US20070075027A1 - Book end with saving-box - Google Patents
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- US20070075027A1 US20070075027A1 US11/262,720 US26272005A US2007075027A1 US 20070075027 A1 US20070075027 A1 US 20070075027A1 US 26272005 A US26272005 A US 26272005A US 2007075027 A1 US2007075027 A1 US 2007075027A1
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
- A47B65/00—Book-troughs; Accessories specially adapted for book-storing, e.g. book-ends
- A47B65/20—Book-ends
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
- A45C—PURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS
- A45C1/00—Purses; Money-bags; Wallets
- A45C1/12—Savings boxes
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
- A47B65/00—Book-troughs; Accessories specially adapted for book-storing, e.g. book-ends
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- the present invention relates to a book end, and more particularly to a book end with a saving-box adapted to collect coins and hold books.
- the conventional bookends have poor stability and tend to tilt over, and are therefore not suitable for areas frequently threatened by earthquakes.
- FIG. 1 shows a pair of conventional bookends 1 , which includes two L-shaped bookends 1 a , 1 b , each of which has an upright part 11 a , 11 b and a horizontal bottom part 12 a , 12 b .
- the bookends 1 a , 1 b have unstable center of gravity and tend to tilt over when they are in use.
- the conventional bookends 1 a , 1 b have monotonous appearance and fail to match with esthetic interior of a room.
- the monotonous bookends 1 a , 1 b also fail to attract children who are more interested in various shaped toys and novel articles, and almost have not the possibility of drawing children's attention to the books held between the bookends.
- a primary object of the present invention is to provide a unique book holding device that is different from the conventional bookends and has good stability for use safely.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a saving-box also functioning like bookends, which helps to remind people in daily life that knowledge and wealth are accumulated little by little.
- a further object of the present invention is to provide a book end that presents three-dimensional and beautiful animal designs to also serve as an ornament.
- the book end according to the present invention includes two upright hollow bodies, each of which has a planar inner side and a shaped outer side to define a coin collecting space between the inner and the outer side.
- the upright hollow body has a size-expanded lower portion and has a bottom board connected to and horizontally extended from a lower end thereof, allowing the upright hollow body to stand stably without the risk of easily tilting over.
- the upright hollow body is also provided with a coin slot communicating with the coin collecting space, and a key-controlled openable cover for removing saved coins from the coin collecting space.
- the book end of the present invention has unique structure and attractive appearance, allowing it to also function like stable bookends for orderly holding books on a horizontal surface.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a pair of conventional bookends
- FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a book end with a saving-box according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 3 is an elevational view of a planar inner side of an upright hollow body of the saving-box of FIG. 2 ;
- FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line 4 - 4 of FIG. 2 ;
- FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the book end of the present invention is used to hold a plurality of books between two upright hollow bodies of the book end.
- FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a book end 2 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
- the book end 2 includes two upright hollow bodies 2 a , 2 b and two lying bottom boards 2 c , 2 d.
- the upright hollow body 2 a includes a planar inner side 21 and a shaped outer side 22 to define a coin collecting space 23 between the inner and the outer side 21 , 22 .
- a coin slot 24 is provided on the shaped outer side 22 at a predetermined position corresponding to and communicating with the coin collecting space 23 .
- the upright hollow body 2 b includes a planar inner side 21 ′ and a shaped outer side 22 ′ to define a coin collecting space 23 ′ between the inner and the outer side 21 ′, 22 ′.
- a coin slot 24 ′ is provided on the shaped outer side 22 ′ at a predetermined position corresponding to and communicating with the coin collecting space 23 ′, as can be clearly seen from FIG. 4 , which is a sectional view taken along line 4 - 4 of FIG. 2 .
- the two shaped outer sides 22 , 22 ′ may present, for example, a three-dimensional animal design.
- a coin inserted into the coin slot 24 or 24 ′ would fall into the coin collecting space 23 or 23 ′ and be saved therein.
- the upright hollow bodies 2 a , 2 b all have a size-expanded lower portion, and can therefore more stably stand on a horizontal surface without the risk of tilting over due to a high center of gravity.
- FIG. 3 is an elevational view of the planar inner side 21 of the upright hollow body 2 a .
- an openable cover 25 is formed on the planar inner side 21 at the lower portion of the upright hollow body 2 a , and a key-controlled lock 26 is provided on the cover 25 at a predetermined position.
- the cover 25 may be pivotally connected at an edge to the planar inner side 21 , or slidably mounted to the planar inner side 21 .
- the cover 25 is pivotally connected to the planar inner side 21 .
- the lock 26 may be a cylinder lock embedded in the cover 25 , or a padlock externally hung on the cover 25 .
