US1590479A - Armrest - Google Patents

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June 29 1926. 1,590,479

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ARMREST vFiledMarCh'lO. 1924 Patented .lune 29, 19.26.

UNITED .STATES "FFME,

' JOSEPH i. orfNiiILL, or sr. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

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Application `met March 1o, 19'24'. semi No. s983050.

This invention relates to arm rests,rand has for its objects, first, to provide a 'simple yand inexpensive 'device to rest the 'hand 'upon when writing near the. lower edge of a book Y page; second, to provide a device havin-'g spaced parallel arranged lea-'f supporting arms, and third, to provide a Vdevice having the upper plane of the hand rest disposed at a higher elevation than the upper plan-e of the leaf 'supporting arms. Y l

With the 4above'and 4other'objects in view, the invention consists in the novel features of construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described and finally pointed out in the 'claims hereto appended. Referring to the accompanying drawings forming apart of this specification, wherein like characters of reference denote similar parts throughout the several views:

Fig. l, is a view in perspective of a book with my improved arm rest applied thereto.

Fig. 2, is a view in perspective of the device removed from a book.

Fig. 3, is a view in perspective of a slightly modified form of the device.

Fig. 4, is a view in perspective of a still further modification of the device.

Referring to the drawings, the reference character l represents a book, such as a ledger, journal, record, or any other type of book having writing space near the lower edge 2 vof its pages, or leaves 3.

In carrying out the aim of my present in! vention, I provide a Idevice of the class described comprising` a hand rest 4 and a pair of spaced parallel arranged thin flat book leaf supporting members 5 which eXtend from the inner edge of the hand rest 4., The upper plane of the hand rest 4 is disposed a suitable distance above the upper plane of the book leaf supporting members 5 to provide the book leaf engaging shoulder or stop 6 at the juncture of the hand rest and book leaf supporting members.

In the form of device shown in Fig. 2, I preferably employ a blank metallic sheet, rectangular in form and cutaway, as at 7, to form the book leaf supporting members 5. The uncut portion of the plate which forms the hand rest 4 is bent upwardly to form the stop shoulder 6. The outer edge of the hand rest section 4 is curved as at 8 to provide an inverted channeled han-d rest and to obviate any sharp or corner edge for the hand to rest upon. 9 indicates a suitable iller member for the channel member to bring the vlower plane o'f "the 'hand rest flush with the lower fplan'e of Vthe book Vsupporting members. Y

In the modified 'form vof device shown in Fig. 3, I 'discard "the use of the lfiller member 9.

In the modified form lof the device sli-own in Fig. 4, I preferably make the "device 'from a single' board member in lieu vof a lmetallic material with the "lower plane of the fhand rest flush with the 'lower plane of 4the book leaf supporting members.

The `devi-ce is I"used 'as follows:

Vhen'e-ver a bookkeeper, 'clerk or nth-er person desires to enter a memorandum, record or writing 'upon any page df a 'book near the bottom thereof, especially if tihe book is a thick one containing many leaves, so the hand can not conveniently rest upon the page of the book, or upon the table or desk supporting the book, the thin fiat spaced leaf supporting members 5 are inserted between some of the leaves of the book lower than the one, or ones upon which the record is to be entere-d, or directly under such latter leaves if desired, and moved upwardly under the lower edge until the book leaves engage the stop shoulder 6. If the members 5 are disposed below several leaves of the book, the pages of the book upon which the writing is to be made will lie substantially flush with the upper plane of the hand rest 4, thus providing a convenient and substantial hand rest for the writer to make the writing or entry near the lower edge of the page, as is evident from Fig. l, of the drawing. The. board members 5 provide a smooth flat backing for the leaves upon which the writing or record is made.

The hand rest 4 of the device is provided with an opening l() near its outer edge and preferably midway its ends, so that the device may be hung upon a nail, or equivalent means.

It will be observed that the ydevice will fit into a book below two opposed pages at a time so that each page willhave a suitable hand rest beyond the lower edge of the page.

The Idevice is especially useful when making entries in books which are thick, thus destroying the average table top hand rest. The device is easily and quickly applied to a book and will prove highly eiiicient for the purpose intended.

The many advantages of the herein described invention will readily suggest themselves to those skilled in the art to which it appertains.

I ydo not desire to be understood as limiting myself to the exact details of construction shown and described, but desire to have it understood that the invention I have shown in the drawings is merely illustrative, as it is manifest that various minor changes may be made in the exact form, shape and particular arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of my invention, hence I reserve the right to 'make any such changes, or modifications as may fairly fall within the scope of the appended claims when fairly construed.

What I claim is:

1. In a device of' the class described, a rectangular metallic hand rest having a downwardly curved :forward edge, said hand rest having a ldownwardly directed rear edge disposed at a right angle to the plane thereof to provide a stop shoulder and a -pair of spaced rearwardly directed arms integral with the lower edge of' the stop shoulder.

2. In a device of the class described, a rectangular metallic hand rest having a downwardly curved forward edge, said hand rest having a downwardly directed rear edge disposed at a right angle to the plane thereof to provide a stop shoulder, a pair of spaced rearwardly directed arms integral with the lower edge of the stop shoulder and a lller block fixed to the under face of said hand rest.

3. In a device of the class described, a rectangular metallic hand rest having a downwardly curved `forward edge, said hand rest having a downwardly directed rear edge disposed at a right angle to the plane thereof to provide a stop shoulder, a pair of spaced rearwardly directed arms integral with the lower edge of the stop shoulder and a filler block fixed to the under Jface of said hand rest, said hand rest and said block having an ope-ning therein intermediate their ends and near the forward edge thereof. y

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name to the specification.

JOSEPH P. ONEILL.

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