US1160218A - Cabinet. - Google Patents

Description

P. R. VOGEL.

ICABINET.

APPLICATION FILED NOV-16,1914.

l 1 60,2 1 8 v Patented Nov. 16, 1915.

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CABINET.

To all whom it may concern.

zen of the United: States,' resi ding in" Chicage, in thecou'nty of'Cookand State of Illinois, have invented certain new-and useful Improvements in Cabinets, of which the followingis a specification. j

This invention relates to cabinets of the type designed for the storing and display of.

postcards and similar articles, and has for its object, a construction whereby the cabinet may be closed without rearranging or disturbing the articles normally displayed thereby, I Y 1 It is also a further object of the present invention to provide a combined storingand display compartment in the cabinet having. a specially designed series of shelves whereby the angularity of thearticles displayedmay be adjusted for the purpose of regulating the displav features of the cabinet.

VVith the above and other objects in view, this invention consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement 'ofparts, all as hereinafter more fully described,claimed, and illustrated 'in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the cabinet forming the subject-matter of the present invention upon a suitable support, said.

cabinet being closed; Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the cabinet illustrating the same open for display purposes; Fig. 3 isa horizontal section along line 33 of the Fig. 2, to illustrate the arrangement of the compartments of the cabinet and Particularly the central compartment; Fig. 4 is an enlarged detailed front elevation of the central compartment; Fig. 5 is a i ertical section along line 55, Fig. 4, to illustrate the details of constructions of the central compartment and the adjustability of the shelves therein; and Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one of the shelves arranged for use in the centralcompartment illustrated in Figs. 4

and 5.

Reference being had more particularly to the drawing, 10 designates the body of a cabinet open at the front and provided with the doors. 11. The inner faces of the doors 11 are provided with a series of pockets 12, designed for the reception of post cards and the like. and which are arranged in any suitable combination. The side walls 13 of the cabinet are likewise provided with pockets 14 as is also the back of the wall 15.

Application filed November 16,1914. Seria1No. 372,275;

Be'it known that 1, PAUL 'R. ,VoenL, a citi- The central compartment is formed in combination with a back wall 15 by, the par- I Specification'of LettersrPatentj I PatentedNOVt1fl1915.

tit ions 16*which project from the back wall 5 parallel to the side walls 13, said partitions side walls. .The outer jlfaces of; the partitions 16 are provided with display pockets 1e similar in construction to the display pockets 14 carried. bythe back wall 15, side walls 13, and the doors 11'. This central compartment is designed primarily to pro-.

To this end, the partitions 16 are provided on their inner faces adjacent to the rear wall 15 ofthe cabinet with spacedlugs or projections 17. There is one lug secured to each,

partition 16in the same horizontal plane as the corresponding'lug upon the opposite partition 16, said lugs or projections 17 being] designed to support the rear edge of the shelves mounted in the central'compartment inclosed by the partitions 16. The forward vertical edge of each partition 16 is provided with a beveled face 19 which terminates in its upper end in the curved surface 20 and at its lower end in a right-angular beveled surface 21. These three'surfaces,viz., the beveled surface 19, the curved surface 20, and the beveled surface 21: in combination form a notch or recess in which is mounted the forward edge of the cooperating shelf of the central compartment as willbe hereinafter more fully described.

The curved surface 20 of each projection 18 is horizontally alined with the corresponding lugs or projections 17 so that if the forward edge of the body of the shelf terminates at the curved surface 20, the shelf will rest in a horizontal plane, whereas, if the forward edge of the body of the shelf rests flush with the beveled surface 21, the shelf will rest at an angle to the vertical plane. To accomplish this, the shelf comprises a plate 22 provided along its rear edge with the finger depression 23,, and having its forward edge bent at an acute angle to the body of the plate 22 to form the flange 24:, said flange having a finger depression' 25 centrally located in its edge. In Fig. 5, the utility and adjustment of the shelf illustrated in Fig. 6 is clearly illu s-" trated. The first shelf at the upper end of 69 belng' approximately equal 1n width to sald Fig. illustrates the rear edge of the plate 22 resting against the rear Wall '15 of the cabinet,-"While the body of the shelf rests flush against thebeveled surface 19" of saidprojections; This permits the rear'edge or, the plate 22 to restupon the cooperating be readily adjustable. v r

' It is obvious, therefore, that the present' flange rests approximatelyparallel to the rear all of the cabinet, and coiise: I quentlyi ards or? like articles placed upon theplate 22 are solocated that their ion- Ward: edges; rest'fiush againststhe face side. 'of the flange; 2% and their rear edges are so alined that they may bereadily removed flan e 2 1 ma ,rest fiushia 'ainst the surfaces 19, thus While'maintainin'g the relative po sition'of'the cards, reduces theperspective and presents better display; If it is merelydesired :to use the shelf for storing" purposes and not for display purposes, or

Y a combination of both, the position of the shelf is reversed as is illustrated by the lower shelf in Fig. 5, so that the edge .of

the flange 24: rests upon the inclined or beveledv surfaces .21 of the corresponding projectionsf18 and the fiangeitself rests projectionsor lugs 17 thus causing the shelf to assume a horizontal position. i The finger depressions 23 and 25 invention provides a means for not only storing post cards, booklets, novelties, and" the like, butlpermits them to be displayed and said supports. Y f

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my name in the presence .of .tWOWlG; permit the. shelf to Y out damaging them, While by opening the' ing little or no space, is created.

In addition to theforegomg, the base 26 -doors 11,a large display,n'ormally occupy V of the cabinet 'isprovi'ded with the drawers L 27, whereby surplus articles may be stored.

vl/Vhile the preferred form of the present" inventionhas beendescribed andfillustrated,f d it istoibe understood that changes maybe made in the detailsof' theconstrucr w v tion without departing the spirit and I scope thereof. individuallyffr'om the shelf. If it-isde-Q sired, theshelfbe tilted to the position v shown in dottedlinesin Fig. 5 so that the What is claimed is; 1 l

rear edges, projections. secured tosaid' parl.,S'helving comprising side partitions; 7 lugs secured to said side partitions atftheir titi-ons at their forward edges havinglaplu-l I rali ty of irregular surfaces, and shelves 00:; operating With each set of lugs and'pr'ojec-v" tions, the shelves: cooperating withthe' irregular surfaces aforesaid for regulatingthe V angularity. and adjustability thereof.

pair ofhorizontalprojections;have

ing v outwardly beveled surfacesterminating in curved surfaces.atthe1nupper ends, and in rightangular beveled surfaces at. their lower ends, supports horizontally alined With the Tcu'rved' surfaces aforesaid, and shelves cooperating With said projections nesses. r v I v p I i V V'PAULIRV- VOGEL -i WitIieSses: V v v I MAY D.-.FLYNN,-

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