US3351403A - Wall mounted semi-concealed wardrobe - Google Patents

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NOV- 7, 1967 R. A. MGNUSON 3,351,403

VWALL. MOUNTED SEMI-CONCEALED WARDROBE Filed March 25, 1966 4 sheets-sheet 1 MII'T l? l` V V f f f/ Onu-2:71AM e w ffl/7 Nov. 7, 196'/ R, MGNUSON 3,351,403

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Nov. 7, 1967- R. A. MAGNUSON 3,351,403

WALL MOUNTED SEMI-CONCEALED WARDROBE Filed March 25, 1966 4Sheets-Sheet 5 NOV 7, 1967 R. A. MAGNUSON WALL MOUNTED SEMI-CONCEALED WARDROBE 4 Sheets-Sheet 4.

Filed March 25, 1966 .WJ i. za y. WM/M NM .wn f4. J M M MM fwMv United States Patent O 3,351,403 WALL MGUN'IED SEMI-CONCEALED WARDRBE Raymond A. Magnuson, Hinsdale, Ill., assigner to Vogel- Ieterson Co., Elmhurst, Ill., a corporation of Illinois Filed Mar. 25, 1966, Ser. No. 537,375 9 Claims. (Cl. S12-245) ABSTRACT F THE DISCLOSURE A wall mounted semi-concealed unenclosed wardrobe which includes a utility panel supported parallel to the wall at a desired distance therefrom and clear of the floor and which also includes several shelves between the wall and the panel, those near the iioor being pivotable to provide easy access to the lioor and those at a higher level being mounted on vertically slidable brackets which can be locked in position. There is also disclosed a fully enclosed wardrobe, mounted and supported as the unenclosed wardrobe but having additional panels and doors to form a storage cabinet or an enclosed wardrobe.

This application relates generally to wardrobes and cabinets and more particularly to a line of wardrobes which are ,semi-permanently mounted on a wall above the door.

In designing todays schools, architects place great emphasis upon classroom versatility. The needs of a community for which a school is being built may change, and the architect must foresee that a classroom which was initially designed for use by children of a given age group may subsequently have to be converted for use by children of a different age group or perhaps for use as a laboratory or as a meeting room.

Differing uses to which a classroom may be put over the years will place different requirements upon classroom equipment such as wardrobe facilities, storage cabinets, washbasins and the like. For example, a washbasin is almost always installed in a classroom intended for use by younger children but is seldom present in classrooms intended for children of a higher age group. As a result, when due to changing needs a classroom originally intended for younger children is converted to a classroom for older children, fixtures such as washbasins may have to be removed and quite often other fixtures will have to be installed to take care of additional requirements of the older children. To fulfill the need for easy convertibility of classrooms, fixtures such as wardrobes, storage cabinets, and the like should not comprise permanent installations but should permit of easy relocation from one classroom to another, or even from one place to another in the same room. Relocation of fixtures, especially of wardrobes will not always be necessary, especially if they can be adjusted to accommodate children of differing age groups or needs. This feature is greatly desired since, even with the most easily relocated storage device, it is less trouble to make an adjustment within the device than to move it between different locations.

'New teaching methods, especially the use of drawings and paintings by small children as a means of selfexpression, and the employment of other wall mounted visual aids for teaching have additionally imposed a limitation on the amount of wall space which may be used up or obscured by wardrobes and the like.

Finally, todays schools are designed to be inexpensive to maintain and to keep clean. Thus, school architects demand minimum obstruction of the floor by structures such as those that would be used for wardrobes and the Patented Nov. 7, 1967 ICC like so as to permit easy cleaning of the floor by means of powered floor cleaning equipment.

It is therefore a principal general object of this invention to provide a wardrobe unit which can be semipermanently installed upon a wall in order to provide adequate rigidity, which readily permits of relocation, which is adaptable as desired for use either as a wardrobe to store garments, as a storage cabinet for classroom materials, or to house other facilities, such as washbasins. The provision of a wardrobe unit in which the loss of wall space is replaced by the use of an appropriate vertical panel in the form of a chalkboard or tackboard is a related object of this invention.

Still another object of this invention is to provide a wall Vmounted wardrobe having a bottom which is clear of the floor so that it presents substantially no interference with floor cleaning equipment, yet which is provided with Vertical support for maximum strength and rigidity.

