Improvements in Travelling Trunks.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Mar., 1890
Complete Specification Left. 12th Dec., 1890-Accepted. 17th Jan., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Travelling Trunks.
I, RICHARD CHALLENOR of Coburg Street, Rochdale Road, Manchester in the
County of Lancaster, Trunk and General Tin Ware Manufacturer, do hereby declaro
the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
That is to say it relates to improvements in and appertaining to sheet metal
trunks for the use of travellers and consists of so forming saine and parts to be
thereto attached, that their usefulness is greatly enhanced.
As is well known in sheet metal, as also in wooden trunks the hollow space
within the lid or cover is very rarely made use of on account of the difficulties
encountered when articles have to be piled above the sides of the trunk in order to
fill this space as well when a loose tray is used as when there is no loose tray in
connection with the trunk.
In accordance with this invention this hollow cavity in the lid or cover of the
trunk, is made use of, by hinging in a suitable manner beneath it an appropriately
1ormed tray. This tray is hinged to the cover of the trunk and its outer ends are
marle somewhat semicircular so as to facilitate their extension upwardly within the
said cover.
To enable the use of this hinged tray the lid is made to shut down within the
body of the trunk in contradistinction to overlapping same as heretofore, and when
the trunks are made of sheet metal the beading or hollow flanging usually formed
around the body part is now formed around the lid.
As will be seen this invention may he employed in connection with trunks mule
of wood or any other rigid substance or material although I have only described
it as relating to those of sheet metal.
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R. CHALLENOR.
Per Samuel Hey,
Keighley Acont
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Travelling Trunks.
I RICHARD CHALLENOR of Coburg Street, Rochdale Road, Manchester in the
County of Lancaster, Trunk and General Tin Ware Manufacturer 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:
That is to say it relates to improvements in and appertaining to sheet metal
trunks for the use of travellers and consists of so forming same and parts to be
thereto attached, that their usefulness is greatly enhanced.
As is well known, in sheet metal as also in wooden trunks the hollow space
within the lid or cover is very rarely made use of on account of the difficulties to be
encountered when articles have to be piled above the sides of the trunk in order to
fill this space as woll when a loose tray is used as when there is no loose tray in con-
nection with the trunk however by the employment of my invention these difficulties
are entirely overcome and in order that same may be more readily understood
and carried into effect I have hereunto appended a sheet of drawings illustrative
thereof to which by figures and letters reference is made in the following
description.
Fig. 1 is a sectional end elevation of a trunk constructed in accordance with my

page_text: invention the lid a being shewn as down or closed, while Fig. 2 is a similar view to
Fig. 1 but shews the lid a raised or open.
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Fig. 3 is a top view of parts shewn by Fig. 2.
Fig. is end view of a portion in detail hereinafter referred to.
Fig. 5 is a perspective view illustrating the parts shewn by Fig. 2.
Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.
The hollow cavity in the lid or cover a is made use of, in accordance with this
invention by hinging in a suitable manner beneath it an appropriately formed tray b
which is hinged at c to the lid a and its outer ends de are male somewhat of
semicircular form so as to facilitate their extension upwardly into the lid a.
To enable the use of this hinged tray the lid a'is made to shut down within the
body as shewn by Fig. 1, in contradistinction to overlapping same as heretofore,
by which means and by the hinging of the tray to the lid a as above described, the
tray may be lifted into the lid a and therein fastenol so that the whole may be
moved as one solid lid, or the lid a may alone be raised as shown by Fig. 2 so that
anything that the tray & may contain need never be removed for any purpose until
desired.
The tray has partitions and attached to it in such a manner, as by the
partition being hingeld at g to said tray while the partitions hand kare
hinge to the said partition that whenever desired they may be moved into the
positions shewn by Fig. 5 or folded one against the other and then over the bottom.
of the tray as shewn by Fig. 4.
As will be seen trunks of wood or any other rigid substance or material may”be
constructed in accordance with this invention although I have only describel it as
relating to those of sheet metal
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invon-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what I
claim is.
1. The formations and arrangements of a tray and the lid or cover of a trunk
substantially as herein described whereby the tray may be hinged to, so as to fit
within and be moved with sail cover in the manner an I for the purpose specified.
2. The lid a formed as shewn, the tray hinged to said lid and having the
partitioning pieces g. and attached as described, and the body of a trunk fin
combination to attain the object specified.
Dated this 11th day of December 1890.
RICHARD CHALLENOR.
Per Samuel Hey,
Agent.