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(N'o Model.)

W GOODRIGI-I 85 S. W. CORWIN.

WARDROBE ATTACHMENT.

No. 357,554. Patented Feb. 8, 1887..l

DAVID GOODRIOH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., AND SAMUEL W. OORVVIN, OE PATERSON, NEW JERSEY; SAID OORWIN ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGN- MENTS, TO EDWARD SIMMONS, OF KEYPORT, NEW JERSEY.

WARDROBEATTACHNIENT.

SPECIFICATION forming pari: of Letters Patent No. 357,554, dated February 8, 1887.

Application filed February 26, 1885. Serial No.157,1-l7. (No model.)

To all whom t may con/cern): C, the said loop being so placed in order to 5p Be it known that we, DAVID W. GOODRIOH hold the cane or umbrella in an upright or verand SAMUEL W. CoRwIN, citizens of the tical position. UnitedStates, residing, respectively, at the The different parts of our wardrobe-stand city of New York, in the county and State of may be made of either wood or metal, and in New York, and at the city of Paterson, in different forms from those shown. 55 the countyof Passaic, State of NewJersey, The wardrobe-stand invented by us occuhave jointly invented a certain new and usepies but little space, and on that account is ful ImprovementV in Vardrobe-Stands, of capable of being used where large wardrobes lo which the following is a specification, referor closets cannot be. It affordsavery convenence being had to the accompanying drawing. ient support for. clothing, and, being very 6o Our invention consistsin so forming a ward; cheap to construct, vis within the means of the robe-stand as to furnish support for a mans poorer people. It keeps the clothing from wearing-apparel, whereby the latter may be `contact with the walls or iioor. It is, morekept clean and in proper shape. over, a support by means of which thediifer- The accompanying drawing is a view in ent parts of the clothing may be kept in an 65 perspective of our improved wardrobe-stand. extended or'natural position and in proper` In carrying out our invention a standard or shape, all mussing and wrinkling being thereby upright, A, of suitable height, and having a avoided. 2o base-piece, B, isprovided. The base-piece B 'We are familiar with the form of stand and is formed or provided with a dish or recess, C, rack for exhibiting goods described in Letters 70 for the support of an umbrella or cane. [Io Patent No. 279,810, granted to A. Richards, the top of the standard A is secured a small Sr., on June I9, 1883, and we do not make any upright bar or rod, E, which latter has at its claim to the same. In the case of our ward- 2 5 upper end the cap F, the same being intended robe-stand the bar H, which is held at a disfor the support of a hat. tance from and on one side of the standard A 7 5 On two sides of the upper end of the standby means of the arm L, is adapted to support ard A are two hooks, G G, for the support of the coat in substantially the same position as the cuffs and collar. when worn upon the person and without muss- On one side of the standard A, and held at ing or wrinkling, while in the case ofthe a proper distance therefrom by the arm L, is a rack patented to Richards, Sr., the only sup- 80 cross rod or bar, H, the same being particuport suitablefor a coat is one of the rods 6, larly intended for the support of the coat and from which it could be suspended by means of vest in an extended or natural position, such its loop. The Richards device does not show rod or bar forming a kind of frame upon which a bar suitably formed for the support of a coat the coat and vest are supported, and not simand held at a distance from and in one side of 8 5 ply hung, as in the case of a hook. On the the standard, as claimed by us. The rod I of opposite side of the standard A from the cross our wardrobe-stand has its ends bent upon itrod or bar H is secured a cross rod or bar, I, self, as shown, such bent ends serving to clamp 4o provided with the tightly-bent ends J J. The the opposite sides of the upper end of a pair pants are hung in an extended position from of pants. 4'.Iheinclined ends of the rods 6 6 90 the cross-bar I, being held in position at their in the Richards device are not clamps, but upper end between the bent ends or clamps J simply serve as hat-hooks. J and the main portion of the rod I. Vhat we claim as our invention, and desire The standard A is provided along its sides to secure by Letters Patent, is-

with hooks K K K K, which are designed for 1. The combination, in a wardrobe-stand, 95 the support of the shirt, under-clothing, Ste. of a standard, A, a base-piece, B, and a cross A loop, D, is also secured to the side of the rod or bar, H, held at a distance from and on standard A, directly above the dish or recess one side of the standardfA by means of the arm L, the said cross rod o1' bar being thus tween themselves and the .main portion ofthe 1o adapted to support a coat in an extended and rod or bar the upper part of a pair of pants, natural position and Without mussing or substantially as set forth. wriukling, substantially as set forth. 5 2. The combination, in a Wardrobe-stand, of a standard, A, a base-piece, B, and a cross rod or bar, I, formed of a single piece of metal In .presence ofand having its opposite ends bent on itself, as D. D. MOKOON, shown, such ends serving to clasp and hold be- S. C. CHAPPEL.

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