US2356132A

US2356132A - Calendar

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Publication number: US2356132A
Application number: US372703A
Authority: US
Inventors: Martin E Trollen
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1941-01-02
Filing date: 1941-01-02
Publication date: 1944-08-22
Anticipated expiration: 1961-08-22

Description

/ Aug- 22, 1944# M. E. TROLLEN '2,356,132

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SWW/Wto@ MARTI N E. TROLLEN Patented Aug. 22, 1944 Y CALENDAR Martin E. Trollen, St. Paul, Minn., assignor to Brown & Bigelow, StPaul, Minn., a corporation of Minnesota Application January 2, 1941, Serial No. 372,703

(Cl. l- 121) 2 Cllaims.

My invention relates to an improvement in display calendars wherein it is desiredto provide a calendar of the display easel type trimmed with transparent or translucent plastic through which light may be transmitted.

Many different types of easel calendar displays have been produced in recent yearsthis type of calendar being extremely popular at the present time. Certain of these calendars have many of the same characteristics which I desire to provide in my present construction of calendar and the general form of the same is similar to those which have been previously manufactured.

It is the object of my invention to provide a calendar 0f the easel type :embodying a backfground plate of suitable design'to support a calendar display pad or the like. This display is equipped with a plastic portion extending through the body of the same or extending about the body. This plastic portion is transparent or translucent and permits light from behind the easel to shine through the plastic, providing an extremely attractive display. Not only does this construction enhance the appearanceV of the calendar, but also it permits the transmission of light from behind the calendar to the vfront of the calendar to better illuminate the-same.

It is a feature of my invention that the transparent or translucent plastic used as trimming for my calendar projects forwardly from the front surface of the calendar so thatV light transmitted therethrough may to some extent illuminate the face of the calendar. The light thus transmitted may be small but may be just suiiicient to make the face of the calendar clearly visible instead of indistinct. 1

It is a feature of my invention that the plastic may be secured to the 'calendar by riveting the plastic through suitablerecesses in the calendar or by frictionally supporting the plastic strips in grooves or recesses in the body of the calendar. Thus the plastic may be easily and quickly attached to the calendar at anextremely low cost as is necessary in a construction of this type because of the fact that the calendars must be sold to the customer reasonably in orderthat they maybe given away in quantities.

It is a further feature of one form-ofl my invention that the plastic may serve as a means of holding the calendar pad sheets in parallel relation to the calendar background. In this construction the plastic rimv overlies the lower edge of the calendar sheets and holds the sheets in proper position upon -the background.4 As: the

sheets of the pad are usually secured to the backing sheet along oneedge thereof only, the plastic strip may serve as a means of holding the opposite edge adjacent the background sheet to hold the pad in a iiat condition. s

It is a furtherl feature of my invention to provide a calendar trimmed with transparent or translucent material which may be colored to color the light passing therethrough. As this plastic trim extends forwardly from the front surface of the' calendar, and as the plasticis so supported as to permit light to pass from the rear of the calendar therethrough, a glow or hue of color-is transmitted to the calendar pad, thus improving the appearance thereof. The calendar background sheet may be of one color, the calendar pad'itself may be white, or of another color, and the light shining through the transparent vplastic Will lend to these two contrasting elements a red hue or color which will greatly improve the appearance of the display.

These' andjother objects and novel features of my invention will be more clearly and fully set forth in the following specicationand claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification: Y

Figure'l is a'front elevational viewfo'f one form of calendar showing the plastic 'trim attached thereto.

Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view centrally through the calendar of Figure 1, the position of the section being indicated by the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a rear view of the calendarV shown inv Figures 1 and 2, a" portion 'ofthe calendar being broken away and the easel support being bent up into its inoperative position.` v

Figure 4 vis a sectional view through 'the plastic trim and through a portion of the calendar,

the view being enlarged to better illustrate the f construction thereof and the position of the section being indicated by the line 4 4 of Figure 3. Figure 5 is an enlarged' cross sectional view through a portion of the plastic. trim and the calendar, the position of the section being indi-` cated by the line 5-5 of Figure 3. l

-Figure 6 is ajfront elevational view of'a modified form of construction. Figure 7 is a cross-sectional view centrally through the calendar of- Figure 6; the position of the section being'indicated by the line 'I-.l of Figure 6. Figure 8 is a front View of another modified forrnof construction. .Figure 9 is a-central crosssectionalview of the Figure 13 is a rear view of a portion of the"-V calendar shown in Figures 11 and 12, the support for the easel being bent into inoperative position. Y

Figure 14 is a sectional view on the line I4-'I4 plastic trim is secured in place. Y

Figure 15 is a. View similar to' Figure i4, showing another form of plastic trim used in` conjunction with the calendar.. 1

Figure 16 is a vievvsimilar` to Figures 14 and 15, showing another form of plastic trim vwhich maybe employed. i Figure 1'7 is a View similar to Figures 14, 15 and 16, showing still another form of plastic trim which may be used in conjunction with the cal-- endar.

