A New or Improved Portable Wardrobe for Hanging Dresses, Cloaks, Coats, and other Articles of Wearing Apparel.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Oct., 1891-Accepted, 12th Dec., 1891
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Portable Wardrobe for Hanging Dresses,
Cloaks, Coats, and other Articles of Wearing Apparel.
I, EVA FIELD WOLRIGE of 7 Flat 166, Shaftesbury Avenue, London, W. 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 thereof, that is to say :-
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This invention relates to a new or improved portable, wardrobe for hanging
dresses, cloaks, coats and other articles of wearing apparel that might be creased
or otherwise suffer by being or remaining closely packed in trunks or boxes.
Many persons upon paying a visit
or persons "travelling" and "staying"
from time to time or for a time at places away from home or even when at home
find little or insufficient convenience for hanging articles of wearing apparel and
consequently when a change of dress has to be made the articles may and probably
will be in a crumpled or creased condition.
The object of this invention is to provide a combined framing and supporting
hooks or holders which will be portable and may be set up in any room and permit
of various articles being supported in hanging position so providing most desirable
additional means for such convenience and requirements.
In order that the said invention may be well understood I have hereunto annexed
e sheet of drawings illustrative thereof wherein
Fig. 1. is an isometric view of a construction of wardrobe made according to this
invention.
Fig. 2. shows a detail of the standards and tie-piece-sockets of the framing and
the screwed securing means for the castors.
Fig. 3. is a plan of the socket showing convenient means of attaching the side
and end expansible tic pieces.
In carrying the invention into effect I provide end standards or poles a. (of iron,
brass, or brass covered iron or the like or for very light work of bamboo) with the
upper ends thereof of reduced section and screw threaded so as to receive the
The lower ends
sockets . of the side and end tie-pieces b', 62, and screw knobs c.
of the standards or poles a are also screwed as shown at a to receive the sockets b
and castors d.
The side and end tie-pieces 1, 6 of the framing are made of short metal bars
laid together diagonally across each other and jointed by rivets at the points b³
and at the centres thereof where the said bars lay over each other like lazytongs
so that the tie pieces are expansible and collapsible but will serve for con-
necting together, at the top and at the bottom, the standards a of the framing. The
sockets will be made in two parts.
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At the lower points of jointing of the upper tie-piece-bars there will be hung, by
the same through rivets whereby the jointing is effected, hooks with eyes thereof
(for receiving the said attaching rivets) in the stem ends, so that the hooks may be
turned to lay close when the tie pieces are packed up and out of use but will when
the wardrobe is put together serve to "hang" the articles upon.
Convenient curtains or covers will be provided to cover over and enclose the
wardrobe and contents to prevent access of dust as may be desired.
This wardrobe will be portable and capable of being easily conveyed from place
to place by reason of its parts being capable of taking apart and packing into a
small compass and may readily be put together to occupy any convenient space
against the wall or in a recess of a room or elsewhere.
It will be observed that the width of the wardrobe may be variable according to
the number of articles required to be disposed of or otherwise according to the space
to be occupied.

page_text: Tie rods may be used to regulate the extent of expansion of the collapsible side
and end pieces of the framing such bars may be applied in any convenient manner
as for instance by hooks and corresponding eyes.
The standards or legs may be socketed or jointed in any ordinary well known or
desired manner should they be desired to occupy less than their full length when
out of use or packed for purpose of transit.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim, is:
The portable wardrobe having the supporting standards and collapsible tie pieces,
sockets, and hooks, securing screw caps and feet constructed substantially as and
for the purpose herein set forth and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 15th day of October 1891.
HUGHES, ELI & HUGHES,
76, Chancery Lane, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
HUGHES, ELI & HUGHES,
76, Chancery Lane, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.