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Publication number: US2096354A
Application number: US152150A
Authority: US
Inventors: Bershad Israel
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1937-07-06
Filing date: 1937-07-06
Publication date: 1937-10-19
Anticipated expiration: 1954-10-19

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Oct. 19, 1937.

l. BEiQsHAD BOOKMARK 7 Original Filed Jan. 21, 1933 INVENTOR [S'Iftll Berrfiad BY b7 h/WTL ATTORNEY 29 a soft material, fringed at one end. I may make such changes in the practical em- 2 Patented Oct. 19, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE BOOKMARK Israel Bel-shad, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Rcfiled for abandoned application Serial No. 652,819, January 21, 1933. This application July 6, 1937, Serial No. 152,150

3 Claims. (Cl. 116-119) This invention relates to improvements in book I l at one end thereof, while the other end or secmarks, as described in my patent application Setion of this material has the form of a band I2 rial No. 652,819, filed January 21, 1933, and alconstituting the reading mark proper, the exlowed May 23, 1933 of which this application is treme outer end of which is fringed, as at l3,

5 a substitute. while the band itself is suitably ornamented on It is the principal object of my invention to one or both of its sides. provide a book mark comprising a clasp or clip In use the clip either is clasped over the book allowing a secure attachment or holding of the cover as indicated at M in Figure 3, or fastened book mark either to the cover of a book or to a to a single leaf, as indicated at IS in Figure 4. single leaf thereof, and permitting furthermore Figure 5 illustrates the use of my book mark 10 the insertion and holding in place of sheets bearor clip as a holder for sheets or note slips l6. ing notations, It will be clear that the elastic fingers of the Another object of my invention is the provision clip will positively and firmly engage the book of a book mark and clip of comparatively simple covers, single leaves and note sheets without the and therefore inexpensive construction, yet durnecessity of employing additional means. 15 able and highly efilcient in use. It will be understood that I have described and A further object of my invention is the proshown the preferred form of my book mark and vision of a book mark of ornamental and pleasing clip as one example only of the many possible appearance, the clip part of which is encased in ways to practically construct the same, and that A still further object of my invention is the bodiment of my invention as come within the provision of .a book mark which, when once apscope of the appended claims without departure plied to a book will be firmly held in place, sefrom the spirit of my invention. cure against loss. Having thus described my invention, what I I am aware that book marks and clips have claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Pat- 25 been patented heretofore, however, these book ent is:

' marks and clips necessitated the employment of 1. A book mark comprising a band, and a a weight to hold the mark in place and engaged clip formed at one end thereof-Within the matethe book covers loosely only and none of them rial of the band adapted to yieldingly engage the made provisions for .firmly holding note clips cover and single leaves of a book to be firmly held bearing extracts from the reading matter, in in pla and pr v d means r ur y dplace. ing sheets bearing notations.

These and other objects and advantages of my A ok k Comprising a e ble O nainvention will become more fully known as the mented band fringed at one end, a g pp g clip description thereof proceeds, and will then be formed at the other end of said band and em- 35 more specifically defined inthe appended claims. bedded in the material thereof, adapted to firmly In the accompanying drawing forming a maengage the cover of a book and sin leaves terial part of this invention: thereof to be firmly held in place and providing a Fig. l is a top plan view of a book mark and means for the insertion and securely holding of clip constructed according to my invention. note slips. 0

Fig. 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1. 3. A book mark comprising a flexible band of Fig. 3 is a perspective view of "a book illustratsoft material, fringed at one end, a metal clip ing one use of my book mark. embedded into the material of the band at the Fig, 4 is a fragmentary perspective view of a other end thereof, formed by bending the metal book illustrating another use of my book mark. upon itself to form two gripping shanks, yield- Fig. 5 is a view similar to Figure 4 illustrating ingly but firmly engaging the cover and single the use of my book mark as a clip. leaves of a book and constituting a means for se- As illustrated, my book mark and clip comcurely holding note slips inserted between the prises an elastic yielding metal clip I0 formed shanks of said clipby bending the material upon itself, and encas- ISRAEL BERSHAD.

ing the shanks in a strip of soft, flexible material