An important additional object of this invention is the provision of a semi-concealed wardrobe having shelves and garment supports which permit of adjustment for use either by adults or by children and by various numbers of them. It is a related object of this invention to provide an improved rail and slide mechanism4 for mounting a self bracket upon a post so that the bracket can be easily engaged with the rail at any point along its length and locked securely in place.

Gther objects and advantages will become apparent from the following description and from the accompanying drawings in which:

FIG. l is a perspective, partially cut away View of a complete wardrobe embodying features of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a vertical section taken along the line 2 2 in FIG. l and showing in particular the wall mounted end frame of the wardrobe of FIG. l;

FIG. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view taken in offset planes as indicated by the line 3 3 in FIG. 2 and showing engagement of vertically positionable shelf brackets and hanger rail brackets upon their associated rail niembers;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged vertical section taken along the line 4 4 in FIG. 3 and showing in detail a hanger rail bracket;

FIG. 5 is a vertical section through line 5 5 in FIG. 4 showing a rear view of a channel member with a pair of bracket dogs positioned therein;

FIG. 5a is a horizontal section taken along the line 5a 5a in FIG. 4 and showing the cooperation between a channel member, a hanger rail bracket, a hanger rail bracket dog, and a tightening bolt for adjustably positioning the bracket in the channel member;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a hanger receptacle mounted in a hanger rail;

FIG. 7 is a vertical section through FIG. 1 along the line 7 7 showing a swingable shelf in its normal and raised positons;

FIG. 8 is a horizontal section through lines 8 8 of FIG. 7 showing the swingable shelf in its normal position;

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a teachers wardrobe and storage cabinet embodying features of the present invention;

FIG.10 is a second perspective view of the teachers wardrobe and storage cabinet of FIG. 9;

FIG. ll is a horizontal section taken along the line ll1 11 in FIG. 9 and showing engagement of the door and a typical utility board mounting;

FIG. 12 is a perspective view of a sink and storage cabinet embodying features of the present invention.

Returning more particularly to the drawings, a semienclosed wardrobe incorporating features of the invention as shown in FIGURE 1. It includes a framework 11 for supporting Igarments and a vertical concealing panel 13 covered by a utility surface 14 which may comprise either a blackboard or a tackboard. Mounted on the wall, clear of the oor, and comprising the first principal support member of the framework 11 is an I-shaped end frame generally designated 17. Standing upright on the oor at a distance from the wall 15 and comprising the second principal supporting member of the framework 11 is a second I-shaped end frame -generally denoted 21. To provide lateral support for the second frame 21, a pair of shelves 23 connect portions of the second frame 21 to corresponding portions of the wall-mounted frame 17. Additional lateral support is provided by a second set of shelves 25, a pair of hook supporting rods 27 mounted below the shelves 23 and 25, and by a pair of shelves 29.

For a more detailed consideration of the framework 11, reference is made to FIG. 2. The wall mounted end frame 17 comprises a central upright post 31 with a tirst pair of cross arms 33 near its top and a second pair of similarly configured cross arms 35 near its bottom. The arms 33 and 35 are rigidly attached, as by welding, to the post 31. This assembly is fastened, usually bolted, to the wall through holes A in the uppermost pair of arms 33, a single hole B in the yupri-ght post 31, and a pair of holes C in the second or lowermost pair of transverse arms 35.

As shown in FIG. 1, the second or outer end frame 21 is constructed like the first end frame 17 with the exception that its upright post 37 extends to the oor thus affording vertical support for that frame and for the panel 13 mounted upon it. In all other respects, the second end frame 21 is identical with the first, having an upper pair of cross arms 39 and a lower pair of cross arms 41. It will be understood that, while the post 37 has been shown as a single member, it may be formed of two or more members 'for convenience of construction with departing from the invention, and it is in this sense that the term post is employed in the claims. For example, the post 37 ymay be made identical with the wall mounted post 31, but with a small, foot-like extension reaching to the floor.

The panel 13 is mounted upon the second or outer end frame 21 as by bolting through sets of A- and C-holes in the end frame member 21 by wood screws (FIG. 8) with the bottom edge of the panel disposed well above the iioor, out of the way of floor cleaning equipment.

To provide maximum bracing for the framework 11, the top pair of shelves 23 are rigidly but removably attached by means of screws between the top cross arms 33 and 39 of the rst and second end frames 17 and 21, respectively.

