Year: 1886

page_text: I MARION HOWARD CAZIER, of Chicago, in the County of Cook, and State of
Illinois, United States of America, Physician and Surgeon, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to a wardrobe wherein garments may be hung and protected,
and from which any garment may be readily removed without interfering with, or
removing the other garments contained in said wardrobe.
The Invention consists essentially of a wardrobe formed with front and sile
doors, and provided with a rod upon which are supported the yokes on which the
garinents are hung. The Invention also consists in the construction of the yoke
hereafter described.
The wardrobe consists essentially of a cabinet formed with a front door or doors
and end doors, either one or two of said end doors being employed, and although
any form of end door would auswer my purpose, I prefer to have a door the full
size of the end panel, and hung to open inwards.
In the upper part of the wardrobe there is a shelf beneath which is fixed a
suspending rod, the said rod running either transversely or longitudinally of the
cabinet and being suitably attached to the shelf.
In connection with the wardrobe described I employ a bow shaped yoke formed
from a piece of wire doubled on itself, so that the ends of the bent portion will
overlap and pass each other at the centre of the bowed portion. Of the two ends
the one end is wound around the other end thus binding both to the centre of the
bowed portion the one end being bent upward to form a suspending hook and the
other end carried downward and looped around the wire by which the bowed forin
of the yoke is maintained. This latter wire occupies the position of the chord of
the arc, its ends being hooked and engaged with the loops at the ends of the bowed
part of the yoke.
The chief advantage of my improved wardrobe arises from the fact that the
garments to be hung therein, having been placed on such a yoke as I have
described may be suspended from the wire or rod beneath the shelf of the ward-
robe, and the wardrobe having been filled, any garment contained therein may be
removed by opening one of the end doors, thus exposing the contents of the
wardrobe, and allowing the owner to select such of the garments as he desires,
which may be removed by simply disconnecting the hook of the yoke from the
rod or wire beneath the shelf.
Dated thin lot do. of 1000
M. H. CAZIER.
By A. M. & Wm Clark, Patent Agents,
53, Chancery Lane, London,

page_text: Improvements in Wardrobes, and in Means for Suspending
Garments therein.
I MARION HOWARD CAZIER of Chicago in the County of Cook and State of
Illinois United States of America, Physician and Surgeon 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:-
My Invention relates to wardrobes wherein garments may be hung and protected
and from which any garment may be readily removed without interfering with or
removing the other garments contained therein.
The Invention also relates to the means of suspending the garments.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this
specification in which figure 1 is a perspective view of a wardrobe having an end
door which is shewn as partly open. Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view of the
upper part of the wardrobe. Figure 3 is a similar view of a modified construction.
Figure 4 is a view of the upper part of the wardrobe taken in longitudinal vertical
section. Figure 5 is a perspective view of another wardrobe. Figure 6 is a
sectional view of the upper portion of the same, and figure 7 is a perspective view,
illustrating the connection between the wardrobe and the attachment. Figure 8 is
a perspective view of the yoke employed in connection with the wardrobe and
figure 9 is a sectional view taken on line x x of figure 8. Similar letters of
reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.
The wardrobe illustrated in figures 1 to 4, consists essentially of a cabinet A
formed with a front door or doors B and end doors C, either one or two of said
end doors being employed and although any form of end door would answer my
purpose I prefer to have a door such as that represented in the drawing, that is a
door the full size of the end panel and hung to open as indicated in figure 1. In
the upper part of the wardrobe there is a shelf beneath which is fixed a
suspending rod a (figure 2) formed with an upwardly extending nose or looped
end 61; or if preferred such a construction as is illustrated in figures 3 and 4 could
be employed wherein the suspending rod or wire d consists of two parallel lengths
of wire the ends of which are united, the device being attached to the shelf D
by means of a bolt c which passes through an aperture formed in the upper length
of wire d.
In figures 5, 6, 7, the wardrobe is divided into two compartments 1 and 2, a rod
or wire a being suspended in each compartment; the forward ends of the rods or
wires a are bent to the form shewn in figure 6 and terminate in an eye for the
attachment of a chain or link i by which the forward end of the rod is suspended
from the roof or ceiling of the cabinet. The rear end of the rod is also bent
upward and formed with an eye to which there are connected two suspending
chains the upper ends of which chains diverge, as shewn in figure 7, and are
secured by screw eyes or other appropriate devices to the roof or ceiling of the
cabinet or wardrobe.
In connection with the wardrobe described I employ such a yoke as is illustrated
in figures 8 and 9 said yoke being formed from a piece of wire bent over at ee so

page_text: that the ends of the bent portion will overlap and pass each other at the centre of
the main portion or body of the wire as shewn at E, which letter will be used to
designate said main portion or body of the wire. Of the two ends F and G, the
end F is wound around the end G thus binding G to E at the centre of E while.
the extending end of F is carried downward and looped as shewn at f. The end
of G is bent upward just beyond the coil g and the upwardly extending end is bent
into the form of a hook H. A second length of wire I, the ends of which are
hooked as shewn at h h is passed through the hook or loop f of the end F and its
hooked ends h are brought into engagement with the loops e e of the main wire of
the yoke, as clearly shewn in figure 8 the said main wire being sprung down to an
arched or bowed form in order that the connection illustrated may be made.
The yoke above described I have found particularly well adapted for use in
connection with the wardrobe herein described and illustrated in figures 1 to 7.
The garments having been placed on yokes such as I have described are thereby
suspended from the horizontal wires or rods and the wardrobe having been filled
any garment contained therein may be readily selected and removed.
When the rods on which the yokes are hung are suspended in the manner
described and shewn in figures 5, 6, 7, they may be drawn forwards and moved
sideways in order to still further facilitate the selection and removal of any one of
the garments. These yokes are hooked upon the rods a as indicated, in figure 7.
When the rod is released, it returns to its original position within the wardrobe.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is;
1. A wardrobe formed with front and side or end doors, substantially as
described.
.
2. A wardrobe formed with front and an end or side door and provided with a
rod or wire adapted to receive and support a garment suspending yoke, substan-
tially as described.
3. The combination with a wardrobe of a rod or bar that is suspended from the
roof or ceiling of the wardrobe, substantially, as described.
4. The combination with a wardrobe of a rod or bar, a single suspending link or
chain at the front end, and a pair of suspending chains or links at the other end,
substantially as described.
5. A wardrobe formed with one or more compartments in combination with rods
or bars that are suspended within the wardrobe one bar being arranged within each
of the compartments, substantially as described.
6. As a new article of manufacture, a yoke consisting of two lengths of wire,
the upper one of which is bent to form loops e e and a hook H, while the other
length is bent to form hooks h h the two lengths being arranged substantially as
described.
7. As a new article of manufacture a yoke consisting of two lengths of wire,
one of which is bent to form loops e e, a coil g, hook H, and loop F, while the
other is bent to form hooks h both lengths being arranged substantially as
described.