US2755582A

US2755582A - Calendar mount with pocket

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Publication number: US2755582A
Application number: US395362A
Authority: US
Inventors: Gordon E Nichols
Original assignee: Winthrop Atkins Co Inc
Current assignee: Winthrop Atkins Co Inc
Priority date: 1953-12-01
Filing date: 1953-12-01
Publication date: 1956-07-24
Anticipated expiration: 1973-07-24

Description

July 24, 1956 G. E. NICHOLS CALENDAR MOUNT WITH POCKET Filed Dec. 1, 1955 Q 4 Sheets-Sheet- 1 N 0 Q 3 N Q g fizz/671507" Gordan E Nickola @g/ M @mwf/ howo July 24, 1956 5,5, NICHQLS 2,755,582

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CALENDAR MOUNT WITH POCKET Filed Dec. 1, 1953 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 CALENDAR MOUNT WITH POCKET Gordon E. Nichols, Middleboro,

Winthrop-Atkins (10., Inc., poration of Massachusetts Mass, assignor to Middleboro, Mass., a cor- 8 Claims.

This invention relates to calendar mounts and more especially to a calendar mount of the wall or desk type having an auxiliary pocket and to a method of making the same and has for its principal objects to provide a calendar mount with an improved auxiliary pocket which may be opened outwardly from the plane of the mount when the latter is in use, which is of sturdy construction, which forms an attractive and inexpensive addition to the calendar mount, which is equally applicable to both wall and desk calendars and which is easily incorporated in the design of the blank for making the calendar mounts and hence is susceptible of mass production.

As herein illustrated the mount comprises a rigid backboard to which is hinged a panel constituting the front wall of the pocket, the rear Wall of which is the backboard, and to and from which the panel may be swung angularly and spaced end panels hinged to the front panel, the backboard having in it spaced parallel slots through which the end panels are slidable. There is means for preventing disengagement of the end panels from the slots and the latter are located at a lesser spacing than the ends of the front panel so that as the pocket is collapsed the end panels are folded inwardly against the back side of the backboard. The backboard may have a panel for supporting a photograph or print independently of the pocket. In one form, this panel covers the front face of the backboard above the pocket and may have in it a sight opening beneath which may be placed a photograph, print or calendar pad. This panel may also have an integral extension at its lower edge adapted to be inserted through a horizontal slot in the backboard and to extend downwardly and rearwardly from the backboard so as to form a leg for holding the mount upright when placed on a fiat surface. In another form, the panel is hinged to the backboard along a line substantially parallel to the bottom of the pocket so that it may be disposed at an angle thereto, and has fast to its face a faceboard in which there is a sight opening beneath which may be placed a photograph, print or calendar pad. In this instance that portion of the support carrying the pocket is the leg and the panel which carries the faceboard is the frontboard of a desk calendar mount of the easel-type.

According to the method a blank is prepared from sheet board so as to have a backboard or support section and sections hinged thereto at its ends. One of the end sections is divided into three panels, a central panel which constitutes the front panel of the pocket and lateral panels at its ends which constitute the side panels of the pocket, the support section is provided with spaced slots to receive the end panels and the other end section may be provided with a substantially rectangular sight opening whereupon the one end section is folded relative to the support, the end panels are inserted through the slots therein and the other end section is folded relative to the support to bring the aperture portion thereof into contact with the support. The apertured portion is then adhesively secured to the support except for its lateral edges which are left unattached so that a photograph or calendar pad may be Patented July 24, 1956 slipped therebeneath. Alternatively, the backboard may have a slot formed in it and the other end section may be folded into engagement with the front face of the backboard and a portion of it inserted through the slot so as to extend downwardly and rearwardly therefrom. In accordance with still another aspect of the method, the backboard may itself be provided with a transversely extending hinge.

The invention will now be described in greater detail with reference to the accompanying drawings wherein:

Fig. l is a front view of a wall calendar showing the pocket collapsed;

Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary front view of a wall calendar with the pocket extended;

Fig. 4 is a section taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a rear view of the wall calendar with the pocket folded;

Fig, 6 is a plan view of the blank from which the calendar and its pocket are made;

Fig. 7 is a rear view of an easel-type desk calendar mount with the pocket folded;

Fig. 8 is a section taken on the line 8-8 of Fig. 7;

Fig. 9 is a view corresponding to Fig. 7 with the pocket open;

Fig. 10 is a section taken on the line 10-10 of Fig. 9;

Fig. 11 is a front view of the desk calendar mount with the pocket folded;

Fig. 12 is a plan view of the blank from which the desk calendar pad and its pocket are made;

Fig. 13 is a front view of an alternative form of desk calendar;

Fig. 14 is a back view of the calendar shown in Fig. 13;

Fig. 15 is a side view; and

Fig. 16 is a plan view of the blank from which the calendar mount is made.

