US1327439A - Pickle-fork holder - Google Patents

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criAnLEs AUSTIEN LE Application filed December 16, 1918.

To all whom it may concern: a A

Be it known that 1, CHARLES Ans'rnn Lnwis, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and resident of the city of Toronto, county OfYOl'k,'P1O"l11CG of Ontario, in the- Dominion of Canada, new useful Improvements in Pickle Fork Holders, as described in the following specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, that form part of the $213518.

The principal object of the invention is to avoid the soiling of table linen and to devise a simple form readily attached to the bottle and Will be securely held inplace and will securely hold the fork in position upon the bottle.

The principal feature of the invention consists in the novel formation of the bottle and the holder, whereby engaging surfaces are formed in the bottle to secure the holder in place.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a pickle bottle showing the holder attached thereto, the fork being shown in dotted lines arranged in the holder.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view from the inward side of a modified form of the holder.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view through the form of holder shown in Fig. 1, taken through the line a-b.

Fig. a is a transverse sectional view through the form of holder shown in Fig. 2 illustrating the manner of gripping the bottle.

Fig. 5 is an elevational view showing a further modification of holder and modified form of bottle.

The form of holder illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3 comprises a device formed of thin sheet metal having the back 1 of substantially elongated rectangular form, provided with a longitudinal perforation v2, the upper portion of which is provided with in wardly projecting curled edges 3.

The lower portion of the perforation 2 is adapted to receive a flanged rib projection l which is molded upon the outer face of the bottle 5 and the narrow neck portion 6 of the rib is adapted to fit in close contact with the inwardly curled edges 3 of the plate when it is slipped into position with the top of the perforation 2 resting upon the upper end of the rib projection, the curled edges engaging said rib in a snug fitting spring contact.

Specification of Letters Patent.

have invented certain .vide for of holder which may be. .bottle which or with Wis,- or TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.

rrcKLn-ronx HOLDER.

V Patented Jan.6,192o. Seria1 N0.266,975.

The lower end of the back 1 is formed with a tapering pocket 7 to receive the prongs of the fork and to catch the drip from the fork and to hold the prongs in a definite position in relation to the bottle.

A pair of spring arms 8 are formed upon the upper end of the back 1 and are adapted to securely grip the handle of the fork.

FA holder such as described fits snugly to the bottle and is held securely thereon in contact with the holding surfaces of the rib projections of the bottle. In order to prothe attachment of the holder to a is not provided with the holding lug the longitudinal edges of the back 1 I are curled forwardly forming the lips 9 into which the looped end of a rubber band may be inserted and'passed around the bottle.

A modified form in the engaging surfaces of the bottle is illustrated in Fig. 5 in that the glass is formed with a longitudinal groove 10 provided with flanged edges 11 adapted to engage the curled lips 9 of the holder, and as the metal is of spring material the lips engage the side surfaces of the groove 10 with a spring pressure which holds the device in place.

The lower portion of the groove 10 is sufficiently wide to receive the pocket 7 and the flanges 11 extend upwardly from above said pocket.

In the modified form illustrated in Figs. 2 and a the sheet metal instead of having the longitudinal perforation 2 is stamped to form a longitudinal groove 12 extending from end to end thereof. The side walls 13 of the groove 12 are perforated adjacent to the top and a pair of longitudinal flanges 14 project angularly inward from said perfo rations to engage the underside of the flange of the ribbed projection l on the bottle, as illustrated particularly in Fi 4. The holder illustrated in Fig. 2 is otherwise of similar formation to that illustrated in It will be understood that the bottles are specially formed with the projecting rib 4 the preferred form, namely, that having the projecting rib he holder is placed upon a bottle by inserting the rib into the lower portion of the longitudinal perforation 2 or of the groove 12. The holder is then pressed longitudinally downward to bring either curled edges .3 or the longitudinal flanges n We ssesem a w t th p j c ng at he longitudinal g'roovelO and in and When thus placed the holder is firmly secured in position.

In the form illustrated in Fig 5 the holder is inserted into the groove 10 so that the flanged lips 9 engage the flangededges ll of the groove and it is pushed up into the position illustrated, the upper'end of the member Will of course require to beprojection, of a sheet metal holder having a pocket at its lower end to receive the fork metal having a at the upper-end to hold i fork.

member having and longitudinally arranged contact members adapted to engage the flanged projection of the bottle.

3. In a pickle fork holder, the combina tion with a pickle bottle having a flanged projection, of

cup-shaped receptacle at one an orifice in the back and inwardly adapted to extend beneath end and pro] ecting ribs the head of the -flanged projection of=tl1e bottle, said back having spring. clips arranged the handle of the 4:. In arpickleforkholder, the combina tion With a bottle having a projecting member, of a l10lClG1'-fO1l116d of a single-piece of sheet metal having a cup-shaped receptacle at the bottom end, longitudinallyinwardly curled lips at the sides,-a pair 'ofjspring holding fingers at the top and a longitudinal recess in the back adapted to receive the proj ecting member from the *bottle.

CHARLES AUSTEN LEWIS.

a holder formed of sheet,

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