Year: 1888

page_text: I JOHN ALEXANDER MACMEIKAN of No. 2 Short Street Finsbury Pavement in the
County of Middlesex Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
I support a Peg-Rack or rail carrying clothes hats &c. upon the door of any room
or in similar places by means of one or more vertical arms which pass upwards from
the rack and are cranked back over the top of the door and are furnished on the lower
side of this cranked portion with vertical pins or excrescences which run into the top
side of the door and hold the arms in their places. On the back side of the apparatus
next the door I provide a pin or pins which upon being struck run into the door and
keep the whole fast or I provide screws or pins or claws to act laterally upon the
centre piece of the door dividing the vertical arm into hinged pieces having a tendency
to draw together when weight is placed on the apparatus. Thus the whole is absolutely
firm but easily removable.

page_text: I JOHN ALEXANDER MACMEIKAN of 2 Short Street Finsbury Pavement London E.C.
Engineer 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 :-
I support a Peg Rack or Rail carrying clothes pegs or Hat pegs upon the door of
any room or in any similar place by attaching or hanging the same upon one or more
vertical arms which in turn are attached to or hang upon the door or other place of
support by being bent or cranked back at right angles at the top end so that this bent
or cranked portion rests upon the top of the door and causes the weight of the Rack
or Rail to be thus supported upon the Door or place of support. The underside of
this bent or cranked portion I furnish with pins projecting downwards so that weight
upon the Rack or Rail forces them into the top side of the Door and tends to hold the
apparatus fast in its place. On the back side of each vertical arm a pin may be
provided which upon the arm being struck horizontally runs into the door and keeps
the apparatus tight against the door; or preferably 1 provide holes in the vertical arm
through which a small nail or nails can be driven at will to keep it secure, if required
as a permanent fixture.
In order that, the apparatus may fold up into small space and be easily packed away
for travelling I construct the vertical arm in two or more pieces joined by a pivot or
pivots and this has also the effect of causing the Rack or Rail to swing into its place
on the pivot when anything is hung on one end of it; without such a provision the
swinging would disturb the whole arm and raise the bent portion at the top so that it
would come in contact with the door jamb..>
Referring to the diagram Fig. I shews a front view of the apparatus extended as
when it hangs on the door. Fig. II the same folded up for packing. Fig. III a
side view of the same hanging on the door (shewn in section). Fig. 4 section of
a method of fastening it tight up to the Door at the top by a thumb screw, and Fig. 5—
a plan of the same method.
In each Fig. A is the Rack or Rail. B. B. B. the pegs. C the slot into which the
Rack or Rail A slides. D. D. the vertical arm, divided into two portions-E. the pivot
on which one portion of the arm D. D turns to fold close up to the other as in Fig. II.
F. a separate peg for a Hat. G.-G. the-pins-which hold upon the top of the door,
H. the bent or cranked portion referred to; J is the door shewn in section. In
Figs. 4 & 5 K is the thumb-screw which by purchase on H corresponding to the bent
or cranked portion presses the arm D against the door causing the pin G to run into
the door on the other side and keeping the whole tight in its place. The head of the
arm D passes through a slot in H shewn in Fig. 3. L L are holes for nails to secure
the apparatus to the door when desired.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
I. The supporting of a Rack or Rail for hanging clothes or any similar purpose
upon a Door or similar support by means of a bent or cranked portion at top
constructed and holding on as described and the adjustment of unequal weights by
means of a pivot or pivots dividing the arm into two or more parts as described, the
same acting also as a means of folding the apparatus.
II. The combination of the various parts described for the purposes set forth.
JOHN A. MACMEIKAN.