An Improvement in Travelling Trunks.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Aug., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 25th June, 1890-Accepted, 2nd Aug., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Travelling Trunks.
We, MARY PENELOPE LINSCOTT of No. 86 Shirland Road St. Peters Park in the
County of Middlesex, Spinster and SAMUEL FRANKLIN of 199 Strand in the
County of London, Solicitor do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to the construction of a travelling trunk or trunks in such
a manner that, when desired, it or they can be used as a wardrobe.
For this purpose according to one construction we provide within the main
trunk an inner trunk the one end of which is open and the other end forms the
end of the main trunk, the inner trunk being fitted to slide lengthwise within the
main trunk. Both the inner and the outer trunk lave lids. For transport,
the inner trunk is preferably slid quite within the outer and secured in position by
suitable catches, although in some cases it might be arranged to be similarly secured
in various positions so as to make the trunk larger or smaller for the purpose of
travelling.
When it is desired to use the trunk as a wardrobe the inner trunk is drawn out
nearly its whole length and is secured in that position, and the trunk is then placed
upright on its closed end, so that it presents a cavity about twice the height of the
trunk, available as a wardrobe, the lids of the two trunks serving as doors.
According to another construction I employ two separate trunks the smaller being
made of such a size as to fit within the larger both being made with a removeable end,
so that on such ends being removed and the smaller trunk slid into the larger, they
may be used as a wardrobe in the manner indicated above, but for the purpose of
travelling they can be formed into two separate trunks.
Dated this 30th day of August 1889.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Travelling Trunks.
We, MARY PENELOPE LINSCOTT of No. 86. Shirland Road St. Petrs Park in the
County of Middlesex. Spinster and SAMUEL FRANKLIN of 199 Strand in the County
of London, Solicitor, 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:—
This invention relates to the construction of a travelling trunk or trunks in such a
manner that, when desired, it or they can be used as a wardrobe.
For this purpose according to one construction shewn by the accompanying
drawings, Fig. 1 being a longitudinal section, Fig. 2 a transverse section, and Fig. 3
a perspective view, we provide within the main trunk A an inner trunk B the one end
of which is open and the other end forms the end of the main trunk, the inner trunk
being fitted to slide lengthwise within the main trunk. Both the inner and the outer
trunks have lids D d. For transport, the inner trunk is preferably slid quite within
the outer as shewn in Fig. 1 and secured in position by suitable catches although in
some cases it might be arranged to be similarly secured in various positions so as to
make the trunk larger or smaller as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 1.
When it is desired to use the trunk as a wardrobe the inner trunk is drawn out
nearly its whole length and is secured in that position, and the trunk is then placed
upright on its closed end, so that it presents à cavity about twice the height of the
D

page_text: trunk, available as a wardrobe, the lids of the two trunks serving as doors as indicated
in Fig. 3.
According to another construction we employ two separate trunks the smaller being
made of such a size as to fit within the larger and each being made with a remove-
able end so that on the ends being removed and the open end of the smaller trunk
being slid into that of the larger, they may be used as a wardrobe in the manner
indicated above and shewn in Fig. 3, whilst for the purpose of travelling they can be
used as two separate trunks.
Having now particularly described the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we claim is :-
The use in combination, of two trunks, an open end of one slid into an open end of
the other so as to constitute together a wardrobe substantially as described.
Dated this 28th day of June 1890
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicants.