US1908840A - Necticut - Google Patents

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y 1933- H. M. GREIST in" AL 1,908,340

TELEPHONE STAND Filed April 18, 1951 Patented May 16, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT orrlca HUBER! H. GBEIST AND GEORGE L. HINMAN, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT,

ASSIGNOBS TO THE GREIST MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF NEW HAVEN, CON- NECTICUT Application filed April 18,

This invention relates to telephone stands" and more particularly to a device which comprises a supplemental base to be clamped to the base of the telephone and provided with means for holding a memorandum pad and pencil so that the user of the telephone may have these means held firmly in aconvenient position in order that memoranda may be made and data set down while conversing over the telephone.

It is very desirable and convenient to have means adjacent the telephone upon which memoranda such as telephone numbers and other data may be recorded. It is also desirable that, particularly in connection with dial telephones of the continental type, the telephone be provided with a supplemental base which will prevent its being moyed about upon the desk or other supporting surface when a number is dialed. It 1s contemplated in the invention herein described to combine the two features referred to and provide a device which will prevent the movement of the telephone when a number is being dialed and also provide means for securing to the telephone a pad and pencil holder so that the user of the telephone will have in a convenient position means for setting down data of various kinds.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a pad holder which may be attached to the telephone, and which will receive and hold pads of any size so that one is not limited to a particular size pad when the first becomes exhausted.

Another object of the invention is to provide a telephone stand and pad holder such that the pad will be securely and firmly held and supported in place so that the user of the telephone may be able to write upon it at the same time that the receiver is held in one hand.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a combined telephone stand, pencil holder, and pad holder.

To these and other ends, the invention consists in the novel features and combinations of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed.

TELEPHONE STAND 1931. Serial No. 531,246.

- In the accompanying drawingi Fig. 1 is a top plan view of atelcphone stand, pad holder and pencil holder em- 7 bodying the features of our invention;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line 2-2 of Fig. 1 omitting the pad shown in Fig. 1, and

Fig. 3 is a sectional View on line 3-3 of Fig.

Referring to the drawing wherein we have illustrated a preferred embodiment of our invention, we have provided a clamping telephone stand or support to 'be placed under the base of the tele hone and to cling to or clamp upon this ase by means of resilient end portions. This stand comprises a pair of strap-like members 10 and 11 riveted or otherwise secured together at substantially their central points and having upwardly bent resilient fingers 12 between which the base of the telephone is adapted to be grip ed, it being understood that the lower sur ace of the base of the telephone faces the upper surface of the members 10 and 11.

Near the outer end of the strap-like members 10 and 11 and extending downwardly therefrom are feet 13 preferably made of relatively soft rubber and secured to the members 10 and 11 in any desired manner such as by providing the feet 13 with stems 14 which pass upwardly through openings in the members 10 and'll. As shown in Fig. 2, these members 1 1 extend upwardly to support the base of the telephone.

As shown in Fig. 1, a supporting member 15 is removably secured to the members 10 and 11 by means of screws 16. This memher, as shown in Fig. 2, extends horizontally for a certain distance from the points at which it is secured and is then provided with a downwardly offset portion 17 so that the end portion 18 is disposed substantially at the same level with the bottom of the rubber feet 13. It will be observed that this construction provides that the portion 18 of the support 15 will lie flatly on a desk or other support so that the memorandum pad designed to be supported on the portion 18 will have a firm support.

Upon the support 18 adjaoent'the offset portion 17 is secured a resilient member or tongue 19 which extends along the support 18 in slightly spaced relation upwardly therefrom. This tongue is rovide with a free unsecured end 20 so t at a pad may be positioned u on the support 18 and the tongue 20 threa ed between the leaves of the pad, or as will usually be the case as shown in Fig. 3, between the lower cardboard 21 of the pad and the leaves 22.

I The pad will be held in position by means of a flange 23 provided on the support 18 a ainst which flange the gummed or secured e e of the pad will abut.

pon the support 18 at the secured end of the tongue 20 is secured a standard 24 upon which is a clasp 25 adapted to receive a pencil 26. The standard 24 is provided at 1ts lower end with a horizontal portion 27 which may be secured to the support 18 by the rivets 28 which also secure the tongue 19 in place.

