Improvements in Wardrobes, Boxes, Linen Presses, Bookcases, and the like.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Nov., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Aug., 1893-Accepted, 30th Sept., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Wardrobes, Boxes, Linen Presses, Bookcases,
and the like.
I, ELIZABETH LAURIE, of Malham, Albert Road, Ramsgate, in the County
of Kent, Spinster, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
As ordinary wardrobes are cumbrous, awkward, and costly, the object of this
invention is to remove those drawbacks for the behoof of the general public and
travellers, by the providing of a convenient, portable, and inexpensive article of
furniture, readily convertible into a small box holding the entire appliances ready
for use.
In carrying out my invention I adopt substantially the following arrangement.
An oblong box or case of any suitable dimensions, fitted up with hooks inside at
the back thereof, and also with a curtain rod running all round the inside.
This rod is furnished with rings to which there is attached a curtain made to run
easily and to fit all round so as to prevent the entrance of dust.
When used as a wardrobe the box is inverted and hung on the wall or door by
means of hasps fitted on the back with the lid downwards and when the said lid is
opened, the curtain drops into position, the bottom edge where it touches the
floor being weighted so as to guard the contents from the entrance of dust or
insects.
When the box is not in use as a wardrobe and when being removed from place to.
place, the curtain is folded into the box without removing the same from the rod,
and the lid closed. The box may be inade large enough to contain articles of
clothing or other goods, in addition to the curtain.
My invention is also applicable to bookcases provided with folding shelves,
cupboards, store presses for goods and other purposes, where protection from dust,
moisture, or other damaging matter is required.
Dated this 22nd day of November 1892.
THOS. LAURIE,
Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Wardrobes, Boxes, Linen Presses, Bookcases,
and the like.
I, ELIZABETH LAURIE, of Malham, Albert Road, Ramsgate, in the County
of Kent, Spinster, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :—
As ordinary wardrobes are cunbrous, awkward, and costly, the object of this
invention is to remove those drawbacks for the behoof of the general public and
travellers, by the providing of a convenient, portable, and inexpensive article of
furniture, readily convertible into a small box holding the entire appliances ready
for use.
In carrying out my invention I adopt substantially the following arrangement.
An oblong box or case of any suitable dimensions, fitted up with hooks inside at
the back thereof, and also with a curtain rod running all round the inside.
This rod is furnished with rings to which there is attached a curtain made to run
easily and to fit all round so as to prevent the entrance of dust.

page_text: When used as a wardrobe the box is inverted and hung on the wall or door by
means of hasps fitted on the back with the lid downwards and when the said lid is
opened, the curtain drops into position, the bottom edge where it touches the
floor being weighted so as to guard the contents from the entrance of dust or.
insects.
When the box is not in use as a wardrobe and when being removed from place to
place, the curtain is folded into the box without removing the same from the rod,
and the lid closed. The box may be made large enough to contain articles of
clothing or other goods, in addition to the curtain.
My invention is also applicable to book-cases provided with folding shelves,
cupboards, store presses for goods and other purposes, when protection from dust,
moisture, or other damaging matter is required.
And in order that my said invention may be fully understood I will proceed to
explain the same with reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings in which
Fig. 1 represents a front view partly in section of my invention as applied to
a wardrobe.
Fig. 2 is cross section of same.
The same letters denote the same parts in both figures. A is a box having a
lid B hinged thereto at C. Attached to the box are hasps DD to enable the
same to be suspended from nails or screws inserted in a wall or door. Inside the
box are secured hooks F for suspending articles of clothing. A curtain rod G is
also fitted inside the box which rod may run all round the box or round three sides
thereof or it may only reach across the front of the box as shewn in Fig. 1 the
curtains H being attached to the sides and if required the back of the box by means
of rings and hooks the latter being secured to the sides and back of the box in
the usual way.
The curtain H may be made in two portions so that when the
invention is used as a wardrobe the curtains when drawn meet in the middle of the
box. The curtain or curtains H are made long enough to reach the floor and be
folded under at the bottom to exclude dirt and other objectionable matter.
K. K. are the ordinary curtain rings to enable the curtain to be drawn aside to
allow access to the contents of the wardrobe.
When not in use or for convenience in travelling the curtain or curtains H may
be folded inside the box without being removed from the curtain rod.
The box A may be made to serve as a travelling trunk by making it large
enough to contain articles of clothing and other articles in addition to the
curtain.
This invention is also applicable as a bookcase by suspending two or more
shelves by means of cords secured to the interior of the box A the said cords
passing through the shelves as in ordinary hanging book-shelves. When not in use
the shelves and curtain may be stowed away inside the box.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of iny said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
I. In a wardrobe the combination of a box A having hooks attached to
the inside thereof with a curtain H suspended from a rod G secured to the
inside of the said box all substantially as herein-before described and for the
purpose stated.
11. In a bookcase the combination of a box A having shelves attached
thereto by means of cords with a curtain H suspended from a rod G secured
to the inside of the said box all substantially as herein-before described and for
the purpose stated.
Dated this 23rd day of August 1893.