- the lock 26 is a padlock. A user may use a correct key to open the lock 26 and the cover 25 to collect or remove the coins from the saving-box. Since the planar inner side 21 ′ has the same structure as the planar inner side 21 , it is not repeatedly described.
- the lying bottom boards 2 c , 2 d may be pivotally connected at an end to a lower end of the upright hollow bodies 2 a , 2 b , respectively, so that the two lying bottom boards 2 c , 2 d may be folded to or extended from the upright hollow bodies 2 a , 2 b depending on actual need.
- the lying bottom boards 2 c , 2 d may be further provided with at least one slot each for a partition board to insert thereinto.
- FIG. 5 shows the book end 2 of the present invention is used as bookends to hold a plurality of books between the two upright hollow bodies 2 a , 2 b .
- the two upright hollow bodies 2 a , 2 b are positioned with the two planar inner sides 21 , 21 ′ facing toward one another, and the two lying bottom boards 2 c , 2 d fully extended from the two upright hollow bodies 2 a , 2 b , respectively, to direct toward each other, so that a book-holding space is formed between the two upright hollow bodies 2 a , 2 b for holding a plurality of books 3 .
- the bookends provided by the book end 2 of the present invention are more stable than the conventional bookends 1 shown in FIG. 1 .
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Abstract
A book end with a saving-box includes two upright hollow bodies, which are positioned with two planar inner sides thereof facing toward each other to define a space between them for holding at least one book therein. Each of the two upright hollow bodies defines a coin collecting space, and is provided at a predetermined position with a coin slot communicating with the coin collecting space. Each of the two upright hollow bodies has a size-expanded lower portion and has a bottom board connected to a lower end thereof, and can therefore stand stably without the risk of tilting over.
Description
- The present invention relates to a book end, and more particularly to a book end with a saving-box adapted to collect coins and hold books.
- With the rapid development of information industry, people could obtain the knowledge of every branch from many other new approaches other than published books. However, the functions and values of the published books are hard to replace. This is because books containing various texts and pictures are not only tools for people to accumulate the knowledge of different fields, but also important mental food for people's spiritual life. Books play a very important role in helping children to develop good personality.
- However, when viewing from the angle of real life, books are heavy and occupy a lot of space to store them. It has become a new issue as how to ideally utilize the very limited space to manage the educationally meaningful books.
- Most of the currently available devices for storing or holding books are in the form of book cabinets, book shelves, and bookends. Since the bookends are more flexible in use and occupy relatively small space, they are most widely accepted among the consumers.
- The conventional bookends have poor stability and tend to tilt over, and are therefore not suitable for areas frequently threatened by earthquakes.
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FIG. 1 shows a pair ofconventional bookends 1, which includes two L-shaped bookends 1 a, 1 b, each of which has anupright part horizontal bottom part bookends 1 a, 1 b have unstable center of gravity and tend to tilt over when they are in use. - Moreover, the
conventional bookends 1 a, 1 b have monotonous appearance and fail to match with esthetic interior of a room. Themonotonous bookends 1 a, 1 b also fail to attract children who are more interested in various shaped toys and novel articles, and almost have not the possibility of drawing children's attention to the books held between the bookends. - It is also known that most children envy other people's progress in learning and good living conditions, while they do not have correct concept about learning and saving. In other words, children seldom or never know that knowledge and wealth are accumulated little by little.
- It is therefore desirable to develop bookends that are not only structurally stable and safe for use, but also have beautiful and attractive designs to provide multiple functions, such as serving as saving-box and interior ornament with educational meaning.
- A primary object of the present invention is to provide a unique book holding device that is different from the conventional bookends and has good stability for use safely.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a saving-box also functioning like bookends, which helps to remind people in daily life that knowledge and wealth are accumulated little by little.
- A further object of the present invention is to provide a book end that presents three-dimensional and lovely animal designs to also serve as an ornament.
- To achieve the above and other objects, the book end according to the present invention includes two upright hollow bodies, each of which has a planar inner side and a shaped outer side to define a coin collecting space between the inner and the outer side. The upright hollow body has a size-expanded lower portion and has a bottom board connected to and horizontally extended from a lower end thereof, allowing the upright hollow body to stand stably without the risk of easily tilting over.
- The upright hollow body is also provided with a coin slot communicating with the coin collecting space, and a key-controlled openable cover for removing saved coins from the coin collecting space.
- When the two upright hollow bodies having the horizontal bottom boards are positioned with the planar inner sides facing toward each other, a book-holding space is formed between the two upright hollow bodies for holding books.
- The book end of the present invention has unique structure and attractive appearance, allowing it to also function like stable bookends for orderly holding books on a horizontal surface.
