US2197235A - Book hanger - Google Patents

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L.' 'r. BASHER BOOK HANGER Filed July 5, 1938 Lab 0 BY p INVENTOR: Zcl Z M7137; m

ATITORNEY 15 The invention is illustrated in the annexed" at I! toengage an aperture H2 in the lower por- PatentedApr.16,l940 a a I UNITED STATES PATENT BOOK HANGER f Leopold T. Bashcr, Los Angelcs, Calif. Application my 5, 1938, Serial No. 217,384

2. Claims. (01. 129 -38) This invention relates to book hangers for binding, thus drawing the lower end of said plate hanging telephone directories, catalogues and the against the back of the bindingv and clamping like. the binding of the directory between the plate I The general object of the invention is to 'proand the rod 2, with the binding seated at its vide an improved book hanger which maybe lower end in said hook 5.

. 5 readily attached to a telephone directory for Advertising may be placedon'the outer side hanging the same in a suitable position for use. of the plate I.

Another object is to provide a book hanger of The directory with the hanger'attached there- I the character stated including a clamp plate to to, as above described, may then be hung, by

be clamped against the outside of the binding of means of the hanger hook 8, on a nail 8 driven 10 a book, and on which plate may be placed an into asuitable support. advertisement. v In the modification of'my invention shown in-v Other objects and advantages will appear here- Figs. 3 and 4 the rod 2 is formed at its lower end inafter. with a hook l0 bent inwardly at its upper end drawing which forms a part of this specification tion ofthe plate I, to lock the lower endofthe and in'which, rod to the lower end of said plate, while an eye 13 Fig. 1 is a perspective of myinvention shown may be formed on'the upper end of the rod 2 to applied to a, telephone directory and hung'on a be connectedto one end of a chain M, which is )1 20 nail driven into a support and suspending the connected at its other end to an eye screw 15' di t I [to be driven into a suitable support-for hanging Fig. 2 is a perspective of my invention detached a telephone direfltoryfrom a book. With this form of my invention the hanger Fig. 3 is a perspective of a modification of my cannot be removed from its support without un- 5 invention. screwing the eye screw I5 from the support nor v Fig. .4 is a vertical longitudinal section of the can the directory be removed from the hanger lower portion of the modification of my invenwithoutfcohsiderable difficulty in disengaging the tion shown in Fig. 3., bent end-.1 l of the hook ill from the aperture 12 Referring more particularly to the drawing in in the plate I. 7 go which corresponding parts are designated by the I claim: I I

same reference numerals in all of the figures, my 1. A book hanger comprising a clampv plate to invention includes primarily a clamp plate I, .and be placed against the back of the binding of a a clamp rod 2, said clamp plate being bent at book, aclamp rod slidably mounted in the upper right angles at its upper end into a flange 3 proend of said clampplate to beplaced between the l 1 5 vided with an opening 4 through which said rod leaves of the book adjacent the'inner side of the 1 extends and forming a slide bearing for said rod, book binding, a hook onthe lower endof said f and said rod being bent upwardly upon and rod for engagingthe outer side of the lower e'nd v parallel to itself at its lower end into a clamp portion of said plate and for engaging the lower and supporting hook 5, and bent at its upper end end of said binding, and a' suspension hook'on' 7 I w into a hanger hook 6. I .the upper endof said rod. 5 40 The operation, uses and advantages of my 2. A book hanger comprisingclampplate'to invention are as follows: be placed against the back of the binding *of a To attach my hanger to a book, such as a telephone directory '1, the rod 2 is first lowered 5 through the bearing opening 4 in the flange 3 until the hook 5 is below the lower end of the book, a clamp rod slidab ly mounted in the upper end of said clamp plate to be placed between the leaves of the book adjacent the inner side of ,the

book binding, a hook on the lower end ofsaid rod plate the rod 18 then introduced. W? for engaging the-outer side of the lower end porf 9 the ectory the mnel tion of said plate and for engaging the lowerend 1 of its binding, while the plate 1 is placed against x so the outside of the binding with its flange 3 9 Said bmdmg 5911a bemg 'm Y at against the upper edge of thebinding; the rod 2 us for engagmg aperture said, filamp is then drawn upwardly, through the bearing Plate, and {1189115 011 the pp r e d of said rod 1 I opening 4 in the fla ge 3 until t hook 5 for suspending the hanger and the book to which I v gages the outer side of the lower portionof the the hal'lger'is pp clamp plate I and the lower edge of the directory LEOPOLD T. BASHER. a

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