US1602865A - Locking means for wardrobe trunks - Google Patents

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M. STOCKOV LOCKING MEANS FOR WARDROBE TRUNKS 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Sept. 25, 1925 INVENTOR We 2: Jloc ka 2/ BY &

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M. sTocKov LOCKING MEANS FOR WARDROBE TRUNKS Filed Sept. 25, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2" 16 'INVENTOR ll/Iax jfockov HIS ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 12, 1926.

UNITED STATES MAX STOCKOV. OF NEW YORK, N. Y.,'ASSIGNOR TO PERKIOMEN TRUNK AND BAG- PATENT-OFFICE.

COMPANY, INC., 01: PHILADELPHTA;PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENN- SYLVANIA.

LOOKING MEANS FOR WAQBDROBE TRUNKS.

Application filed September 25, 1925. Serial No. 58,521.

This invention relates to locking means for wardrobe trunks. Inwardrobe trunks the trunk sections are pivotally or hingedly connected to have opening and closing movement in use on a vertical axis with the trunk sections supported upon one end with'means including a hasp connected to the one trunk section and extending over the other trunk section and carrying at said extended portion a lock to co-operate with a keeper fixed to said latter trunk section to secure the trunk sections in closedposition. Owing to the manner of supporting the trunk it is difficult to move the trunk sections in such position into such contiguous relation as the position of lock carried by the hasp relative to its keeper, and also in moving the trunk sections to open position when the hasp lock has been released, and it is the object of the present invention to provide improved locking means for wardrobe trunks adapted to firmly draw the trunk sections to closing position and retain the sections in such position, and to initially spread or move the trunk sections to open position when the locking means is released, and to provide locking means of this character which is novel, simple in structure and highly efiicient in use.- 1'

It is a further object of the invention to provide locking means of this character operative by the lock carrying hasp and adapted to be releasably secured in locking position by the lock carried by said hasp.

In. the drawings accompanying and forming a part of this specification I have shown an embodiment of the invention wherein Figure 1 is a sectionalview of a port-ion of a pair of trunk sections looking at the interior thereof and showing my improved locking meansmounted thereon with the relation of the parts thereof j ust previous to the actuation thereof to draw the trunk sections together and lock them in such position.

Figure 2'is a view similar to Figure 1, but showing the parts in locking position.

Figure 3 is an end elevation of the trunk section shown at the right of Figures 1 and 2, with the locking parts mounted thereon shown in the Figure 1 position.

Figure 4 is a front elevational view of a wardrobe trunk to show the appearance thereof when in closed position with my improved locking means applied thereto.

Figure 5 is an elevational view of parts of the locking means operative to co-operate to draw the trunk sections to closed position and to spread the trunk sections.

Figure 6 is an elevational view of a modification of the locking means shown in F igure 5; and 1 s 1 F'gure 7 is an elevational view of the lockmg parts shown in the upper part of Figure 5 looking at the side thereof.

Similar characters of reference designate like parts throughout the different views of the drawings.

The embodiment of the invention is illus trated in the drawings in connection with v a pair of trunk sections 8, 9 adapted to be supported upon one end and pivotally or hingedly connected along one longitudinal edge in the usual manner, only so much of the trunk sections being shown as is essential to an understanding of the invention.

One trunk section, in the present instance 7 the section 9, has a series of casings 10,

shown as two in number, mounted on the inner side of the wall opposite to that at which the trunk sections are hingedly connected. Each casing has an opening 11 (Figure 3) inthe side walladjacent the edge at the open side of the trunk section. The other. trunk section 8 has keepers 12 fixed on the inner slde of the wall opposite to that at which'it 1s hingedly connected to the section 9. Each keeper has abifurcated member 18 projectlng beyond the edge of the trunk with a pin fixed in the legs of the bifurcation and ex- I I tending transversely of'saidlegs adjacent the extremities thereof. .The keepers are .so

