Improvements in Night Commodes and Chamber Cupboards.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 8th June, 1892-Accepted, 23rd July, 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Night Commodes and Chamber Cupboards.
I, OSCAR HERMANN EBERT, of No. 1, Au der Alster, in the City of Hamburg,
Germany; 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 :--
My invention relates to improvements in and connected with night commodes
and chamber cupboards, and the object of it is to facilitate the use of the vessel or
utensil, especially by corpulent females, by providing for the easy withdrawal of it
from the cupboard, its being supported at a convenient height for use, and its
return after use.
I attain the said object by the mechanism and devices illustrated in the
accompanying drawings in which
Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation illustrating the application of my invention to a
night cupboard; and
Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on the line y-y of Fig. 1.
B is the support which receives the vessel or utensil. It is provided with a suit-
able handle band standards B'. The latter are arranged in such a manner that
they can pass through and be moved along slots S' made in the bottom S* of the
cupboard S. These slots are open to the front of the cupboard so that the
standard B' and the vessel or utensil with them may be, after the cupboard door S
has been opened, easily withdrawn from or pushed back into the cupboard, without
lifting the said vessel or utensil off the floor.
The door S of the night stand or similar bedroom furniture preferably extends
below the bottom S³, so that the open ends of the slots S₁ are usually covered by it
and opened only at the same time with it. In order to properly stiffen that part of
the bottom S which lies between the slots S¹, I provide ties which serve to
connect the said part of the bottom S³ to the back wall St. I also prefer to
strengthen the standards B' of the support by tie-rods B' and to provide the same
with rollers or wheels B' to facilitate the movement to and fro of the support with
the vessel. The latter may be properly lined at its upper edge with an annular pad
or smoothly faced wooden ring for convenient sitting.
Although having described my invention by way of example in connection with
a night cupboard I wish it to be clearly understood, that any other bed room
furniture or any vessel of convenience may be employed without departing from
the nature of my invention.
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-
1. A portable support for carrying a chamber utensil or other vessel at a proper
height for use and provided with suitable standards adapted to pass proper slots
in the bottom of the cupboard or other piece of furniture, substantially as and for
the purpose specified.
2. In an article of bedroom furniture, suitable slots in the bottom of the same, open
towards and covered by the door, the slots being adapted to admit the motion to and

page_text: fro of a support designed to carry a chamber utensil or other vessel of convenience,
-substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 7th day of June 1892.
PHILLIPS & LEIGH,
22, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.