US1637358A - Safety-match-box holder - Google Patents

Description

Patented Aug. 2, 1927.

PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN a. TAYLOR, 01? MEDIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SAFETY-MATCH-BOX HOLDER.

Application filed November 2, 1926. Serial No. 145,815.

My invention relates to a holder or casing for safety match boxes, its object being to provide a very simple and inexpensive de vice that may easily be attached to the usual match box, thereby providing a very attractive and serviceable pocket accessory, whereby the box may be readily opened. as for the removal of a match. ant which will be instantly and automatically closed with its release. The scope of my invention extends to whatever construction may be defined by or included within the terms or language of the appended claims.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a view in perspective of my invention as applied to a match box;

Figure 2 a central longitudinal section thereof;

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view on the line 3-3 of Figure 1;

Figure 1 is a. view in perspective of the casing portion of my invention, and

Figure 5 is a similar view of another form of my invention.

My invention, in the form or embodiment shown in the drawing and briefly described. comprises a metallic casing, 10, of

substantially the same shape as the usual slidable type of safety match box, indicated generally as at 11, which, of course, is provided with the outer box portion, 12, and the slidable container portion, 13. The Inc tallic casing, 10, is preferably formed of relatively thin sheet metal and fitted over the exterior of the match box, 11, as is clearly shown in Figures 2 and 3.

A space, 1 1, is formed between the oppositclv disposed edges in the bottom of the casing, 10, for the purpose of receiving the slides or arms, 15 and 16. Each of the slides or arms, 15 and 16. are provided with slightly upturned portions, 17, for the purpose of engaging the movable portion, 13, of the safety match box.

As shown in Figures 2 and 3, I utilize a v ieldable strip, 18, which may be secured in any desired manner to the slides or arms, 15 and 16, so as to have a tendency to keep the match box 1n a normally closed position. To prevent the box portion, 13. from being accidentally displaced from the slides or arms, 15 and 16, a sharp upturned edge may be provided on the uppermost end of the upturned portions, 17. WVhen the box portion, 13, is pushed open, one of the slides will, of course, be pulled in the direction of movement of this box portion, whereas the opposite slide will remain stationary by reason of the fact that its upturned portion. 17, will bear againstthe lower edge of the stationary box portion, 12. This is clearly shown in Figure 1.

Elongated openings or cut-out portions, 19, are provided in the sides of the casing, 10, for the purpose of exposing the roughened or treated edges of the safety match box.

In order to present a very striking appearance to my improved safety match box holder, I cover the thin metallic casing, 10, with a flexible covering, 20, such as leather or its substitutes. The covering, 20, is likewise provided with a pair of slots or cut-out portions. 21. which are adapted to align or register with the slots, 19, in the casing, 10. A snap fastener, 22, may be employed to secure the flaps or free ends of the covering, 20, and to facilitate the ready removal or re placement of the covering, 20, when desired. For the purpose of preventing the covering, 20, from sliding with respect to the casing. 10, I provide the casing with a plurality of cut-out points, 23, and preferably locate them near the corners of the casing, as is clearly illustrated in Figure 4 of theaccompanying drawin In the form of my invention illustrated in Figure 5, a somewhat simplified structure is shown. In this instance, the relatively thin sheet metal cover, 10, will extend around but three sides of the match box instead of completely around it, as previously described. The sheet metal cover, 10', is provided on its lower side with an off-set groove or depression, 24, for receiving the slides or arms, 25 and 26. In this instance, the slides or arms, 25 and 26, are held to gether by means of a relatively thin coil spring, 27. It is understood, of course, that the elastic rubber, 18, previously described, may be substituted for the spring, 27.

WVhat I claim is:

1. A holder for safety-match boxes, comprising an open ended casing in which the match box fits more or less snugly, members slidably mounted in one wall of the casing and terminally formed to overlie the edge of the match-box cover and project into the path of movement of the match container when such match box is in the casing, and spring means to exert return pressure on either member when operated,

2. A holder for safety-match boxes, comprising an open-ended casing to more or less .nugly receive the match box and permit a; channel in one wall, two members arranged in alignment in such channel and normally extending to the edges of the open ends of the casing, a spring means connect,- ing the proximate ends of the members to exert a pull on either member when moved while the other is held, the free ends of the members having upturned ends to overlie the cover of a contained match box and extend into the path of movement of the match container thereof, whereby in the movement of the container in either direction one of the members is moved while the other member is held from following movement by the i match box cover.

JOHN Q. TAYLOR.

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