Referring to the drawings, Fig. 1, the wall calendar mount comprises a rigid support 10 of substantially rectangular shape at the lower end of which is mounted a pocket 12. The pocket 12 consists of a front panel 14 of substantially trapezoidal shape having an upper edge 16, a lower edge 18 and side or end edges 20-20. The lower edge 18 is shorter than the upper edge 16 and hence the ends 20 slope upwardly and outwardly toward the upper edge. The panel 14 is connected along its lower edge 18 by a hinge 22 so that it may be moved to and from the support 10 from a collapsed to an open position and vice versa, and is operably connected to the support 10 by end members 24-24. Each end member 24 is connected along one edge to an end of the front panel by a hinge 26 and its opposite edge extends through a slot 28 of which there are two formed in spaced parallel relation in the support It). The slots 28-28 are at a lesser spacing than the ends of the front panel so that the end members or panels 24-24 of the pocket which pass through these slots are caused to be folded against the back of the board when the pocket is collapsed as seen in Fig. 5. Each end panel 24 has upwardly inclined top and

bottom edges

30 and 32 so as to afford operating room for movement of the end panels through the slots. The end panels also have at their upper rear extremities extensions 34 which strike the back of the support 10 when the pocket is open to prevent disengagement of the end panels from the slots 28-28. A calendar pad C may be fastened by adhesive, stapling or other suitable means to the front face of the pocket panel.

Above the pocket there is mounted on the support 10, a faceboard 36 which has in it a centrally located sight opening 38. The faceboard 36 is of substantially rectangular shape having a top edge 40, a bottom edge 42 and side edges 44-44. The top edge 40 is connected: at spaced points by hinges to the upper edge of the support It), the bottom edge 42 is adhesively connected to the support it) and the side edges 4444 are left unattached so that a photograph or calendar pad may be slipped beneath the faceboard and centered within the sight opening so as to be visible thercthrough. T he corncr portions Si35t) at the bottom of the faceboard overlap the upper ends of the slots 2328 blocking the same and providing means in conjunction with the extensions 34-34 for preventing disengagement of the end panels 2424 from the slots. The top of the pocket has a hanging tab 46 in which there is a hole 48.

The support N, the pocket and the faceboard are preferably comprised of sheet board covered with a decorative facing paper and in accordance with practice heretofore shown in the construction of calendar mounts the hinges 22, 26Z-6 and 49-40 joining the lower edge of the pocket to the support i the ends of the pocket to the face of the pocket and the faceboard to the upper edge of the board are provided by the paper facing, the substance of the board therebeneath having been cut away by scoring to provide narrow gaps bridged by the paper facing. While such construction is preferred it is of course not essential as hinges may be .provided merely by scoring and/or otherwise weakening the board without cutting it away and it is to be understood herein that the hinges may be made in either fashion.

The blank B as shown in Fig. 6 for making the aforesaid calendar mount and pocket is cut from sheet material and is divided into three sections, a middle section S which constitutes the support, an end section P which constitutes the calendar pad or photograph receptacle and an end section C which constitutes the calendar pad or photograph receptacle. The support S is of substantially rectangular shape and is divided from the sections P by a hinge or score line C1 and from the section C by spaced hinges or score lines C2-C2 In addition to the spaced hinges or score lines C2-C2 a through out C3 separates the sections S and C between the score lines C2-C2 thereby to form the tab 46. Spaced parallel slots 2828 are made in the sections S.

The pocket section P is provided with hinges or score lines C4C4 at its opposite sides which separate the front panel 14 thereof from the end panels 2424 and near the junction of the pocket panel with the support S, the end panels 24-24 are cut away or notched at 54S4 to provide clearance spaces.

The section C is cut through along pairs of spaced intersecting lines C-C5 to form in it the sight opening 38 which is substantially rectangular in shape and a hole 48 is punched in the tab 46.

