US836438A - Veil-rack. - Google Patents

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PATENTED NGV.A

M. n. com. VEIL RACK.l PPLIOATION FILED AAFB.. 28, 1905.

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MARIE D. (JOEY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

VElL-RACK.

To (tl/f whom t may conceive:

Be it known that I, MARIE D. COEY, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Chicago, county of Cook, State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Veil-Rack, of which the following is a specification.

A ladys veil when not in use is ordinarily left pinned to a hat or is thrust into a box or drawer. In either case it is Inussed and spoiled. Any attempt to relieve from this condition by folding results in well-defined creases. The conditions are still more unfavorable where the veil is damp or wet. y The distressed appearance of such veils is too well known to require further comment. As nothing completes a street toilet as well as a fresh and well-preserved veil, the importance of care in this final touch can scarcely be overestimated.

The object of my invention is to provide effective means for suitably holding the veil when not in use.

A further obj ect of my invention is to prevent mussing and appearance of wear by wrinkling ofthe veil.

A further object of my invention is to retain a ladys veil in substantially its primitive freshness throughout its life.

A further object of my invention is to provide a rackfor extending a veil and. retaining the edges in substantially a straight line when not in use.

Figure l represents a perspective view of my veil-rack showing a veil in place. Fig. 2 represents a fragmentary section of a device similar to Fig. 1, showing a covering upon the frame. Fig. 3 represents a fragmentary section of a modified form of my device. Fig. 4 is a similar view of another form.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings, l designates a board or frame about which the veil is adapted to be folded. It may be covered by any suitable coating 2, which may be protective, decorative, or absorbent. At suitable distances apart for the desired width of the veil I provide the pegs, pins, or studs 3 in rows, suitably spaced from each other and extending away from the board or frame upon opposite sides of the same, which pegs, pins, or studs are adapted to engage and. retain the marginal threads of the veil.

The veil is preferably wound on the frame Specification of Letters Patent. application ne@ April 2s, i905. semi No. 257.81'5.

Patented. NOV. 20, 1906.

with the border or marginal threads of the former engaging the pegs at opposite ends of the board. This can be accomplished with very little care after each wearing. It is evident that the veil may be wound about the board a plurality of times and that thus any length of veil or number of veils may be accommodated. It is further evident that veils as ordinarily manufactured are of such uniform width that one row of pegs at each end of the frame and at opposite sides thereof will suffice to engage the marginal threads of the veil.

I preferably round the edges 4 and 5 of my board or frame to avoid forming creases in the veil. It is evident that the board or frame may be made of any suitable material, either solid, as shown, or of skeleton construction covered or decorated in any suitable manner and that where the covering is absorbent drying of moist veils will be hastened. The rows of pins may be spaced any desired distance for special veils which are intended to be placed thereon. The individual pegs may be separated or spaced by any desired distance and may project to any extent that may be necessary or desired.

The pins may evidently be provided with heads 6, if desired, and may be sloped in one row away from those in the row at the opposite end of the frame, as illustrated in Fig. 3, with or without the heads. Separate pins may be used upon the opposite sides of the board, as shown, or continuous pins 7 may be used, passing entirely through the frame and projecting at each side thereof, as seen in Fig. 4.

It will be evident that various changes may be made by those skilled in the art which may come within the scope of my invention, and I do not, therefore, desire to be limited in every instance to the exact cone struction herein shown and described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

I. As an article of manufacture, a portable veil-rack comprising a flat frame provided with a plurality of transverse rows of pins or pegs upon each side thereof in proximity to the ends, and an absorbent surface.

2. As an article of manufacture, a portable veil-rack comprising `a flat frame, having rounded edges and a plurality of rows of pegs IOO or pins upon each side thereof in proximity l frame, the rows on one side registering with to the ends, the rows upon one side being opl the rows upon the opposite side and the pins ro posite the rows upon the opposite side and an in the one row sloping away from those in anabsorbent covering upon the frame. y other row.

8. As an article of manufacture, a portable MARIE D. COEY. veil-rack comprising a frame having rounded l Witnesses: edges and a plurality of pegs or pins arranged SARAH H. MCMILLEN,

in projecting rows upon each side of tliel DONALD F. CAMPBELL.

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