US2239009A

US2239009A - Locket

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Publication number: US2239009A
Application number: US359199A
Authority: US
Inventors: Louis C Mark
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1940-10-01
Filing date: 1940-10-01
Publication date: 1941-04-22
Anticipated expiration: 1958-04-22

Description

L. C. MARK April 22, 1941.

LOCKET Filed oct.V 1, 1940 FIGI.

INVENTORI Lou/J C /VAR/f .BY

ATTORNEY.

Patented Apr. 22, 1941 UNTED STATES' PATENT .@r'iii 8 Claims.

My invention relatos to improvements in lockets adaptable as pendants or charms for chains and containing a casing for pictures or other keep-sakes, and the objects of my improvements are to attain the things commonly sought in such articles, including a construction which obviates the objections to the hinged or snap covers With which such locket containers are usually provided, renders said containers conveniently severable from their encasements, and provides a locket which shall be simple in construction and economical to manufacture and strong and `durable in use. A further object of my improvement is to provide a novel construction of locket having a double faced container, the parts being so constructed and arranged that the locket shall be artistic and ornamental and also compact.

I attain these objects by means of a novel ccnstruction, combination, and arrangement ci parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, in which Fig. l is a View in perspective of the loclret as it appears in closed position;

Fig. 2 a plan View of the locket as it appears p when opened;

Fig. 3 a section on the line 3--3 of Fig. 4;

Fig. 4 a section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In the accompanying drawing I show my inventionas` embodied in a locket of simple, fiat circular shape for simplicity and convenience of illustration, it being understood that the conguration of the locket forms no part of my present invention and that I do not limit mysehc inA this respect, the essential features of my invention being the mechanical structure of the container and its incasement, specically as hereinafter indicated.

My invention comprises a keepsake container in the form of a disc cr plate I of any desired external configuration, having a flange 2 around its periphery to provide a seat for a picture or other keepsake 2a, connected at a point near its periphery, by a hinge 3 having a pin 4 serving as a pivot, to a point near the periphery of a second keepsake container comprising a disc or plate 5 of the same external coniiguration as the disc or plate I, the disc or plate 5 having a flange 6 around its periphery to provide a seat for a picture or other keepsake 5a. A spring I is coiled around the pin a in such manner that the disc or plate I will be automatically distended outward on the axis of the pin 4 from the disc or plate 5 when the said discs or plates are disengaged from the aperture or recess formed by the cover members of the incasement or body hereinafter described, as shown in Fig. 2.

Preferably, the disc or plate 5 should be somewhat larger than the disc or plate I so that when the Alatter is folded inward on the axis of the pin 4, and thereby superposed on the disc or plate 5, it will lie wholly within the inner face of the disc or plate 5, as shown in Fig. 4.

The disc or plate 5 is provided with an integral arm or tongue 8 on its periphery, positioned some distance from the hinge 3, which arm is pivoted by a or rivet 9 between the plates Iil and ii oi the incasement or lock-et body, at a point near the periphery oi said body. The front plate IB and the rear plate II may be of any desired external conguration which will permit the discs or plates I and 5 to oe wholly concealed in the edge aperture or recess between their respective surfaces when the locket is in closed position, as shown in Fig. 4.

Diametricaliy opposite the pivot 9 on the periphery of the disc or plate 5 is positioned an integrally formed finger engaging lug I2 so dirnensioned that it will extend beyond the encasing discs or plates when the locket is in closed position, to facilitate opening the locket for inspection.

Between the incasement disc or plates Ii! and I I; extending from a point at their periphery adjacent to the tongue or arm 8 but at a distance therefrom suiiicient to permit the said tongue or arm to rotate on the pivot 9 and extend the discs or plates I and 5 as shown in 2, to a point somewhat less than half the distance around the periphery of the incasement discs or plates, is positioned a narrow strip I3, of sufficient thiol;- ness to form an edge aperture or recess between the said inca-sement discs or plates which will permit rotation of the discs or plates I and 5 on the fulcrum. of the pivot arm or tongue 8 to the closed position as shown in Fig. 3. The said easement discs or plates may ce secured to the strip I3 by rivets M, I5 and IS, or by other suitable means.

At a point on the periphery of the incasing members, preferably on the strip I3 `adjacent the lug E2, is positioned a ring I'I by which the entire locket may be suspended from a chain or other article. The said ring may be secured to the rivet I6 as shown in Fig. 4, or may be secured in any other suitable manner.