The sheet material from which the blanks are cut is preferably covered on one side with a decorative facing paper, is then scored in appropriate places to remove narrow strips therefrom whereupon a second paper facing is applied to the opposite face of the sheet material and the blanks and openings therein are then cut from the covered sheet material. Thus the hinges are constituted solely by the paper facing at opposite surfaces of the board which bridge the narrow gaps made by scoring. It is to be understood, however, that while this type of hinge is preferred other means may be employed as by scoring, perforating, embossing or otherwise partially weakening the board along the lines where it is wished to fold the parts relative to each other.

Figs. 7 to 12 inclusive show an adaptation of the pocket to an easel-type desk calendar mount. As therein illustrated the support for the mount consists of a .frontboard 56 of substantially rectangular shape which is adapted to carry the calendar pad C and a leg 58 hinged thereto in such fashion as to hold the frontboard upright in a rearwardly sloping position. The leg 58 forms a support for the pocket and the latter which consists of a panel 60 of substantially trapezoidal shape having bottom and

top edges

62 and 64 and end edges 66-66 is connected at its lower edge 62 which is shorter than its upper edge by hinge 68 to the lower end of the leg 58. Thus the panel 69 may be swung about its hinge forwardiy and rearwardly with respect to the leg 58 and it is operably connected to the leg by end members 7 t)7tl, each of which is connected at its forward edge to an end of the panel by a hinge 72. The rear edges of each end panel 7t extend through a slot 74 of which there are two made in spaced parallel relation in the leg 58 for slidably receiving the panels. Each end panel '70 at its rear edge has upper and lower edges '73 and '74 which are inclined upwardly and have at their upper ends protuberances 75 2s which prevent disengagement of the ends from the slots 74 M. To permit engaging these panels with the siots an extension 78 is formed at the upper end oi each of the siots which is laterally offset from the slot so that the protruding portion 76 of the end panel cannot be passed through the slot except by bending it into the extension.

A t'aceboard 89 is attached to the frontboard 56 of the support and has a sight opening -82 therein. The faceboard is connected along its lower edge to the lower edge of the frontboard 56 by a hinge 84, and at its upper edge by means of adhesive leaving the opposite sides or lateral edges unattached so that a calendar pad may he slipped between the faceboard and the frontboard and centered with respect to the sight opening 82. Preferably, although not necessarily, a spacer 86 may be placed between the faceboard and the frontboard bordering the sight opening but set back from the inner edge thereof so as to provide a pocket 88 for the calendar pad. While as herein shown the faceboard 80 is integrally connected to the frontboard by means of the paper facing, alternatively the faceboard and spacer may be made integral, folded and fastened to the frontboard in any convenient fashion.

An opening 9t) is made in the leg 58 and a brace 92 is struck out of the frontboard 56 which may be bent rearwardly and engaged with the opening to hold the frontboard and leg in angularly spaced relation, this construction being conventional in mounts of this type and hence requiring no further description.

The blank B1 (Fig. 12) from which the desk calendar support or mount is made is cut from sheet material and is divided into three sections, a middle supporting section S1, a pocket section P1 and a calendar pad retaining section C1. The section P1 is divided from the section S1 by a hinge or score line C6 and the section C1 is divided from the section S1 by a hinge or score line C7. The support section S1 has cut through in it spaced parallel slots 7474 and is itself divided transversely by a hinge or score line C8. The pocket section P1, is scored or otherwise hinged at its opposite ends along the lines C9-C9 to provide the end panels 7 (l -10 and is cut away or notched at 9292 at opposite sides near its junction with the section S1 to provide clearance space. The section C1 is cut along intersection pairs of spaced parallel cuts C10 to make the sight opening 82 therein. The foregoing cuts for forming the hinges and openings in the blank are made in the same sequence as described heretofore with reference to the wall mount. Following cutting the section P1 is folded on its hinge C6 with reference to the support section S1 and the end panels 7070 are folded on their hinges C9C9 and are engaged within the slots 74-74 by bending their upper extremities laterally into the lateral openings 78-78 so that the ends may be pushed through the slots whereupon their extremities are restored to their original position and will retain the ends in the slots. The faceboard 80 constituted by the section C1, is then folded on the line C7 into engagement with the support section S1, and its lower edge is adhesively secured to the support leaving its side edges unattached so that a calendar pad may be pushed :beneath it. Preferably, although not necessarily, an independent spacer 86 may be placed between the faceboard and the support to leave more room for the calendar pad. As hereinafter indicated the faceboard 80 and spacer 86 may be made separately from the section S1, folded and then fastened to the section S1 in any appropriate manner.

The support section S1 is then folded on the lines C8 so that approximately half of it becomes the leg 58 and the remainder the faceboard 56 of an easel-type desk calendar mount and wherein the pocket is supported by the leg 58 and the calendar pad retainer by the frontboard 56.