{The calendar vA is provided with a background sheet or member I0 having rearwardly extending flanged edges I I extending across the upper edge ofthe same and .a flanged edge I2 extending along the' topportion of the sides of the back: ground sheet I0. An' offset portion I3 isprovided near thebottomof the background sheet I0 ex'- tending throughout most ofthe width ofthe same- This offset portionprovides a recess for containing agcalendar pad I4 which may be. secured thereto by` any4 suitable means such as by theearsl I5. The ears I5 extend through the calendar pad I4 and are bent to Yhold the sheets forming ther calendar pad in proper position overlying lthemoifset portion I3 of the background sheetjIIl. Y I A substantiallyY T-shaped .supporting element I6 is cut from the body of the backgroundV 'sheet within the oiset portion I3 and is connected to therbackground sheet at the baseor T as'indicated by the numeral I1. This support I6 is bentv rearwardly as best illustrated in Figure 2 of the drawings, to provide a support for holding the background sheet I0 in an upwardly and rearwardly inclined position as illustrated.""'As the stand I 6 is cut from the `body of.' the offset portion which iscovered by the calendar pad, t

the cut-away portion' in the background-sheet' Ill is concealed by the calendar pad when'the 'cal-` endar is viewed from'the,` front thereof.

Along the lower edge of the background sheet I0, I provide a rearwardly bent flange I9 which extends thelength'of the offset portion I3 of the background sheet. Thus the lower edge of the backgroundV sheet adjacent the offset portion I3 is bent rearwardly so as to permit the lower edges of the calendar' pad 'sheets to extend flat with respect to the remainder of the calendar pad sheets and to perhaps be bent slightly rearwardly by the plastic trim in the manner which will be later fully explainedi f `Extending alongthe side edges of the backing sheet Ill'between'the lower edge of the backing sheet I0 and the lower end of the edge flange I2, I provide offset flanges 20. These 'flanges' 20 as best illustrated in Figure 4 of the drawings",V are spaced .rearwardly-fronrthe body of the-backof Figure 10, showing the manner in which the of. Openings through the flanges 29 may be pro- .vided in place of the notches 2| if it is so desired.

' The plastic trim is provided with a, decorated forward surface,`the body 22 of the trim being formed with two side elements 23 designed to extend along the opposed side edges of the display calendar and a bottom connecting strip 24 connecting the opposed side members 23.

The sides 23 of the plastic trim 22 are grooved at I8 to form an attractive design as will be noted from an examination of Figures 1 and 4 of the drawings, and are slotted at 28.

- In order to hold the plastic trim 22 to the background sheet I0, I provide lugs orstuds 25 extending rearwardly from the sides 23 of the plastic trim 22 to extend through the notches or recesses 2 I. The plastic trim is provided with these studs or lugs whichare of Ya shape to t through the recesses such as 2l, and after their insertion the studs or lugs 25 may be flattened down with a heated die or the like, in order to spread this lug or stud and toV rivet the plastic trim to the calendar-body. Whenlthe studs or lugsy have been riveted over, as illustrated in Figure 4 of the drawings, itwiu be seen that trie trim 2.2 is definitely xed to the background sheet I0.

The bottom strip '24 of the plasticV trim .is formed asbest `illustrated in Figure 2 of the drawings.v It will'be noted that the body of this str-ip 24extends below the llower edge of the backf ground sheet I0 and is provided with an upwardly extending lip 26 on its forward surface designed to overlie the lower edges of the calendar pad sheets I4. VThe lip 26 engages the lower edge of 'the calendar pad sheets I4`while the attaching lugs I5 extend through the sheets near the upper edge thereof 'and'ithus the, sheets I4 are held along both edges so as to remain constantly flat. As there is a tendency for the sheets I4 to curl if they are not held in flat relation, this lip 24 is Vvery important in the present combination. It will be noted that the flanged edge I9 adjacent the' lower ends of the calendar sheets I4 is bent inwardly as has been previously described so as to provide a substantial space for the lower edges of theV calendar sheet between the backing'sheet III1 and the lip 26; Y This construction prevents the wdging ofthe lower edges of the lsheets into anarrow'space from which the'sheets could not easily be withdrawn.

