US1671359A - Outdoor news stand - Google Patents

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H. M. FEiST OUTDOOR NEWS STAND May 29, 1928.

Filed Feb. 4, 1924 2 SheeiS-Sheeb May 29, 192s. 1,671,359

H. M. FEIST OUTDOOR NEWS STAND Filed Feb. 4, 1924 2 sheets-sheet 2 Patented May 29, 19728.

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:Application fiiea reimary 4,1924. Seriai No.eao;3`79.

This invention.relatesv to"impro.ven1entsin newsstands which are particularlyy adapted `:tor outdoor use by newsboys. y

-. Its principal object isto yprovide a', device of this character` with adjustable` mea-ns `which-forms afcover or closuretonthestand y' l whenthesame is closed or not in use, and

v`which constitutes. a canopy or protective.

cover when v,inits opened position for .pro-

itectiiig 'the contents ot .the sta-ndraiidi,also y y.guideways are formed .between the topfl aud-,1y

"bottoni sides of ythefpartition andcleatsy secured to the .sidewalls yotthe standthe newsboy 1 from kthe weather'.

L Another-object ot' lie invention isgtolpro-` yvide an outdoornews stand which issimple `and compact yin construction. and fwhose.v l

.of the slide bars 21, @4to which thev covers parts are vs0=017ganized and;;arranged lvthat they are quickly and. easily y adjustable to. ef-

fect the opening- .1 and closing` of the` stand,...

In the *accompanying ,.drawiiigs: Figure 1 is a .transverse verticalsection 'of a news y stand ie-mbo'dyingmy invention, showing thc saine in its closed'y or inoperative position. Figure Zeis avtraginentary vertif vcalsection, showing thestandin itsopenior operative position. -F-iguref is ,a Asectional velevation -of thev news. stanchi taken Lon `line 3-3, Fig. 1. Figure 4- 1s.an..enlarfged,cross sectionicnv'lineL-A,.Fiqmi.- Figure 'iis a ffragmentary-;-sectionalview ot a modified views.

. and a; rear wall:11.

form et the combined -coverfand canopy. f

Similar characters :of yreferencei.=ii'idiic atei 'correspondii'ig'-parts throughoutl the several vThe body having 'itheirf top wed-ges slop-inc; i yforwardly ,compartments or storage: spaces {lgafnd @14, vrespectively.,the# lowerx compartment@ 14.- beingfprovide'd lThe upper compartment 13 may be provided with substantially upright pockets 16 for displaying magazines, newspapers, &c. Hinged covers lor lids 17, 18 and 19 .serve to close the upper and lower compartments, whereby the stand may be locked when not in use, the covers 17 and 18 being applied to the open top and front portions of the upper compartment, whiley the cover 19 is applied to the open front portion of the lower compartment. When the news stand is in use, the covers 18 and 19 are adapted to be swung into the respective compartments 13 and 14 where or tr-afmeetruetfurc fot the Vnews i stand, whichmay be constructed Vofyxany -i :suitable i material and of :any desired 1 shape, ypreterably comprises.iupriight side walls- 10.

A `hori-zoiital partit-ion A A1Ql divid'esthe stand; 4iiito uppeii'fand lower ".the'irlower ends tothe side walls 10 ,of .the

stand. v n-ithe., low-ered position fot ,thel Cross. withfione or more vshelves 15.

they ,arefouteof the way. `For thispurpose the cover", 1,8A is hinged at its lower--` end, as shown at 29,-to aft'iiansverse, bar Q1 .mounted `ior horizontallyfsliding l, movement lin a gii'ideway located yin'iinediatelyv .above the partition ,12,- while the cover y19 is, hinged at itsuiipeigend, iis-shown at 23, to.` a similar f. inviate.

.han tslidable in.` a*corresponding.guideway Qlocated'immediately below ,said partition. ,As-.shownin- Figsg'l and 2, `these body. 'In` order to. preventtotal withdrawal 18 and 19 arehinged,grespectively,lockinga pins .-27 .are provided r which` are adapted to ,engage Mining-openings.in t-liesevbars and V,tl'ie partition 12, `as, shownl :in 1.

