An Improved Trunk adapted for use as a Writing Desk, Bureau, or the like.
Year: 1897

page_text: TRUVIDIUNAL DIECIFICATION.
An Improved Trunk adapted for use as a Writing Desk, Bureau,
or the like.
I, JOHAN VICTOR WAHLSTEDT, Manufacturer, of Motala, Sweden, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention pertains to a trunk that may be adapted for use as writing desk
and bureau.
It is a well known disadvantage of trunks, as hitherto made, that they have to be
unpacked in order to get at the contents at the bottom of the same.
The object of this invention is to provide a trunk that does not need to be unpacked
but in which the contents are stored and got at as in a bureau, and that the trunk
after the journey may be used as a writing table as well as bureau. Such a trunk is
a specially adapted for travellers that stay only a short time in a certain place, for
instance commercial travellers, tourists, health and pleasure-seekers, students, and
school-children, in as much as the trunk may in one or two minutes be ready for use
in either capacity.
The invention consists, briefly speaking, in making one side of the trunk
removable, or adapted to be opened and in providing drawers in the trunk as in a
bureau or the like, said drawers to be drawn out when the said one side is removed or
opened, but locked in their place when the side is closed. The said removable side
may be movable in guides up and down and adapted to be held down and locked in
its place in front of the drawers by closing the cover of the trunk. The board, slab
or plate, which constitutes the opening side, may be adapted for placing on top of
the of the cover of the trunk when open and the said cover may be provided with
bars of iron hinged to the cover and adapted to be coupled to the body of trunk for
supporting the cover when open and locking the same when closed.
One method of carrying out this invention is shown in the accompanying drawing
in which Figure 1 shows a side-view and Fig. 2 an end-view of the trunk when
closed. Fig. 3 shows a sectional view of the trunk when open and adapted for use as
writing table and bureau, and Fig. 4 shows a plan-view of the same.
Referring to the drawing, a represents the removable side which is movable in
guides 6 so that it may cover the front of the drawer c which are placed in the body
of the trunk in the same way as in a bureau. When the trunk is to be opened the
cover d, which may be similar to that in common trunks, is first opened and laid over
on the other side. The iron-bars e, which are hinged to the outer side of the cover
with one end and on the other end are formed as a claw or the like are thereupon
caused to grip with bolts for the like at the ends of the trunk so that the said
bars support the outer end of the cover d. The board, slab or or plate a, which
constitutes the removable side a, may now be slid up and out of the guides and
placed on the side of cover that is uppward, so that the said slab covers not only the
cover but also a great portion of the upper part of the body of the trunk.
number of small drawers g, may be placed in a casingh on the top of the body
of the trunk, as shown in the drawing, said casing preferably being arranged so
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page_text: a short distance. On
the top of said casing may be arranged partitions i, which may be fixed by hinges,
so as to be turned up, as shown in Fig. 3, when the trunk is used as writing a
table, or laid down on the casing, as shown in Fig. 4, when the trunk is to be
closed. Said top drawers and partitions may specially be used for storing writing
materials so as to be at hand, when the trunk is opened. In the cover d below
the slab a may also be placed, boxes k or the like and the slab may be divided in to
two parts united by means of hinges so that one part of the cover may be lifted up,
when access to the space in the cover below said slab is wanted.
that the said slab a may be pushed in under the same
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When the trunk is to be closed the slab a (removable side) is drawn out from
under the casing h and lifted away. It is thereupon pushed down between the guides b,
so that it covers the front of the drawers c, which are thereby prevented from moving
out. The lower ends of the supports e are detached and the cover d turned over.
The supports e may be provided with openings m through which staples n in the end
of the trunk may pass so that padlocks o may lock the said supports to the end of the
trunk and thereby lock the whole trunk.
The outside of the removable side a may be arranged to look like the other
sides, so that when the trunk is closed it will lock like an ordinary trunk.
I, JOHAN VICTOR WAHLSTEDT, Manufacturer, of Motala, Sweden, 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 :-
This invention pertains to a trunk that may be adapted for use both as writing
desk and bureau.
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The object of this invention is to provide a trunk that after or during the journey
may be used as a writing table as well as bureau and without unpacking the contents
of the trunk. Such a trunk is a specially adapted for travellers that stay only a short
time in a certain place, for instance commercial travellers, tourists, health and
pleasure-seekers students, and school-children, in as much as the trunk may in one or
two minutes be ready for use in either capacity.
The invention consists, briefly speaking, in making one sidewall of the trunk
removable, or adapted to be opened, the trunk being provided with side-drawers as in
a bureau or the like, said drawers to be drawn out when the said one sidewall is
removed or opened, but locked in their place when the side is closed. The said
removable sidewall is movable in guides up and down and adapted to be held down
and locked in its place in front of the drawers by closing the cover of the trunk.
The board, slab or plate, which constitutes the said sidewall, may be adapted for
placing on top of the cover of the trunk when open and the said cover may be pro-
vided with bars of iron or the like hinged to the cover and adapted to be coupled to
the body of the trunk for supporting the cover when open and locking the same when
ciosed.
In the drawing left with the Provisional Specification Figure 1 shows a side-view
and Fig. 2 an end-view of such a trunk when closed. Fig. 3 shows a sectional view

