US415436A - Wall-pocket - Google Patents

Description

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WALL PUGKET.

No. 415,436. L Patented Nov. 19, 1889.

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WALL POCKET.

Patented Nov. 19. 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE BALIVIN, OF IVILLIMANTIC, CONNECTICUT.

WALL-POCKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 415,436, dated November 19, 1889.

Application tiled April 26, 1889. Serial No. 308,701. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE BALDWIN, of lVillimantic, in the county of lVindham and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Tall-Pockets, of

which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvement in wall-pockets, and has for its object to provide a simple and convenient receptacle for papers, scraps, or similar articles, and also to provide a device which may be made in a simple and economical yet durable and ornamental manner.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding` parts in all the views.

Figure l is a front elevation of the pocket. Fig. 2 is an end view of the same. Fig. 3 isa horizontal section on line a; of Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a perspective detail View of the bottom plate. view of the standards employed in the construction of the pocket as illustrated in Fig. l. Fig. G is a perspective view of a slightlymodified form of the pocket with the front and rear boards removed, and Fig. 7 isa vertical section on line y y of Fig. 6.

In carrying out the invention the pocket is constructed with a metallic bottom l0, which bottom is essentially U-shaped in cross-section, as best shown in Fig. 4, and made of any desired length or width. To the inner face of each member of the U at each end metallic standards ll are secured by rivets, solder, or other approved means. The said standards consist of a strip of metal having its longitudinal edge 12 bent inward or over and. upon the U, as best shown in Fig. 5. Integral with one of the bent edges spaced lips 13 are formed, which lips are carried over in the direction of the opposite bent edge, and then curved away from the said edge in the direction of the outer side of the standard to form the clamps or cleats ll, any number of which cleats may be employed.

In attaching the several standards to the Fig. 5 is a partial perspective detail bottom the smooth faces of the front standards are placed outward, as indicated in Fig. l, and the rear standards, which are preferably of greater length than the front standards, are attached in similar manner. Thus the cleats of the front standards are hidden from view, and likewise those integral with the rear standards. These several cleats are adapted to receive and hold sheets l5 of cardboard, papier-mache, or other material, which sheets respectively constitute the major portion of the front and back of the pocket, and may be ornamented in any suitable or desired manner. In placing the sheets in position it is simply necessary to enter their lower edges between the walls of the cleats and press said sheets downward in the direction of the bottom.

The lower end of the front board of the pocket is supported upon the metallic bottom l0 of the said pocket, while the lower end of the rear board is held in position, preferably by means of a cleat attached to the bottom at the rear and bent upward in contact with the surface of the board.

The front wall of the pocket is prevented from dropping too great a distance from the rear wall by means of chains, ribbons, or other equivalent material 1G, attached to the inner sides of the front standards, and also to the outer sides of the rear standards, as best shown in Fig. 2.

As a finish for both the front and rear boards an ornamental shield 17, consisting preferably of a strip of metal suitably cut, is brought in contact with the upper surface of the said front and rear boards and bent over said upper edge to the rear, at which point the shield is secured in any approved manner to the standards.

As a means for supporting the pocket upon the wall a ring 18 is passed through an eye 19, which eye is preferably attached to the rear portion of the upper shield. It will be observed that by means of this construction the frame will remain perfect, while the front and rear boards may be taken out and others differently decorated substituted.

In Figs. G and 7 I have illustrated a modified form of the construction shown in Fig. l, it being the aim of this latter construction to simplify the pocket still further and lessen IOO I dispense with the use of the cleats shown in connection with the standards heretofore described.

lThe rear standards are of greater length 4than the front standards, and all of the standi ards are attached to the inner face of the botl 2'. |`l `torn l0. The forward standards consist of a strip of metal bent upon itself to partially cover the inner face of the body of the standard, as illustrated at 18 in Fig. 6.

