US1336964A - Penholder-support - Google Patents

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Patented Apr. 13, 1920.

Jim/6705021 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD KELSEY, OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS.

PENHOLDER-SUPPORTJ.

Application filed November 25, 1919.

To all whom it may GOIMKV/lt.

Be it known that I. RIorL-um Knnsnr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lynn in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and use ful Improvements in Penholder-Supports, of which the following is a specification.

T his invention relates to a device for supporting a pen-holder in correct position for writing and is particularly adapted to be used in schools where writing is being taught for the purpose of teaching pupils to hold the pen-holder and pen in correct position while writing.

The object of the invention is to provide a cheap, simple and durable device of the character set forth which can be readily attached to or detached from a pen-holder or pencil and which can be adjusted longitudinally of the pen-holder, so as to position said pen-holder at different angles rela tive to the surface which is being written upon.

To these ends the invention consists in a pen-holder support of the character set forth in the following specification and particularly pointed out in the claims thereof.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure l. is aside elevation of my improved pen-holder support illustrating the same attached to a pen-holder positioned for writing, a hand being shown in dotted lines in connection with the pen-holder and support.

2 is a side elevation of the same holder attached to a pencil and reversed in position as compared with the position shown in Fig. 1.

Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

In the drawings, referring to Fig. 1, 5 is the pen-holder support and 6 is the penholder. The pen-holder support 5 is formed of a piece of wire, preferably spring wire, with a loop 7 intermediate its ends and through which the penholder 6 projects. when said support is attached thereto; said support terminates at one end in an arm 8 which extends laterally across the upper side of the pen-holder when in position. The other end of said holder terminates in a coil 9, constituting a foot and adapted to Specification of Letters Patent.

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tially strgi 9 to the loo is shown attached ed in position as i on in which said support is sh, l. The operation and function, howe of the support is the same in both cases and the little finger of the hand of the writer projects through the coil 9 in each case but whereas when the support is positioned as illustrated in Fig. 1, the middle and third fingers of the hand are located. on the same side of the straight portion 10 as the coil 9 and loop '7. When the device is positioned as in Fig. the little finger extends through the coil 9 while the middle finger is in front of the portion 10 or on the opposite side of the portion 10 from the coil 9 and loop 7 and the third finger is positioned on the same side of the portion 10 as the coil 9 and loop One of the principal advantages of having the device reversible is that it cannot be placed upon a pen-holder or pencil in a wrong position.

In using the device, it is first attached to the pen-holder by slipping the pen-holder through the loop 7 and then pressing upwardly on the arm 8 and then sidewardly until said arm extends over the upper side of the pen-holder. The wire being preferably a spring wire, the straight portion connecting the arm 8 with the loop 7 will act as a spring to clamp the loop 7 upon the penholder and thus to hold it firmly in posi tion by means of the laterally extending arm 8. hen in use, the foot or coil 9 rests upon the surface of the paper which is being written upon; the angle of the pen holder or pen to the paper may be adjusted by sliding the loop 7 along said pen-holder or pencil as the case mav be, thus rendering the device adjustable for different hands and for different methods of writing.

I claim:

1. A pen-holder support. comprising a piece of wire with a loop intermediate its ends adapted to encircle a pen-holder, said support terminating at one end in a laterally extending arm adapted to engage the upper side of said. pen-holder and terminating at the opposite end in a foot adapted when said pen-holder is in writing position to rest upon the surface being written upon.

2. A pen-holder support comprising a piece of wire with a loop intermediate its ends adapted to encircle a pen-holder and slidable thereon, said support terminating at one end in a laterally extending .arm adapted to engage the upper side of said pen-l1ol fler and terminating at the opposite I end in a foot adapted when said pen-holder is in writing position to rest upon the surface being written upon.

3. A pen-holder support comprising a piece of wire with a loop intermediate its ends adapted to encircle a pen-holder said support terminating at one end in a laterally extending arm adapted to engage the upper side of said pen-holder and terminating at the opposite end in a coil constituting a foot adapted when said pen-holder is in Writing position to rest upon the surface being written upon.

4. A pen-holder support comprising a piece of wire with a loop intermediate its ends adapted to encircle a pen-holder, said support terminating at one end in a laterally extending arm adapted to engage the upper side of said. pen-holderand terminating at the opposite end in a coil constituting a foot adapted to receive one finger of a hand when said pen-holder is in writing position to, rest upon the surface being written upon'.'

, 5. A pen-holder support comprising a piece of wire with a loop intermediate its ends adapted to encircle a pen-holder, said support terminating at one end in a laterally extending arm adapted to engage the upper side of said pen-holder and terminating at the opposite end in a coil constituting a foot adapted when said pen-holder is in writing position to rest upon the surface being written upon, said loop and coil being located at one side of the portion of said support which joins them together.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my handvin presence of two subscribing witnesses. I

RICHARD KELSEY. Witnesses FRANKLIN E. Low, CHARLES S. GooDINe.

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