In accordance with an important feature of the invention, the second set of shelves 25 and the hook supporting rods 27, while normally rigidly mounted on the upright posts 31 and 37, can be adjusted to any one of several difiere-nt vertical positions upon the posts 31 and 37 so that persons of different heights can readily use them. To this end, the shelves 25 are carried by a pair of shelf brackets 43 which are mounted at their anged rear ends 45 upon vertically disposed rails 47. The shelves 25 are somewhat flexible along their longitudinal axes, and are snapped in place upon the arms of the shelf brackets 43. The construction of these shelves and brackets is described in more detail and claimed in my earlier United States patent `application entitled Improved Garment Rack, filed Oct. 24, 1965, and given Ser. No. 504,531.

To permit vertical adjustment of the hook supporting rods 27, they are supported by a pair of brackets 49 which are slidably mounted upon the rail members 47 under the shelf brackets 43. Mounted on the rods 27 are a series of two-pronged garment hooks 51. The hooks 51 are preferably fashioned of molded nylon and each has a head portion 53 fitting around and slidable along the hook rods 27. The rods 27, as shown, are tubular and of rectangular cross section, and may fit into rectangular openings in hanger ra'il'brackets 49 where they are locked against lateral movement by screws 50 (FIG. 4). The hanger head portions are also of rectangular shape. Thus the hook rods 27 are keyed against turning within the brackets 49, and the hooks 51 are keyed against turning about their supporting rods 27.

Desirably, and as illustrated in FIG. 2, the hooks 51 are located near the plane defined by the posts 31 and 37. To provide additional coat hanging capacity either by way of hooks 55 or hangers 56, a pair of multipurpose hanger rails 57 are interposed between the outer ends of the shelf brackets 43 just below the shelves 25. As shown, the hanger rail 57 comprises a downwardly opening channel 59 formed by two downwardly turned and inwardly facing anges 61 (FIGS. 3 and 6). To slidably support the hooks 55 within the hanger rail 57, each hook is provided with a downwardly narrowing wedge-shaped head 62 which is `designed to be slidably received within the hanger rail 57.

To accommodate garment hangers having either hook topped supporting stems or stems having T-shaped, Y- shaped, or ball-shaped tips, hanger receptacles V63 are utilized in conjunction with the hanger rail. The hanger receptacles are of the type described and claimed in my copending application Ser. No. 565,441, tiled July l5, 1966, entitled Hanger Receptacle and Garment Suspension Apparatus Employing the Same. As best seen in FIG. 6, the hanger receptacle 63 is formed with a head 65 having inwardly sloping side walls which are slidably received in the track defined by the downwardly opening channel portion 59 of the hanger rails 57. At its lower end, the hanger receptacle 63 is equipped with a hanger stem receiving cage 67. Thus the cage is open on three sides with one face having a slot 69 therein which is enlarged at its upper end to permit the insertion therethrough of T-topped, Y-topped, or ball-topped hanger stems. Through the open opposite sides of the receptacles, a conventional openhook stem hanger can be inserted, and it is this type of hook which is shown on the hanger illustrated in FIG. 2.

Because the hanger rail 57 is adapted to receive either the hanger receptacle 63 (solid line in FIG. 3) or the hook 55 (broken line in FIG. 3), the second set of garment supporting means, which are mounted above the lower set of hooks 51, can be selected to be either hooks 55 on both sides of the posts 31 and 37, or they can be made up entirely of hangers, or they can be hooks on one side and hangers on the other side.

Turning now to detailed consideration of the manner in which the shelves 25 and the hook supporting rods 27 are adjustably mounted on the posts 31 and 37 and, with additional reference to FIGS. 3, 4, and 5, a pair of rail members 47 are mounted in an elevated position on opposite faces of the posts 31 and 37. The rail members 47 are generally of U-shaped cross section with a back wall 73 facing the posts and attached thereto by screws 74. Additionally, and in accordance with one aspect of the invention, the U-shaped rail members 47 have a pair of side walls 75 which at their ends are inwardly jogged to define a pair of stop surfaces 77 facing the back wall 73 and terminating in a pair of rails 79 pointing away from the back wall 73.

To slidably support the hook rods 27 upon the upright posts 31 and 37, each of the hook rod brackets 49 is provided with an upright ange 81 having a pair of vertically running grooves 83 (FIG. 5a) spaced apart and dimensioned to receive the rails 79 of the rail members 47. The hook rod brackets 49 are locked in position upon the rail members 47 by a pair of dogs 85 which are rotatably mounted on the brackets by means of a pair of threaded bolts 87. The dogs 85 have a width which permits them to be inserted between the rails 79 anywhere along the length of rail member 47, and a length which is sufficient to cause the dogs to abut against the stop surfaces 77 of the rail members 47 when the dogs have been turned.

