AN IMPROVED ARTICLE OF FOR USE AS A WARDROBE, CUPBOARD OR FURNITURE follows:- BOOK CASE
Year: 1885

page_text: I WILLIAM HEELIS of 26 Budge Row, in the City of London, Surveyor do
hereby declare the nature of the said invention for "AN IMPROVED ARTICLE OF
FOR USE AS A WARDROBE, CUPBOARD OR
FURNITURE
follows:-
BOOK CASE
"
to be as
My invention consists in an article of furniture for use as a wardrobe, cupboard
or bookcase especially where space is limited and in cases in which portability is
required, this article of furniture being so constructed that it may be readily taken
completely to pieces and packed in a small compass for transport and may be put
together for use in a few moments.
The structure consists of two sides or ends, a top cornice, bottom board or shelf
and cross braces together with any desired number of loose shelves (according to
the intended use of the article) the whole being enclosed at front by a spring roller
blind in lieu of doors.
The cornice is fixed on the sides or ends by dovetailed tenons on the one fitting
in corresponding mortises or sockets in the other and the bottom board or shelf is
hinged to the one side upright (so as to fold against the same for packing) and is
supported by its other end resting on a dovetailed block on the inside of the other
upright the said board or shelf serving as a distance piece for the uprights. The
cross braces are bars terminating in dovetailed tenons that fit in corresponding
sockets in blocks affixed to the uprights which they serve to tie together. Hanger
hooks for garments are fixed to the inner rear side of the cornice and the cross
braces, and the bottom board may serve as a boot rack and if required any suitable
number of shelves may be supported at suitable intervals between the side uprights
in the usual manner of supporting bookshelves.
The spring roller blind is mounted within the cornice and runs in guides or
behind the flanged or beaded edges of the side uprights so as to nearly enclose the
front of the wardrobe or closet. As will be seen there is no back panel the piece
of furniture being intended to stand close against the wall.

page_text: I WILLIAM HEELIS of 26 Budge Row in the city of London, Surveyor do
hereby declare the nature of my invention for AN IMPROVED ARTICLE OF FURNI
TURE FOR USE AS A WARDROBE CUPBOARD OR BOOK-CASE and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
My Invention consists in an article of furniture for use as a wardrobe, cupboard
or bookcase, especially where space is limited, and when portability is required, this
article of furniture being so constructed that it may be put together for use in
a few moments and may be readily taken completely to pieces and packed in a small
compass for transport.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this
Specification wherein figure 1 is a perspective front view of the article of furniture
arranged as a wardrobe or hanging closet, the front being open.
Figure 2 is an inside face view of one of the side cheeks or ends. Figure 3
is a top end view and figure 4 a cross section of the same on line 1. 1. figure 2.
Figure 5 is a similar horizontal section of the complete wardrobe. Figure 6 is an
end view and figure 7. an underside view of the cornice detached.
Figures 8 and 9 show inside face and edge views of part of one of the side cheeks
or ends and the bottom board or shelf hinged thereto. The structure consists of
two side cheeks or end uprights A A', a top cornice B, bottom board or shelf C,
and cross braces D D¹ together with any desired number of loose shelves (according
to the intended use of the article) the whole being enclosed at front by a spring
roller blind E, in lieu of doors.
The cornice B is fixed on the side cheeks or ends A A¹ by dovetailed tenons a
on the latter, fitting in corresponding dovetailed mortises or sockets 6 in the
former, and the bottom board or shelf C is hinged at one end to the side upright A¹
(so as to fold against the same for packing) and is supported by a dovetailed tenon c
at its other end resting on and engaging in a dovetailed socketted block c¹ on the
inside of the other upright A, the said board or shelf C thus serving as a distance
piece for the cheeks or uprights A A¹. The cross braces D D₁ are bars terminating
in dovetailed tenons d that fit in corresponding sockets in blocks d¹ d² affixed to
the uprights A A¹ which they serve to tie together.. Hanger hooks h for garments
are fixed to the inner side of the rear bar of the cornice and to the upper cross
brace D and the bottom board C may be notched to serve as a boot rack. If
required any suitable number of shelves may be supported at suitable intervals
between the side uprights A A¹ by resting on dowels or pins inserted in series of
holes (of which two only are shown) in the usual manner of supporting book-
shelves.
The spring roller blind E is mounted within the cornice and runs in guides or
behind the flanged or beaded front edges a² of the side uprights so as to enclose the
front of the wardrobe or closet. As will be seen there is no back panel, the piece
of furniture being intended to stand close against the wall.

page_text: 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
1. The herein described article of furniture for use as a wardrobe, cupboard or
book case, constructed substantially of two side cheeks or uprights, cornice, cross
braces and bottom board or shelf, fitted together substantially in the manner herein
shown and described for the purpose specified.
2. The combination with the herein described article of furniture constructed
substantially of the parts specified under claim 1 fitted together in the manner
described, of a spring roller blind mounted in the cornice so as to be removable
therewith and adapted to run behind the flanged or beaded front edges of the side
uprights, as specified.