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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.
ODELON 3. LA BAUVE, OF EDNA, TEXAS.
COOP OR CRATE.
,068. Specifcation of Letters Patent. Patented May 3, 19
Application filed January 17, 1908. Serial No. 411,309.To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, ODELON J. LA BAU VE,
a citizen of the United States, residing at
Edna, in the county of Jackson and State
5 of Texas, have invented new and useful
Improvements in Coops or Crates, of which
the following is a specification.
This invention relates to collapsible coops
or crates of that type wherein the ends fold
10 inwardly against the sides and the sides
and ends are unitedly foldable inwardly
against the bottom.
The primary object of the invention is
to simplify the construction of coops or
15 crates of this class and render them strong
and durable as well as convenient in opera-
tion and to provide the same with a remov-
able cover which may be conveniently se-
cured against the unfolded ends and sides
20 for transportation or storage.
The parts of the coop or crate may be
readily set up in operative position and
effectively serve as a containing means for
poultry and other live stock.
25 The invention consists in the construction
and arrangement of the several parts which
will be more fully hereinafter specified.
In the drawing: Figure 1 is a perspective
view of a crate or coop embodying the
30 features of the invention. Fio. 2 is a hori-
zontal section of a portion of the crate or
coop showing one of the parts folded, in
dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a
portion of the coop or crate. Fig. 4 is a
35 detail perspective view of one of the sup-
porting brackets.
Similar characters of reference are em-
ployed to indicate corresponding parts in
. the several views.
40 The numeral 1 designates a bottom or base,1
preferably made of wood, and having sup-
porting sills 2 secured along the opposite
side edges. Firmly attached to the bottom
and sills adjacent to the corners of the said
45 bottom, are supporting brackets 3 and 4,
the brackets 4 slightly differing in structure
from the brackets 3. The brackets 3 and 4
respectively have outer upstanding angular
members 5 and 6 each formed with an open-
50 ing 7. The members 6 of the brackets 4
have upper stop shoulders 8, one on each,
the said shoulders being located outwardly
beyond the vertical centers of the members,
as clearly shown by Fig. 4.
55 The brackets 3 and 4 form parts of corner
hinge organizations of the sides 9 and ends10? the two forms of brackets explained
being used to facilitate folding of the ends
10 inwardly against the sides 9, as will
be presently set forth. The frames 11 and 60
12 of the sides 9 and ends 10 are formed of
material having an angular contour in cross-
section, the horizontal flanges of these frames
all projecting inwardly and the frames 12
of the ends 10 being of slightly smaller di- 65
mensions with respect to the frames 11 so
that the free ends of the said frames 12 will
move into the ends of the frames 11 as
shown by Figs. 1 and 2 when the parts of
the coop or crate are erected in operative 70
position.
When the coop or crate is set up as shown
by Fig. 1, the free extremities of the ends 10
snugly fit within the adjacent ends of the
respective sides 9, said free extremities of 75
the ends 10 being frictionally held within
the ends of the sides with which they en-
gage.
The frames 11 and 12 have wire screen
coverings 13 of suitable mesh secured thereto 80
and it will be understood that any form of
screen covering may be employed for this
purpose.
To one end of each frame 10 at the upper
and lower corners, angle brackets 14 are se- 85
cured and have curved extensions 15 pro-
jecting from the angular portions thereof.
The upper extensions 15 are pivotally se-
cured to straight extensions 16 of angle
brackets 17 rigidly fixed on the upper cor- 90
ners of the adjacent ends of the sides 9. On
the lower corners of the ends of the sides 9
carrying the brackets 17, angle brackets 18
are firmly secured and have extensions 19 to
which the extensions 15 of the lower angle 95
brackets 14 are pivotally connected.
The extensions 19 are each formed with
an outward downward bend 20 and termi-
nate in pintles 21 which project thereunder
and are inserted through the openings 7 of 100
the members 5 of the supporting brackets 3,
this particular construction and arrange-
ment being adopted to permit the lower piv-
oted corner portions of the ends 10 to
have unrestricted movement when infolded 105
against the sides 9, or drawn outwardly to
properly position the ends in arranging the
parts of the crate for service, and at the
same time provide simple and effective
means for pivoting or hinging the adjacent 110
lower corners of the sides 9. By the use of
the extensions 15, 16 and 19 of the brackets957
10.
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La Bauve, Odelon J. Coop or Crate, patent, May 3, 1910; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth513644/m1/2/?q=%22Science+and+Technology%22: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.