New or Improved Portable Folding Support for Hats and other Light Articles.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Dec., 1893-Accepted, 13th Jan., 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Portable Folding Support for Hats and other
Light Articles.
I, HANS KRÜMMEL, of 32 Mainzerstrasse, Biebrich-am-Rhein, in the Empire
of Germany, Doctor of Philosophy and Chemist, do hereby declare the nature of
the said 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:-
This invention relates to a portable folding support for hats, caps and other light
articles, which can be quickly and easily fastened to chairs, tables, benches and so
forth, and is intended to receive and support such articles in cases where no other
suitable device for that purpose is present, or where the owner desires to keep such
articles near him.
In the sheet of drawings hereto annexed,
Figures 1 and 2 show the improved support fixed to the vertical bearer of a
chair, table, or bench, for example; Figure 1 showing the support adjusted in a
horizontal position, and Figure 2 in an inclined position.
Figure 3 shows the support applied to the front edge of the horizontal board of
a seat, table, or bench not provided with a vertical bearer; and in this figure the
support is shown in its folded-up position.
a is a bent bar or frame of metal or other suitable material one end of which
carries an angular shaped flat spring b, and two eyes or lugs c and d. Hinged to
the eye c is a bar f in which is a sliding rod e by which it can be lengthened or
shortened at pleasure. The bar and rod e form the peg or support on which the
hat or other article is to be placed or hung. By means of a socket g sliding on
the lower part of the rod f and connected to the eyed by means of a jointed and
hinged bar h, the bar f and rod e can be adjusted into the required position after
the entire device is fixed to any suitable part of a chair, table, bench or other
convenient object. The fixing of the device to the said table, chair, bench or
other object is effected by passing the short side of the bar or frame a to one side
of the point of attachment and the spring to the other side as shown in the
figures.
For securing the peg or support f, e, in position after applying the device to a
horizontal board as shown in Figure 3, a second socket & furnished with a pin i
which stands parallel to the bar is arranged adjustably on the said bar f and so
that it is free to be rotated thereon. By sliding and turning the socket on the
bar so as to bring this pin i into the space between the fulcrum pin in the eye d
and the longer leg of the bar or frame a, the bar f and rode are held securely in
their horizontal position.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
A portable folding support, for hats and other light articles, consisting of a bent
bar or frame a provided with a spring 6; a bar f and rod e hinged to the said bent
bar or frame; a sliding socket 9 connected to the bent bar or frame a by the

page_text: hinged jointed bar h; a sliding socket k and a pin i combined, arranged and
operating substantially as described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 13th day of December 1893.
H. KRUMMEL.
W. H. Beck,
Per S. E. Gunyon,
115, Cannon Street, London, Agent.
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H. KRUMMEL.
W. H. Beck,
Per S. E. Gunyon,
115, Cannon Street, London, Agent.