It will be observed that the secured end of the tongue 20 also limits the movement of the pad 22 in a direction toward the telephone instrument, so that while this pad may be moved outwardly or to the right to detach it from its support, it is held against movement in other directions, and will, therefore, be held securely in place so that the user of the telephone may write upon it without having to hold it to prevent it from moving. It will also be observed that any size pad may be used with our support, as the length or width of the pad is not limited by the supporting means.

hile we have shown and described a preferred embodiment of our invention, it will be understood that it is not to be limited to all of the details shown, but is capable of modification and variation within the spirit of the invention and within the scope of the appended claims.

What we claim is:

1. In combination a telephone stand adapted to be secured below the base of a telephone and a support secured thereto, said support comprising a member secured at one end to the stand and projecting outwardly therefrom, and said support having a supporting portion and a resilient tongue member secured thereto, said tongue member being secured at one end to the supporting portion and projecting toward the free end thereof and being free at the other end for threading through a memorandum pad.

2. A support for a memorandum pad or the like and means for securing said support to a telephone instrument, said support comprising a member secured at one end to the securing means and projecting outwardly therefrom and having a supporting portion and a tongue secured thereto at the end thereof nearest the securing means and being left free at its other end the support.

3. A support for a memorandum pad or the like and means for securing said support to a telephone instrument, said support "comprising a member secured at one end to the securing means and having its free end projecting outwardly therefrom; and a ton ue secured thereto at one end and being fiaft free at its other end and lying above, and extending toward the free end of, the su port, and said support being horizontally disposed and having an upstanding flan e along one side thereof to abut against the memorandum pad.

4. A support for a memorandum pad or the like and means for securing said support to a telephone instrument, said support comprising a supporting portion an a ton ue secured thereto at one end and being left ree at its other end and lying above the support, and said support being horizontally disposed and having an upstanding flange along one side thereof to abut a ainst the memorandum pad, and an upstan ing member secured to thesupport adjacent one end of the flange to abut against and form a stop for the side of the pad.

5. In combination a clamping device and lying above adapted to be secured below the base of a telephone, and a support for a memorandum pad secured thereto, said sup ort comprising a portion attached to the 0 am at a level above the lowermost portion of the clamp, and also comprising a supporting portion ofiset downwardly from said attaching ortion, and means for securing a memoran um pad to said supporting portion.

6. In combination a support for a memorandum pad or the like, said sup ort comprising a substantially flat strip 0 material and having means secured thereto to clamp it to a telephone instrument, said support comprising a portion attached to the clamp and a supporting portion, said supporting portion being offset downwardly from said attaching portion but being integral therewith and substantially parallel thereto, and said supporting portion being provided with a tongue to hold a memorandum pad thereon.

7. In combination a support for a memorandum pad or the like, said sup ort comprising a substantially flat strip 0 material and having means secured thereto to clamp it to a telephone instrument, said support comprising a portion attached to the clamp and a supportin portion, raid supporting portion being 0 set downwardly from said attachin portion but being integral therewith and substantially parallel thereto, and said supporting portion being provided with a tongue, to hold a memorandum pad thereon, said clamp being removably secured to said attaching portion.

8. A clamp consisting of crossed members secured together, and a supporting member secured at one end to the clam and extending outwardly therefrom, said supporting member having a downwardly ofi'set sup- 5 porting portion and means upon said portion to secure memoranda-receiving means thereto, supporting means for said clamp and said supporting portion being disposed. at substantially the level of the bottom of the supporting means.

9. A clamp consisting of crossed members, a supporting member secured at one end to said clamp adjacent the central portionthereof, said supporting member comprising a flat stri of material having an attachin portion WqliCh is secured'to the clamp and an outer supporting portion ofiset downwardly from the attaching portion, and means on said supporting portion for removably holding the memorandum ad, said means comprising a tongue secure at one end to said supporting member and left free at its other end, and lying in close proximity to the supporting member to extend between the leaves of the pad. I In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands this 16th day of April, 1931.

'HUBERT M. GREIST. GEORGE L. HINMAN.

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