It will benoted that the plastic trim extends forwardlyfrom the backing sheet I0 particularly along the lowermost edge thereof. Light from the rear 'of the calendar is permitted tov pass through the translucent or transparent plastic and is diffused thereby, someof the light being 4directed toward the calendar pad sheets I4. Thus not only 4does the light shining through the plastic provideanattractive appearance as though this edge were' illuminated by articialilluminating means, butalso a glow of light is transmitted over the surface of the calendar pad. If the plastic isv o f colored material, it imparts a colored glow to the calendar pad to illuminate the indicia thereupon.

In Figures 6 and 7 of the drawings, I disclose a modified form of calendar. construction designated in general by the letter B. This .calendar is similar to the calendar previously described and designated by the letter A with the exception that the plastic trim extends entirely around the backing sheet 'rather' than partially around the same. In the calendar B, the backing sheet 21 is of any desired outline configuration and` is provided with an oiset or Vrecessedportion 29 to accommodate the calendar pad 30. The calendar pad 30 is secured to the recessed portion 29 of the backing sheet 21V by any suitable' means, such as the attaching ears 3| which extend' through the sheets and are bent over to clampthe sheets in place. The surface of the calendar pad is then substantially Vflush with the surface of the backing sheet 21.

The plastic trim indicated in general by the numeral 32 is provided. with opposed parallel edge portions 33, a connecting top portion34, and a connecting bottom strip 35. The plastic trim is securedto the backing sheet 21 in the same manner that the plastic trimA 22 is secured to the backing sheet l in the calendar A. Lugs 36 on the rear surface of the plastic trim extend through suitable apertures or recesses 31 in the offset edge anges 39 formed on either side of the body 21 of the background sheet. As has been previously described and illustrated in Figures 4 and 5 of the drawings, the lugs 36 are riveted over as passing through the apertures 31 to hold the plastic trim securely to the background sheet 21. The plastic trim 32 extends forwardly from the face of the background sheet 21 in order that light transmitted therethrough may cast some rays upon the background sheet. Thus the background sheet is illuminated to some extent and as the plastic trim is colored a colored glow is cast over the entire sheet. The bottom strip 35 is formed similarly to the bottom strip 24 of the calendar A and is provided with a lip 40 which overlies the forward surface of the lower edge of the sheets 30 to hold these sheets flat. The ears 3| extend through the sheets 30 near the upper edge thereof and the lip 40 extends over the lower edge of the sheets, thus holding the sheets in nat condition. The bottom edge of the backing sheet 21 adjacent the recessed portion 29 is bent rearwardly at 4| to provide suilicient space interiorly of the lip 40 to hold the sheets 3| in proper position.

In Figures 8, 9 and 10 of the drawings, I disclose a modified form of construction illustrated in general by the letter C. In this form of construction, the backing sheet 42 is provided with a recessed portion 43 into which may fit the calendar pad sheets 44 secured in place by ears 45 which extend through the sheets and are bent over the outermost sheet to hold the various sheets in place. A decorative side element 46 is positioned on each side of the sheets 40 and a rearwardly bent ilange 41 encircles the edge of the calendar backing sheet 42 to strengthen and reinforce the same. A supporting stand 49 is out from the body of the backing sheet 42 within the recessed portion 43, the forward surface of which is covered by the calendar pad sheets 44, these sheets thus concealing the opening formed therein. Figure shows the standard or brace 49 in unfolded position, while Figure 9 illustrates 75 the standard in supporting position bent rearwardly from the-backing sheet 42.

On opposite sides of the calendar pad sheets 44 and interposed between these sheets and the decorative side elements 46, I provide a slot 50 having the marginal edges bounding the same bent rearwardly as best illustrated in Figure 14 of the drawings. These rearwardly bent edges or flanges 5| engage the opposed sides of a strip 52 of transparenter translucent plastic which projects forwardly from the body portion 42 and transmits light passing through the plastic over the surface ofthe background sheet 42. Thus this typek of calendar has most of the advantages of the previously described types of construction, as lightpassing through the plastic is transmitted to Vthe forward? surface of thecalendar and if this plastic is of colored material, casts a colored glow'A overthe calendar surface.

