An Improved Hat-rack for Chairs, Benches, and the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Hat-rack for Chairs, Benches, and the like.
I, EMIL BERNSTEIN, of 6, Kingsgate Street, Holborn, London, E.C., Merchant,
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:
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This invention relates to an improved hat-rack for chairs, benches, church-
pews and the like, and has for its object the provision of convenient means for
supporting hats beneath seats of various descriptions, such as chairs in concert
halls, church-pews and the like. By the use of my invention, a ready means is
provided whereby hats may be supported beneath seats in such a manner that
the said hats are out of the way and therefore not liable to be knocked down,
sat upon, and otherwise damaged, while furthermore, they are kept from contact
with the floor.
In order that this my said invention may be the more readily understood and
carried into practical effect, reference is hereby made to the accompanying sheet
of illustrative drawings, wherein :-
Fig. 1, is a perspective view of one half of the rack.
Fig. 2, a front elevational view of the complete rack in use beneath a seat.
Fig. 3, is a perspective view of a chair with my rack applied thereto, while,
Fig. 4, is a perspective view of the rack applied to a chair.
Referring to the drawings wherein like letters of reference indicate correspond-
ing parts throughout the several figures, a is a wire rod, bent near its ends into
two right-angles portions which are elbowed so as to terminate in arms a²
at right-angles to the portions a¹. The extremities of the arms a² are prefer-
ably spatulated and are provided with openings for receiving screws
equivalent fastening means.
or
Two of these bent rods are employed to form a rack, such rods being fixed
beneath the seat of a chair led in the manner shewn by Figs. 3 and 4, that is to
say, the arms 2 are held by means of screws or their equivalent to the upper parts
of the legs of the chair, or to the inner vertical sides of the chair bottom b.
By this means, the horizontal portions of the rack oppose one another and allow
of a hat being suspended therefrom by the brim in the manner indicated.
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For pew-seats, benches and the like, where there are no vertical sides or
projections for the two portions of the rack to be affixed to, I secure the
arms to the underside of the seat in the position shewn by Fig. 2, in this case
the said arms a³ being in a horizontal instead of a vertical position, as in the
foregoing example.
In lieu of forming the rack of hent metal rods I may fashion same of wooden
bars having turned end pieces formed integral therewith, or such angular ends
may be affixed to the main portions in any suitable manner.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
The improved hat-rack for chairs, benches and the like, consisting in two metal

page_text: or other rods or bars a each bent or otherwise fashioned near its ends into right-
angles portions a¹ elbowed to form arms a² at right angles to the said portions a',
said arms having enlarged ends a³ provided with openings a', for the reception of
fixing means, all arranged, combined and operating, substantially as described
and as illustrated by the drawings.
TY
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HUGHES & YOUNG,
55 and 56, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for Applicant.