CONVERTI TR
Year: 1888

page_text: I, KING LOUIS KARO of Washington, District of Columbia, United States of
America Inventor, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for CONVERTIBLE
TRUNKS 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 an improvement in Convertible Trunks.
My invention relates to an improvement in Convertible Trunks.
In the accompanying drawings :
Figure 1 is a view of the trunk as it appears when being shipped.
Figure 2 shows the same partially set up as a bureau.
Figure 3 shows the same completely set up, the door opening into the auxiliary
chamber being open.
Figure 4 shows a modified construction and
Figure 5 shows the same partially set up as a bureau.
A represents the inside casing of the trunk, the ends and back of which are pre-
ferably made solid while the front is made in skeleton framework style, to admit
drawers a, of various widths and depths. The inside casing as shown in Figures 2
and 3 has an outer casing consisting of a 'front B, and ends C, hinged thereto at their
lower edges to admit of being folded over downwardly into vertical positions, forming
a support for the inner casing and the drawers therein.
When the said front and ends B and C are turned down and the trunk set up against
the wall there will be formed the storage chamber inclosed on its front and ends by the
said front and end casings B and C.
Access to this auxiliary storage chamber is obtained by a panel 6' in the front B,
which panel is conveniently hinged to the front on the inside and may be held in
position by any well known catch, or when binged at the top will be held closed by
gravity.
The pop D is hinged at the back and is provided with a lip d which, when the top
is closed projects down over the upper edges of the closed front and ends and locks
them in position. Said top is also provided on its under side with mirror holders d¹
arranged to receive a mirror E. The mirror holders shut down into a recess at G in the
stationary top of the casing which recess will also receive the mirror when the same
is adjusted in the holders."

page_text: As shown in Figures 4 and 5, the ends of the trunk are made solid and the front
casing which is hinged to the bottom of the trunk is formed in three sections, viz., a
section H which corresponds to and is adapted to rest against the front of the inner
casing and two half sections h, hinged to the ends of the section H and adapted to fold
over Hat against the section H when closed and be held in position by a depending
lip on the cover, and, when the said section H is folded over into a depending position,
the half sections h may be swung out at right angles to the section H as shown in
dotted lines Figure 4 forming a support and enclosing the three sides of the auxiliary
storage chamber.
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 :-
1st. In a convertible trunk, the combination with an inner casing provided with
storage compartments, of outer casing sections hinged to the inner casing and forming
when swung into depending positions a storage chamber closed at the front and ends
and a support for the inner casing.
2nd. The combination with an inner casing provided with storage compartments, of
outer casing sections hinged to the inner casing and forming when swung into a
depending position, a storage chamber, enclosed on three sides, one of the said hinged
sections being provided with a door.
3rd. The combination with an inner casing, of outer casings hinged to the inner
casing, a stationary top and a swinging top, the swing top having a mirror holder on
its under side and the stationary top having a recess to receive the holder.
Dated this 12th day of October 1888. .
KING LOUIS KARO.