. The slopingcover ,17,.iiinddtion to. ,form- `lrQonstitutes acanopy Drawnmg for. protecty the stand-contentsand. tlienewsboyfroin theqweather. i To' ythis .endwsaid c'overis standards 30 tastenedattheir lowereiids on )the partition 12, while their upper lends are. .braced 4by artie. bar- ,7l-het cross bar: 29. is preferably Aattach-'ed to; brackets` 32 ywhich are directly..mountedffon `;tlie-, zuide postto move lengthwisel,thereof. Locking pins :33l

appl-iedjtothe posts 30,.,and1against which the-lower en dsot the, brackets abut, `are .providediorholding `thecross har inits ele-A .va-'ted position shown..in-.Eig'l ,2, lwhile vthe cover held -iii .a substantially horizontal open `position vby side braces il'fpivoted at .barVshown inxlllig.v 1,*thesame rests-pnl the i Suitable locks, such/as pad-locks nand v36, may be employed Jfor locking the several covers in their closed position, the lock 35 i serving both covers 17, 18, while the other lock is applied to the cover 19.

AAs shown in Fig. e1,- the hinge 2803 the top cover 17 is preferably formed integral withthe sheet metal coverings 37, 38 oi' said cover and its attaching bar 29, respectively,`

the opposing ends 39,40, `.of these coverings meeting in an interlocking hinge joint which is weather-proof. i

In opening the stand frointhe closed or locked position shown'iii Fig; 1, to the position ready tor use shown in Fig. 2, the padlocls 135, 36,' are removed 'and the locking -pins 27 yare withdrawn, permitting the cov- 'ers18 and 19 to be unfolded into a .substan- -tially horizontal position andthen pushed backwardly iii their .respective guideways 25,'Where they are out of. the way andv Vconcealed from view. The cover 17 is now swung` upwardly to its open position and the cross bar 29 is elevated and retainedin .such

positionby the locking pins 33,A said cover being held 'open' by the braces 34. In this position, ready access to the upper and lower compartments 13 and 14 can be had, the

cover`17'actingasa canopy for protecting the vcontents of the upper compartment and the newsboy from the weather.

lf` desired, the covei 17 may beprovided at its front end with an extension 41 for increasing the sheltered area. ln the modification of this feature, shown in Fig. 5, the eX- tension'can be folded again-st the underside of the cover Whennot in use, an-d to this end itis supported atits opposite ends on :toldable arms 42`ful'crumed at 43 to said cover.

Turn buttons 44 are applied to the latter and employed for holding the extension in its projected'or retracted position.

^ `I claim as my invention:

1. Al news-stand `of the character de- Aand constituting `a canopy in such open, elevated position, and means for guiding said last-named cover in itsvertical movement.,

. 2. A news-stand vof' the character described, comprising a frame structure having upper andl lower compartments separated by a transverse partition, the upper compartment being open at its top and front end and the lower compartment being open at its frontend, the side wa'lls'of said coinpartments being provided with .substantially horizontal guideways above and below said partition, upright guide-posts supported on the latter aiid'pextending above/the open' top ot said upper compartment, a vertical'ly-movable member guide-d on said posts, a cover connected to said member and arranged to eX- y tend over thetop of the upper compartment in the lowered and elevated position of its "attaching member', crossv bars movable --iii said guideways, and covers .norn'ially closing the open front ends of said compartments and connectedto said cross bars'for move-- ment intoandout of said guideways.y

3. A news-standv of lthe character de-f scribed, comprising a frame-structure in cluding a compartment open at its upper end, standards rising from .said frame-structure, a vertically movabley support guided on thestandards and extending over the rear portion of said compartment, and a combined cover and 'canopy hinged to said support andextendiiig, in its closed pos ion,

overand in the planeiof-the open end `'ot .said compartment inthe lowered position of' said support, said cover, in its open position,veX

tending over andv above the plane oi tlie-open\ end of thel compartment in the elevated po-l i sition of the support. l

4. A news-stand of .the character described, comprising a frame-structure iiicluding a compartment open at its upper end, standards rising from said trame-structure, a member guided for vert-ical movement on said standard-s,` a sloping cover hinged to .said member and vclosing the open end of said ycompartment in the. normal lowered.

position of said member, said cover extending substantially horizontally over and' abovethe open end of said compartment in the Aelevated position of saidniember to act asa canopy,and means for retaining said 'cover and .said member in their open and respectively. HENRY M. FEIST.

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