US1117802A - Calendar. - Google Patents

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G. H. DEATON.

CALENDAR.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.15,1913.

Patented Nov. 17, 1914.

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GEORGE H. DEATON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CALENDAR.

Application filed December 15, 1913.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Gnoncn H. DEATON, a

I citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Calendars, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a combined reference and memorandum calendar, the reference calendar being placed upon one side of the sheet and being similar to wall calendars in ordinary use so far as the arrangement of'the printed matter is concerned while the memorandum side is upon the reverse of the sheet and is provided with suitable spaces to contain written memoranda, these spaces corresponding to the days of the month as shown upon the reference side, but running reversely with respect to dates.

The object of the invention is to provide a calendar upon which various notes may be made, said notations being placed upon the back of the sheet instead of the front, and being therefore hidden from public inspection. This also provides a calendar in which ample space is provided for writing various facts, suchas engagements and the like without at the same time increasing the size of the sheet beyond the usual proportion or decreasing the size of the date numerals usually employed in display calendars.

W'ith these and other objects in view, the invention consists of the novel features here inafter described, pointed out in the claims and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which;

Figure 1 is a face view of a calendar with the various sheets hanging in their original or normal positions, the upper portion of the calendar being broken away. Fig. 2 is a face view of a portion of said calendar showing one of the sheets reversed to bring the reference face of the sheet into view. Fig. 3 is an edge view of a portion of the calendar showing one sheet in the position occupied while being reversed. Fig. 4 is a section on the line el1 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5, is a detail perspective view of one of the holding hooks.

In these drawings, 1 represents a suitable back provided with an eye 2 by means of which it may be hung from a suitable support upon a wall. This back is preferably Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 17, 1914.

Serial No. 806,807.

of a comparatively stiff card board and may be of any desired size and the part not covered by the calendar sheets to be described hereafter will be employed for the printing of advertisements. Upon the back of the sheet 1 are secured adjacent opposite edges small horizontally arranged pins 3, said pins being preferably secured in position by means of a piece of flexible fabric at glued or otherwise secured to the back of the sheet 1. These pins form pivots upon which are mounted suitablewire' hooks 5; said hooks pass through the sheet 1, and are bent to form a vertical U-shaped portion 6, the lower end of which is then bent inwardly with respect to the edge of the sheet as shown at 7, and thence bent back upon itself as shownat 8, the backwardly bent portion extending to the edge of the sheet and being then bent rearwardly as shown at 9 so as to overlap the edge.

The calendars are printed as usual upon twelve sheets, and each of said sheets is provided with a memorandum face 10 and a reference face 11. I do not desire to be limited to any particular arrangement of the printed matter upon these sheets, and in the drawing I have indicated a convenient arrangement, the face 10 being provided with suitable spaces to receive rings, said spaces having numerals above them corresponding to the dates printed upon the reference side of the sheet, but arranged reversely with respect to the top and bottom of the sheet. Each sheet is provided with vertical slots 12 adjacent its side edges the ends of the slots being slightly enlarged, and these slotted portions are reinforced upon the face 10 by means of strips of cloth or other suitable material as indicated at 18.

The sheets thus described are hung upon the shank portion of the hook 5 with their side edges resting between the bent portions 9 of the hook members while the loop portions formed by the members 7 and 8 bear upon the outermost sheet, and are held in engagement with said sheet, and the sheets thus held fall against the back sheet 1 by reason of the weight of the calendar sheets upon the pivoted hooks.

The rearwardly bent portions 9 of the hooks serve as guides between which the sheets slide as they are lifted upwardly, thereby preventing the slots 12 from opening to such an extent as to permit the, sheets.

to be accidentally disengaged from: the hook members.

When the calendar is delivered all of the sheets lie flat and the face 10 of the January sheet Will be outermost. The said sheetv is drawn upwardly until the bottom of the slots reach, the shank 5 of the hook, and the sheet is then drawn outwardly and down- Wardly so that it rests in the U.-shaped bow portions 6, as illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4, this operation: reversing the; sheet. and bringing theface 11E lILIELOIltL. lVhen amemorandum is to, be made upon the: calendar. the sheet is lifted up against the back 1., the proper notation made upon the face IO and the sheet 10 permitted'to-dropback' intothe position: shown in Fig. 4e. At the expiration of the month; the February sheet isthen lifted. upwardly, brought over" into loop 6,,

reverses and: falls, into. place upon; the January sheet, and. this operation. is continued untilv all twelve sheets. rest. in: the; loop 6. All of the; sheets can, then be returned to their normalv position, thereby again. bringing; all of themflat against the back sheet 1.

' and With the facesv 12. uppermost and the calendar can then be, lifted for future reference.

What I claim, is:-

1'. a calendar, reversible. sheets having printed: matter upon, each face, said sheets being vertically slotted adjacent: opposite edges, supporting means for the sheets having vertically arranged boW portions, the bow portions extending through said slots, each sheet being independently movable upwardly with respect. to said bQW' portions,

and then movable; outwardly and down- \vardly along said how portions, said sheet describing an arc and being thereby reversed.

2. A calendar comprising a back sheet, hooks pivotally connected to said back sheet andv arranged in a vertical plane, and reversible calendar sheets, each of said calendar sheets being vertically slotted, said.

ed matter on each. face, said sheets being adapted to-be hung upon the upper portion of said hooks, and being vertically slotted for. movement vertically With respect to said hooks,.said sheets being adapted to be drawn upwardly and then swung outwardly and downwardly and to pass onto the; lower portions of said hooks thereby reversing their faces,.as.and for the purpose set forth.

4. In combination. with a calendar back, hooks pivotally carried by the back arranged in a vertical plane at right angles to the back, and reversible calendar sheets vertically slotted, said hooks passing through said. slotsand the sheetsv resting in one position upon the upper portion of the hooks, and When reversed resting upon the lower portion of said hooks.

GEORGE H. DEATON.

W'itnesses I EDWARD C. KOBLER,. WM. H-.. HALL.

copies oi. this natentmaybe obtained: for five cents each, by addressing: the Commissioner. of. Patents. Washington, D..G.

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