Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 275, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 November 1915 — Monticello Man Invents Rack For Handling Rugs. [ARTICLE]

Monticello Man Invents Rack For Handling Rugs.

, J. H. Doran, of Monticello, has se- ; cured a patent on a new rug rack that I will doubtless prove a very popular thing with rug dealers. The patent iis rather on the device for raising ! and lowering the rugs than on the { rack itself. The writer saw the racks in use in a furniture store in Montiello, where Mr. Dorand demonstrated the advantage it affords. The rack consists of an upright 2x4 scantling, with a top arm for holding the rug. The arm is supported by a brace from the upright to the outer edge of the arm. In this respect and in the method of swinging it on pivots at top and bottom there is nothing new, but the feature patented is the hinging of the brace at the upright and at the point where it fastens to the arm and in the detachable plan of the arm from the upright, permitting its control by ropes. It can thus be lowered to the floor to be removed and a new rug attached to the arm. The ropes work smoothly on pulleys and when the arm is pulled to the top and the end attached the brace which is hinged has been drawn to the position of a stationary brace and prevents the rug sagging. In showing the rugs to a customer they can be lowered part way or entirely to the floor, can be removed, reattached or another rug substituted in a moment’s time. Many dealers had abandoned the swinging racks because the labor of climbing ladders to attach or detach the rubs was too hard. Mr. Doran will probably call his rack “Doran’s Simplex Rug Rack,” and will exhibit it at the Chicago furniture market. He is as yet undecided whether he will sell the patent outright, manufacture ■the racks himself or have them manufactured and sold on a royalty basis. Apparently Tie has an article that will be extensively used.