[1]P,,.te-ntecl July 27, 1926. 19@@A)9,32745 UN@ITED STATES@ PAT. E@!,@,TT OFFIC@@,. FRANK R. BOLZ, OF SOFIERVILLE, L@TASSACHUSD, Tr2FJ. CONVERTIBLE TRUNK. Application filed Febru,@try 28,1925. Serial- No. 12,261.. 'I'his iiaveiitioii@ relat-e-!,, 'Loa triiiak ineludes ,t boOLy iiiember, a hingecl lid ,,i@i,@d @), ti,,,iv ,iieriibrIli- ,tcl,,ipted to parti.,,i,lly eiiter be sup,,)orted by the body. i,n(i co-@,-ei-ed by th(,@ lid iiieiiiber Nviieii tl-i(-, is ciosecl, as in -'Lhe orcl-inai-Y so-ctlleci stel"),mcr tr-Linl@. T'iie object of [lie inA7eiit,ioii is to provicle iii q, trui-ik cliqr,-Leteri.zed ,ts above stated eC[ ip r(ilriber iii,,iy @ealls trl,13T 1)(, wi-tli tl-ie Lody iiieinbei, to -Lliereon to posi-tioii to serve as @t ,i,ncl firiiilv S-Lippor4 d ii its - Ay,,irdrobe --,)o'tio by 1-i,,tn(Ters coniiectij-i(r thc, trliy i-iieirisi n iu tor ii,!-Lh the bo.@-ILy raein]30r, giict by cotil,:)Iiiii,- pai-ts connectiiig tiie liet P.'ieiiiber Nvitl-i tli-, tr,@,,y iiie- be@@. Of the accoiiip-,z,-,iying ',I !)"I-et CT 'Lhi.s 20 1 @s ,. perspe.-c,,ive v,e-,@- slioN'Vii,,o, @t ' Z=l orabodying the iiiveiit;oi-i,, tl-.te 'L-ray i.i.einl)et- iii its w,,rdrobe posit,,oii. :F@ i ui@e I-) is a @,,ectioli oil li,ne of 'j-i 9 ure 1. Figui-e 3 is a fra(ri@iientary perspectlv(-, shoiyi-,-Lg porl,-i-oiis of the li@t iileiyiber ,tiid the tray n-ien-ibeii, ancl cotipli@ig - pait,,,, !@el),i,abl@, coiinectiii- saicl iiierabers. Fi(,Lire 4 is a fran-iyientary 13ei,sl,)ec.ti\-e i@( A@ieAA" ,,Iioiliiig portioiip, of the bodv iiaember aiid the tray meiiiber disei-i(,Yaged froiii ea,-Ii aiid iii(,ii@cers o-.f oiie of t'f,)c,, hiiiges cortiiectiiig the ti@ay iiiember wi.th l.lie bocly ir@eiiiFig -Lire 5 's a section on 1'ne 5-5 of F gJ,C-rel Cha;ract-.rsi ii-idicate ii(, re@ t'lie sawe parts i-ii al.1 of the fig(ircs. tc@ desigii,,ttes the body r.-iember, 13 the. l@d i@)eiiil)ei-, 14, the tray Yiieri-iber, the lici bei--og coiineeled ivitli tl-ie'l)oJy ii.teiiibe,r bA, tho usuq! hinues (not slioavn). Saicl ,iiei-li@,ors iiiay be adapted to co,,istitute @i, stea@mor truiilc, the bottoiii of th,e ti-a37 I)er ljeii)o,'-Yvithiii tl-ie boclv iiiember anci beftring on interii,,tl supporting me,@ins 15 in tl-ia latter. as Lisual. An' end ivall of the tray incinber is en-aged -",itl-i aii ciid i@v,,ill of tl-ie bocly iii("m ber by hinges 1)ermitting movemeiit of the tray ii-ieiiiber froin a horizoiitil positioii, ivith its bottom within tl-ie body inember, to a i,ertical positioii, .ts shoiyn by Figure 1, ancl by flill lines by Figure 2, the tray meiiiber being thi-ise'onve'rted into an elemeiit of ,t - wardrobe trunk. The hii-iges