US556526A - Adjustable trunk-tray - Google Patents

Description

(NovModel.)

N. L. BAKER. ADJUSTABLE TRUNK TRAY.

Patented Mar. 17, 1896.

No. 556,526.v

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ADJUSTABLE TRU N K-TRAY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 556,526, dated March 17, 1896.

Application filed October 17, 1895.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, NANNIE LoUIsE BAKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Trunk-Trays; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable'others skilled in the art to which it appertains to Inake and use the same,'reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in trunks,and especially to an adjustable tray for trunks, by which the contents of the trunk, if not filled, may be kept from shifting about while the same are in transit, and protecting the articles contained therein from sudden jars.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of a flexible partition or tray, made of suitable cloth or canvas, having secured at the ends of the said canvas a series of hooks which are adapted to engage in loops or eyes held by a horizontal strip secured across the inner end of the trunk, it being my purpose to have a series of these strips at different heights across the inner ends of the trunk, so that the tray may be adjusted to the contents of the trunk.

A further object of the invention resides in the construction of the iiexible trays of the character described, with a series of elastic strips between two pieces of canvas whereby both a lateral and longitudinal stretching is effected, thus protecting' the contents underneath the tray.

To these ends and to such others as the invention may appertain the same consists, further, in the novel construction, combination and adaption of the parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, and then specifically deiined in the appended claim. I

I clearly illustrate my invention in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters Serial No. 565,965. (No model.)

of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification, and in which drawings similar letters of reference indicate like A parts throughout the several views, in Which- Figure l is a side elevation of a trunk With parts broken away to show the improved tray carried therein. Eig. 2 is an enlarged detail view of a tray removed, showing the series of flexible strips.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates the end walls of a trunk of ordinary construction, and across each end on the inner side are secured a series of strips B, at different heights, and to each strip is secured a series of loops or eyes C.

The tray, which is adjustable, is composed of the two pieces of canvas or other suitable material D D. These sections are connected by the elastic strips E, there being a plurality of them to allow of a better elasticity both laterally and longitudinally. The outer ends of the said canvas pieces carry a series of hooks K,which register with the hooks or loops on the strips B.

From the -foregoing it will be seen that the tray may be adjusted at various heights on the strips to conform to the size of the load to be carried in the trunk.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim to be new, and desire to secure by Letters Pat-ent, is-

An adjustable tray for trunks, having in combination with a series of strips B, the eyes C secured thereto, the canvas pieces D, D, provided at their outer ends with a series of hooks K, and the elastic strips E, connecting the said canvas pieces, all substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

NANNIE LOUISE BAKER.

Witnesses:

JAMES IWI. FARRAR, Jr., VERDE V. HAEDeAsTLE.

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