As thus constructed the pocket is of simple construction, adaptable to either wall or desk calendar mounts and provides an auxiliary storage pocket or receptacle for the calendar mount for reception of memorandum, pencils and the like.

Another form of the desk calendar mount is illustrated in Figs. 13 to 16 inclusive. Referring to Fig. 13, the mount has a rigid backboard or support 100 of substantially rectangular shape at the lower part of which is mounted a pocket 102. The pocket consists of a front panel 104 of substantially trapezoidal shape, having an upper edge 106, a lower edge 108 and side or end edges 110-110. The lower edge 108 is shorter than the upper edge 106 and hence the ends 110 slope upwardly and outwardly toward the upper edge. The front panel 104 is connected along its lower edge 108 by a hinge 112 (Fig. 15) so that it may be moved to and from the support or backboard 100 from a collapsed to an open position or vice versa, and is operably connected to the support by end members 114114. Each end member 114 is connected along one edge to an end of the front panel by a hinge 116 and its opposite edge extends through a slot 118, of which there are two formed in spaced parallel relation in the support 100 (Fig. 14). The slots 118118 are at a lesser spacing than the ends of the front panel so that the end members or panels 114-114 of the pocket which pass through these slots are caused to be folded against the back of the board when the pocket is collapsed. Each end panel 114 has upwardly inclined top and bottom edges so as to afford operating room for movement of the end panels through the slots. The end panels also have at their upper rear extremities extensions 116 which as will subsequently appear serve to prevent disengagement of the end panels from the slots. A calendar pad C may be fastened by adhesive, stapling or other suitable means to the front face of the pocket panel.

The backboard or support 100 in this form of the invention has hinged to its upper edge a faceboard or covering board 119 which extends downwardly from the top edge of the backboard toward the top of the pocket and has a lower edge 120 which overlaps the upper ends of the slots 119 so that when the end panels 114114 are inserted through the slots 119 so that when the end panels 114-414 are inserted through the slots and the faceboard is folded downwardly into contact with the front face of the backboard the overlapping lower edge of the faceboard covering the upper ends of the slots constitutes a stop which prevents the panel extension 116 from being withdrawn from the slots. To afford means for engaging or disengaging the rear ends of the panels with the slots after the panel is folded, slits 122 are made in the substance of the lower edge of the panel which permit the board to yield sufficiently to press the projections 116 through them in either direction.

The backboard 100 also has in it a slot 124 (Figs. 14 and 16) which is parallel to the bottom edge and is located at about the level of the top of the pocket. The lower edge 120 of the panel 119 has hinged to it an extension 126 which is adapted to be inserted through the slot 124 so as to extend downwardly and rearwardly from the backboard (Fig. 15) and to form a supporting leg for the mount. The leg 126 has in it an aperture 130 for receiving in looking engagement the free end of a brace 128 hinged to the backboard. To lock the leg and brace in extended position there is a tongue 132 in the aperture which meshes with an enlarged aperture in the free end of the brace. In this form of the movement the panel 119 need not be adhesively fastened to the backboard since it will be retained in place by engagement of the extension or leg 126 with the slot 124. The panel 119 is preferably of decorative character and may or may not serve as a support for photographs, prints and the like.

The hinges connecting the

parts

104 and 119 to the backboard and the parts 114 to the ends of the part 104 are all constituted as heretofore described with reference to the previous mounts, by paper facing applied to the opposite faces of these parts and hence need not be redescribed here.

The blank B" for forming or making the aforesaid mount and pocket (Fig. 16) is cut from sheet material and is divided into three sections, namely a middle section S", which constitutes the backboard or support, and end section P", which constitutes the pocket panels and an end section C", which constitutes the faceboard and leg for the mount. The section S is substantially rectangular and is divided from the sections P" and C" by hinge lines C10 and C11. The section P" is further subdivided by hinge lines C12C12 to provide the panel 104 which constitutes the front panel of the pocket and the side panels 114114, which constitute the ends of the pocket. The opposite end section C", is also subdivided by a hinge line C13 parallel to the hinge lines C10 and C11 so as to provide an abbreviated faceboard 119 and a leg 126. Spaced parallel slots 118118 are then made in the backboard, a slot 124 is made trans versely of the backboard and a brace 128 is severed along three sides from the backboard, the remaining side being left attached thereto and scored to provide a hinge C14. The leg member 126 has an aperture 130 cut in it which has entering one side thereof a locking tab 132 engageable with the brace 128. Slits 122 are made in the edge of the section C, by cutting through the substance along straight lines perpendicular to this edge.

