US1029415A - Pen and pencil holder. - Google Patents

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G. P. BOARDMAN.

PEN AND PEN GIL HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED PEB.25,1911.

1,029,415, Patented June 11, 1912.

wumto'a GEORGE P. BOARDMAN, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

PEN AND PENCIL HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 11, 1912.

Application filed February 25, 1911. Serial No. 610,810.

1 To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE P. BOARDMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Pen and Pencil Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to pen and pencil holders, and it has for an object to provide a device of this character which is adapted to be attached directly above the pocket and arranged with respect thereto so that the pen or pencil when engaged with the holder may be partly extended into the pocket.

In the drawing, forming a portion of this specification and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the sevcral views :-F igure 1 is a perspective view of my improved pen and pencil holder. Fig. 9. is a rear elevation thereof showing a form of attaching element whereby the holder can be supported in the pocket.

My improved pencil holder embodies a support 1 which may be of any suitable configuration so as to permit of the holder being attached above or carried in the pocket of a vest or other garment without liability of the pocket or any portion of the garment being torn. At one side, the support 1 has secured thereto a pin 2 or any other suitable well known attaching device by means of which the holder can be securely held in the pocket or secured to the garment and held against displacement. At the other side, the support 1 is provided with a plurality of spring pencil or pen supporting elements 3, each embodying a single length of spring wire bent upon itself to form companion vertically disposed loops 4 and 5, the inner portions 6 of each loop which forms one terminal of the spring wire is bent, as at 7, so as to form a horizontally disposed jaw 8. These jaws are arranged in opposing relation with respect to each other and each is formed with an intermediate outwardly extending bulge 9. The extremity of each jaw is curled upon itself so as to present an eye 10. The eyes 10 of the companion jaws of each supporting element- 3 are arranged with respect to each other so as to present therebetween a flared entrance passage 11 for the purpose of facilitating the insertion of the pencil or pen. The outer portions 12 of each loop of the supporting element are connected with each other at their lower ends by an attaching portion 13 which is soldered or otherwise suitably secured to the support 1.

Three pencil or pen supporting elements are herein shown, but it is obvious, that one or any suitable number of such elements may be employed and it is also obvious that the jaws of each element can be properly constructed so as to permit of their effective gripping engagement with the pencil or pen.

On reference to Fig. 1 of the drawing,

it will be seen that the intermediate supporting element 3 has its companion jaws spaced slightly farther apart than the companion jaws of the adjacent supporting element. This construction is extremely desirable where the device is provided with a plurality of supports, the object being to provide in the construction of the elements 3 means whereby pens or pencils of different transverse diameters may be securely confined between the clamping jaws 8.

\Vith a View of preventing the companion loops 4 and 5 of each element 3 from being distorted, I stamp in the support a brace member 14, one of which being provided for each element 3 and being constructed so as to embrace the element, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing.

I claim A pencil holder comprising a support, attaching means therefor, the said support being adapted to be attached to the garment of the wearer, a plurality of pencil supporting elements,1nounted on the said support, each of the said elements being formed from a single piece of resilient material secured to the support and folded upon itself to provide a pair of vertically disposed loops immediately adjacent each other, each of the said loops being provided with a free terminal bent outwardly at an angle with respect to the support, adapted to provide clamping elements and to hold them against displacej aws, a plurality of transversely arranged In testimony whereof I aifix my signature projecting strips stamped from the support, in presence of two Witnesses.

and each adapted to sliclably receive the 1 h T loops of one of the said pencil supporting GEORGE BOARDMAB' lVitnesses:

FRED L. QUALFS,

ment from the support on separation of the EDWIN COLLINS.

clamping jaws from each other.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

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