To install the hook rod brackets 49, their bolts 87 are loosened so as to permit the dogs 85 to be turned with their longitudinal axes approximately aligned with the rails 79 as shown by broken lines in FIG. 5. With the dogs so oriented, they may be readily inserted between the rails 79. The brackets 49 may then be vertically slid upon the rail members 47 to any desired position of the hanger rail 27 below the shelves 25.

In this connection it will be noted that the cross arms 33 are attached to the post 31 so as to support the post clear from the wall for free movement of brackets along the rail members 47 on the post 31. The same construction is followed in attaching the bottom cross members 35 to the post 31, and the cross members 39 and 41 to the panel supporting post 37.

When a desired position has been reached for the brackets 49, their threaded bolts 87 are turned to clamp the dogs 85 against the stop surfaces 77 of the rail member 47. Thus, in its locked position, each bracket is securely retained upon its rail member 47 not only against vertical movement, by virtue of the frictional engagement of the dogs 85 with the stop surfaces 77, but also against horizontal movement and against turning by means of the structural interlocking between the pair of rails 79 of the rail member /17 and the pair of grooves S3 in the hook rod bracket anges S1.

In a similar manner, the shelf supporting brackets 43 are also provided with an upright flange 45 (FIGS. 2 and 3) for engaging the rail member 47. Flange 45 of the shelf-supporting brackets 43 is differently constructed from the hook rod bracket flange 81 in that instead of engaging the pair of rails 79 of the rail member 47 through a pair of grooves, the shelf bracket flange 45 is provided with a pair of side walls which embrace the outer walls of the rails 79. In other respects, the slide assembly of the shelf bracket i3 is substantially the same as the slide assembly of the hook rod brackets 49 and can be adjusted into any position above the hook rods 27 in the same manner as that described for adjustment of the brackets 49.

It is to be understood that, although in the embodiment illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2, the rail members 47 extend only the top half of the posts 31 and 37, the length of the rail members 47 is optional and can be extended to the bottom half of the posts if it is desired to adapt the wardrobe for use by very small children.

In accordance with an important feature of the invention, the bottom shelves 29, which are mounted close to the floor for receiving footwear or other articles are swingably attached to the transverse arms 35 and 41 of the end frames 17 and 21 to permit the shelf to be swung upward for easy cleaning of the floor area between the wall 15 and utility panel 13. In the illustrative embodiment of the invention shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the swingable shelves 29 carry a pair of end plates 91 at their corners nearest the posts 31 and 37, with the plates facing the transverse arms 35 and 41 and having an arcuate slot 92 formed in them. The shelves are swingably mounted on the transverse arms by a pair of threaded bolts 93 screwed into the bottom transverse arms 35 and 41 through the slots 92.

To maintain the swingable shelves 29 in horizontal position, a pair of downwardly opening slotted pieces 95 are attached to opposite edges of the shelves Z9', also facing the lower transverse arms 35 and 41 but located near the outer edge of the shelves 29. A pair of inwardly facing stopping pins 97 are mounted on the lower transverse arms 35 and r11, positioned to stop the swingable lower shelves 29 in a horizontal position by entering the downwardly opening slotted plates 95 when the shelves are lowered. The shelves remain safely in this position due to their own weight.

When it is desired to swing a shelf 29 upward so as to clear the floor for cleaning, it is simply lifted at its outer edge. This causes the rear llat upper edges 99 of the arcuately slotted plates 91 to bear against the upright posts 31 and 37 causing the rear channeled edge of the shelf 29 to travel downward in a path defined by the slots 92. In fully raised position, the shelf 29 remains stably upright as a result of the frictional engagement of the flat corners 99 of the plates 91 with the upright posts 31 and 37, yet the shelf 29 can be easily lowered into its normal position by exerting a slight upward pull upon it to free its end plates 91 from the posts 31 and 37.