The locket thus constructed is thin and compact and may be suspended from a chain or may be `carried in the pocket or purse. When it is desired to have access to the locket, the nger is engaged with the lug l2 and downward or outward movement is imparted to the enclosed containers. The latter swing upon the pivot 9 until the nested or telescoped plat-es l and 5 clear the body, whereupon the spring 1 causes the keepsake container parts to swing to open or extended position. To close the locket, it is but necessary to swing the plates l' and 5 together and move them inwardly of the locket case or body; the spaced plates of the latter holding the keepsake container together. The spring 'I exerts outward pressure upon the plates I and '5, which causes sucient frictional contact between the said plates and the case or body to retain the nested containers in closed position and against accidental or casual opening.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I vclaim as new and desire Ito secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a locket, the combination of an incasement formed with an edge aperture, a keepsake container having a tongue or arm on its periphery pivotally secured to the edge of said ineasement, and a second keepsake container hingedly secured to the rst keepsake container.

2. In a locket, the combination of an incasement formed With an edge aperture and having a suspender loop, a keepsake container having a tongue or arm on its periphery pivotally secured near the periphery of said incasement, a second keepsake container hingedly secured to the rst keepsake container, and means for distending the second from the rst keepsake container on the fulcrum of the said hinge.

3. In a locket, the combination of an incasement formed with an edge aperture and having a suspender loop, a keepsake container having a tongue or arm o-n its periphery pivotally secured near the neriphery of said incasement and adapted to be inserted into and removed from said incasement through said aperture in alignment with the main plane of said incasement on the fulcrum of the said pivot, and a second keepsake container hingedly secured to the first keepsake container having a spring coiled around said hinge for distending the second from the rst keepsake container on the fulcrum of the said hinge.

44. In a locket, the combination of an incasement formed with an edge aperture and having a suspender loop, a keepsake container having a tongue or arm on its periphery pivotally secured near the periphery of said incasement and adapted to be inserted into and removed from said incasement through said aperture in alignment with the main plane of said incasement on the fulcrum of the said pivot, said keepsake container having finger engaging means positioned integrally its periphery to facilitate opening the locket, and a second keepsake container hingedly secured to `the rst keepsake container having a spring coiled around said hinge for distending the second from the first keepsake container on the fulcrum of the said hinge.

5. In a locket, the combination of an exterior casing provided with front and rear plates held apart by a peripheral strip, said exterior `casing being formed with an edge aperture and having a suspender loop, a keepsake container having a tongue or arm formed integrally on its periphery pivotally secured on said exterior casing near its periphery and adapted to be inserted into and removed from said exterior casing through such edge aperture in alignment with the main plane of said exterior casing on the fulcrum of the said pivot, said keepsake container having nger engaging means formed integrally on its periphery, a second keepsake container hingedly secured to the rst keepsake container and adapted to be superposed contiguous to and within the inner face of the first keepsake container, and having a spring `coiled around said hinge for distending the second from the rst keepsake container on the fulcrum of the said hinge.

6. In a locket, the combination of an exterior casing consisting of front and rear plates held by a relatively narrow strip extending about half way around the periphery of said exterior casing and having a suspender loop integrally formed on the edge of said strip, a keepsake container having a tongue or arm on its periphery pivotally secured to said exterior casing at a point near its periphery and adjacent one end of said strip and adapted to be inserted into vand removed from said exterior casing through the edge aperture formed by the said exterior casing and strip in alignment with the main plane of said exterior casing on the ful-crurn of the said pivot, said keepsake container having nger engaging means integral its periphery to facilitate opening the locket, a second keepsake container hingedly secured to the first keepsake container having a spring coil around said hinge for distending the second from the rst keepsake container on the fulcrum of the said hinge, said second keepsake container being somewhat smaller than the rst keepsake container and thereby adapted for superposition within the keepsake-retaining flange of the rst keepsake container.

'7. In a locket, an incasement comprising a body having an edge aperture, a keepsake container pivoted within said body and movable into and out of the latter through said aperture, and a second keepsake container hingedly connected to said iirst named keepsake container, and movable in a plane at right angles to the direction of movement of the said rst keepsake container. l 8. In a locket, an incasement comprising a flat hollow body having an edge aperture, a keepsake container pivoted within said body and movable into and out of the latter through said aperture, a secon-d keepsake container hinged to the first keepsake container for swingingmovement in a direction at right angles to the plane of movement of the rst keepsake container, and a spring tending to move said keepsake containers apart.

LOUIS C. MARK.