Patent Model - Improvement in Trunk-Stays
Maker and role
Thiophile Roy, Patentee
Production date
May 19 1874
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Wood
Measurements
5 3/4 x 10 x 6" (14.6 x 25.4 x 15.2cm)
Description
Roy's patent "has relation to devices wherewith the lids of trunks or other receptacles are supported when opened, and prevented from closing when it is desirable that the lid be thrown back. It consists, mainly, of a novel application of a spring to hooked and shouldered arms, pivoted to each other, and also at one of their free extremities to the lid, and at the other to the body of a trunk, tool-chest, or other lidded receptacle, whereby a lid is sustained and kept open..." (Patent Number 151,162)
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Object number
2015.14.1751a-c
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