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0. GULLBERG 00in Holding Trinket;

No. 240,019. Patented Aprill2 ,l88l.

N. PETERS, PMOTO-LITHOGRAFHER, WASHINGTON, ,6.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CARL GULLBERG, OF JERSEY CITY, A SSIGNOB- OF ONE-HALF TO AUGUST SALTZMAN, OF PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY.

COIN-HOLDING TRINKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 240,019, dated April 12, 1881.

Application filed July 2, 1880. (No model.) 7

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL GULLBERG, of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Ooin-Holdin g Trinket, of which the following is a specification.

It is a usual custom to perforate gold coins near the edge, insert a ring through the perforation, and by means of such ring attach 1o them to watch-chains, necklaces. bracelets, or to the ears, and thus wear them asornaments; but-the perforation mutilates the coin and de; teriorates its value as a purchasing medium should necessity compel its being applied for I 5 that purpose instead of being carried as a mere ornament.

The object of my present invention is to pro vide a neat and convenient watch-charm or trinket in which a coin (or other suitable ar- 2o ticle worn as ornament) may be inserted and retained without the necessity of perforating or otherwise mutilating it, and by which the coin, while exposed to view, is protected from being defaced, and from which the coin, if

t needed for ready cash, may be quickly detached without impairing its value or that of the coin-holding trinket. In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side view of a trinket made accord- 0 ing to my invention, and of suitable size to hold a five-dollar gold piece. Fig. 2 is an enlarged section of the same taken through the line a: x of Fig. 1, and showing it open as for receiving the coin. 3 5 Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A and B are two annular rims, connected together by the hinge D, and to one of them, A, is fastened a hook or ring, (1, for attaching 40 and suspending the trinket.

Upon therim A, at right angles thereto and a little within its outer circumference, is formed an annular rib, or, of size suited to receive within it the coin. Upon the rim B, at right angles thereto and flush with its outer circumference, is formed an annular rib, I), made to fit tightly upon the outer side of the rib a when the rim B is closed upon the rim A, in which position the outer circumference of the rim B and rib b is flush edge, and thus retained, the rims and ribs pro- 5 tecting it from injury. At one place the adjoining edges of the rim' A and rib b are slightly beveled off to allow of wedging them apart to open the trinket and remove the coin when desired.

It is evident that the axis of the hinge I) must lie in a plane parallel with the circleareas of the rims A B and with theface of the inclosed coin; otherwise the rim B could not be folded upon the rim A in a manner to over- 6 lap and encompass the inner rib, a, by the outer rib, b, as described. it the rims A B were pivoted together with the pivot at right angles to their surface-plane, and thus made to open by sliding them apart laterally, the rib I) could not be used upon the rim B and be made to encompass and overlap the rib a, for obvious reasons. An arrangement such as just stated is shown in Patent No. 144,153, and is hereby disclaimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I desire to claim, and secure by Letters Patent is As a new article of manufacture, a trinket for holding coin, consisting of the combination of the annular rim A, provided with the inner annular rib, a, and the suspension-ring G, with the annular rim B, hinged to fold upon the rim A, and provided with the outer annular rib, b, made to fit closelyupon the outside of the rib a, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

CARL GULLBERG.

Witnesses:

A. W. ALMGVIST, JNo. M. STELLE.

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