US1290652A - Map-holder. - Google Patents

Description

E. PETRICK.

MAP HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED 050.3.1911.

Patented Jan. 7,1919? EDWARD PETRIGK, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

MAP-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent. -Pafented Jan; 7, 1919 1 Application filed December 3, 1917. Serial No. 205,065;

the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a map holder and has for its object the provision of a device from which a plurality of maps may be suspended and securely held in position for ready reference.

A further object of my invention is the provision of a map holder in which theindividual maps may be readily removed and replaced.

Further objects and advantages of my'invention reside in the various combinations hereinafter described as will be better understood by reference to the following specification when read in connection with the accompanying drawing illustrating the preferred embodiments thereof in which Figure 1 is a view in perspective of the nap holder with the maps suspended thererom;

Fig. 2 is anenlarged detail in elevation of the upper portion of the map holder in open position to permit removal and repla ement of the maps;

F ig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a section on the line l-l of Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 6 is a detail in section showing a slightly different construction of the map holder.

Referring to the drawing the map holder is supported on a pedestal consistingof a rod 5 having l"gs 6 secured to the lower end thereof. The upper end of the rod 5 is disposed within a socket 7 formed in the back of an elongated casing consisting of two sections 8 and 9 connected by a huge 10. The rear wall of the casing is shaped with its upper portion projecting beyond the lower portion and the socket 7 is located in the projecting upper portion 7' so that the supporting rod 5 will lie against or adjacent the lower portion of said wall (Fig. 3). This projecting upper portion 7 of the rear wall of the casing also spaces the maps away from the support when the maps are thrown back over the top and back of the casing (Fig. 4) and protects them fromv wear. The ends 11 are secured to the sectionS and support latches 12 pivoted at 13- thcreon and having slots in their ends to embrace the upturned edge 13 ofv the section 9, whereby the section is locked in closed position. Knurled heads 14 outside the ends 11 and connected to the latches 12 enable the user to operate the latches and release the section 9 when desired.

A plurality of pins 15 are secured to the rear wall formed by'a portion of the section 8 and are adapted to support the maps 16 which are preferably provided with eyelets 17 to engage the pins 15. The pins 15 may be provided with enlarged heads 18 to prevent slipping of the eyelets from the pins or the ends of the pins may be turned up.

A plurality of rigid stiffening strips 19 are pivotally supported on shouldered screws 20 secured to the outside of the're'ar wall formed by the section 8. Openings 21 in the stiffeningstrips 19 adjacent their ends are adapted to engage pins 22 projecting from the rear wall when the strips 19 are vertically disposed to maintain the strips in the desired position. At their lower ends the strips are provided with pivoted clamps 23 which are normally 'held by springs 24 in position to engage and clamp the maps 16 against the strips 19 whereby the maps are firmly held in the desired position. The maps are readily released by moving the clamps 23 against their springs 24 so that one or more of the maps may be thrown back over the'top of the'holder as indicated in Fig. 4. V j

Referring to Fig. 6 the structure is identical to that previously described except that the ends 25 instead of being rigid with the section 8 are pivoted at 26 thereto and are provided with flanges 27 which embrace the edges of the sections 8 and 9 to lock the latter in closed position. With this construction the latches l3 and their operating means may be omitted.

From the foregoing description it will be readily understood that by releasing the sec tion 9 or 9' either by manipulating the latches 13 or the ends 25 the section may be turned backward as indicated in Fig. 2 to clear the ends of the pins 15. The maps 16 may then be removed and others substituted as desired after which the section 9 or 9 is returned to and secured in its normal position, In use the maps 16 are thrown back over the top of the map holder as indicated in Fig. 4 .toexpose any desired map which is then held flat by the clamps 23 so that the map may be easily read; A

When a device is not in use the holder may be removed from the r0d5, stiffening strips 19 folded against the holder, and theholder, including the maps, rolled for storage.

Various changes may bemade inthe form, construction and arrangement of the parts without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention or sacrificing any of its material advantages, the forms hereinbefore described being merely preferred embodiments of my invention.

I claim: I

1. A map holder comprising an elongated casing in two sectionshingedly connected together, and pins on one of said sections adapted to support one or more maps, said pins having enlarged heads to preventthe map or maps from slipping therefrom.

2. A map holder comprising an elongated casing in two sections hingedly connected together, and pins on one of said sections adapted to support one or more maps, said pins having enlarged heads to prevent. the map ormaps from slipping therefrom, and means for locking said sectionsin closed relation. v

3. A map holder comprising an elongated casing, means therein to support one or more maps, and depending stiffening strips pivotally supported on said casingand havingmeans thereon to grip the lower edge of the map or maps, and means to hold said strips in operative position.

4. A map holder comprising an elongated casing having means therein to support one or more maps, stiffening strips pivoted on and depending from said casing and having vmeans to clamp the lower edge of the map or maps, and supporting means separable from said casing.

5. A map holder comprising an elongated. casing in two sections hingedly connected together, means for locking said sections in closed relation, means in said casing to support one or more maps, stifl'ening strips pivoted on and depending from said casing and having means to clamp the lower edge of the map or maps and supporting means separable from said casing.

6. A map holder comprising an. elongated casing, means therein to support one or more maps and rigid depending stifi'ening strips attached at one end to said casingand having means at their opposite ends to grip the lower. edge of the map or'maps.

7.. A map holder comprising an elongated casing, means therein to support one or more maps and rigiddepending stiffening strips pivotally attached at one end to said casing and having clamps at their opposite ends to grip the lower edge of the map or maps.

8. In a map holder comprising an elongated casing in two sections hingedly connected together, means on one of said sections to support one or more maps, the; lat-- ter section having a centrally disposed socket and a supporting pedestal having its upper end disposed in said socket, the other section being adapted to prevent removal of the map or maps when in closed position.

9. A map holder comprising an elongated casing open at its bottom, means within the casing for engaging and suspending the maps, and means for supporting the casing,v

there being a projectionon the casing at the rear thereof and above the support to hold the maps in spaced relation to the support when the maps are thrown back over the top and back of the casing.

10. A map holder comprising a support and an elongated casing, said casing having the upper portion of its rear wall projectingbeyond the lowerportion thereof to receive the support and to hold the maps in spaced relation to the support when the maps are thrown back over the top and back of the casing.

EDWARD PETRICK. Witnesses:

' ERNEST'MARS,

ERNEST H. MERCHANT.

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