Improvements in Close Packing Kits for Campers and the like.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Sept., 1897-Accepted, 27th Nov.,
1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Close Packing Kits for Campers and the like.
I, WILLIAM EDWARD BAXTER, of Main Street, Frankfort, in the County of
Franklin, and State of Kentucky, United States of America, Dental Surgeon, 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, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of
reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification:-
This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in Close Packing Kits
for Campers and the like, and has for its object to provide such a kit in which is
included a coffee pot of nearly the same size as the entire outfit when packed,
and is so arranged that the handle and spout of such a pot are to be removable
therefrom, thereby greatly facilitating the close packing thereof, and also provide
a number of other necessary utensils, so shaped and sized as to be packed within
the coffee pot.
With these ends in view, my invention consists in the details of construction
and combination of elements hereinafter set forth and then specifically designated
by the claims.
In order that those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains may
understand how to make and use the same, I will described its construction and
operation in detail, referring to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of
this specification, and in which―
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of my improved close packing coffee pot;
Fig. 2, a perspective of a portion thereof showing the spout in its assembled
position, a part of the guideway being broken away to clearly show its arrange-
ment;
Fig. 3, a similar view of a portion of the pot showing the handle in its
assembled position;
Fig. 4, a detailed perspective of the spout locked rearward;
Fig. 5, a perspective of the several articles packed within the outer pail, the
cover of the latter being removed;
Fig. 6, a central vertical section showing the several articles in their proper
relative positions when packed for transit; and Fig. 7, a perspective of the several
utensils when unpacked.
Similar numbers denote like parts in all these views of the drawings.
In carrying out my invention I provide a kettle or bucket 1, of the size and
shape of the desired kit when packed, and a wire bail 2, the ends of which are
hooked so as to engage with suitable holes 3, in the upper edge of the kettle, and
a cover 4 is also provided for closing this kettle which may have a ring 5 for its
removal; the pail 6, is made somewhat smaller and of the same general shape
as the kettle 1, so as to be readily placed within the latter, as shown in Figs. 5
and 6. This pail is also provided with a wire bail 7, adapted to engage suitable
holes upon the upper edge thereof, in the same manner and for the same purpose
as that described in connection with the kettle. The coffee pot A, is made of
the same general shape as the above described utensils, though preferably slightly

page_text: tapering from bottom to top, and the handle B is formed into the shape shown
in dotted lines in Figure 1, of a piece of tin or other suitable metal, having some
resiliency, and the ends 6 thereof are adapted to engage with the sockets formed
by the strips C, being riveted to the rear portion of the coffee pot. To secure
this handle in place, it is only necessary to spring the ends toward each other,
insert them in the sockets and permit them to spring apart by the resiliency of
the handle. And when in place this handle will be as firm as though secured
permanently to the pot; yet it may be readily removed therefrom by reversing
the operation required to secure it in place. Secured to the front of the pot by
means of rivets is a V-shaped strip E, the inner edges of which is so formed as
to leave a space there between and the pot into which the flanges d, of the spout D,
are adapted to be forced, and when forced the spout will be held firmly in the
position shown in Figures 1 and 2, but it may be withdrawn therefrom by exert-
ing sufficient pressure thereon. To pack the coffee pot within the pail 6, the
spout and handle are removed as already described, and the coffee-pot slipped
within said pail. When after the removal of the bails 2 and 7 from the kettle
and pail respectively the latter is placed within the former and the bails are
utilized to hold the coffee pot within the pail by forcing them against their
spring action between the coffee pot and the insides of the pail; the hooked ends
of the bails bearing upon the top of the coffee pot, as clearly shown in Figures 5
and 6, Before the coffee pot has been secured in place within the pail, its interior
may be filled with a great variety of utensils and implements, which I usually
prefer to consist of a salt box 8, pepper box 9, sugar case 10, a number of cups 11
and an equal number of spoons 12, which will leave sufficient room to place
within the coffee pot the spout and handle thereof, which has previously been
removed, and has already been described. These latter articles ns shown in
Figure 6, in dotted lines, may be placed beneath the inverted cups. After this
kit has been thus packed, there is yet considerable room left within the top of
the coffee pot, in which a number of articles such as napkins and the like, may
be placed.
I have shown the cup as having detachable handles, but it is not essential that
they have handles at all, as for the use to which they are put, handles are usually
superfluous.
The kind and number of implements and utensils which are to be placed within
the coffee pot is immaterial to my present invention, the gist of which rests in
the broad idea of providing a close packing coffee pot in connection with a
which may be used as a water pail and also as a kettle, which is usually used for
pail
soups and the like.
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. In a close packing kit, a kettle provided with a cover, a pail of the same
general shape as said kettle but a smaller size so as to be placed within said kettle
a coffee pot having a detachable spout and handle whereby its over-all size may
be reduced sufficiently to pass within the pail, and bails detachably secured to
said kettle a pail so formed as to be utilized in securing the coffee pot within
the pail, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
2. In combination with a close packing kit consisting of a kettle and pail
adapted to pass therein, of a coffee pot having a detachable handle and spout
whereby its over-all size may be reduced sufficiently to pass within said pail, and
means for securing it therein, substantially as shown and described.
3. In combination with a close packing kit as described, a coffee pot having
strips C secured thereto in such manner as to form sockets, a handle B having
projecting ends 6 adapted to fit within said sockets whereby said handle may be
attached to the pot or detached therefrom, a strip E secured to the front of the

page_text: coffee pot so as to form a groove spout D of the flanges d adapted to be forced
into said pot substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
Dated this 9th day of September 1897.
J. P. BAYLY,
18 Fulham Place London, W., Agent for Applicant.