In bending the standards upon themselves aspace is permitted to intervene between the opposed faces of the members to receive the front board 15, which board, as in the construction shown in Fig. 1, rests at its lower end upon the bottom 10. The front shield 17 is bent over at the top to a contact with ythe inner face of the front member of the standards, as shown in Fig. 7, being soldered or otherwise attached thereto, and the lower end of the shield is likewise secured to the outer face of, the front standards. The rear standards also consist of a strip of metal attached to the inner face of the rear member of the bottom 10, which strip of metal is bent u-pon itself rearwardly and inwardly, as shown at 19 in Fig. 6,the outer member being made to contact with the outer rear surface of the bottom 10. If in practice it is found desirable, the extremity of this outer member of the rear standards may be forced inward to a firm contact with the said bottom 10, and in constructing the standards the outer member is so spaced from the inner member thereof that when the rear board is inserted in the channel thus formed at the top of the standard and is pressed downward the board will pass outside of the rear member of the bottom 10 and be supportedby contact with the inner curved surface of the rear standards, as shown at 2O in Fig. 7; or the said board may be supported at the, bottom edge by means of a cleat 21, secured to the bottom 10 of the frame of the pocket, as illustrated in Fig. 6. Two or more of these cleats may be provided, and they may be used when the lower ends of the rear standards are bent inward, if so desired, or they may be omitted when the rear standards are thus constructed.

The pocket, when constructed as shown in Fig. 6, is likewise provided with chains 16. The shield 17 is secured to the rearstandards in similar manner as the forward shield is se-\ cured to the forward standards.

` I do not confine myself to the particular means shown in suspending the pocket from the Wall, as other equivalent devices may be employed.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination, with an essentially U- shaped bottom, and standards secured to the members of said bottom at each end and projecting above the upper edges of said members, of a detachable front and rear board held in Contact with the said standards, substantially as vshown and described.

2. The combination,with an essentially U- shaped metal bottom, and standards secured to the members of said bottom at each end and projecting above the upper edges of said members, the said standards provided with grooves or channels upon one face, of a detachable front and rear board held in contact with the said standards by being inserted in said grooves or channels, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. A wall-pocket frame, the same consisting of a metal bottom having upturned edges,ver tical standards secured to said upturned edges of the bottom provided with grooves or channels in one face, and transverse shields uniting` the respective front and rear standards and having their upper edges bent` over and attached to the rear faces of the said standards, substantially as shown and described.

4. The combinatiomwith an essentially U- shaped metal bottom, and standards secured to the members of the said bottom at each end, the rear standards being longer than the front, and each standard provided with a groove or channel in one face, of detachable front and rear boards held in contact with the said standards by insertion in said grooves or channels, frontand rear transverse shields uniting therespective front and rear standards at their upper edges, and chains or ribbons connecting the opposed faces of the front and rear standards and limiting the movement of the front standard, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

5. A wall-pocket frame, the same consisting of a metal bottom having upt urn ed edges,ver tical standards secured to the said upturned edges of the bottom provided with cleats formed upon their inner faces, and transverse shields uniting, respectively,the front and rear standards having their upper edges bent over and attached to the inner faces of the standards, substantially as shown and described.

6. The combination,with an essentially U- shaped metal bottom, metal standards secured to the members ofthe said bottom at eachend having their longitudinal edgesbent over upon the inner face of the body, and spaced cleats integral with one of the folded edges of said standards,of detachable front and rear boards held in engagement with the standards by said cleats, a shield capping the upper surface of the respective front and rear boards and their standards, an eye attached to the rear face of the rear shield, and a ring passed through said eye,substantially as shown and described.

7. The combination, with an essentially U shaped metal bottom, metal standards securedto the members of said bottom at each end IOO IIO

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front standards near the top and to the rear 1o standards, and means, substantially as shown and described, for suspending the pocket from a vertical support, as and for the purpose specified.

GEORGE BALDWIN.

Witnesses:

JOHN N. ROBINSON, HUBER CLARK.

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