There has been described thus far as one embodiment of the invention, a semi-concealed, unenclosed wardrobe featuring vertically adjustable hooks and shelves, minimum obstruction of the iioor, and an attractive and useful concealing panel for vertically supporting either a tackboard surface or a chalkboard surface. It will be apparent from the above description that the usefulness of a wall and floor supported structure which leaves the floor area underneath it almost entirely unobstructed is not limited to an unenclosed wardrobe but is equally desirable in a companion piece to the semi-enclosed wardrobe, having additional panels and doors so as to form a storage cabinet or an enclosed wardrobe. Such an alternative embodiment incorporating features of the .invention is illustrated in FIGS. 9, 10, and l1.

In general organization, the alternative wardrobe unit 11th is divided into a teachers section shown in FIG. 9, and la storage section shown in FIG. l0. The teachers hal-f of the unit lfeatures a large shelf on top, and below it the teachers half of the unit is divided into a wardrobe section for receiving coats and a shelved storage section having adjustable half width shelves.

The pupils section of the unit 11i), as seen in FIG. 10, contains a number of full width shelves, some of them being vertically adjustable in position.

` tructural support for the unit is provided by `a wall mounted `frame 111 and a second frame 113 supported parallel to the wall, `but spaced from it, upon a stub post 115 at its bottom. A utility panel 117 is mounted upon the second or outer frame 113 by means of a set of nuts 119 (FIG. l2) embedded in the panel 117 and receiving a corresponding set of bolts 121 carried by lugs 123 on the frame 113. Depending upon classroom requirements, a work surface 125, which can be, for example, either a chalkboard or a tack-board, is supported upon the utility board 117, usually being bonded to the utility board 117 so as to constitute a unitary panel. As shown, the unitary panel and board is bordered for attractive appearance in an aluminum frame 127.

Turning now to the internal construction and arrangement of the teachers wardrobe and storage unit 1111, several sets of mutually aligned cross members 129, 136, and 139 are provided on the `wall mounted frame 111 and the frame 113. A large fback panel 123 is attached to the wall mounted frame 111 and serves as the rear wall of the entire unit. The horizontal cross members 129, 130, 135 and 139 serve to support shelves mounted upon them. Supported by the ybottom pair of cross members 129 are the tbottom panels 13M and 131b in the teachers and pupils halves of the wardrobe respectively. The top panels 133er and 133!) of the wardrobe are similarly mounted on the second set of cross members 135 which form the top of the square frame members 111 :and 113. Mounted below the top panels 133a and 133b is a second pair of panels 137a and 137!)` supported on the pair of mid-cross members 139 located below the top cross members 135 and bracingly attached to the vertic-al sides of the frame members 111 and 113.

To separate the teachers half of the wardrobe 119 from the pupils half, a central panel 1411, which extends the entire length of the wardrobe, is fitted upright between individual ones of pairs of bottom and top panel members 131 and 133, which `are mounted upon the cross me-mbers 129 and 135, with a slight gap between members of the pairs so as to provide slots for receiving and securely positioning the central separating panel 141.

Within the teachers half of the unit 110, an upright divider panel panel 143 is provided which reaches from the bottom panel member 131a to the top shelf 137e.

Preferably the divider panel 143 is fastened in place by means of screws through the bottom panel member 131a and the top shelf 137a.

To complete the Wardrobe section of the teachers half of the unit 110, 4a hanger rail 145, which is preferably of the same type as the hanger rails 57 of FIG. 2, is mounted upon the bottom face of the top shelf 137a and mounts a suitable number of hooks or, as is shown in the embodiment of FIG. 8, h-anger receptacles 147 of the type illustrated in FIG. 6.

In addition to the permanently installed top shelf 137a and the similarly installed bottom panel 131a, the storage section of the teachers half of the unit 110 also includes a number of movable shelves 149 which can be located at any desired height between the cross members 130 and 139 upon the divider panel 143 and the central separating panel 141.

To assure privacy to the teachers half of the wardrobe, as shown it is provided with a door 150 hinged through a set of hinges 151 upon the wall imounted frame 111.

The opposite half of the unit, constituting the pupils storage cabinet, as seen in FIG. l() includes a set of shelves 152 located between the bottom panel 131b and the top shelf 137b which can be adjustably supported in the same manner yas are the shelves 149 in the teachers wardrobe section. Additionally, the pupils half of the wardrobe unit 110 is provided with a door 153 of the same type and supported in the same manner as the door 150 of the teachers half of the unit.

