firmly connecting the cabinet to the faucet of the bath tub, whereby the cabinet will be prevented from t ppling.

4. The combination with a toilet cabinet adapted to be used in a bath tub, of friction bumpers secured to the lower side edges of the cabinet for frictionally engaging the converging inner surfacesof said bathtub, and supporting means for detachably and pivotally connecting the cabinet to the faucet of the bath tub.

5. The combination with a toilet cabinet having a bottom, a rear wall and a relatively short front wall, of an inverted substantially V-shaped bracket having its ends pivotally connected to the bottom for movement about a horizontal axis, a mirror having its rear surface pivotally connected to the medial portion of said bracket for movement about a second horizontal axis, the lower edge of said mirror being adapted to rest upon the upper surface of said front wall, and means within the cabinet for releasably securing the mirror in a fixed position.

JOSEPH A. GANTT.

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