are, sppar,,ible, to perm@@t ti-io dis -,engageriieiit, of tha tray iiieinber froill tllt@ bccly me,-iibc@i-, each Iiiiioe collli-,os(@cl o@- a socli:etei leaf 16, i'li-.ecl to an e,-Id c)( ivall of tbe, bocly a socl-,eted leaf 1.7, fi--,,.ed to aii eiid ivall of tl-io 'Uray i-.iember, ancl a pintle 18, re-,iaov,,ibly inserted in, ,ind coiitl-.e so-.1-cets f sa-d letves, -@ncl pi:ov;ded Nvitl-i a i-,e@,Ld 190, @vh'ereby it @,ii,,)@y be -iii- c@5 -erted ,,nd rertiovod. The hiiige le,,ives 16 are tttache@L to n eiicl ,,7Ltll o-ftl-ic@ body iiieii,.b er ,ind are @v'tliiii lat,' -e-r, and ttie biii-ae leaves -,ittac@lied to an encl -,vqll oT the trav iiic@iiiiiid -lire loc,,,t-,d bp-@uIlTeeii the bott@rai al,,,,'@ outcr edge or 1rotitl-i of tl,-ie trliv b--r@ as si-iov@ii by Figures '@ ,ind 4-@. @-i coiisc;q,,ieiiee of this cirr-.Pge,7cien't., -when the tr,,iv inepibcr is- elei,atecl to o, vei!ti-cal I)ositioii, end T,7a!l is@ s-c@ppoi:tecl bv tj.-ie hinge-en,g,,,giiig ei-id v,,all o--F tlic@ body n-iei)--iber c-.,nd its bottoi-i-i )It o-' the ii-iterioj- of the IDQ-,IY aiii-I is loeite,@l in the r,,ttlii of @ti!OV(-,.Iaenc (if the lid meriber. so tli.at the lid iiiei-iiler, eaDilot b(,, clos,--,l the tray I'S P,.Iid ti-ic@ l'i-cl mcmber -",lien oi)ei-iocl i be ,,tdapte,-l by tlle couplilia P',trts iiext cleseri.bed to cool@e@.ate hin<y'es iii t,,ii-,3ing the 'Upay i,,i in ai-i elevate,,!,. oiupright position. S,,ticl cou,@)li.-@ig, parts ,)r(-Tepp@bl.), inclu(Te oiie of- the l@istial 1,@ol--.s @'0,-Pl@-0videcl on tl-ic sv,,iilgin(-'- eCLge oT- the 1,0, iilei,@lber 13, to ciig@Lo,e a 21-, oii tiie oliter 90 iv,,Il of the body meiiiber. I iiiodity the bo.-@ 20, by providi@g it ivith a-ii or@-',-Ice -Lire 3), ad@ipte,,l to rc,,cei.ve a. hool,-, - 2,9 oineec l. at 24: to t-',-ie bottoiii of '@,-he trav F.,,iid hool: @ cons'u-itLitlii.- the othei@ 'coul3iii-ig 'part. ()5 The irr@,,,iigemeiit is -,,-Li(@h tlia-'C, tlicr)-iay I)e iii;'ereil-(@Lged )1,-I-iei-i tlie ti@a.@, is in Ili ilertic,@Ll positioi, a-,-id the li'cl iii.eiiibei, is ope--aed. If t,ie tra-@ i-Peiiiber iiia)T De idditionall)T ilipblntai,.ie@l iii iii loo upri(yht positioii by ,t snviiigiiig brace 25, pivoted @-,t '-)6 to the froiat Nvall. oj' tl-ie body iiier-,-iber, and P, he,,tcled stiid 27, fixed to the front @vall of the tr,'1,3T iiiber, alid. tclapted to@ eng,,tcye t notch iii the sayiitgiiig eid lo5 the brace 25, as shown by Fio@ure 1. lvheii tti.c, tr@,.y 1,s I)rovi-ded the ue,,uti g,,irriierit haiigers 28, -,iicl coid-,)ressor 29, it is adaptecl to serve as a iiardrobe. 110 Tt not ilifrequedtlv happens that the iiprgers, or soine ol theiu, @gre brokeii by