In Figures 11", 121 and 13 of the drawings, I disclose a somewhat similar type of construction to vthat illustrated in Figures 8, 9 and 10j; This type ofV calendar illustrated in general b y the letter D; comprises va background sheet 53 having al central recessed

portion

5,4 designed to accommodate a series of calendar pad sheets 55. Ears 56 bent from the ybody of the oiset portion 54 extend through the sheets and are bent to overlie the` forward surface of the outermost sheet 55 to hold the sheets in place. On either side of the offset portion 54 I provide a decorative side portion 51 of any configuration. An edge flange 59 extends about the entire body 53 to reinforce the body and to strengthen the same.

Positioned above and below the calendar pad sheets 55 in substantially parallel relation, I provide

slots

60 and 6|, respectively, having marginal edge iianges 62 to line the side edges of the slots. Within the

slots

60 and 6| and frictionally engaging the anges 62, I provide strips 63 of transparent or translucent plastic or the like, through which light may be transmitted.

On either side of the calendar pad sheets 55 and between the calendar pad sheets and the decorative side elements 51, I provide apair of slots which are lined with side edge flanges 62. Engaged in the slots 64, I provide strips 65 of plastic or other translucent and transparent material through which light may pass. It will be understood that the plastic strips 63 and 65 extend forwardly from the body of the calendar and thus transmit light to the forward face or surfaceof the calendar. If the plastic strips are formed of transparent material of a colored type, the light passing through the calendar from the rear thereof will cast a colored glow over the entire surface of the calendar. A supporting stand 66 is cut from the body of the oset portion 54 of the calendar and is shown in Figure 12 bent into position to support the calendar, whereas in Figure 13, the stand is shown in inoperative position.

In Figure 15 of the drawings, I disclose a plastic strip 61 which is six-sided and which may be used in place of the outwardly rounded plastic strips previously described. The strip 61 is shown frictionally engaged in a slot 69 lbut it will be understood that this type of plastic strip may be used in any of the slots such as 50, 60, or 64 which have been previously described.

A circular strip 19 of plastic is shown in a groove 1| which may take the place of any of the previously described grooves. In Figure 17 of the drawings a strip of plastic 12 is shown frictionally engaged in a slot 13. Obviously these forms of plastic strips could be substituted .for the shape of plastic strip shown engaged in the

slots

50, 60, 6l and 64, previously described.

It will be noted that in the constructions shown in Figures 8 through 13 of the drawings, the plastic does not extend over the lower edges Vof the calendar pad sheets. From an examination of Figures 9 and 12 of the drawings, it will be noted that the lower edge 14 of the offset portion 43 ofthe calendar C and the lower edge 15 of the oiset portion 54 of the calendar D, are bent rearwardly to provide a free lower edge and to permit the

sheets

44 or 55 to be bent rearwardly to some extent at their lower extremity. The edge 11 of the calendar C adjacent the 'offset or recessed portion 43 along the lower edge thereof, overlies the lower extremity of thesheets 44 to hold these sheets in flat condition. Similarly, the edge 19 of the calendar D adjacent the lower extremity of the calendar pad sheets 55, overlies the outer surface of these sheets to hold the same in flat condition. Thus in both of the constructions C and D, the sheets are held flat so that they will be readily readable at all times.

In .accordance with the patent statutes I have described the principles of construction and operation of my calendar and while I have endeavored to set forth the best embodiments thereof, I desire to have it understood that these are only illustrative of a means of carrying out my invention and that obvious changes may be made within the scope of the following claims without departing from the spirit of my invention.

I claim:

1. A calendar comprising a background sheet, a calendar pad secured to said background sheet, a plastic framing member engaging the edges of said background sheet, said background sheet having spacedrecesses therethrough, and lugs on said plastic member extending through said recesses to hold said plastic framing member to said background sheet.

2. A' calendar comprising a background sheet,

a pair of opposed edge flanges on said background sheet having recesses therethrough, a calendar pad secured to said background sheet, a plastic framing trim member overlying said anges, and lugs on said plastic framing trim member extending through said recesses in said flanges securing said plastic trim member to said background sheet. l

l MARTIN E. TROLLEN.