US2271140A

US2271140A - Attachment for telephones

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Publication number: US2271140A
Application number: US342117A
Authority: US
Inventors: Wesley J Kelley
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1940-06-24
Filing date: 1940-06-24
Publication date: 1942-01-27
Anticipated expiration: 1959-01-27

Description

Jan. 27, 1942. w. J. KELLEY 2,271,140

ATTACHMENT FOR TELEPHONES I Filed June 24, 1940 /NVENTOE WZ-JLEY J. hfl LEY I m/ WWW Patented Jan. 27, 1942 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ATTACHMENT FOR TELEPHONES Wesley J Kelley, Minneapolis, Minn- Application June 24, 1940, Serial No. 342,117

3 Claims,

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in attachments for telephones and more particularly to such an attachment adapted to support a note pad.

An object of the present invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive pad holder attachment for telephone stands which may readily be applied to a conventional telephone stand without the use of separable securing elements.

A further and more specific object of the invention is to provide a pad holder which may be expeditiously formed from a single piece of sheet material, and which comprises an outwardly extending portion adapted to support a pad and an upright portion shaped to seat against a side wall of the telephone stand and provided at its upper end with hook means for engaging one end of the usual cradle which supports the combined receiver and transmitter of the telephone.

Other objects of the invention will appear from the following description and accompanying drawing and will be pointed out in the annexed claims.

In the accompanying drawing there has been disclosed a structure designed to carry out the various objects of the invention, but it is to be understood that the invention is not confined to the exact features shown as various changes may be made within the scope of the claims which follow.

In the drawing:-

Figure 1 is an elevational view of a telephone stand showing the attachment applied thereto;

Figure 2 is a plan view of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a side view of Figure 1; and

Figure 4 is a detail view, partially in section, showing the means at the upper end of the attachment for securing it to the usual cradle of the telephone stand.

In the selected embodiment of the invention here shown, there is illustrated on the accompanying drawing for purposes of disclosure, a conventional telephone stand of the type commonly known as a French telephone. The telephone stand, generally designated by the numeral 2, is shown comprising a base portion 3, and body portion 8 provided at its upper end with the usual cradle, generally designated by the numeral 5. with upright posts or supports 6 having upstanding ears. l between which the usual combined receiver and transmitter 8 is supported, as best shown in Figure 1. The cradle is shown provided with the usual circuit-opening elements-or The cradle is shown provided buttons 9 adapted to be engaged by the combined receiver and transmitter 8, when supported in the cradle, as shown in Figure 1.

The invention comprises a pad holder attachment which, as shown in the drawing, comprises an upright body portion I I adapted to be seated against one of the side walls I2 of the telephone stand 2, as clearly illustrated in Figure 1. The upright portion II is provided at its lower end with an outwardly extending portion I3, which serves as a shelf or support for a suitable note pad,'generally indicated by the numeral I4. The note pad I4 may be secured to the horizontal support I3 of the attachment by suitable screws I5 and nuts Iii. It is to be understood that other means may be provided for securing the pad to the support I3 without departing from the scope of the invention,

To detachably secure the attachment pad holder to the telephone stand, the upper end of the upright portion I I is shown bent inwardly to provide a horizontal wall portion 01, and then downwardly, as shown at I8, whereby a hooklike structure I9 is provided adapted to engage over the upper end of one of the upright supporting elements 6 of the cradle, as best shown in Figure 1. The horizontal portion ll of the hook is shown having an aperture 20 adapted to receive the usual circuit-opening switch button 9, as will readily be understood by reference to Figures 1 and 4.

The downwardly bent portion I8 of the hooklike structure it is shown provided with a finger 2! which extends below the portion I8, as shown in Figure 4, and cooperates with the portion I8 to detachably secure the holder to the telephone stand. v

The novel pad holder herein disclosed is extremely simple and inexpensive in construction. It is preferably made from a single piece of sheet metal, bent as shown in Figure 1, whereby it may readily and conveniently be fitted onto any conventional telephone stand of the type herein shown, without the use of screws or separate securing elements. The upright portion II of the holder is shaped to closely fit against the adjacent wall I2 of the telephone stand, whereby said pontion II cooperates with the hook-like structure I9 at the upper end thereof and the finger 2| to firmly secure the attachment or holder to the telephone stand, as will readilybe understood by reference to Figure 1.

By thus forming the upper end of the holder, there is little danger of the holder becoming detached from the telephone stand, when in use,

because any weight applied on the pad M by the hand will act to more firmly secure the holder to the telephone stand. It will also be noted that the horizontal portion ll of the upper end of the holder does not interfere with the operation of the circuit-opening button 9, as this button is free to move up and down through the aperture 20 provided in the portion ll. Thus, it will be noted that the application of the attachment to the telephone stand does not, in any way, interfere with the operation of the telephone. When the combined receiver and transmitter 8 is supported in the cradle, one end thereof will be supported directly upon the horizontal portion I! of the upper end or the wall l2 of the holder, whereby the combined receiver and transmitter 8 further acts to retain the holder in position on the telephone stand.

In the drawing, I have shown the holder made from a single piece of sheet metal, bent as shown in Figure 1, to provide a simple attachment. It is to be understood, however, that if desired, the upper portion l'|-l8 may be separately formed and secured to the upper end of the upright portion I2 of the holder without departing from the scope of the invention. In actual practice, however, I have found that the entire device may readily be made from a single piece of sheet metal as herein shown, whereby the cost of manufacture may be materially reduced.

I claim as my invention:

1. An attachment for a French telephone stand comprising an upright plate portion shaped to conform substantially to the contour oi a side wall of the telephone stand whereby said plate portion may be seated firmly against said sidewall, said plate portion being provided at its lower end with an outwardly projecting portion adapted to provide a support'ior a note pad, and means at the upper end of said upright plate portion forming a hook adapted to engage one end of the usual cradle of the telephone stand, thereby to detachably secure the attachment thereto.

2. An attachment for a "French telephone stand comprising an upright plate portion shaped to fit against a side wall oi the telephone stand and provided at its lower end with an outwardly projecting portion adapted to receive a note pad, said upright plate portion being bent to iorm a single hook element adapted to firmly engage one end of the usual cradle of the telephone stand, thereby to detachably secure the attachment to the telephone stand without the use of separable securing means.

3. An attachment for a French telephone stand comprising a bracket having an upright portion adapted to seat against a side wall of the telephone stand, said upright portion being provided at its upper end with a horizontally disposed portion formed with a downwardly turned flange adapted to engage an inwardly turned race of the stand, said downwardly turned flange having a depending finger adapted to trictionally engage a portion of the stand and cooperating with said upright portion to secure the attachment to the telephone stand and said bracket having at its lower end an outwardly projecting portion adapted to receive a note pad, and means for removably securing the note pad thereto.

- WESLEY J. KELLEY.