arranged that the keeper bifurcations will be in alinement with the openings 11 in the casings. 10 and engage therein 'when the trunk sections are in closed position. A plate 15, in the nature of a latch, is mounted in each of the casings to have sliding movement in a direction longitudinally of the trunk and adapted to extend through the top and bottom of the casing. Each plate is arranged with a cam slot 16 cut diagonally into the side adjacent the side of the casing with the opening at the entrance end of said slots in the normal position of the plates in register with the casing openings, whereby said slots are adapted to engage the keeper pins 14 when the plates are moved in one direction. The plates are connected to'be simultaneously operated in the same direction by a bar 17 pivotally connected at opposite ends, as at 18, with the latch plates adjacent one corner. The rod intermediate its ends is arranged with a perforation 19 elongatcd ih a direction t 'ansversely of the bar in which a pin 20 fixed inand extending laterally from a plate 21 iixed to a stud 22 rotatably mounted in the trunk section 9 and eccentric to the axis of rotation of said stud, the stud also serving as a mounting member tor a hasp 23 lixedthereto at the outer side of the trunk section, and by means of which hasp the pin with the connecting plate 2( for the latch plate actuating rod is rotated. The hasp carries a key operated lock at the end opposite to that at which it is connected with the stud 22 to co-operate with keeper 25 fixed to'the trunk section 8 to releasably retain the latch plates 15 in locking position and the trunk locked.

' In the operation of locking the trunk the trunk sections are moved to the position shown with the mating edges slightly apart and the ends of the keepers engaging in the casing openings and in abutting relation to a slightly recessed curved portion 26 in the latch plate. In this position the hasp 23 is as shown in F igtire 1 thereby positioning the latch plates with the entering ends oi the cam slots 16 in register with the casing openings and with which the ends of the keepers are in alinement. By moving the hasp s3 to the position shown in Figure 2 with the lock carried thereby opposite its co operating keeper 25 the latch plates will be moved from the Figure 1 to the Figure 2 position through the connection of the rod 17 with said hasp. By this movement of the latch plates the recesses therein are caused to engage over the keeper pins 14 and due to the engagement of the bifurcated end of the keepers with the wall of the casing openings the engagement of the upper wall of the plate slot with said pin will draw the trunk sections closely and firmly together and hold them in such position, the latch plates being releasably retained in such position by the lock carried by the hasp co-operating with the keeper 25. To facilitate this actuation of the locking means the hasp is preferably made of a pair of hingedly connected sections so that the portion carry ing the lock may be swung toward and away from the trunk, as shown in Figure 3.

To unlock and open the trunk all that is necessary is to release the hasp look from the keeper 25 and move it from the Figure 2 to the Figure 1 position, thereby moving the latch plates through the connecting rod 17 to the Figure 1 position. During this movement of the latch plates the lower "all of the plate slots will engage the keeper pins 1% and as the keepers cannot move upward due to their engagement in the casing openings there will be a force exerted upon the keeper pins in a direction outward from the casing openings and a. force on the casings in opposite direction and thereby impart spreading or opening movement to the trunk sections to partially open the same, as shown at Figure 1, or sufliciently so to permit of the engagement of the fingers to impart opening movement to the trunk sections. By the arrangement of the connection 18 of the actuating rod 17 with the latch plates the actuation of said plates and the drawing of the trunk sections to closed positionand the spreading of the same is greatly facilitated.

In Figure 6 I have shown a modified structure and arrangement of the keepers 12-. In said arrangement the keepers comprise plates 27 arranged with an integral laterally extending projection or finger 28, said finger being arranged at the same angle relative to the plate as the cam slot 16 in the latch plates 15.

Having thus described my invention I claim:

1. In locking means for wardrobe trunks including hingedly connected sections, latch plates arranged with a camportion independently and slidably carried by one trunk section, keepers fixed to the other trunk section to project beyond the edge of the same and adapted to be positioned relative to the cam portions of the latch plates when the sections are moved to closing position, said latch plates being adapted to co-operate with the keepers when the plates are moved in one direction to draw the trunk sections toward each other and retain them in such position and when said plates are moved in opposite direction to impart spreading movement to the trunk sections, a lock carry ing hasp rotatably carried on the trunk sec tion upon which the latch plates are mounted and intermediate said plates adapted to cooperate with a fixed plate on the other trunk section to secure the trunk sections in closed position, and an operative connection between said hasp and latch plates to impart locking and unlocking movement to the latch plates through the rotary movement of the hasp.

