US1392622A - Price-ticket holder - Google Patents

Description

- G. A. BERRY. PRICE TICKET HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB-21.1919.

A. Berry,

Patented Oct. 4, 1921.

v UNITED STATES PATENTFOFFICEQ -IGEORGE A. BERRY, or ExcRLSIoR SPRINGS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD To w. J. MARSH, or ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ANnoNE-THIRD 'ro BERNARD o. BAYNES,

OF EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, MISSOURI.

PRICE-TICKET HOLDER:

-. Specification of Letters Patent.

7 Patented Oct. 4, 1921.

Application filed February 21, 1919. Serial No. 278,397.

T all whom it may concern I Be it known that I, "GEORGE A. BERRY, citizen of the United States, residing at Excelsior Springs, in the county of Clay and State of Missouri, have invented'certain new and useful Improvements in PricerTicket 'Holdersfof which the following isa specification. I v I This invention relates to an improved price ticket holder particularly designed for usein dry goods stores, clothing stores, haberdasheries, drug Stores, department stores, and the like, and has as its primary object to provide'a device of this character so conject to provide a ticket holder constructed to resiliently grip the price ticket and thus maintain the ticket in proper position upon the" holder held against tilting within its Supporting loop. a

Other and incidental objects will appear during the course of the detailed description of the invention. In the drawings, wherein I have illustrated the preferred embodiment of the invention, and wherein similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views! Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved holder,,the price ticket shown being conventionally illustrated,

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device more particularly illustrating the 'manner' in which the price ticket is gripped by the holder,

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1 and showing a slightly modified form of the invention,

Fig. 4 is a perspective view'showing a further modification.

In its preferred embodiment, as Shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, the ticket holder of the present invention is formed from. a single length of suitable'resilient wire. From this length of wire a pin shank or supporting shank 10 is formed, the'wire beinglooped forwardly'at the upper end of the shank to, provide a downwardly directed arm 11 lying in front of'theshank '10- in spaced relation thereto' At the lower end of the arm ll'the wire is'again bentlaterally to form a ticket holding loop 12, the free end portion of which normally-tends to assume a position lying in a plane with the arm'll. At the upper endof thefreeend portion of the loop the adjacentend portion of the wire is again, bent laterallyto form a longitudinally bowed "gripping arm- 13 extending in front of the arm 11. at substantially right angles thereto and intersected medially by. said arm.' ,Gonsequently, the free end portion of the loop 12 will resiliently holdthis'gripping arm 13 against the arm 11 and, owing to the longitudinalc urvature ofthe gripping arm, the ends of this arm will thus normally intersect the plane of the arm 11 atfopposite sidesthereof. Formed on the free endof the arm 13 is an" angular downwardly'directed terminal 13.

It is now to be observed that the arm .11 is,

at a point slightly above the gripping arm '13, ofi'set laterally Sothat the shank 10 is thus supportedin a'plane passing medially through the ticket holding, loop l2 at right angles thereto; Formed as thus described, it will be seen that the holder may be readily produced, In use, a price ticket may be fitted within the ticket holding loop 12, a a ticket being conventionally shown at 14 in the drawings, when the shank 10 may be engaged, as will be readily understood, with an article of'merchandise for connecting the holder therewith to display the ticket. In this connection attention is'particularly dirooted to the manner in which the ticket is heldby the device. As shown in the drawings, the ticket is rested against the bottom portion of -the loop 12 and is resiliently gripped by the arm 13 acting to bind the ticket between this arm and the arm 11. The arm 13, being longitudinally curved will, as shown in Fig. 2, thus bow the ticket longitudinally over the arm 11 so that the ticket will accordingly coact with the arm 11 and with the gripping'arm to be firmly held against tilting within the supporting loop. However, as will be clear, the ticket may be readily displaced from the holder by simply pulling upwardly thereon to disengage the ticket from within said loop. The terminal 13 will, of course, assist in gripping the ticket and will prevent marring thereof by the free end of the 'arm when the ticket is engaged with or removed from the holder.

In Fig. 3 of the drawings, I have illustrated a slight modification of the invention. In this modification a shank 10 is'employed. This shank corresponds to the shank 10 of the preferred construction but is elongated. Connected with said shank is an arm 11 corresponding to the arm 11' of the preferred construction. However, the arm "11' is straight while the shank 10' normallyinclines toward the arm so as to resiliently grip a thicknessof fabric between the arm and shank when the shank is embedded in the fabric." At the lower end of the arm 11 is aticket holding loop 12', the free end portion of which carries a'laterally directed gripping arm 13', these parts corresponding to the similar partsof th'e'preferred con struction and performing like functions.

In Fig.4: of the drawings, I haveshown a further modified form of the invention wherein a shank 10 is employed. This-shank corresponds to 'the shank 1Q'- 0f the prior.

imodification but is somewhat longer and is connected to a base '15 so that'the device ,may be used as aj'stand forsup'porting' a price ticket. "Extending'from theshank l0: atits'upper end is an arm 11. At thelower end of the arm 11? is a ticket holding loop 12" carryingatits free end a laterally directed gripping arm '1 3-, thisloop and arm 35 corresponding to the loop and arm of the prior modification. I

In a further adaptation of the invention I employ a spring loop 20 which may be formed from a strip of suitable resilient sheet metal and rolled at its-ends in order that the loop may, as will be well understood, be readily engaged around the neck of a bottle. Gripped within one of therolled portions at the ends of the loop is the shank-10 of the holder shown in Fig. 3, which will-thus be supported by the loop to upstand therefrom. Consequently, the loop maybe engaged around the neck of a bottle, when a ticket may be fitted upon the holder to be supported thereby for display upon the bottle. I

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:. v

1. ticket holder formed' from' a single strand of resilient wire and comprising a shank, a bend at the upper end of the shank,

said bend,, and a lateral gripping arm exf tending from the upper end of said loop member across .the vertical plane of the shank andthe'first-mentioned arm. 2. A ticket holder formed from a single strand of resilient wire and comprisinga shank, a bend at the upper end of the shank,

an arm depending from said bendland have ing its lower end portion normally urged to- 7 V wardthe shank, a lateral bendat the lower endof said arm, a loop member. rising from 1: 7

said bend, a lateral gripping arm extending from'the upper end of said loopmember across, the vertical planeof the shank .and the first-mentioned arm, and adownwardly directed terminal at the free end of said; lateral gripping arm. 1

'. testimony; whereof I my signaturel

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