US1537321A - Monogram ranel - Google Patents

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L. MAYER MONOGRAM PANEL Filed Oct. 18, 1923 Patented May 12, 1925.

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Application filed: October 18, 192 3.- Serial No, 669316 To, all whom it. mayjcmcenn;

Be'it known that I, LEON -MA1'ER, a ci,ti.

zen ofythe Unitedg States of America, and a resident of' Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Monogram Panels, of which the following is a specification.

The main objects of this invention are to provide an improved form of amarker for attaclnnent to personal goods whereby such goods or the wearer thereof may be identified; to provide an identification marker.

especially adapted to serve as a monogram panel for attachment to personal goods such as are frequently transported about, as, for

example, baggage; to provide a. monogram panel wnerein the letters are formed on individual plates which are adapted to be arranged in a frame so as to be normally readable either horizontally or vertically; and to provide a monogram panel of the above kind which may be readily attached without the use of separate fastening means.

An illustrative embodiment of this invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1. is a front plan of a monogram panel to which this invention is applied, showing the letters arranged so as to be readable horizontally.

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the letters arranged so as to be readable vertically.

Fig. 3 is a rear plan of the same.

Fig. iis an enlarged longitudinal section of the panel and the representation of part of an article to which it is secured.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the frame.

big. 6 is a perspective view of one of the letter plates.

l'leretofore baggage and other personal goods have been marked for personal identitication in various ways, such. as by directly stamping or printing the monogram or other characters directly upon the goods, or by permanently attaching to the goods a metal plate on which the characters are eugrayed or embossed. permanent markings on the goods requires the work of an expert, and when once attached it is not adapted for removal for use on other goods or for rearrangement on the same goods, which is frequently desire able.

In the specific embodiment herein shown,

The placing of suclr the, present. invention inholves a; inarken in: the form. of a, monog ram panel, which may; bereadily, attached, to and removed from the; goods without additional fastening means. and which comprises a frame wherein the characters are arranged so as to be readable either horizontally or vertically.

Referring to the drawings, the monogram panel herein shown, comprises a frame 1, in which is mounted a plurality of separate plates 2 of uniform size and form, and each bearing a suitable character on the face thereof. f

The frame 1 preferably con'inrises a sheet metal stamping providing a rectangular part 3, having struck out therefrom a. pe ripheral flange t for retaining the character blocks 3 in proper relative positions behind openings 5 formed in the part 3. Formed on the flange 4 at opposite edges of th frame 1. are lugs 6 arranged to be bent over the backs of the plates 2, for detachablv securing the plates to the frame, as shown in Fig. 3. The lugs 6 are arranged so as to engage the plates 2 along the abutting edges thereof. Struck out from the rame part 3 at the ends thereof, are prings 7 adapted for detachably securing the panel to the goods by be1ng 1nserted through apertures in the goods, and then bent over as shown in Fig. 4, wherein the baggage or other personal article is represented at 8. Partitions 9 in the frame part 3, between the openings 5, serve to cover the abutting edges of the plates 2, thus giving the plates the appearance of a single panel.

' In the form herein shown, the plates 2 are square in form, but they may be octzuronal, or of any other symmetrical shape wherein both the length and breadth are equal. so as to permit the plates to be ar'anged in the framein position to have the characters readable either horizontally, as shown in Fig. 1, or vertically, as shown'iu l 2;

'llhecharacters may beengraved, embossed, stamped, or printed on the plates.

The frame 1 and plates 2 may be made oi sheet metal and polished or plated to produce any desired finish, or otherwise suit ably embellished to render the panel highly decorative. Although the marker is designed primaril for use as a monogram panel, it may also be used for various other similar purposes, such as for name plates or identification tags used on uniforms and caps and the like.

I claim:

A monogram panel comprising a sheet metal stamping formed to provide an elongated rectangular frame having threesquare openings in the face thereof, partitions formed integrally onsaid frame and arranged between said openings, a Range struck out from the face of said frame and extending around the edges thereof, three square character plates arranged on said frame Within said flange with the charac ters readable through said square openings,

said plates being reversible in said frame to permit the characters to be readable either crosswise or lengthwise of said frame, oppositely disposed lugs struck out from said flange directly adjacent the ends of said partitions adapted to be bent over the backs of said plates for clamping opposed edges of said plates against said partitions, and a pair of prongs struck out from said flange at the ends of said frame adapted for attachment to a support.

Signed at Chicago this 16th day of Oct, 1923.

LEON MAYER.

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