US1991087A - Removable clothesline pole - Google Patents

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Feb. 12, 1935. w v, FALCON 1,991,087

' REMOVABLE GLOTHESLINE POLE Filed July 21, 1931 I j INVENTOR. wrrgssgsmi i [3 m4 2 Patented Feb. 12, 1935 UNITED STATES.

REMOVABLE CLOTHESLINE POLE William V. Falcon, Detroit, Mich, asslgnoi' to James A. Stratum, Detroit, Mich.

Application July 21, 1931, Serial No. 552,168

6 Claims. (Cl. 189-28) from its socket in the yard to its place of storage leaving no obstruction about the premises; second, to provide a socket having the provision of a drain so that the water will pass from the socket to the ground below; third, to provide a pin transversely located in a suitable place in the socket, said pin locking said socket to the concrete base in which it is imbedded and also offering locking with the slots in the lower end of the pole providing means for a constant position for locking means a transversely located pin near the lower end of the pole in conjunction with two slots suitably located in the upper end of the socket; fifth, to provide a suitable cap to cover the socket when the pole is not in use, said cap is joined to the concrete base by a rustproof chain and is easily operated; sixth, to provide a suitable bracket at the top center of the pole to afford means for hanging the pole on a wall by means of a nail, hook or bolt; seventh, to provide a cleat suitably located on the pole to facilitate the tightening and vfastening of the clothes lines; and eighth, to provide a suitable number of hooks in the upper part of the pole to facilitate the fastening of the clothes lines at convenient distances.

I attain these objects by the mechanism illus-' trated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the pole assembly in its supported position; Figure 2, a vertical side view of the pole showing the hooks, cleat, pin and slots in the pole; Figure 3, a horizontal view of the socketshowing the slots and the pin; Figure 4, an enlarged fragmentary sectional view taken on line 4 of Figure 3.

Similar numbers refer to throughout the several views.

similar parts In Fig. 1, the column 9 of the pole assembly is shown inserted in position in the socket l0 illustrating the method used for locking in combination with pins 6 and 11 and slots 5 and 12. The crushed rock or other suitable porous material designated at 19 is placed about and slightly above the lower end of the socket 10 at which point the concrete 18 is placed above the rock 19 and continues to a point near the top end of the socket. 10 providing space for sufficient soil for growing grass immediately around the top end of the-socket 10. The lawn level is illustrated at 55 20 and the top end of the socket 10 is disclosed as said pole when in use; fourth, to further providebeing slightly below the low level 20 thereby providing sumcient space for the cap 14 when it is inserted in socket 10. The cap 14 is shown, in Fig. 1, removed from the socket 10, and lying in a reversed position on the lawn level '20 and at- 5 tached to the concrete base 18 by chain 15.

Fig. 4 discloses the sectional view of the cap 14 in position in the'upper portion 01' the socket 10 and shows the position 01 the cap 14 when it is used to cover said socket 10. The connecting, 10 by riveting, bolting, welding or otherwise, of the chain 15 to the cap 14 is shown at 17.

In Fig. 4, an enlarged view of one of the slots 5 in the upper end of the socket 10 is shown.

The conventionally used hooks are shown at 15 13 in Figs. 1 and 2. The arms 7 are used to space the hooks 13 for the clothes lines.

In Fig. 1, a front-view is shown of bracket 21 which is provided with the hole 22 which is used for hanging the pole on a nail, hook or bolt in any suitable place of storage. In Fig. 2, a side view of the bracket 21 is shown. The bracket 21 is provided with the enlarged spherically shaped portion 8 which'iits over and closes the upper end or the column 9, the bracket 21 further providing boss portions for supporting the arms 7.

The cleat 16 attached to the column9 is disclosed in Figs. 1 and 2.

To reduce the weight and to increase the artistic appearance of the pole the outside diameter of the arms 7 are substantially reduced in proportion to the outside diameter of the column 9. It is to be noted that the pin 11 extends through the column-9 and into the concrete 18, the pin 11 thus engaging the concrete 18 to lock the column 9 from loosening and turning in the concrete 18. It is also to be noted that the cap 14 is provided with a pilotportion for fitting within the upper open end of the socket 10 together with a flange portion for resting on the upper end surface of the socket 10, said flange portion having approximately the same diameter as the outside diameter of the socket 10.

I am aware that prior to my invention clothes line poles of the removable type with the sockets imbedded in concrete have been made. I therefore do not claim such a combination broadly; but

I claim:

1. In a removable clothes line pole supported in the ground, the combination of a socket member open at both of its ends, said socket member being provided with slots at its upper end, a concrete structure enclosing said socket member, said concrete structure being supported in the ground,

said concrete structure having its upper surface below the upper surface of said socket member,

said concrete structure having its slower surface above the lower end of said socket member, a-

porous structure adjacent the lower end of said socket member and said concrete structure, said porous structure being supported in the ground, a pin supported in said socket member, and a clothes pole in said socket member, said clothes pole being provided with a pin-for engaging the slots at the upper end of said socket member, said clothes pole being further provided with slots I for engaging said pin in said socket member.

2. In a removable clothes line-pole supported in the ground, the combination of a concrete structure in the ground, a socket member embedded in said concrete structure, a member supported in said socket member,

said member engaging said concrete structure, and a clothes line socket member in said' in said socket member, saidpin extendins into said concrete structure, member for engaging the slots in the end of said socket member, said clothes line pole being fur-' ther adapted to engage said member.

4. In a clothes pole supported in the ground, the combination of a concrete structure, a socket in said concrete structure, means for locking said pin in said socket and a clothes line pole provided with a socket in said concrete structure, and a clothes poles engaging said means.

5. In a clothes pole supported the combination of a concrete structure, a socket in said concrete structure, means for locking said socket in said concrete structure, said means being located between the ends of said socket, and a clothes pole supported vertically on said means.

8. In a clothes pole structure, the combination of a socket suitably supported and provided with a bore, said socket being provided with slots at its upper end, a pin suitably mounted in the walls of and extending transversely through the bore of said socket, a clothes line pole in the bore of said the ground,

socket, said clothes pole being provided with slots at its lower end for engaging said pin, and a pin suitably mounted in and extending through said clothes pole, said last mentioned pin engaging the slots at the upper ends of said socket.

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