US2543865A - Multiple catalogue binder - Google Patents

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MULTIPLE CATALOG BINDER Filed June 9, 1947 IN V EN TOR.

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corporation of Wisconsin Application June 9, 1947. Serial No. 753,456

This invention relates to binders for securing catalogs, directories and the like to permanent or semi-permanent installations or holders.

An object of the invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive binder which is easily secured to the "back of a catalog or the like and which may be instantly locked into or unlocked out of position in a suitable holder to secure the catalog thereto.

Another object'ofthe invention is to provide a catalog binder and holder which will permit the interchanging of catalogs on the holder as desired. f

Another object is to provide a binder which is light in weight and. which maybe left conveniently on the catalog while removed from the holder and while being used otherwise without the holder. I 1

Another object is toprovide' a locking mechanism on the holder 'to' receive'the binder and which has no "protruding or extending parts.

Various other objects of the invention will appear in the following description of a preferred embodiment of the invention illustrated in the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a holder of the type adapted for use with the invention;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a three post binder in opened position ready to receive a catalog;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the binder shown in Fig. 2 in closed position with a catalog secured therein shown in outline;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a four post binder similar to that shown in Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a detail view of the locking mechanism at one end of the binder; and

1 Claim. (01.129 1) with spaced holes 1 for securing the binders in spaced relation side by side. The top 2 should be of such dimensions and the flanges G spaced 7 so that the back of each catalog will fit between the flanges. The holder illustrated is provided with two sets of holes 1 to receive two binders. Any number of holes maybe provided to accommodate as few or as manycatalogs as 1may,; at any time be desired to be placed on the holder. The binders which are secured .to the catalogs and by which the catalogs are secured tothe holder, as will be described, each comprise two 1 of the catalog near its bound edge.

. in the catalog. Two posts ll are-mounted on Fig. 6 is a cross sectional view through the locking mechanism in position on the holder shown in Fig. l.

The holder or stand for the catalog may be of any desired construction and may be a separate table supported unit or can also be, for example, a permanently installed wall fixture.

The holder! illustrated is of sheet metal construction having an inclined flat top 2 against which the backs of the catalogs 3 are secured and upon which the catalogs may be opened for use. Legs 4 support the top 2 and demountable extension leaves 5 are secured to opposite sides of the top 2 to provide additional support for the opened pages of the catalog.

along its upper and lower edges are provided strip 8 at one end and have reduced'opposite ends I3 which project through holes M in strip 9 on the opposite side of the catalog. An annular notch I5 is provided near the end of each post ll projecting through holes M. A locking strip I6 similar to strips 8 and 9 is pivotally secured on the outside of strip 9 by a pin I! located approximately midway between posts H and is provided with opposite recesses l8 whereby locking strip I6 is adapted to engage in notches l5 at the ends of posts ll extending through holes I4 to secure the two strips together.

Post I2 located between posts II is secured at one end thereof to strip 8 and extends through the center hole In of the catalog up to strip 9.

In the binder shown in Fig. 4 a total of four posts H and I2 are employed to extend through four holes ID in the catalog.

Two posts l2 are secured to strip 9 and two posts I I mounted on strip 8 extend through holes M in strip 9 and .are secured thereto by locking strip IS.

The catalog 3 is secured in the binder by inserting posts II in the corresponding holes In of the catalog with strip 8 disposed flat against one side and with the posts ll projecting from the other side thereof and then inserting posts l2 in the other corresponding holes ID from the opposite sid so that ends I 3 of posts i I enter the holes M in strip 9. By rotating locking strip It to engage and secure the posts H, the catalog is locked Within the binder.

The binder and catalog are secured to the holder by pins l9 and 20 projecting from the opposite ends, respectively, of the binder. One pin I9 is secured to a tab end 2| of strip 8 bent 90 around the end of the catalog. A tab end 22 at the other end of strip 8 bent 90 extends around the other end of the catalog and serves to support a retractable pin device.

The retractable pin device, as shown in the drawings, comprises a pin 29 projecting through a hole 23 in tab 22 near the top edge thereof and secured to a short lever 24 pivotall connected to tab 22 on the inside thereof and below hole 23. Lever 24 is bent away from the catalog to allow for manipulation of the lever with the fingers to withdraw the pin 20.

Lever 24 is pivotally secured to tab 22 by two rivets 25 in tab 22 passing loosely through the lever below pin 20. A spring 26 on each rivet serves to bias lever 24 against the tab 22 and thereby biases pin 20 in the extended position.

The catalog 3 and the binder are secured to the holder l by placing pin IS in a desired hole 1 in one of the flanges 6, retracting pin 20 by pressing lever 24 towards the catalog, placing the catalog and binder in position so that pin 20 registers with the hole opposite that in which pin I9 has been inserted and releasing lever 24 so that pin 20 enters the hole and secures the catalog and binder on the holder.

Flange 6 may be provided with a round or beveled edge so that the binders may be snapped into position and removed only by manually releasing pin 20 by means of lever 26.

The various catalogs to be used with the holder may be each equipped with a binder and secured to the holder as described. The light weight and small dimensions added to the catalog permits the catalog to be used without the holder and without having to remove the binder in each instance.

Various embodiments of the invention may be employed within the scope of the accompanying claim.

I claim:

A catalog binder and support therefor comprising a pair of spaced upstanding flange members adapted to confine and support the ends of one or more removable catalog binders, said catalog binder comprising a pair of separable strips and means to secure one of said strips to the other with the back margin of a catalog held therebetween, the ends of one of said pair of strips extending inwardly at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the said strip to provide tab members, said tab members being adapted to extend across the top and bottom edges of a catalog held between the said strips, a separable connection between each flange member and the center of the adjacent tab member, each connection comprising a pin projecting from one of said members, the opposite member having a perforation therein to receive said pin, at least one of said connection pins being spring biased and movable in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axes of said metal strips, and projecting means extending above the upper edge of said flange member for manuall moving said movable pin to retract it from said perforation for insertion and removal of said binder between and from said pair of supporting flange members.

CONRAD J. PANFIL, SR.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file -of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 628,134 Webb July 4, 1899 676,217 Briggs June 11, 1901 2,019,003 Efflandt Oct. 29, 1935 2,140,176 Unger Dec. 13, 1938 2,196,483 Vaughan Apr. 9, 1940 2,271,734 Dunham Feb. 3, 1942

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