US1225958A - Combination cupboard and table. - Google Patents

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E. P. HOPWOOD.

COMBINATION CUPBOARD AND TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 2. I9I5.

1,225,958. I Patented May 15, 1917 2 SHEETS-SIIEET 1. I

A E. P. HOPWOOD. COMBINATION CUPBOARD AND TABLE.

APPLICATION HLED SEPT. 2. 1915- Patented May 15, 1917.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 lnrentar A fly W/hress es whereby it can he kept aflu'a v position and readily moved from piece to place about the table for convenient access ERNEST P. HOPVJGGD, Q3? PGBITLA ND, OREGON.

COMBINATION CUPBGAED AND TABLE.

,225,953 estimation of Letters Patent. Patented May 15, 19W;

Application filed September 2, 3.915. eerie! 1'30. 433%.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Eumzs'r P. Til orwooo, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Portland, county of Multnomah. and State of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements .in' Combination Cupboards and Tables, of which the follow mg is a specification.

My invention relates to a combination cupboard and table especially designed and adapted for use by automobilists, and has among its salient objects,-to provide a port able combination cupboard and table adapted to be folded into such a compact and special form that it will it closely up against the back of the front seat of an automobile without taking up too much of the room for the feet of the people 0 :cupying the back seat thereof; to provide in such a device a self-contained cupboard etc detachable bodily from the tabl i upright to the provisions stored therein; to provide in a device of the character referred-to, a table structure adapted to be folded about said cupboard structure in such a way as to inclose the same and protect the food stuffs placed therein, and also capable ofbeing opened out for use upon the groundas a table; to provide in combination with. such a table, means forenchoriug it in the ground when opened up for use, whereby it can he made comparatively rigid and readily set in a levelposition, and, in general, to proride a simple, practical, and portzdilc coinbination structure oi. the character re red to In order that others may clearly under stand my invchtion l haveshown one practical embodiment thereof in the accompanying sheets of drawings, which I will now describe.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of my 1nvention 1n folded, portable condition;

-- Fig.2 is a similar view with one side of the table structure opened down to expose the interior of the cupboard structure, and also showing a dotted line indication of how the opposite side of the table can be lowered;

Fig. 3 is a fiat, umlerside view of the table structure after the cupboard structure has been. lifted therefrom;

Fig. 4: is a sideelevation of the table structure in set-up condition; and

to receive the cupboard structure, and to be folded at opposite sides about said cupboard structure in such a. way as to inclose the same and make the wholedevice portable, with the cupboard structure in upright position at all times. 1

The cupboard ructure cou'ipri. r

taugular llObL-liifi'j frame 2., taper as shown, open at its opposite sides, a; 3 pro- \lllifiil with ascries of partition members 3--2,- lividiug; ithito spaces or compare incurs of diil'ereut sizes to receive the difier articles to be placed therein. Provision is also made for a inc-ml container 3, into which ire may be placed, or which can be used for other things, if it is not desired to use ice on any particular trip. The part} tiou members 2 2, are r wided with open lugs t, whereby to per-1m a free cirrulati of the cold air from the ice threw.:gh. i

terior of the cupboard structure. Said hoard stri-icture is 2i i pirevid l. on its with a handle 5. by means of V uoh it eaii be lifted from place to place in upright po sition, and by means of which the 'Wl'lOle derice is carried. ch mcm (E S, also provided upc. for a purpose hereiuaiter referred to.

The table s ructrue is composed of three .5. i, sections. "F, d and 9, a mddle section 8., being of a Width correspei'acling with the depth or? the. bottom of the cupboard structure so aid cupboard structure structure, as indicated The middle portion of the table'is provided at its opposite ends with leg structures ilk-10, the ends of which are sharpened, as clearly indicated in Fig. 3, so that they will fold together, as indi cated. Space is therefore provided directly upon the middle section 8, of the table and ilndcrneath or between the parts of the leg structures, for table cloth and napkins.

The cupboard structure is set down upon the folded le s and over the table cloth and napkins placed therein. The side members of the table are also provided with table legs 1l1*l, also sharpened so as to be folded in overla ming condition, as clearly indicated. The legs may be provided with any suitable brace members, as hook and eye structures, l2-12. The legs l.ll.1, when folded, are positioned to fold into the cupboard structure in convenient form. and to this end the partition members 2, are notched at their upper ends, as indicated at 2, Fig. J, for this purpose.

The cupboard structure is more tapercd on one side than on the other, as is indicated in Figs. 1 and 2. This is in order that the tapered side may fit closely up against the back of the front seat of an automobile, and thus also give depth to the lower part of the cupboard structure suli icient to receive, flat-Wise, ordinary plates.

By making the legs of the table sharp,'it is possible,

not only to quickly level the table upon the ground by forcing the legs into the ground until. the tableoccupies a level position, butalso to anchor the table in this way so that it will be rigid for use. The table is intended for use by persons sitting upon automobile seats placed upon the ground, and, therefore. the table legs are made short.

The structure when folded is preferably about 15 inches high and 30 inches long. By making it somewhat shorter than the inside width of an automobile, room can be left at its opposite ends for the feet of the people sitting in the back seat, and by malting it-of tapering form, as described, it. projects only a short distance from the back of the front seattoward the rear seat, and, therefore, leaves room between the cupboard and the back seat for the people sitting therein.

I am aware th'at'numerous changes can be made in the, structure here shown for" purposes of illustration without departing from the sp rit thereof and i do not. therefore,.lm11t the invention to this particular be lifted bodily. a table composed of three sections hinged together, the middle section corresponding to the bottom of said .cupboard structure and adapted 'to receive the same thereupon, and two side sections adapted to be folded upwardly over the opposite sides of said cupboard structure, whereby to close the same, and means for securing s'aid side sections to said cupboard structure, substantially as shown and described.

2. A combination cupboard and table of the character referred to adapted to lit against the back of the front seat of an automobile, con'iprising a vertical cupboard structure ilifllflfidlfittfil, top and end walls and tapering from the bottom to the top' and provided with partition members dividing said cupboard into receiving compart-. ments for food stuffs, and a table composed of middle and side sections hinged together. said middle section correspomling in breadth to the bottom of said cupboard structure and adapted to receive the same in upright position thereupon, and said side sections being adapted to fold upwardly over the opposite sides of-said cupboard structure, whereby to close the same, securing means for securing said table to said cupboard structure when folded therealmut. and carrying means upon 'said cupboard structure, whereby the same can be conveniently carried, substantially as shown and described.

Signed at Portland, Oregon, this 27th day of August, 1915.

-ERNES1"P. HOllVOOD.

In presence of- J. C. S rnnNo, I. M. GRIFFIN.

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