2. In locking means for Wardrobe trunks including hingedly connected sections, latch plates independently and slidably mounted on one trunk section, each plate having an inclined recess out into the edge thereof,

keepers fixed to and projecting beyond the edge of the other trunk section and adapted to be positioned relative to the inclined recesses of the latch plates when the trunk sec tions are moved to closing position, and means connected to the plates to impart sliding movement thereto simultaneously in the same direction, whereby one wall of the plate recesses is adapted to co-operate with the keepers to draw the trunk sections to closed position and retain the sections in such position, and the opposite wall of said recesses to co-operate with the keepers to impart opening movement to the trunk sections when the latch plates are moved in reverse direction.

3. In locking means for wardrobe trunks as claimed in claim 2, means connected to the latch plate actuating means toactuate the same and releasably lock the latch plate actuating means in position with the latch plates in position to retain the trunk sections in closed position.

4:. In locking means for wardrobe trunks including hingedly connected sections, apair of plates independently mounted on one trunk section to have sliding movement longitudinally of said trunk section, each plate having a slot in the edge at the open side of the trunk section and inclining diagonally of the plate and the slots in both plates inclining in the same direction, keepers fixed to and extending beyond the edge of the other trunk section" arranged to be positioned relative to the opening to the plate slots on the other trunk section when the trunk sections are moved to closing position, one wall of said plate slots being adapted to co-operate with said keepers when the plates are moved in one direction to draw the trunk sections together, and the other wall of the slots to co-operate with the keepers to spread the trunk sections when the plates are moved in reverse direction, and means to impart movement to the plates simultaneously in the same direction.

5. In locking means for wardrobe, trunks including hingedly connected sections, cas-- ings fixed to one trunk section having an opening in the outer wall and openings in the end walls, keepers fixed to the other trunk section and having a part projecting beyond the edge of the trunk section adapted to be positioned in alinement with the opening in the outer wall of the casing when the trunk sections are moved to closing position, plates slidable in the casings and through the openings in the end walls thereof each plate being arranged with a cam slot having an opening thereto in alinement with the opening in the outer wall of the casing in the normal position thereof and adapted to en gage the keepers when the plates are moved in one direction and draw the trunk sections moved to closing position, plates mounted in the casings to have sliding movement longitudinally of the trunk and through openings in the end Walls of the casing, each plate having a cam slot arranged with the opening thereto in register with the openings in the outer wall of the casing in the normal position of the plates, and meansto impart slidmg movement simultaneously to the plates,

said plate slots being arranged whereby as I the plates are moved in one direction the cam slots will cooperate with the keepers to draw the trunk sections together and to spread the trunk sections when moved in opposite direction.

7. In locking means for wardrobe trunks including hingedly connected sections, casings fixed to one trunk section having an opening in the outer wall, keepers fixed to the other trunk section having a part projecting beyond the edge of said trunk section positioned to aline with the openings in the casings when the trunk sections are moved to closing position, plates mounted in the casings to have sliding movement longitudinally of the trunk and through openings in the end walls of the casin each plate having a cam slot arranged Wit the opening thereto in register With the opening in the outer wall of the casing in the normal position of the plates, said plate slots being arranged whereby as the plates are moved in one direction they will co-operate with the keepers to draw the trunk sections together and to spread the trunk sections when moved in opposite direction, a lock carrying hasp pivotally mounted on the trunk section upon which the plate carrying casings are mounted adapted to be moved to position to extend over the other trunk section with the lock carried thereby positioned relative to a keeper fixed to said latter trunk section, and means to impart sliding movement simultaneously to the plates operatively connected to and actuated by the movement of the hasp.

8. Locking means for wardrobe trunks as claimed in claim 7, wherein the actuating means for the plates comprises a rod to which the plates are pivotally connected at the opposite ends thereof and having a pin and slot connection intermediate its ends with the pivoted mounting member of the hasp eccentric to the axis of said member.

9. Locking means for Wardrobe trunks as the bifurcation When the trunk sections are claimed in claim 5, wherein the 'portion of drawn together.

the keepers projecting beyond the edge of Signed at the city of New York, in the 10 the trunk section is bifurcated with a pin county of New York and State of New York,

extending transversely of the bifurcation for this 23rd day of September 1925.

engagement of the plate slots, and the plates are adapted to engage between the legs of MAX STOCKOV.

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