A NEW OR IMPROVED PORTABLE AND SUSPENDING HAT AND COAT RAIL
Year: 1884

page_text: I, MAX OTTO HUND, of the Firm of Sahl & Co, of 36, Basinghall Street, in
the City of London, Manufacturers and Importers, do hereby declare the nature
of said Invention for "A NEW OR IMPROVED PORTABLE AND SUSPENDING HAT
AND COAT RAIL," (a communication to me from abroad by Messrs Gretschel and
Heinemann, of Reudnitz, Leipsic, Saxony, Manufacturers) to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is the production of a portable and suspending hat
and coat rail which when necessary is capable being packed up into a very small
space but when required for use can be easily put together.
According to this invention the rail proper is composed of a plate or disc
preferably round although any other conveniently shaped plate may be employed;
to the underside of this plate there are hooks connected for the reception of coats,
cloaks and other garments. On the upper surface of the plate there are apertures
for the reception of pegs which may be screwed therein if desired and set at any
convenient angle to the plate, these pegs are specially intended for the reception
of hats and caps. In the centre of the same plate there is an aperture to receive
a standard round which the plate is free to revolve, while at the other end the
standard passes loosely through a bracket which latter is connected by screws or
otherwise to a wall, door or other convenient place. The standard is retained in
the bracket by screw at top with ornamental head. When the article is thus
secured the disc or plate is free to be turned round or revolved as required, and
in this way any article on the rail may be obtained with facility. When the
appliance is not required for use the standard is unscrewed from the bracket and
disc or plate and the pegs are unscrewed or pulled out from the same plate or disc,
in this way the whole apparatus can be packed in a small space. The standard,
bracket, disc, and pegs, as well as the hooks may be ornamented or decorated as
fancy or taste may dictate. Rails constructed according to this invention may
be made wholly of wood if desired.

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I MAX OTTO HUND of the Firm of Sahl & Co of 36 Basinghall Street in the
City of London, Manufacturers and Importers do hereby declare the nature of
said invention for "A NEW OR IMPROVED PORTABLE AND SUSPENDING HAT AND
COAT RAIL (A communication to me from abroad by Messrs Gretschel and
Heinemann of Reudnitz, Leipsic Saxony, Manufacturers) and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement :—
The object of this invention is the production of a portable and suspending hat
and coat rail which when necessary is capable of being packed up into a very
, small space but when required for use can be easily put together.
In order that the invention may be clearly understood I will describe the same
with reference to the accompanying drawings:-Figure 1 shows in side elevation
partly in section this new or improved portable and suspending hat and coat rail
Figure 2 is a plan of same; Figure 3 shows a portion of the back of plate or disc
for fitting the apparatus against a wall door or other place Figure 4 shows in
longitudinal vertical section the revolving lower disc or plate in which the pegs
are secured Figure 5 shows in perspective view the apparatus in use and Figure 6
shows the parts taken to pieces and packed in a box. Similar letters of reference
refer to like parts in all the Figures.
According to this invention the rail proper is composed of a plate or disc A
preferably round although any other conveniently shaped plate may be employed;
to the underside of this plate there are hooks B connected for the reception of
coats, cloaks and other garments. On the upper surface of the plate there are
apertures for the reception of pegs C which may be screwed therein if desired or
otherwise secured and set at any convenient angle to the plate A, these pegs C are
specially intended for the reception of hats and caps.
In the centre of the same plate there is an aperture to receive a standard D
round which the plate A is free to revolve it being supported by a cap A¹ screwed
or otherwise fixed into the lower end of the standard D while at the other end the
standard D passes through a bracket E at right angles with the standard D ;
a shows such a screw or pin which for strength is passed through an aperture
.formed through the bracket E having a head bat end which enters recess in the
plate or disc G for holding the bracket E; F is a hook by which the disc G is
hung; c is a cap screwing on to the pin a for keeping the parts tightly together.
H is a cap at the top of the standard D which forms an ornamental head or top
thereto.
When the article is thus secured the disc or plate A is free to be turned round
or revolved as required round the standard D and in this way any article on the
rail whether it be on the pegs C or on the hooks B may be obtained with facility.
When the appliance is not required for use the standard D is unscrewed from
the bracket by removing the pin a and cap c and tho disc or plate A and the
pegs C are unscrewed or pulled out from the same plate or disc A in this way

page_text: the whole apparatus can be packed in a small space for example into a box and as
shown at Figure 6. The standard, bracket, disc, and pegs, as well as the hooks
may be ornamented or decorated as fancy or taste may dictate. Rails made
according to this invention may be made wholly of wood if desired.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
The now or improved portable and suspending hat and coat rail composed of a
disc or plate A, carrying pegs and hooks freo to turn round standard D which
latter is supported by bracket E from a wall or other place the whole apparatus
being easily taken to pieces and packed and put together again almost as quickly
all constructed arranged and acting substantially as herein before described and
illustrated with reference to the accompanying drawings.