- The present invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art by reading the following description of a best mode of the operation of the method, with reference to the attached drawings, in which:
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FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a pair of conventional bookends; -
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a book end with a saving-box according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention; -
FIG. 3 is an elevational view of a planar inner side of an upright hollow body of the saving-box ofFIG. 2 ; -
FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line 4-4 ofFIG. 2 ; and -
FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the book end of the present invention is used to hold a plurality of books between two upright hollow bodies of the book end. - Please refer to
FIG. 2 that is a perspective view of abook end 2 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. As shown, thebook end 2 includes two uprighthollow bodies bottom boards - The upright
hollow body 2 a includes a planarinner side 21 and a shapedouter side 22 to define acoin collecting space 23 between the inner and theouter side coin slot 24 is provided on the shapedouter side 22 at a predetermined position corresponding to and communicating with thecoin collecting space 23. Similarly, the uprighthollow body 2 b includes a planarinner side 21′ and a shapedouter side 22′ to define acoin collecting space 23′ between the inner and theouter side 21′, 22′. Acoin slot 24′ is provided on the shapedouter side 22′ at a predetermined position corresponding to and communicating with thecoin collecting space 23′, as can be clearly seen fromFIG. 4 , which is a sectional view taken along line 4-4 ofFIG. 2 . - The two shaped
outer sides - A coin inserted into the
coin slot coin collecting space - It is noted the upright
hollow bodies - Please refer to
FIG. 3 that is an elevational view of the planarinner side 21 of the uprighthollow body 2 a. As shown, anopenable cover 25 is formed on the planarinner side 21 at the lower portion of the uprighthollow body 2 a, and a key-controlledlock 26 is provided on thecover 25 at a predetermined position. Thecover 25 may be pivotally connected at an edge to the planarinner side 21, or slidably mounted to the planarinner side 21. - In the illustrated preferred embodiment, the
cover 25 is pivotally connected to the planarinner side 21. Thelock 26 may be a cylinder lock embedded in thecover 25, or a padlock externally hung on thecover 25. In the illustrated preferred embodiment, thelock 26 is a padlock. A user may use a correct key to open thelock 26 and thecover 25 to collect or remove the coins from the saving-box. Since the planarinner side 21′ has the same structure as the planarinner side 21, it is not repeatedly described. - The lying
bottom boards hollow bodies bottom boards hollow bodies bottom boards - Please refer to
FIG. 5 that shows thebook end 2 of the present invention is used as bookends to hold a plurality of books between the two uprighthollow bodies book end 2 is used to hold books, the two uprighthollow bodies inner sides bottom boards hollow bodies hollow bodies books 3. - With the size-expanded lower portions of the two upright
hollow bodies book end 2 of the present invention are more stable than theconventional bookends 1 shown inFIG. 1 . - While the invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to the most practical and preferred embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not to be limited to the disclosed embodiments, but on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangement included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.
Claims (4)
1. A book end, comprising:
two upright hollow bodies, each of which having a planar inner side and a shaped outer side;
a coin collecting space defined between said planar inner side and said shaped outer side of each of said two upright hollow bodies;
a coin slot provided on said shaped outer side of each of said two upright hollow bodies at a predetermined position communicating with said coin collecting space; and
a lying bottom board connected at an end to a lower end of each of said two upright hollow bodies to extend perpendicular to and beyond said planar inner side;
whereby when said two upright hollow bodies are positioned with said two planar inner sides facing toward one another, and said two lying bottom boards directing toward each other, a book-holding space is formed between said two upright hollow bodies for holding at least one book.
2. The book end as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said shaped outer side of each of said two upright hollow bodies presents a three-dimensional animal design.
3. The book end as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said planar inner side of each of said two upright hollow bodies is provided at a predetermined position with an openable cover.
4. The book end as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said lying bottom board is pivotally connected to the lower end of said planar inner side of said upright hollow body.
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US2622365A (en) * | 1947-10-16 | 1952-12-23 | Harlow B Grow | Coin controlled toy bank |
US2768472A (en) * | 1951-08-25 | 1956-10-30 | Whalen Elizabeth | Toy bank |
USD267283S (en) * | 1981-01-12 | 1982-12-14 | The Quaker Oats Company | Toy piggy bank |
US5465909A (en) * | 1992-01-29 | 1995-11-14 | Roth; Rudolf | Talking contribution box |
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US2622365A (en) * | 1947-10-16 | 1952-12-23 | Harlow B Grow | Coin controlled toy bank |
US2768472A (en) * | 1951-08-25 | 1956-10-30 | Whalen Elizabeth | Toy bank |
USD267283S (en) * | 1981-01-12 | 1982-12-14 | The Quaker Oats Company | Toy piggy bank |
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Owner name: LUCKY STAR ENTERPRISE & CO., LTD., TAIWAN Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:YEH, THOMAS;REEL/FRAME:016984/0973 Effective date: 20050407 |
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