1 The blank thus formed is set up by folding the panel 104 on the hinge line C10 toward the front face of the backboard and inserting the free edges of the end panels 114-114 through the slots 118-118 and then folding a the section C" toward the face of the backboard and thrusting the leg 126 through the slot 124 so that it projects downwardly and rearwardly from the backboard. Interengagement of the leg 126 with the slot 124 serves to hold the faceboard 119 against the front face of the backboard without other attaching means and the brace 128 is then engaged with the aperture 130 so as to hold the leg angularly disposed with reference to the back.

As thus constructed this mount provides a compact, pocket-type calendar pad support of somewhat simpler construction than that previously described and susceptible to easy manufacture in quantity since it may be laid out for cutting as a single operation and requires a minimum amount of hand work to finish and assemble it.

It should be understood that the present disclosure is for the purpose of illustration only and that this invention includes all modifications and equivalents which fall Within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A calendar mount carrying an extensible pocket comprising a rigid board, a panel hinged along its lower edge to the rigid board, said panel forming the front of the pocket and being angularly movable to and from the board which provides the back of the pocket and end members having forward and rear edges operably connecting the panel to the board, said end members being hinged along their forward edges to the opposite ends of the panel and said board having slots near its lateral edges symmetrical with respect to the hinges joining the end members to the panel through which the rear edges of the end members project and in which the end members are slidable to extend or collapse the pocket, the distance between the slots being less than the distance between the hinges joining the end members to the panel and means for preventing the end members from being withdrawn from the slots.

2. A calendar mount carrying an extensible pocket comprising a rigid board, a substantially trapezoidal panel having a top, bottom and ends, the top being wider than the bottom and the ends sloping laterally outward from the bottom toward the top, means hingably joining the bottom edge of the panel to the board, said panel forming one wall of the pocket and being angularly movable to and from the board which forms an opposite wall of the pocket, end members having forward and rear edges operably connecting the panel and the board, means hingably connecting the forward edges of the end members to the sloping ends of the panel, said board having spaced parallel slots through it behind the panel through which the rear edges of the end members project and are slidable to extend or collapse the pocket, the distance between the slots being less than the distance between the hinges joining the end members to the panel and means for preventing the rear edges of the end members from being disengaged from the slots.

3. A calendar mount according to claim 1, wherein the opposite edges of the end members of the pocket having locking tabs projecting upwardly therefrom which overlap the upper edges of the slots when the pocket is opened.

4. A calendar mount according to claim 1, wherein the rear edges of the end members are longer than the slots in which the ends operate and the slots have lateral extensions providing in conjunction with the slots deviating openings corresponding in overall length to said rear edges of the ends, said lateral openings being separated from the slots by surfaces which normally operate to hold the extensions in the slots out of registration with said lateral extensions.

5. A calendar mount according to claim 1, wherein the pocket panel is narrower than the board and is locatedat the bottom of the board so that a portion of the board rises upwardly from the top of the pocket and a faceboard having a substantially rectangular sight opening therethrough is fastened to the upwardly extending portion is of the board above the pocket between which and the board may be placed matter to be displayed.

:6. A calendar mount according to claim 1, wherein the pocket panel is narrower than the board and is located at the bottom of the board so that a portion of the board rises upwardly from the top of the pocket, and a faceboard having a rectangular sight opening therethrough is fastened at its top and bottom edges to the board above the pocket leaving its lateral edges unattached for reception between it and the board for matter to be displayed, the lower edge of the faceboard overlaps the upper ends of the slots and forms means which prevent disengagement of the ends of the pocket from the slots.

7. A calendar mount according to claim 1, wherein the board is made wider than the pocket panel, that portion of the board carrying the pocket constituting a leg and the remainder thereof constituting the front board of an easel to the face of which is attached a faceboard having a sight opening therein beneath which may be placed matter to be displayed.

8. A calendar mount according to claim 1, wherein the board is wider than the pocket panel, a faceboard is attached to the portion of the board not covered by the pocket panel, said faceboard having a sight opening therein beneath which may be placed matter to be displayed and said board having a hinge extending transversely of it between the pocket panel and faceboard ermitting folding the board to provide an easel-type support having converging legs joined by said transverse hinge, one leg of which carries the pocket and the other leg of which carries the faceboard.

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