US1913817A - Cabinet - Google Patents

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A. PARMET June 13, 1933. l

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Patented June 13, 1933 UNITED STATES ALBERT PARMET, OF NEW YORK,A N. Y. e

CABINET Application filed June 13,` 1931. VSerial No. 544,058.

This invention relates to cabinets of the type designed to be mounted in or on a bathroom wall. Such cabinets are provided with shelves to receive toilet accessories and other similar objects of convenience, and with a mirror mounted on the exterior of the door thereof. wi!

The main object of my invention vis to provide an improved cabinet wherein the shelves 1,0 and mirror are firmly and securely mounted.

Another object of my invention is to provide such a cabinet with a door and mirror assembly which shall minimize labor cost in manufacture and yet be sturdy and durable in installation and use; and to provide mountings for the shelves which shall eliminate breakage in transportation and installation.

These and other objects of my invention will be apparent from the description here 2Q inafter, taken in connection with the drawing, of a preferred embodiment of my'invention. v i il In the drawing: Fig. 1 is a front view of my cabinet, a por- Fig. 2 is a cross-section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1 and viewed in the directionlof the arrows. f

Fig. 3 is a detail showing the corner strucf 3Q ture of the mirror and door assembly.r

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the right-hand shelf brackets. The bodyl of the cabinet is preferably made of metal in the usual rectangular, box-like form providing a space for the reception of objects; and

is adapted to be attached to or set into the wall (not shown) of a bath-room. Y Y Inside the cabinet a series of shelves 2, 2 extend horizontally across the body space and are supported and held in positionv by brackets 3, 3 mounted on the oppositely disposed side walls 4, 4. The shelves 2, 2 are preferably of glass and may be provided, as is usual in the trade, with rounded enlarged ,15 forward edges 2. The brackets 3 are pref erably stamped from sheet steel or other-elasi koutward as at 9 to present a terminal guide surface 9 to facilitate the placing in position of shelf 2. The bracket 3 will be securedfto the appropriate wall 4 of the cabinet by means of the attaching ange 6 so that the ledge 5 extends towards the interior of the cabinet body. The iange 6 is attached to the wall 4 by spot welding as at 10, 10; but it is clear that any desired securing means may be used in place ofspot welding. v The shelf 2 is placed inposition by locating its rear edge in the aligned jaws or pockets 8 of a pair of opposed brackets and l then guiding the rounded edge 2 of the shelf alon the guide surface9 and forcing it past the vnd 9 into c position in thevj aw or pocket 7. By the inherent elasticity of the metal and the clamping action of the bend 9, the shelf 2 is securely held against lateral, vertical and endwise mOOIl- The door and mirror assembly comprising essentially the door or mounting plate 11, the mirror 12 and an `intermediate cushioning layery may be hingedV inY any convenient manner (not shown) to the body of the cabinet. The plate 11 isA preferably a fiat rectangular sheet of vmetal which may be enamelledon its rear face, the mirror 12 is mountedvon the eX- terior face of the'plate 11 and the intermediate layer 13 1nay be ofcorrugated cardboard, as shown, or of felt, or similar material. Each edge of themirrorl and plate assembly is held inthe channel ,of a straight channel piece V14 which acts as a clamp to hold the former together. It will be noticedA that they channel struction, on the contrary, it is clear that the various parts may be linished in advance of the plate and mirror. At each corner an angular corner piece 1.5 fits over the ends of the edge channels and clamps together the latter and the plate and mirror. Each corner piece is rigidly secured to plate 11 by a single bolt 16 entering th-e plate 11 at the free'corner space 17 between the ends of the edge pieces 14. lt Will be seen therefore that the ultimate means holding the mirror to the plate comprises the set of four bolts 16. The members lll, 15 may be chromed, bronzed or otherwise treated to furnish ornamental effects. At present it is usual to supply the nal linish to the parts after the mirror and door have been fully assembled. With my con- Without fear that the inish Will be marred in the process of assembly.

It will further be noticed that ordinary stock material forms and shapesare used entirely; and the time, labor, and Waste of manufacturing the special shapes heretofore used is entirely eliminated.

Having thus described my invention, l claim: LA mirror assembly for a cabinet or the like comprising amounting plate and a mirror mounted face to face and coextensive With eachother, a plurality of means in spaced succession along the edges of the mirror assembly :tor holding the plate and mirror together, and means intermediate each successive pair of the lirst mentioned means for securing the lattery to the mounting plate.

y2. A mirror and door assembly for a cabinet comprising a 'mounting plate and a mir ror, said plate and mirror being placed back to back, spaced means along the edges of the mirror and plate -for clipping the latter together and means intermediate each successive pair of the iirst mentioned means for securing the latter to themounting plate.

3. A. mirror and door assembly comprising a mounting Aplate and a mirror, said plate and mirror being placed back to back, spaced channels extending along and embracing the edges of the mirror and plate and holding them together, and. means embracing 'adjacent ends of successive channels for securing the latter to the plate.

4l. A lmirror and door assembly comprising a mounting plate ot substantially rectangular shape and an apposed mirror substantially c oextensive With the plate, a channel along and embracing each edge of the mirror and plate assembly, said channels being of such extent as to provide a free space at each corner of the plate, corner pieces clipping together adjacenty ends of successive channels and the apposed corners of the plate and mirror, and means for securing the corner pieces to the plate.

5. Means for mounting a mirror having 'Y rectilinear edges ony a similar plate comprising a series of straight channels engaging apposed edges of mirror and plate, said channels being of such extent as to provide a free space at each angle of the mirror and plate assembly, angular channels embracing adjacent ends ot' the straight channels, an-d securing means passing through each angular channel and entering the plate at the free space.

ALBERT PAR-MET.

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