IMPROVED PORTABLE WARDROBES FOR TRAVELLING.” PORTABLE WARDROBES FOR TRAVELLING.
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Rosa Parlby, of the Hyde Park Hotel, Mary-
lebone, in the County of Middlesex, for the Invention of "IMPROVED
PORTABLE WARDROBES FOR TRAVELLING.”
PORTABLE WARDROBES FOR TRAVELLING.
Sealed the 20th December 1875, and dated the 15th October 1875.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Rosa Parlby at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with her Petition, on the
15th October 1875.
I, ROSA PARLBY, of the Hyde Park Hotel, Marylebone, in the County
of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
IMPROVED PORTABLE WARDROBES FOR TRAVELLING," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in improvements in the construction of
portable hanging wardrobes for travelling which possess great advantages
as compared with ordinary travelling trunks or cases applicable to the
same purposes, as they are portable in a horizontal position and capable
when used of being placed in an upright position, and do not require
packing nor unpacking; they also occupy a smaller space and are less
heavy than the trunks or cases ordinarily in use.

page_text: The travelling wardrobes which form the subject of this Invention
are made in two forms, one circular and the other oblong or rectangular.
In both cases the inside portion is by preference formed of wickerwork,
the outer portion being covered with American cloth, leather cloth, tin,
or other suitable material, and the interior being also lined with holland,
calico, or any other material adapted for the purpose. In the interior
are fixed two or more straight or annular brass rods provided with any
suitable number of swivel hooks, to which dresses, bonnets, hats, or
other articles can be suspended, also with elastic bands or other suitable
fastenings to be tightened or loosened at pleasure; thus to retain the
said articles in the interior of the travelling case or wardrobe in a
hanging or suspended position without the necessity of further packing,
thus preventing all crumpling or in any way injuring the dresses,
bonnets, hats, or other articles whilst travelling. One or both ends of
the travelling wardrobe may be made somewhat larger so as to give
space for the storage of heavier articles should it be desired.
Access to the interior of the travelling wardrobe is afforded by means
of a sliding pannel or door which may be of wicker, tin, or any other
suitable material, and may be capable of expansion or not. The exterior
of the said travelling wardrobe is furnished with leather bands or straps,
and lock and key, by which it can be effectually secure, and tightened or
loosened at pleasure; it can be placed in any small apartment without
occupying much space, and can be readily removed, conveyed from one
locality to another, and stowed away with perfect caso. It may of
course be of any size consistant with portability, but it is intended to be
long and narrow in shape.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Rosa Parlby in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 10th March 1876.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ROSA 3
PARLBY, of the Hyde Park Hotel, Marylebone, in the County of
Middlesex, send greeting.

page_text: year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in the
thirty-ninth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto me, the said Rosa Parlby, Her special
licence, that I, the said Rosa Parlby, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said Rosa Parlby, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no
others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term
therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVED PORTABLE
WARDROBES FOR TRAVELLING," upon the condition (amongst others) that I,
the said Rosa Parlby, my executors or administrators, by an instru-
ment in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Inven-
tion and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the
same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar
months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Detont

page_text: adapted for the purpose.
In the interior is or are fixed two or more
straight or annular metallic rods provided with any suitable number of
swivel hooks, or if desired elastic bands or other appliances, such as are
well known and understood, may be used in lieu of the rods or in com-
bination therewith, and to which dresses, bonnets, hats, or other articles
can be suspended. Such elastic bands or other appliances are SO
arranged as to be capable of being tightened or loosened at pleasure in
order to retain the articles in the interior of the travelling case or
wardrobe in a hanging or suspended position without the necessity of
further packing, thus avoiding all disarrangement or crumpling or
injury of or to the articles whilst travelling. One or both ends of the
travelling wardrobe may be made somewhat larger than the main
portion thereof so as to afford space when desired for the storage of
heavy articles. Shelves, folding or otherwise, sliding drawers, and loops
to which articles can be suspended are also in some cases placed in the
interior of the wardrobe in order to increase its usefulness.
Access to the interior of the travelling wardrobe is obtained by means
of a pannel or door which may be made either to slide or to open on
hinges, the same being formed of wicker, tin plate, or any other suitable
material or materials, and in some cases being made capable of expansion
by well known means. The exterior of the travelling wardrobe is
furnished with a lock and key, and with leather bands or straps, by
which it can be effectually secured and tightened or loosened at
pleasure.
One of the advantages resulting from my said Invention is that the
before described travelling wardrobe can be placed in any small apart-
ment without occupying much space, and can be readily removed,
conveyed from one locality to another and stowed away with perfect
case, and may of course be of any size consistent with portability, the
requisite proportions of length and breadth being in all cases observed.
Having thus declared and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I would observe
in conclusion that what I consider novel and original and there-
fore claim as constituting the Invention secured to me by the said
herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is, the construction and
arrangement of improved portable wardrobes, substantially as and for

page_text: the purposes herein-before described and set forth, or any mere modifi-
cations thereof.
In witness whereof, I, the said Rosa Parlby, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Seventh day of March, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-six.
ROSA PARLBY. (L.S.)