JP2006051629A - Newspaper holder - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a newspaper holder which is lightweight, easily detachable, can securely hold pages without becoming loose, facilitates reading newspaper by folding it back, even in a crowded train as it can be doubled and can keep the pages in order as inserted, even after passing from hand to hand among family members. <P>SOLUTION: This newspaper holder is of such a structure that a plurality of ribbed protrusions 7A, 7B and 7C are formed, in the longitudinal direction of a plastic holder body 2, in the inside surface where insertion pieces 5A and 5B forming both side parts of an opening part 3 are opposed to each other, of the plastic holder body 2 which is somewhat shorter than half the longitudinal length of the newspaper 10 and of a U-shape section narrowing the opening part 3. In addition, an insertion part 6 is formed by notching the end part, in the longitudinal direction, of one insertion piece 5A and the spine parts 11 of the stacked pages of the newspaper are inserted from the insertion part 6 and elastically held by both insertion pieces 5A and 5B. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

The present invention relates to a newspaper holder that can be easily used at home.

In general, in offices, financial institutions, hotels, libraries, etc., newspapers are bound to newspaper holders and placed on a stand so that newspapers are not scattered. This newspaper holder includes a structure in which a newspaper is sandwiched between a pair of long plates and bound with a screw, and a structure in which clips are attached to both ends of a single rod-like body and both ends of the newspaper are sandwiched here. Also, a newspaper that is fixed by combining a plastic holder with a narrow U-shaped cross section and a fixing bar, and then pressing the fixing bar against the folding line at the center of the newspaper and pushing it into the U-shaped holder together with the newspaper. There is a holder (for example, Patent Document 1).

However, these newspaper holders are held in the size of one page of newspaper and are installed on the gantry. The structure is large, and it is strongly formed so that it is heavy. There were many problems such as hiding the character of hiding. Moreover, since it is impossible to read a newspaper in two, it cannot be used in a crowded train, and it is too large to use at home.
JP 2002-326383 A

The present invention improves the above problems, is lightweight and easy to attach and detach, can be securely held without breaking each page, and can be folded in two, so it can be folded back in a crowded train and read newspapers, and even at home It provides a newspaper holder that can be read by anyone.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a newspaper holder having a length slightly shorter than a half length of a newspaper, and a plastic holder body having a U-shaped section with a narrow opening, on both sides of the opening. A plurality of line-shaped protrusions are formed along the longitudinal direction of the holder main body on the opposing inner surface of the sandwiching piece forming the portion, and the end portion along the longitudinal direction of one sandwiching piece is cut out and inserted. A vertical side paper back portion formed with a plurality of pages is inserted from the insertion portion and elastically sandwiched between both sandwiching pieces.

The newspaper holder according to claim 2 of the present invention is characterized in that a plurality of streaky projections are alternately shifted along the longitudinal direction of the holder body. Furthermore, the newspaper holder according to claim 3 of the present invention is characterized in that the width of the holder body having a U-shaped cross section is formed to be 10 to 15 mm.

According to the newspaper holder of the first aspect of the present invention, the frictional resistance is great due to the elastic force of the sandwiching piece and the streak-like projections when the newspaper holder is attached to the vertical paper back, and the vertical paper back of the newspaper is securely held. be able to. The newspaper holder of the present invention can be easily manufactured by molding plastic, has only one part, has a small and lightweight structure, and can be used not only for home use but also for portable use.

In addition, the length of the newspaper holder is slightly shorter than half the length of the newspaper, so it does not take up to two folds. But you can read it. Moreover, the newspaper that has been read can be easily removed by pulling out the newspaper holder in the vertical direction from the back of the vertical paper, and can be used any number of times.

According to the newspaper holder of the second aspect, since the plurality of streaky protrusions are alternately formed along the longitudinal direction of the holder main body, the vertical side of the newspaper has a streaky protrusion portion. The paper holder is bent and zipped in a zigzag manner to increase frictional resistance, and the newspaper holder cannot be pulled out in the lateral direction, so that it can be securely held even when only the upper side of the newspaper is held.

Further, according to the newspaper holder of the third aspect, since the width is formed to be 10 to 15 mm, the printed surface can be read without being hidden even when the newspaper holder is attached to the longitudinal paper back.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. In the figure, 1 is a newspaper holder, and 2 is a holder body. This holder body 2 is formed of a plastic rod-like body having a U-shaped cross section with a narrow opening 3, and the length thereof is shown in FIG. As described above, the width of the newspaper 10 is about 25 cm, which is slightly shorter than the half of the longitudinal length, and the width is 10 to 15 mm. As shown in FIG. 2, the holder main body 2 is formed in a U-shaped cross section in which the sandwiching pieces 5 </ b> A and 5 </ b> B are integrally formed on both sides of the back plate 4 to narrow the opening 3.

Moreover, as shown in FIG. 1, the insertion part 6 is formed in the edge part side along the longitudinal direction of one clamping piece 5A by notching diagonally here. Further, on the opposing inner side surfaces of the sandwiching pieces 5A and 5B, three streak projections 7A, 7B and 7C are formed along the longitudinal direction of the holder body 2 up to the front of the insertion portion 6.

