US2159212A - Desk pad - Google Patents

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S. N. HOPE May 23, 1939.

DESK PAD Filed July 2, 1937 MONDAY, FEBRUARY I, |957 /NVENTOR W/TNESSES 45m Arr-FORME,

Patented May 23, 1939 2,159,212

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE DESK PAD Samuel N. Hope, Wauwatosa, Wis., assignor to Columbian Art Works, Milwaukee, Wis., a corporation of Wisconsin Application July 2, 1937, Serial No. 151,649 Claims. (Cl. 281-1) The invention relates to desk pads such as cal- A rigid cover I 9, preferably in the form of a flat endar pads and the like, and more particularly sheet metal plate, rests on the top surface of the to cover means for the pads. pad and has downturned side anges 2D which An object oi the invention is to provide a simple, project below the plane oi the pad top. The rear neat and inexpensive cover for a desk pad, the ends of the flanges 2G are extended to form ears j cover when in closed position serving to prevent 2i which bear on embossments 22 formed on the blowing and curling oi the pad sheets and to conhead plate side anges Il and are pivotally seceal written matter on the pad, while exposing Cured thereto by axially aligned rivets 23, so that calendar or other indicia on the pad, and the the cover may be swung about a substantially lo cover when in open position forming a screen to horizontal axis. The rear edge of the cover has y,

obscure writing on the pad from nearby persons. a wide notch 24 which exposes calendar indicia Another object of the invention is to provide printed 0n the ned Sheets neel the head Plate a desk pad cover having an improved and simplii5, the Side DOriOnS Of the COVei' dl'eeent the ned hinge connection which extends below the notch forming arms of angular cross-section.

l5 plane of the top surface oi the pad. At its iront edge the cover is provided with a 15 A further object is to provide a, desk pad in Curved lifting lip 26 OI raising the COVel t0 its which the cover and its mounting are adapted Open DOSiiJiOn, ShOWn by dOted lines in Fig. 2

to overlap or embrace the base of the pad after and by fllll lines in Fig. 3 Wllen Openy JEhe COVei sheets are removed from the pad. stands in a substantially upright position with Q0 The invention further consists in the several the Tear edge hereOf engaging embossments or 20 features hereinafter described and claimed. ridges 2l felrned 0h the GOD Of the heed Diete i5 In the accompanying drawing, illustrating an near its ODPOSie Side edgeS- If desired, the irlembodiment of the invention, ner face oi the cover and other parts may bear Fig. 1 is a top plan View of a desk pad Consuitable advertising indicia, not shown. 2.-, structed in accordance with the invention, the The COVel When ClOSed eXtendS Substantially t0 25 cover being in closed position; the free ends of the sheets and prevents the sheets Fig. 2 is a Side elevation of the pad, the open from blowing about and from curling. The cover position of the cover being indicated in dotted also conceals any memoranda or notations which lines; may be made on the sheets. The notch 2d in the 3o Fig. 3 is a detail sectional View taken along the closed cover, however, exposes the calendar in- 30 line 3-3 of Fig. 2, but showing the cover in open dieii 25 Which are printed 0n the Sheets neel' position, and the head plate I6, so that it is not necessary to Fig, 4 is a detail sectional View taken 10mg raise the cover to refer to this indicia. When the line t-li of Fig. l, some of the pad sheets the cover is closed the flat top portions of the having been removed. head plate and cover lie in substantially the same 35 In the drawing, it designates a pad base of any Diane and eXtend Only slightly above the uppersuitable construction, here shown to be of sheet InOSt Sheet. metal and to have a sloping top, the front or When it is desired to make notations on the foot portion of the base havingacentrally notched Sheets 01 t0 Dear Out SheetS, the eOVer iS raised pencil trough l! with rounded embossments I2 by its lip 26, 0r by a Side edge, t0 the upright 40 to rest on a desk or other support, and the rear or Open DOSitiOn Seen in Fig- 3, in WhiCh it Will rehead portion of the base having rubber tips I3 main, being Slightly Over CehiJer- The upright to rest on the desk. The base supports thereon open cover forms a screen to obscure the notaa stack of paper sheets I4 which are secured tions from persons who may be sitting or standthereto in any suitable manner, as by a pair of ing ODDOSiiie the Writer. 45 headed posts I5 which pass through apertures in li? may he desirable 'GO OCCeSiOnally remOVe the the sheets and are screw-threaded through the stubs of the torn-out sheets, and this can be done base. after removing the screw posts I5 and plate I 6 A flat head plate or binding plate I6 rests on with its attached cover I9. Upon replacing the the top sheet of the stack, the plate preferably plate IS and screw posts on the pad, the dOWn- 50 being of sheet metal and having downturned side turned anges of the plate and cover will overlap flanges Il and a downturned rear ange I8 which 0r embrace the base, as indicated in Fig. 4, after project below the plane of the pad top. The head the pad is suihciently reduced in thickness, thereplate I5 is here shown to be detachably secured by permitting the Dad t0 be thillned dOWn t0 the to the base by the headed screw posts I5. last sheet. 55

'I'he construction of the device permits the cover and its pivotal mounting to be inexpensively manufactured, and' provides for display of the calendar indicia in its preferred location above the writing space of the sheets.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a desk pad having a base adapted to support thereon a stack of sheets, the combination of ahead plate engageable with said stack of sheets and secured to said base, and a cover for said sheets having downwardly projecting side' iianges pivotally connected to said head plate', said cover having a transverse edge adjacent said head plate and engageable with said head plate to limit the upward swinging movement of said cover to a substantially upstanding position.

2. `In a desk pad having a base adaptedA to sup-- port thereon a stack of sheets, the combination of a head plate adapted to bear on said stack and secured to said base,v and a cover plate normally resting on said stack, each plate having downturned side flanges integrally formed thereon an'd overlapping the sides of said stack, said cover plate side flanges being pivotally connected to said head plate side flan-gesV at an axis below the top plane of said stackfor swingably mounting said cover plate.

3. In a desk pad having a base adapted tosupport thereon a stack of sheets, the combination of a substantially flat head plate adapted to bear on said stack kand secured to said base and having downturned side iianges overlapping said 'rest on said stack and to descend with the in the plane of said head plate.

4. In a desk pad, the combination of a base adapted to` support thereon a stack of removable sheets, means for securing said stack of sheets to said base including a head plate adapted to stack when the stack is thinned, and a cover for said stack of sheets adapted to normallyY rest on said stack and having downwardly projecting side flanges pivotally connected to said head plate and adapted to overlap the sides of said stack, said flanges being farther apart than the width of the upper portion oi said base and overlapping said base when the stack is thinned.

5'. In a desk pad, the combination of a base adapted to support a stack of removable sheets with indicia thereon, means for securing said sheets to said base including a head plate adapted to rest on said stack and to descend with the stack when the stack is thinned, and a cover for said sheets adapted to normally rest on said stack and having downwardly projecting side flanges overlapping the sides of said stack and pivotally connected to said head plate, said cover having a notch adjacent said head plate to expose the sheet indicia When the cover is closed.

SAMUEL N. HOPE.

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