US1867276A

US1867276A - Card holder

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Publication number: US1867276A
Application number: US497443A
Authority: US
Inventors: George E Mcintyre
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1930-11-22
Filing date: 1930-11-22
Publication date: 1932-07-12
Anticipated expiration: 1949-07-12

Description

July 12, 1932. G. E. MCINTYRE 1,867,276

CARD HOLDER Filed Nov. 22. 1930 INVENTOR,

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A TTORNEYS Patented July 12, 1932 v 1 i et zia PATENT c er cs GEORGE E. MCINTYRE, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI Y CARD HOLDER Applicationfiled. November 22; 1930. Serial no. 497,443.

This invention relates to a new article of manufacture formed of metal or other suitable material to produce a card holder especially adapted for attachmentto the instru- .ment board of an automobile, and the primary object of the invention is to provide a card holder that is cheap to manufacture, readily attachable in the operative position and embodies structural refinements which renders the same efficient and highly desirable as an inexpensive commodity which may be used as an advertising feature.

One of the objects of the invention is theprovision of a card holder having in combination with the ordinary easel member thereof, a novelly constructed supporting bracket which includes clamping means to allow the placement of the article upon the support.

Minor objects and details of construction will appear during the course of the following specification, referring to the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure l is a perspective view of a card holder made in accordance with this invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical central section through the card holder.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of thesame. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the holder showing the clamping means, and e Fig. 5 is a perspective view of acard be written any desired data which the user wishes to keep before him. Easel 6 is provided with inturned flanges 8 formed along the'vertical opposite sides of easel 6 and overlapping the transparent sheet of celluloid or similar material 10 which may be also supported by easel 6 in front of the card or paper 12.

In forming this card holder, it is preferable to use material which allows bending into the proper shape and which is susceptible of a slight amount of spring action so that the support which is to carry the card holder maybe moved between the back of easel 6 and a wall 14 which is'positio'ned'as illustrated by rebending the material rear- 5' wardly of the easel6 and in spaced relation thereto. The supporting bracket proper of this card holder might be saidto' extend from the bottom of'easel 6 to theupper end of wall 14. To perform one of the important 0 functions of the invention, a c'onvcXo-concave stop 16 is'formed along the junctur'e of said easel 6 and the supporting bracket; said stop actually forming a portion of the supporting bracket of the card holder. Card 12 is held by easel 6 sothat the action of gravity causes it to rest against the convex portion of stop 16. The concave portion of this stop16 might be engaged by a portion of a support 18 which projects beneath easel 6. In this instance, support 18 is an instrument board of an ordinary automobile formed to present a head 20 along thelow'eredge thereof. In some instances this bead 20 will conform to the concavity of stop 16, while other instrument boardswill present a square corner and no part thereof will project-beneath easel .6. Manifestly, the card holder may be attached to either style of instrument board or support 18 without altering the card holder in anyway.

Thisinvention contemplates the use-of a simply constructed clamping means whichflis carried by the bracket behindeasel 6. 1 Figs. 1 to II-inclusive illustrate one embodiment of 5 this'feature and includes a lug 22 which is struck from wall 14 and the connecting portion 24 of the supportingbracket portion of the card holder. a

As'illustrated, lug 22 is preferably disposed substantially parallel to wall 14 and is connected thereto by afoot portion 26 which serves the purpose of holding lug 22 in spaced relation with wall 14, as well as to engage one side of a nut 28 to preclude-its turning. 9:; Nut 28 rests between lug 22 and -wall:14,'and the tapped opening therethrough registers with holes 30 and-32 formed through wall 14 and lug 22 respectively, 'all of which permits the passage of a bolt 34,1Which is threaded to me fication has been illustrated in Fig. 5. -Parts common to both forms illustrated are numbered alike herein and but few points of difference arepresent. In the modified form a stop 50 is pressed outwardlyfrom. easel 6 on a line connecting the bottomsof inturned flanges 8. This stop engages a. card and the transparent shield 12 and" 10 respectively when the same are. supported. by easel 6.

This form is adapted for use with instrument boards 18 constructed without the bead 20 thereon. The lug 22 in this instance is likewise formed from wall It and when removed therefrom leaves opening 52. The function of the clamping means in which is incorporated a lug'structure of this character is not altered in any way and while the modified form is structurally different, the primary objects of the invention are all fulfilled by structure embodied therein. 7

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is: I

1. As a new article of manufacture, a card holder comprising an easel, an integral extension therefrom rebent rearwardly thereof to form a supporting bracket in parallelism to said easel and adjustable clamping means carried by the bracket disposed to engage a support :behind said easel.

' 2. As a new article of manufacture, a card holder comprising an easel, an integralextension therefrom rebent rearwardly thereoflto form a supporting bracket, a card stop formed at the juncture'of said easel and supporting bracket and adjustable clamping means carried by the bracket behind said easel.

3. As a new articleof manufacture,a card holder comprising an easel, an integral extension therefrom rebent rearwardly thereof to form a supporting bracket, an adjustable clamping means carried by the bracket be signature.

clamping means extending forwardly of the major plane ofthe easel whereby to support a card therein and permit a portion of a support toproject beneath said easel.

5. A card holder comprising an easel, an integral extension therefrom rolled to form a convexo-concave bead at the line of juncture with the easel and rebent rearwardly thereof in spaced relation thereto, inturned flanges along eachside of said easel to hold, with said bead, a card in position thereon and adjustable clamping means carried by the re- Ibent portion of the easel.

-6.A card holder comprising an easel, an integral extension therefromrolled to form a convexo-concavebead at the line of juncture with the easel and rebent rearwardly thereof in spaced relation thereto, and ad justable clamping means carried by'the' rebent portion of the easel including a lug integral with the wall of said rebent portion, a nut between the lug and rebent portion wall and a threaded bolt passing through the nut.

7 A card holder comprising an easel, an integral extension therefrom rolled to form a convexo-concave bead at the line of juncture with the easel and rebent rearwardly thereof in spaced relation thereto, and adjustable clamping means carried by the rebent portion of the easel including a lug integral with the rebent portion wall, a nut between the lug and wall, a hole in lug and rebent portion wall respectively, and a bolt passing through said holes and nut whereby bolt may be turned as the nut is held in position against turning.

8. A card holder comprising an easel, an integral extension therefrom rebent rearwardly thereof in spaced relation thereto to form a bracket, and an adjustable clamping means carried by the bracket behind the easel including a lug'integral with the bracket wall,

.a nut. between the lug and bracket, whereby to preclude turning of the nut, and a bolt passing through said nut for longitudinal movement toward and from the said easel.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto aflix my I GEORGE E. MoIN TYRE.

hind said easeliand a stop formed at thejuncture of said easel and clamping means com-l prising a bead against which a card in the easel rests by gravity. 1

V 4. As anew article of manufacture, a card holder comprising an easel, an integral extension therefrom rebent rearwardly thereof