US1675483A

US1675483A - Calendar

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Publication number: US1675483A
Application number: US203591A
Authority: US
Inventors: Brooks William John
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1927-01-08
Filing date: 1927-07-05
Publication date: 1928-07-03
Anticipated expiration: 1945-07-03
Also published as: FR647854A; DK40136C; GB276550A

Description

July 3, 192s.

W. J. BROOKS CALENDAR Filed July 5, 1927 .INVENTOR Patented July 3, 1928.

UNITED ISTATES WILLIAM JOHN BROOKS, OF LETCHWORTH, ENGLAND;

CALENDAR.

Application fue@ July 5, 1927, serif-.1 No. 253,591, and in Great `Britain January, 1927. i

This :invention relates to calendars and lili'e display devices in which it is `desired to indi fate or emphasize any one oi. a series ot days ory dates or other items of information; the series ot dat/3s, ior instance the days of the month, or other items being cxposed to View and a lmrticular date oritem being singled out 'for notice by an adjustable indicator.

The object ot this iii'lvent-ion. is `to provide a calendar having meai'is .whereby any one oi' the days or dates `may be conveniently displayed or indicated in a more prominent manner than the others and` so that the means for doing this may be moved so as to be applied to any selected date. The indicator `or means by which a lected date is emphasized is arranged to be easily movable while at the same time its method of support is vnotrcadily discernable.` Further objects of the invention will be ascertained by thefollowing description. 'l f Briefly the inventionmay be said to consist in employing a supporting frame ot suitable construction having an opening in one wall `for the exposurefof calendar or other cards or plates. Means areprovided for detachably supporting one `or a number of interchangeable cards or plates behind the opening. A transparent disc or plate is arranged across the lopening and in front of the calendar card which will show through it. The transparent discor plate is provided with a ring or other conspicuous marking meansand is held `by friction so that it may be freely moved in any direction to permit the distinguishing mark to be aligned with any one oi the dates on the exposed calendar card.

A suitable construction of frame may comprise front and reanwall members secured together or adapted to be secured together vat their edges. The rear wall may be provided with slots or other means for supporting a number ot calendar cards that they may be readily changed, "whilst the front member is provided with an opening through which one of the calendar cards may` be viewed. ,The Celluloid for kother transparent disc or plate'having a ring or other distinguishing` mark thereon is arranged across the opening and between the front Wall member and the calendar card which shows through it. Another method of supporting the cards or plates may consist in providing an opening in the rear wall opposite to and larger than the opening in the `front wall, such opening in Ythe rear y wall accommodating a relatively movallle portion carrying a support fora number of interchangeable cards.

In the accompan ing `sheet of drawings two embodiments o the' invention are illustrated.

Fig. l being a front elevation ot one form.

Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation on the line 2--2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 isa sectional plan view on"` the line` 3-3 of Fig. l, and y y y Fig. t showing the other form in sectional plan. `Referring to the drawings, the device illustrated is a calendar, and consists of a shallow rectilinear casing composed of a front wall l, a rear wall 2 and an L section periphery 3 uniting the two walls inspaced parallel relationship, the periphery being composed of thin metal or other suitable rigid material glued or otherwise secured to the two walls, orthe edge ofthe front wall may be bent over and secured to the back wall. The front wall r has an opening fl through which one `'of a number of cards or plates 5 is exposed, each card or plate 5 bearing suitable inscriptions, `for instance dates of the month. r y y The cards or plates 5, which are preferably somewhat flexible, can be supported in a pair ot parallel slots 6 in the rear wall These slots 6 (Figs. 2 and 3) are wider apart than the opening 4 and are each sutilciently wide to permit the easy entrance of the cards while imposing a slight bend on the cards at 5a, the bend being exaggerated in the drawings for the sake of clearness. The ends 5b ot' the cards protrude from the slots sulliciently to permit easy withdrawal.

