US2573323A

US2573323A - Antislipping desk pad

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Publication number: US2573323A
Application number: US132564A
Authority: US
Inventors: Alvin L Eshelman
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1949-12-12
Filing date: 1949-12-12
Publication date: 1951-10-30
Anticipated expiration: 1968-10-30

Description

Oct 1951 A. ESHELMAN 2,573,323

ANTISLIPPING DESK PAD Filed Dec. 12, 1949 Jam-5". xuum Inventor Alvin L. E she/man j Qzmm.

, Ammqys Patented Oct. 30, 1951 ANTISLIPPING DESK PAD Alvin L. Eshelman, Upland, Calif.

Application December 12, 1949, Serial No. 132,564

1 Claim.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in desk pads and more particularly to an antislipping attachment therefor.

An important object of the invention is to provide a rubber cushion for the bottom of a desk pad to hold the pad firmly on a desk or other smooth surface without the usual annoyance of the pad sliding or slipping on the desk While writing on the pad.

A further object of the invention is to provide a rubber cushion embodying means for holding a desk pad thereon to provide an antislipping base for the pad.

A still further object is to provide a device of this character of simple and practical construction, which is efiicient and reliable in use, relatively inexpensive to manufacture and otherwise well adapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating one embodiment of the invention;

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view;

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on a line 3-3 of Figure 2, and

Figure 4 is a perspective view of a modified form of the invention.

Referring now to the drawing in detail wherein for the purpose of illustration I have disclosed two preferred embodiments of my invention, and first with respect to the form of the invention illustrated in Figures 1 to 3 inclusive, the numeral 5 designates a rubber cushion which may be of rectangular or other suitable shape and to which a note pad holder designated generally at 6 is secured adjacent each end of the cushion.

Each note pad holder 6 comprises a strip of light gauge metal or other suitable material having its ends bent downwardly and inwardly to form opposed channels 1 and with their lower flanges 8 cemented or otherwise suitably secured to the upper surface of cushion 5 adjacent the side edges thereof.

The top of the holder is thus supported above the cushion 5 to receive the backing 9 of a note or scratch pad 9a.

The pad 9 will thus be firmly held in position on the cushion 5 and the cushion 5 will prevent the pad from slipping on a desk or other smooth surface when writing on the pad.

In the form of the invention illustrated in Figure 4 of the drawing the antislipping attachment consists of placing antislipping pads 10 on the bottom of a note or scratch pad ll adjacent the corners thereof. The antislipping pads 10 may comprise cement impregnated with rubber particles and applied to the bottom of the pad I I.

In view of the foregoing description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings it is believed that a clear understanding of the device will be quite apparent to those skilled in this art. A more detailed description is accordingly deemed unnecessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even though there is herein shown and described a preferred embodiment of the invention the same is susceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of the invention as herein described and the scope of the appended claim.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

A pad having a back, a non-slip cushion for the back of the pad of the same size and shape as said back, and a pair of metal pad holder strips on one face of said cushion having ends bent downwardly and inwardly at opposite sides of said pad and secured to the top of said cushion, said ends forming in each strip a pair of opposed channels through which said back may be slid to hold said back to said pad.

ALVIN L. ESHELMAN.

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

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 665,724 Beech Jan. 8, 1901 2,034,059 Salsman Mar. 17, 1936 2,054,778 Woodley Sept. 15, 1936 2,195,677 Moody et al. Apr. 2, 1940 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 592,713 France May 8, 1925