Year: 1894

page_text: I, MARY MONTFORD CLECKLEY of Greene Street, Augusta, Richmond
County, Georgia, U.S.A., Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
The box or case of this invention is made of boards covered preferably with
leather or canvas and lined with a lighter material such as culico or linen. The
sides and ends are each in one piece but the lid is in three pieces. At the meeting
edges of the soveral piecess the covering and lining constitute hinges upon which
the said pieces may be opened out to form the box or folded up. Or the lower
portion of each side may be in the form of a fixed strip upon which the upper
portion of the side is hinged as aforesaid. The outer piece of the three lid pieces
is designed to fold over the front side of the box to which it may be locked. The
meeting edges are secured and stayed by hinges and hasps or staples the latter
being fixed to the movable leaf of the hinge and passed through the box and
secured on the inside by a hook. The bottom corners are engaged by corner
pieces.
Dated this 2nd day of November 1894.
1, MARY MONTFORD CLECKLEY, of 457 Greene Street, Augusta, Georgia,
U.S.A., Gentlewoman, 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 :-
My invention relates to an improvement in knock-down cases.
Much inconvenience and loss have been felt by travellers, especially ladies,
owing to the lack of closets, wardrobes and clothes baskets having no locks, at
hotels or other places where the travellers are temporarily stopping. Such lack
of proper accomodations often necessitates the retention of fine dresses &c., in
tightly packed trunks, resulting in many instances, in rendering them unfit for use.
And again, the traveller often wants for a place or receptacle for soiled clothing,
not wishing to place them in their trunks with clean, fresh clothes or to place them
in bags where they will be liable to be stolen by dishonest servants.
It is the object of my invention to obviate these inconveniences and annoyances
and to produce a case which can be folded into compact form and placed in a trunk
and which can be readily, quickly and securely set up when desired for use, for the
reception of clothes, which may be loosely placed therein.

page_text: A further object is to prodica-a-knock-down case which shall be simple in
construction, cheap to manufacture, occupy very little room when folded, and which
shall be effectual in every respect in the performance of its functions.
With these objects in view the invention consists in certain novel features of
construction and combinations and arrangements of parts,. as hereinafter set forth,
and, pointed out in the clnim.
In the accompanying drawings: Fig. I is a view of the case set up ready for
use. Fig. 2 is a view of the device folded. Figs. 3 and 4 are detail views.
My improved case is preferably made of tar-board or similar material a, covered
with leather, canvass or paper on the exterior and preferably lined with some
light material & such as mislin, linen' &c.
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To the ends of the bottom A of the case, end pieces 13 are connected, the
covering baud lining of the end pieces constituting "hinges therefor. To the
longitudinal edges of the bottom A, strips b² of hoard or other stout material, are
secured and covered and lined in the same manner as above explained, said covering
and lining serving to hinge the sides C, C, to the stout strips.
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The top D of the case is hinged to the upper edge of one of the sides C by.
means of the covering and lining &, and said top is preferably made in three
parts c, c, and e, the parts c, e, being hinged together in the same manner as
above described, and the part es being hinged to the edge of the part e,said part e
constituting a flap for the top and adapted to lie parallel with the front side of
the case to which it can be fastened by meaus of a lock d.
At the corners of the case corner brackets or stays e are located, said brackets
or stays being secured to the bottom A and strips by means of suitable fastoning
devices, the portion e' of said stays, which extend over the corners at the ends of
the case constituting abutments to limit the movement of the ends B when the
case is being set up, said stays also acting as braces for the end pieces.
To the ends of the sides C, hinged hasps E are secured; the member of said
hasps being provided with perforated lugs adapted to pass through slots f³ made
in the end pieces B. on the inner side of the end pieces, adjacent to the slots f³,
hooks g are located and adapted to engage the perforated luge. Clasps i are
secured to the portion e of the toy D and provided with lugs adapted to pass
through slots in the end pieces of the case to which they are secured by means of
hooks on the interior of the end pieces, in the same manner as above explained.
Secured to the ends of the part of the top D, are hasps j, provided with
perforations for the reception of loops secured to the exterior of the end
pieces B. Honks are connected to the hasps j and are adapted to engage the
loops. Hasps & are secured to the flap e and provided with the perforations ¹
Hooks k³ are
for the reception of loops secured to the front side of the cnec.
connected to the husps k and are adapted to engage the loops *.
The case thus set up is ready for use and is a strong substantial case adaptable
for the reception of clothing, which may be placed loosely therein,-after which
the case can be securely locked.
The device can be quickly set up or folded up, in which latter condition it is
very compact in form and will occupy very little room in a trunk.
My improvements are very simple in construction, cheap to manufacture and
effectual in the performance of their functions.
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
1 claim is :-
In a knock down case, the combination with the bottom, sides and ends hinged
thereto, hasps made in two leaves hinged together located at the corners of the
cuse, and fastening devices inside for engaging said hasps from the inside of the
case whereby to lock the adjacent edges of the ends and sides together, of a
rover hinged to one of the sides, said cover made in two or more sections
hinged together, one section having hasps devices inside the case for fastening

page_text: these hasps, and another section having hasps which fasten on the outside of the
case whereby one section is unfastened from the outside and the other from the
inside, substantially as set forth.
W. H. MUNNS.