The cards or plates are of a resilient nature so that they can be introduced into the two slots 6`by passing oneend through a slot, pressing the card or plate into theinterior of the casing until the saine end projects through the other slot 6, each slot having an enlarged thumb dportion 7 to enable an operator to more rea ly etlect this operation." y y The dimensions of the cards or plates 5 are such that each can lie l'lush against the front wall l of the casing and cover the the opening It. T o enable a particular day to be marked on the exposed card or plate a disc 8 of transparent material, for instance lll Celluloid is provided in the casing so as to be interposed between the front card 5 and the front wall l oit the casing, being held in position friction-tight by reason of the slight pressure between front and rear Walls. This disc has an opening 8, which may be a raised shallow cylinder as shown, or a ring may be lixed or formed on the suriace of the transparent disc and may be ot 'a distinguishing coloni'. By engaging the opening Sa the disc S can be moved any direction to enable the opening or ring 8l to be located over any particular date, as shown in Fig. l.

An alternative method of supporting the cards, may consists in fitting into an opening in the rear wail a corresponding door or flap 9 hinged at l() so that. it can be swung away from the back 2 to expose a sheath 1l secured to the l'lap 9 and open at the front to display through the opening 4 in the front wall l, t-he 'liront card of a .number ot cards l2 accommodated in the sheath 1l. By opening the tiap 9 a change oi the card to be exposed can be ett'ected.

I claim l. A calendar and like display device, comprising a shallow casing, an opening in the iront wall oi the lasing tor exposing a card introduced in a pair of slots in the rear wall olAv the c: sing, the card having a greater length than the distance between the said slots and having ends projecting through both said slots, and a movable transparent disc having a distinguishing mark thereon.

2. A calendar and like display device, comprif-siug a shallow zasing` an opening in the Aliront wall of the casing for exposing a card introduced in a pair of slots in the rear wall of the casing, the card having a greater length than the distance between the said slots, and having ends projecting through both said slots, and a transparent member movable in the casing and interposed between the front ot the card and the Vfront wall ol the casing, such transparent member having a distinguishing part ior locating over a selected part oit the card being exposed.

3. A calendar and like display device, comprising a shallow casing composed ot a front and rear wall connected in spaced relar t-ionship by bending the edges ot' one wall over and securing to the other wall, an opening in the frontwall, a pair of parallel spaced slots in the rear wall, a number of cards for introduction through both slots so that one of the cards is exposed through said opening and a movable transparent member interposed between the exposed calendar card and the front wall and a distinguishing mark on the transparent member.

et. A calendar and like display device, comprising a shallow casing composed oi' a liront and rear wall connected in spaced relationship by a surrounding uniting strip, an opening in the front wall, a pair of parallel spaced slots in the rear wall, a number of cards t'or introduction through both slots so that one of the cards is exposed through said opening, and a transparent member movable in the casing and interposed between the front of the card and the 'front wall of the casing, such transparent member having a distinguishing part for locating over a selected part ot the card being exposed.

5. A calendar and llike display device comprising a shallow casing having a front wall with an opening for the exposure of a card bearing matter to be displayed and a rear wall between which and the front wall the card is adapted to be accommodated, and a. transparent plate ot a greater area than the said opening for covering substantially the whole ot the exposed area of the displayed card, said transparent plate being 'trictionally held between the trout of the said displayed card and the front Wall of the casing solely by the pressure exerted upon it due to the compression between front and rear walls, and being capable of such movement within the casing, in any direction in its own plane, that a fixed distinguishing niark upon it can be aligned with any portion of the displayed mattei' on the card. f

6. A calendar and like display device comprising a Ishallow casing having a front wall with a centrally located opening for the exposure of a card bearing matter to be displayed and a rear wall between which and the front wall the card is adapted to be ac commodatcd, a transparent disc of a greater area than the said opening i'or covering substantially the whole ot the exposed area of the displayed card. said transparent disc being trictionally held between the front ot the said displayed card and the front wall of the casing solely by the pressure exerted upon it due to the compression between front and rear Walls, and being capable of such movement within the casing, in any direction in its own plane, that a fixed cen t-ral distinguishing mark upon it can be aligned with any portion of the displayed matter on the card, and accommodation within the casing for the disc around the entire periphery of the front wall opening.

WILLIAM JOHN BROOKS.