Still another unit incorporating features of the invention and especially the features of ofi-theafloor mounting, easy relocatability and a utility panel providing a chalkboard or tackboard surface, is a sink and storage cabinet shown in FIG. 12. Generally, the sink and storage cabinet matches the appearance of the semi-enclosed wardrobe and the teachers wardrobe and storage cabinet. The sink and storage cabinet differs mainly in internal arrangement, featuring a sink and faucets in a counter supported in the cabinet at working level, and two door-enclosed storage cabinets, one at the top of the unit, and the other below the counter.

In particular, the unit of FIG. 12 features a `washbasin 163 supported in a counter 165 which is held at working level by a wall mounted frame 167 and `a second frame 169 spaced from the wall and supported on a stub post 171. Both the wall mounted frame 167 and the panel supporting frame 169 are rectangular frames constructed in substantially the same manner as their counterparts in FIGS. 9 and 10 and both are Imounted .above the fioor to provide access thereto, with the only significant change lbeing in the provision of an additional cross member 172 on each of the rectangular ` frame members 167 and 169 for supporting the sink counter 16S.

The counter 165 also supports the usual hot and c-old water valve 173 and faucet 175. Enclosed storage spaces are provided in the top portion of the cabinet behind the door 177 and in the large storage space behind the `door 179. Both of the doors 177 and 179 are hinged upon the wall mounted frame 167 in the same manner in which the door 150 of the teachers wardrobe and storage cabinet is mounted upon its wall mounted frame 111.

Thus it can be seen that there have kbeen described a series of matching semi-enclosed and fully enclosed wardrobe and sink and storage cabinet combinations of pleasing appearance, each of which is of versatile, unitary construction, and features off-the-floor, wall-mounting permitting substantially unimpeded access to the floor beneath them for powered Hoor cleaning and polishing equipment, and a utility panel providing either a tackboard or a chalkboard surface.

I claim as my invention:

1. A wall and floor supported, space-defining structure comprising in combination (a) top and bottom cross members for semi-permanent attachment to a wall;

(b) a frame positioned away from said wall, said frame including a post extending upright from the floor and also including top and bottom cross members;

(c) an upright utility panel mounted on said frame clear of the floor to define a raised, concealed space between said wall and said panel; and

(d) a pair of shelves, each interposed between and fastened to a pair of said cross members to maintain said panel rigidly upright, at least one of said shelves being mounted near the floor -for receiving footwear and being pivotably attached to said bottom cross members to permit it to be swung upward for access to the fioor area between said wall and said panel.

2. A wall and floor supported, space-defining structure comprising in combination (a) a first frame including an upright post and top and bottom cross members for semi-permanent attachment to a wall;

(b) a second frame positioned away from said wall,

said second frame including a post extending upright from the fioor in alignment with the post of said first frame and also including top and bottom cross members;

(c) an yupright utility panel mounted on said second frame clear of the ffoor to define a raised, concealed space between said wall and said panel;

(d) means for supporting articles interposed between and fastened to cross members of said first and second frames to maintain said first and second frames in parallel relation to each other and said panel rigidly upright;

(e) rail members rigidly mounted on said first and second frame posts;

(-f) an elongated support member; and

(g) a bracket mounted on each of said rail members,

each bracket having (1) means for supporting one end of said support member, and

(2) means for alternatively slidably or immovably engaging said rail member providing vertically adjustable mounting of said support member upon said frame posts.

3. The structure of claim 2 additionally characterized in that at least one of said article supporting means is a shelf, mounted near the floor for receiving footwear, and is pivotably attached to said bottom cross members to permit it to be swung upward for access to the oor area between said wall and said utility panel.

4. A wall and floor supported, space-defining structure comprising in combination (a) a rst frame including an upright post and top and bottom cross members for semi-permanent attachment to a wall;

(b) a second frame positioned away from said Wall,

said second frame including a post extending upright from the floor in alignment with the post of said first frame and also including top and bottom cross members;

(c) an upright utility panel mounted on said second frame clear of the fioor to define a raised, concealed Space between said wall and said panel;

(d) means for supporting articles interposed between and fastened to cross members of said first and second frames to maintain said first and second frames in parallel relation to each other and said panel rigidly upright;

(e) rail members rigidly mounted on said first and second frame posts;

(f) a shelf; and

(g) a bracket mounted on each of said rail members,

each bracket having (l) an arm supporting said shelf, and (2) means engaging one of said rail members and 9 providing vertically adjustable mounting of said shelf.

