US2595144A - Hassock - Google Patents

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April 1952 H. H. ISAACSON 2,595,144

HASSOCK Filed June 2, 1949 INVENTOR.

Ratented Apr. 29, 1952 UNITED STATES 1 Claim.

,This invention relates to a hassock of the type having a hollow igiterior, as shown and described in Letters Patent 2,214,586 dated September 10, 1940, and its principal object is to provide the hassock with improved means for the retention of several pairs of shoes within its interior during their non-use, it being well known that the space and provisions for keeping such shoes is often unavailable and inconvenient.

Another object is to provide a hassock of said type and improvements, which will be conveniently manufacturable, salable at low cost, strong, durable, efficient, and conveniently utilizable.

A further object is to provide a hassock of said type and improvements which will be sanitary, and conducive to convenient, eificient, and thorough cleaning of its interior and shoe retaining provisions.

A still further object is to provide a hassock of said type and improvements having improved means for retention of the shoes without creasing or causing other injury thereto.

Other objects and advantages will hereinafter appear.

In the accompanying drawings,

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of the hassock constituting the invention.

Fig. 2 is a partially cross-sectional elevational view of the hassock, taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view ofthe hassock, showing it as it appears with its cushioned top removed for access into its interior.

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the removable shoe retaining framing forming part of the hassock.

Fig. 5 is an elevational view of the framing shown in Fig. 4.

The hassock l includes a body 2 comprising a tubular upright wall 3 with a bottom wall 4, and a cushioned seating top 5 rests firmly upon said body by a narrower portion 6 thereof having a shoulder l fitting over the rim 8 of the wall 3, as shown in Fig. 2. Upon the bottom wall 4 is located a corrugated-like framing 9, consisting of a series of rigid arcuate membrs 10, the ends of each of which are secured to the ends of an adjoining member by channels ll pressing the ends 12 forcibly together. The members may be made of strong fibre or plastic material, while their securing channels H are preferably of metal. As seen in Fig. 3, each arcuate member of the framing 9 is thus in opposition to a segmental portion |3 of the upright wall 3, and together therewith provides a through bore open at its bottom and leading to said bottom wall 4 to constitute a receptacle M for the efiicient retention of a shoe l5, the aggregate receptacles thereby providing means for retention of several pairs of shoes during their non-use.

In the utilization of the hassock I, the shoes may be removed therefrom and returned thereto as required, and the hassock may be conveniently kept sanitary by completely withdrawing and entirely removing therefrom the framing 9, whenever deemed necessary, and thereupon thoroughly cleaning the interior of the body 2 and the framing 9, after which the latter may be returned to its normal operative location upon the bottom wall 4.

Variations may be resorted to within the scope of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

A hassock stool for sitting purposes having the combination of a rigid sustaining upright wall formed as a tubular body, said tubular body having a bottom wall, a cushioned seating top resting upon the rim of said tubular body and' being removable from said body for access thereinto, said bottom wall having thereupon a series of rigid arcuate members securedly joined to each other to constitute a unitary corrugatedlike framing, each of said arcuate members opposing a segment of said upright wall to form with said segment a through bore open at its bottom and leading to said bottom Wall to constitute a retaining device for a shoe, and said framing being removable from said tube for the cleansing of the framing and tube.

HARRY H. ISAACSON.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date D. 101,266 Bette Sept. 22, 1936 1,791,417 Lilienfield Feb. 3, 1931 2,214,586 Isaacson Sept. 10, 1940 2,457,875 Day Jan. 4, 1949 2,509,395 Madan May 30, 1950

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