US1857460A - Penholder - Google Patents

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May 10, 1932. D. L. LA CHANCE PENHOLDER Filed Feb. 19. 1951 Patented May 10, 1932 U ETED STATES DONALD L. LA CHANGE,

F cnrcneo, ILLInoIs' PEN'HOLDER Application filed February 19, 1931. Serial 516,875.

This invention relates to a holder for fountain pens. It utilizes a base which fixedly supports an oblique socket into which the writing end of a fountain pen may be fitted.

Such an implement is particularly adapted for convenient use on a writing desk or table.

With such a pen holder the improvements of this invention have to do with features which conduce to greater simplicity in construction, reduce the cost in the making, en-

hance sturdiness and dependability in service, and increase adaptability to meet varying conditions of use.

These objects are all realized by a one-piece structure of which certain embodiments are suggested in the accompanying drawings in the manner following:

Figure 1 shows in perspective one form of the present pen holder implement as it ap- 2 pears when in use upon a desk;

Fig. 2 is a plan View of the same implement;

F ig. 3 is a similar view of. an implement having a base of still different configuration;

and 1 Fig. 4 is an enlarged view in elevation showing the implement of Fig. 8 adjusted to a position possibly encountered in use.

Asillustrative of service condition for the present pen hold-er, I have shown in Fig; 1 a

fragmentary perspective view of a roll-top desk having a table surface T over which is. the usual pocket structure P. The vertical space between the table top and pocket structure is ordinarily insuflicient for the accommodation of tall articles, such, for example, as a pen or pencil which is stood upright. In case a pen holder with pen fitted inplace be moved on the table top to a position below such an overhanging structure, as shown, it is necessary that the accommodated pen or pencil be slanted to an oblique position approxi-' mating the horizontal.

The pen holder of my invention is adapted to meet conditionsof the kind noted. As

shown, it comprises. a relativelyfiat base B having any desired edge configuration. Sup ported by the base and extending obliquely therefrom in a manner to overhang one or more of its edges is a holder H here shown in pen will be obliquelyi extended at an angle take place in directions along the lines of the the' form of a hollow stem that may be j oined integrally with theba'se. The free end'or the, holder which is 'sockete d may be equipped with a bushing 6 having ajfi'aringmouth' which to enhance the, appearance of the holder. i

The form of implement shown in F 2 is configured in the general form of areemiigie;

The holder is Iextendedobl'iquely frorna point adjacent one corner;- of the base which desir-. ably is'rounded off as at 7,1 to 'join with t h'e proximate base edges and'y. The; area and weight of the base, also the disposition of the. oyerhanging holder, shouldbe so determined that the 'former will always overbalance the latter any of'the-tilted positions the implement may assume when the writing-pen i is supported thereby. NVhenever' the imple ment can stand inthe' clear, the supported convenient "to be taken hold of; If, however,.. the implement beused in a'plface where there is insufficient deafened for the pen, as ug;

gested in Fig. 1, the latter upon being' engaged will cause theentire implement. to be tilted. i Shouldthis tiltingmovement be con tinned un'tilthe upper pen end'is touching the I surface upon" wliich thefimpl'emejnt rests, the

latterby'reason'of the special balancing relationshipi will tend'to resume its?" fiatwise position upon the desk whenever interference is'removed fromthe supported Ip'en'. Such acondition requiringthe base to be ti'ltedfmay' exist i'f'the' impl'en ent bejuse d in an environ ment, as suggested in 1, orif thesup ported. pen bestruckaccidentally' when eX tendingin the cleariover'a desk. 7

The form of implementshown in Figs. 1 and 2 is such that the tilting movements may two edges w and y whichare degrees apart,

or at any point in 'between'. Inorder to facilitate a readytilting in anyi'ntermediate position, the corner 7 is rounded or curved, as shown. By such a construction the tilting may take place, in the direction required by the applied force within the range of thetwo edgesw and y. V

Another-form of holder having all the ad vantages of the construction first mentioned is suggested in Figs. 3 and 4. This imple-- ment has the novel feature of taking the form of a conventional golf club head (niblick). It comprises the usual sole B having a hosel H extended obliquely therefrom at the heel end. The disposition of the hosel is oblique also with "respect to the longitudinal and transverse dimensions of the sole. The hosel which is sockete'd in the usual manner is desirably equipped with a ferrule 6 to furnish a proper mounting into which the writing end of the pen may be fitted. In an implement of this character the hosel overhangs the sole at one end and side, but underbalances the base which tends always to remain flat on a desk or'table, thereby supporting a pen fitted into the socket in an oblique manner, convenient for removal or replacement. The tilting movements of such an implement may take place through a wide range of degrees, depending upon the direction of the applied force, the heel 8 of the sole furnishing a pivotal'point for such movements.

, It is manifest that the pen" holder of this invention is simple in the extreme. The rigidity of its construction, however, does not militate against the adjustability of the support when the supported pen is subjected to an applied force requiring that it be moved to a different position. Furthermore, the several constructions suggested are advantageous in that the base in each case is relatively thin so as not to interfere with an object, such as a book M, being rested there upon (see Fig. 1). This is desirable, particularlywith a crowded desk where articles are frequently moved around, one over or. economize 1n the occupied upon another, to space.

I claim:

As a new article of manufacture,a pen holder in the general form of a golfclub head having the sole for its base and the hoselfor i its holder, the base being of greatermassalong 1 one longitudinal edge than theother and upwardly curved at one end, andthe holder extending obliquely from the upwardly curved end of the base, whereby the base may betilted upon its upwardly curved end by force upon the holder but normally remaining 3 horizontal upon a plane surface.

n. L. LA CHANCE.

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