US1328318A - Loose-leaf cover and copy-holder - Google Patents

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S. CODY v LOOSE LEAF COVER MD COPY HOLDER. APPLICATION mz'b APR.25. 1918.

1,328,318 PatentedJan. 20, 1920..

. WITH/E88 i nvmvror? BY i A TTOR/VE Y SHERWIN CODY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

LOOSE-LEAF COVER AND COPY-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 20, 1920.

Application filed. April 25, 1918. Serial No. 230,642.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SHERWIN CODY, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Loose-Leaf Covers and Copy-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to combined loose leaf book covers and copy holders. The ob ject thereof is to provide a cheap and substantial note book cover, which shall be protective of the book when not in use, and which may be used alternatively to provide a substantial support while notes are being taken in the book, or a readily and completely adjustable holder while the notes are being transcribed.

The principles of my invention are illustrated in the drawings, in which Figure l is an edge view of the device as used for a note book cover;

Fig. 2 is a front elevational view of a portion thereof as used for taking notes or memoranda;-

Fig. 3 is a side view showing the same when used as a copy book holder;

Fig. 4 is a bottom view when looked at approximately from the point A;

Fig. 5 shows a portion of one of the covers with the knotted end of the limiting cord passed through the cover slit.

Further describing my invention with reference to the drawings: 1 is a cover member of substantial material, such as book binders board. 2 is a similar cover member of substantially the same character and width, but materially shorter as shown in Fig. 1. The two cover members are attached to each other by a flexible connection 3 which should be of stiffened cloth or other durable material. A cord 4:, which may be elastic if desired, is passed around the flexible connecting member 3 and forms a loop as shown at 5 in Fig. 1 to holdthe latter in place within or upon the said covers. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the cord 4 is adapted to support a plurality of leaves or a book, which are suspended therefrom to rest upon the flat face of the cover section 1. A plurality of openings 6 is formed in the free edge of the longer cover member 1, through which is passed a cord, which may also be elastic if preferred, one portion 7 of which will normally lie upon the outer side of said cover member, the ends being attached by a knot 8 and leaving intermediate portions 9. A

slot 10 is provided in the lower edge of the shorter cover member 2 within'which the connecting portions 9 may be received adj a'- cent to the knot, and through which the latter will be prevented from passingwhen in such position, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4:.

The loop formed by the said cord may also be passed around the free edges of the cover to hold them in closed relation as illustrated in Fig. 1.

The use of my device as a protective cover for a note book is shown in Fig. 1. In the same figure the dotted lines indicate the manner in which the two cover members are brought together to expose the book or insert and to provide a substantial support when notes are taken. In Fig. 3 a side view of the device illustrates the use as a copy holder when a considerable slant is desired.

The dotted lines indicate the use when a yergence of the two cover members by en-' gaging the cord 9 in the slot 10, either at the first knot 8 or at the second knot, so giving the cover members a greater divergence and the copy attached to the longer cover member 1 a slightly different position with reference to the line of vision of the copier.

Additional rigidity may be given to the device when used as a copy holder by means of a short cord 11, securely attached to the side of the longer cover member at 12, and slipped into a slot in the side of the shorter cover member at 13 said cord being provided with a series of knots as shown at 14:. When intended to be used in combination the knots on cord 11 should be spaced to correspond to the spacing of knots in the lower cord, but it is evident that either may be used separately from the other if desired.

I claim:

1. A book. cover and copy holder comprising a plurality of cover members, one of said cover members having a slot extending inwardly from one edge thereof, a flexible cord attached to the lower edge of one cover "member and provided with knots spaced from each other and adapted to engage the slot in the other cover member, and a second cord attached to the side edge of one cover member provided with knots spaced to correspond with the spacing oit' knots on the last named cord and adapted to engage in a slot in the other cover member.

2. A book cover and copy holder comprising a pair of cover members, a flexible connection between adjacent ends of said members, a book holding cord forming a loop to embrace said flexible connection, the free edge of one cover member having a pair of spaced openings therein, the free edge of the other member having a slot formed at the corresponding edge and extending inwardlv from the'edge thereof, and an endless cord passing through the spaced openings in one cover member with the free looped end knotted at spaced intervals and selectively positioned in the other cover member slot 5 whereby the cover members are held in upright inclined formation.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto sub scribed my name, this 24th day of April, 1918, at the city of New York, in the county of New York, and State of New York.

SHERWIN CODY.

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