5. A wall and floor supported, space-defining structure comprising in combination (a) a first frame including an upright .post and to-p and bottom cross mem-bers for semi-permanent attachment to awalll;

(b) a second frame positioned away from said wall, said second frame including a post extending upright from the door in alignment with the post of said first frame and also including top and bottom cross members;

(c) an upright utility panel mounted on said second frame clear of the floor to define a raised, concealed space between said wall and said panel;

(d) means for supporting articles interposed between and fastened to cross members of said first and second frames to maintain said first and said second frames in parallel relation to each other and said panel rigidly upright;

(e) rail members rigidly mounted on said first and second frame posts;

(f) ashelf;

(g) ahookrod;

(h) a first pair of brackets supporting said shelf upon said rail members;

(i) a second pair vof brackets supporting said hook rod on said rail members beneath said shelf; and

(j) each of said brackets having means engaging one of said rail members and providing vertically adjustlably mounting of said shelf and said hook rod upon said structure.

6. The structure of fclairn additionally including a hanger rail supported between the ends of said shelf supporting brackets adapted to receive and support hanger `receptacles and hooks above and beyond hooks supported on said hook rod.

7. The structure of claim 4 wherein (a) said rail members are channel-shaped with side walls jogged inwardly to define a pair of stop surfaces, and

(b) wherein each shelf-supporting bracket has (l) a laterally extending arm for supporting said shelf,

(2) an upright flange for engaging said rail mem ber, and

(3) la dog turnably mounted on said flange by means for selectably urging said dog toward said flange,

(a) said dog having a width which is less than the separation between said inwardly fjogged walls to permit insertion of said dog into said rail member and la length which is greater than said wall separation so as to abut said stop surfaces in said rail member when said dog has been turned after insertion into said rail member whereby said bracket can be vertically adjusted along said rail member and then secured lat a selected height upon said rail member by urging said dog against said stop surfaces.

8. A wall and floor supported wardrobe cabinet comprising in combination (a) a first frame including an upright post and top and bottom cross members for semi-permanent attachment to a wall;

(b) a second frame positioned away from said wall, said second frame including :a post extending upright from the floor in alignment with the post of said first frame :and also including top and bottom cross members;

(c) an upright utility panel mounted on said second frame clear of the floor to define la raised, concealed space between said wall and said panel;

(d) means for supporting articles interposed between and fastened to cross members of said first and second frames to maintain said first and second frames in parallel relation to each other and said panel rigidly upright;

(e) bottom, top, and rear panels attached to said first and second frames ,and defining said wardrobe cabinet;

(f) a first upright dividing panel mounted between said first and second frames for dividing said wardrobe -cabinet into two sections;

(g) la second upright dividing panel mounted parallel to and between said first and second frames on one side of said first dividing panel to divide one section yof said cabinet into two sub-sections;

(h) means for hanging garments in one subsection;

(i) a set of vertically spaced shelves supported in said second sub-section upon said first and second dividing panels; and

(j) a second set of vertically spaced shelves on the other side of said first dividing panel mounted between said rear panel and said utility panel.

9. The wardrobe cabinet of claim 8 wherein each of said first and second frames includes a pair of upright members connected between opposite ends of their upper and lower cross members, and a pair of doors hinged on opposite ones of said upright members of said first frame.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,944,863 7/ 1960 Bertelsen 32--238 3,104,140 9/1963 Radi 312--245 3,126,238 3/1964 Action B12-245 3,143,981 8/1964 Tassell 10S- 108 3,178,244 4/1965 Reiss et al. 3l2-238 3,200,962 8/19-65 Davelaar 211-177 X 3,272,345 9/1966 Wallace 211-177 3,289,368 12/1966 Mark 52-239 X CASMIR A, NUNBERG, Primary Examiner.l

Claims (1)

1. A WALL AND FLOOR SUPPORTED, SPACE-DEFINING STRUCTURE COMPRISING IN COMBINATION (A) TOP A BOTTOM CROSS MEMBERS FOR SEMI-PERMANENT ATTACHMENT TO A WALL; (B) A FRAME POSITIONED AWAY FROM SAID WALL, SAID FRAME INCLUDING A POST EXTENDING UPRIGHT FROM THE FLOOR AND ALSO INCLUDING TOP AND BOTTOM CROSS MEMBERS; (C) AN UPRIGHT UTILITY PANEL MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME CLEAR OF THE FLOOR TO DEFINE A RAISED, CONCEALED SPACE BETWEEN SAID WALL AND SAID PANEL; AND

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