As shown in FIG. 2, a streak projection 7B is formed at the center of the sandwiching piece 5A in which the insertion portion 6 is formed, and the sandwiching piece 5B opposite to the sandwiching piece 5B is located on both sides of the streak projection 7B. The protruding portions 7A and 7C are formed. Moreover, the height is formed in the order of the streaky projections 7A, 7B, and 7C. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, a rounded portion 8 is formed at the end on the insertion portion 6 side of the streaky projections 7A, 7B, and 7C.

Next, a method of using the newspaper holder 1 having the above configuration will be described. Regardless of national or local newspaper, the newspaper 10 is about 27 cm long and 40.5 cm wide, and is folded in two regardless of the number of pages. The newspaper holder 1 held in the hand as shown in FIG. 5 is inserted into the upper portion of the vertical paper back portion 11 of the newspaper 10 with the insertion portion 6 facing downward.

Even if the number of pages of the newspaper 10 is large, it can be easily inserted from the insertion portion 6 that is cut obliquely. When the newspaper holder 1 is further pushed down, it is smoothly inserted between the clamping pieces 5A and 5B at the rounded portion 8, and is bent in a zigzag manner between the streaky projections 7A, 7B and 7C as shown in FIG. However, it is clamped between the clamping pieces 5A and 5B. As shown in FIG. 5, the newspaper holder 1 is formed to have a length slightly shorter than the half of the longitudinal length of the newspaper 10. Therefore, the newspaper holder 1 is inserted until the lower end of the newspaper holder 1 reaches the folded portion 12.

Accordingly, the vertical paper back portion 11 is sandwiched from both sides by the elasticity of the sandwiching pieces 5A and 5B, and is bent and zigzag between the streak-like projections 7A, 7B and 7C, so that the frictional resistance is large, The newspaper holder 1 cannot be pulled out in the direction, and even if only the vertical paper back 11 at the top of the newspaper 10 is clamped, it can be securely held. Further, the newspaper holder 1 of the present invention can be easily manufactured by plastic molding and has only one part, so that a large number of parts are not required as in the prior art, and it is possible to manufacture at a low cost with less labor.

Further, since the newspaper holder 1 is formed to have a width of 10 to 15 mm, even if the newspaper holder 1 is attached to the vertical paper back 11, it does not cover the printing surface and does not hide characters. Further, the length of the newspaper holder 1 is about 25 cm, which is slightly shorter than the half length of the newspaper 10, and only the vertical paper back 11 at the top of the newspaper 10 is sandwiched. You can also read in a crowded train. In addition, it is easy to organize because it is folded in two to make it compact. Moreover, the newspaper 10 which has been read can be easily removed by pulling the newspaper holder 1 upward from the vertical paper back 11 and can be used any number of times.

The plastic newspaper holder 1 may be colored or transparent, but it is more convenient if it is color-coded according to the type of newspaper. If the name of the newspaper company and the type of newspaper are printed on the back plate 4 of the newspaper holder 1, it is easy to understand when there are many newspapers and is easy to organize.

FIG. 6 shows a case where two newspaper holders 1 and 1 are attached from the top and bottom of the vertical paper back 11 of the newspaper 10. This can hold the newspaper 10 more reliably and is attached up and down except for the folded portion 12, so that it can be read in a folded state or stored in a folded state.

1 is a perspective view of a newspaper holder according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is an expanded sectional view of the newspaper holder shown in FIG. It is an expanded sectional view of the insertion part of the newspaper holder shown in FIG. It is an expanded sectional view which shows the state which attached the newspaper holder to the vertical side paper back part of a newspaper. It is a front view which shows the state which attached the newspaper holder to the upper part of the vertical side paper back part of a newspaper. It is a front view which shows the state which attached the newspaper holder to the upper and lower sides of the vertical side paper back part of a newspaper.

Explanation of symbols

1 newspaper holder
2 Holder body
3 openings
4 Back plate
5A, 5B clamping piece
6 Insertion section
7A, 7B, 7C Streak
8 Earl Club
10 newspaper
11 Longitudinal paper back
12 Folded part

Claims (3)

A plastic holder body having a slightly shorter length than half the length of a newspaper and having a narrow opening and a U-shaped plastic holder body on the opposing inner surfaces of the sandwiching pieces forming both sides of the opening. A vertical side paper in which a plurality of streaky protrusions are formed along the longitudinal direction of the holder body, and an insertion part is formed by cutting out an end portion along the longitudinal direction of one of the sandwiching pieces. A newspaper holder characterized in that a back part is inserted from the insertion part and elastically held by both holding pieces. 2. The newspaper holder according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of streaky protrusions are alternately shifted along the longitudinal direction of the holder body. The newspaper holder according to claim 1, wherein the width of the holder main body having a U-shaped cross section is formed to be 10 to 15 mm.