Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Apr., 1895-Accepted, 4th May, 1895
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I MAX MÜLLER of the Firm of M. Müller & Co. of 15 Rubensstrasse, Cologne,
in the Empire of Germany, Stick Manufacturer, 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 :-
Clothes stands heretofore in use occupy a large space, whether they are in use
or not.
The present invention is intended to obviate this inconvenience and to produce a
clothes stand which, when not in use, may be folded up so as to form one single bar,
thereby occupying only very little space and capable of being kept in any corner of
a room, or laid on a piece of furniture etc.
This stand is represented in the annexed drawings, in which
Figs. 1 and 2 show the same in the state when it is ready for use, and in a folded
up condition respectively.
Figs. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 represent details of the construction of the stand on a
larger scale.
The stand consists of three legs a provided with clothes hooks, the inner surfaces
of which legs form angles to each other of 120 degrees, whereas the outer surface
may form the third part of a circle or any other geometrical figure.
These legs are, at their upper ends, by means of screws, fastened on to a
plate b, the said screws having sufficient play in the holes of the plate in
order to render possible an oblique spreading of the legs, when the stand is to
be used.
Between these top ends a corresponding angularly shaped or webbed bar i
(Fig. 4) is vertically inserted, which is connected to the under side of the plate b,
and to the lower end of which is moveably attached a horizontal three armed
plate c. When in use, this piece c is turned into the position shown in Fig. 7,
whereby the legs a rest severally on its projections c', and are thus secured in their
extended position, whereas, when not in use, these legs a rest between its projections c',
as shown in Fig. 8.
In order to limit the spreading of the legs and to keep them, when in use, firmly
against the projections c', the ring d, firmly connected with the bar i, is arranged
which is provided with corresponding grooves d' in which slide the legs a, and these
legs a are pressed outwards into the ends of these grooves, when the stand is to be
used, and the piece c is turned behind to bring its projections c¹ behind the legs a
and prevent them from receding.
To insure a better security of the legs a, each of them may be provided with a
bar e attached to the lower portion by means of a cramp so as to admit of being
turned, which bar e rests, when not in use, in a groove made therefor in the side of
the leg; when in use, however, it is hooked, with its hooked end, into the loop e¹ of
the next leg a. This arrangement at the same time makes of the lower part of the
stand an inclosure suitable for an umbrella stand.
Instead of the bars e chains may be used.
To give the whole a better finish and appearance, an additional ornamental
piece is screwed on to the upper plate b, which can also be provided with hooks.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
1. A stand having three legs provided with clothes. hooks, adapted to fold

page_text: together and connected by a plate 6 having a bar i carrying a rotary three armed
plate c, and a slotted ring or plate d adapted to co-operate in the manner
described.
2. The combination with the stand described above, of bars e attached to the
legs, which bars may, when in use, with their hooked ends, be severally hooked
into loops of the next leg, for strengthening the stand. and enabling the same to be
used as an umbrella stand.
Dated this 3rd der of Anril 1895
HERBERT HADDAN & Co.,
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, London, 'W.c.,
Agents to Applicant.