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N. PETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON, 0 C.

United States Patent Office.

T. S. LAMBERT, OF PEEKSKILL, NEW YORK.

IMPROVED HAT-RACK.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 40,173, dated October 6, 1863.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, T. S. Lambert, of Peekskill, Westchester county, New York, have invented a new and Improved Portable Hat-Rack, Wardrobe, or Hanger; and I do hereby declare-that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and the figures marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in constructing a hat-rack, wardrobe, or hanger in such a manner as to double the extent of hanging room, usually obtained by pieces of mechanism bearing the same name, at the same time that they are made very portable and compact.

Figure 1, A, represents a glass fitted in a frame, B, upon the sides of which, lugs or ears a a a are fastened, having holes or eyes perpendicularly through them, in which the rod b is seen.

C C C C are four brackets, with eyes perpendicularly through them, in which'the rod b is also seen. Thus, the bracket is hinged to the frame B. Other forms of hinging might be adopted. In the upper edge of the bracket holes are made to receive the shanks of the hooks D D D, which may be made of any desirable form, with a round shoulder or with an oval shoulder, as in case of the supports E, in which case there may be an indentation in the upper edge of the bracket, as seen under E, so that when the hook is turned transversely to the bracket it may sink down into the indentation, and thus be held in that position. E E are large hooks or supports for subtending drapery when used for covering the rack, and thus changing it into a wardrobe, in which case a wire or ebrd can be passed over the supports with good effect.

The lugs upon which the brackets are hinged may be made with indentations, holes, or the like device to correspond with the brackets in such a manner that their weight shall hold them iu any desirable position. The brackets may be made permanently fastened to the center aud have only the hooks reversible, or the hooks may be permanently fastened to the brackets, and they only movable, though the usual and preferable way will be to have the hooks reversible and the brackets hinged.

The mechanism may be made of wood or of iron, or other metal, or of both combined. The most practical usual course will be to cast the whole of iron aud finish as fancy dictates. A very handsome center of wood may be made with cast brackets. The hooks may be either of wrought or cast metal. The holes in upper edge of the bracket may be cast in by means of cores. It is better to have them drilled. The size of the parts of the mechanism must depend upon the material used, the weight to be sustained, and the ornamentation desirable.

This piece of mechanism may be elevated upon a standard with an umbrella-stand attached, or it may be suspended by any of the ordinary devices. It may be placed by the side of the wall with the brackets outstretched, or in a corner with them at a right angle, in a wooden wardrobe and by the swinging of the brackets double its utility.