page_text: of the same when open and adapted for use as writing table and bureau, and Fig. 4
shows a plan-view of the same.
Referring to the drawing, a represents the removable side-wall which is movable
in guides so that it may cover the front of the drawers c which are placed in the
body of the trunk in the same way as in a bureau. When the trunk is to be opened
the cover d, which may be similar to that in common trunks, is first opened and laid
over on the other side. The iron-bars e, which are hinged to the outer side of the
cover with one end and on the other end are formed as a claw or the like are there-
upon caused to grip with bolts for the like at the ends of the trunk so that the said
bars support the outer end of the cover d. The board, slab or plate a, which consti-
tutes the removable sidewall a, may now be slid up and out of the guides and placed
on the side of the cover that is upward, so that the said slab covers not only the cover
but also a great portion of the upper part of the body of the trunk. A number of
small drawers g may be placed in a casingh on the top of the body of the trunk, as
shown in the drawing, said casing preferably being arranged so that the said slab a
may be pushed in under the same a short distance. On the top of said casing may
be arranged partitions i, which may be fixed by hinges, so as to be turned up, as
shown in Fig. 3, when the trunk is used as a writing table, or laid down on the casing,
as shown in Fig. 4, when the trunk is to be closed. Said top drawers and partitions
may specially be used for keeping writing materials so as to be at hand, when the
trunk is opened. In the cover d below the slab a may also be placed, boxes k or the
like and the slab may be divided into two parts united by means of hinges so that
one part of the cover may be lifted up, when access to the space in the cover below
said slab is wanted.
When the trunk is to be closed the slab a (removable side) is drawn out from
under the casing ħ and lifted away. It is thereupon pushed down between the guides
b, so that it covers the front of the drawers c, which are thereby prevented from moving
out. The lower ends of the supports e are detached and the cover & turned over.
The supports e may be provided with openings m through which staples n in the end
of the trunk may pass so that padlocks o may lock the said supports to the end of
the trunk and thereby lock the whole trunk.
The outside of the removable side a may be arranged to look like the other sides,
so that when the trunk is closed it will look like an ordinary trunk.
I am aware that trunks provided with drawers are not new and I do not claim that
feature.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is.
1. In a trunk having a cover and side-drawers, a removable sidewall in front of the
drawers, for the purpose set forth.
2. In a trunk having a cover hinged to one side of the trunk, supports for said
cover, for the purpose set forth.
3. In a trunk having a cover and side-drawers, a side-wall running in suitable guides
up and down in front of the drawers and adapted to be placed on top of the cover
when the same is open, and supports for said cover, substantially as and for the
purpose set forth.
4. In a trunk having a cover hinged to one side of the trunk and side-drawers in
the body of the trunk, a side-wall running in suitable guides in front of said drawers,
said sidewall being adapted to be placed on top of the said cover when open and pro-
vided with hinges or the like, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
5. The combination with a trunk having a cover hinged to one side and side-
drawers in the body of the trunk, of a removable side-wall in front of said drawers,
and supports for the cover when open, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
6. The combination with a trunk having a cover binged to one side and side-
drawers in the body of the trunk, of a removable side-wall in front of said drawers

page_text: and supports for said cover adapted to lock the said cover and sidewall when the trunk
is closed, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
Dated this 26th day of October 1897.
CRUIKSHANK & FAIRWEATHER,
Chartered Patent Agents, 62 Saint Vincent Street, Glasgow,
Agents for the Applicant.