US823588A - Extensible bracket. - Google Patents

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No; 923,588. PATBNTED JUNE 19, 1906.

' P. L. DEMARTINI. I

. I EXTENSIBLE BRACKET. 7 APPLICATION FILED 001230. 1905.

" mnmlmnwn UNITED STATES PATENT. O F E Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 19, 1906.

Application filed OctoberSO, 1905. Serial No. 285,137.

To all whom it mag/concern: v

Be it known that I, FRANK L. DEMARTINI, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain new'and useful Improvements in Extensible Brackets, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being "had. to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention has relation to extensible brackets for wardrobe-trunks; and it consists in the novel construction of bracket more fully set forth in the specification and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a trunk, showing the wardrobe-tray swung to an open position with bracket extended. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the bracket extended, the tray being in section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 3-. Fig. 3 is a cross-section through the'bracket on line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view of Fig. 2, the tray being in section. Fig. 5 is a side view of the bracket folded, the tray being in section. Fig. 6 is a top plan of the outer end of the middle movable section of the bracket, and Fig. 7 is a cross-section on line 77ofFig.6. f

The object of my invention is to provide a foldin bracket for general purposes, and specially or the wardrobe-tray of a trunk which can be extended to its full limit for the suspension and economic distribution of a maximum number of garment-pieces, the extension of the bracket upon the opening of the tray facilitating the removal of any garment suspended from the bracket.

The advantages of the invention will be better apparent from a detailed description of the invention,which is as follows:

Referring to the drawings, B represents the trunk-body, and T the vertically-oscillating wardrobe-tray of any approved design or construction. To the inner face of the outer terminal wall of the tray the present bracket is secured. The said bracket in the present instance comprises three distinct sectionsone stationary section fixed to the tray-wall and two movable or sliding sections. The stationary section comprises a plate 1, secured to the tray-wall in any mechanical manner, the plate being provided with terminal flanges 2 2, bent or disposed substantially at right angles to the plate. Projecting from the flange 2 and in substantial parallelism to the plate 1 and parallelto each other are prefer- ..in-gto that of the plate 1.

ably cylindrical rods 3 of alength correspond- Over these rods is adapted to slide the inner or firstmovable section of the bracket, said section comprising a pair of tubular members 4, loosely enveloping or telescoping with the rods 3, the flange 2 having a section removed therefrom for the free passage of said tubular members, the formation of the cut-away portion of the flange 2 being such as to serve as a bearing or support for said members as they slide over the rods 3, Fig. 7. The inner ends of the tubes 4 terminate in a cross-piece or head 5, which at the proper time engages suitable lips 6, cut and bent from an intermediate point of the body of the plate 1, the said lips 6 serving to arrest said cross-piece, and thus prevent further outward movement of the tubes 4, so that the tubes can never befully withdrawn from the plate or stationary section of the bracket. The outer ends of the tubes 4 are connected by a similar head or cross-piece 5, the two cross-pieces being connected by a rod 7, disposed between and in parallelism with the said tubes 4. Likewise secured to the cross-piece 5 and loosely onveloping the rod 7 is a sleeve 8 of any predetermined length, the parts 4, 4, 5, 5, 7, and 8 collectively constituting the intermediate or first movable section of the bracket. Telescoping with the rod 7 and passing freely the tubular member 9 of the second or outer coming in contact with the head 10 'of said section.

An analysis of the construction ofthe f olding bracket herein described shows that certain formations on one section limit the outward movement of the next relatively moyable section, the first movable section being arrested by the lips or lugs 6, and the terminal or outer section being limited in its outward movement by the sleeve 8. The movable sections are of a length that they can be conveniently folded to substantially within.

the limits of the plate 1 when occasion arises to close the tray T.

Having described my invention, what I claim isl 1. In a folding bracket, a suitable sliding section, a longitudinally-disposed rod forming a part of said section, a sleeve enveloping said rod, a second sliding section having a tubular member telescoping with the rod and operating within the sleeve, and a head carried by the second section adapted to come in contact with the sleeve and be arrested thereby, substantially as set forth.

2. A wardrobe-bracket comprising a plate forming a relatively stationary section, flanges at opposite ends of the plate, rods disposed between and secured to one of the flanges, an inner sliding section comprising tubular members telescoping with the rods aforesaid, terminal heads at opposite ends of the tubular members, a central rod connecting the heads, lips formed on the plate for engaging the in- ,minal heads for said last-mentioned tubular member, and a bar for suspending the articles of apparel, disposed between the heads, the parts operating substantially as, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK L. DEMARTINI Witnesses:

EMIL STAREK, MARY D. WHITOOMB.

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