US3142920A

US3142920A - Calendars

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Publication number: US3142920A
Application number: US149303A
Authority: US
Inventors: Jeffery N Nelson; Wilbur E Bennington; Marshall S Bates
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1961-11-01
Filing date: 1961-11-01
Publication date: 1964-08-04
Anticipated expiration: 1981-08-04

Description

4, 1964 J. N. NELSON ETAL 3,142,920

CALENDARS Filed NOV. 1, 1961 r R a W m 2 SWA.A an 5 m 4 FZB A 4muw% GZ CL/ HJWM 5 2 J y 3 a United States Patent 3,142,920 CALENDARS Jeffery N. Nelson, 7305 Harriet Ave, Wilbur E. Bennington, 5857 Irving Ave. S., and Marshall Bates, 4253 Dupont Ave. N., all of Minneapolis, Minn. Filed Nov. 1, 1961, Ser. No. 149,363 1 Claim. (Cl. 40-422) This invention relates to an improvement in calendars and deals particularly with a simple and effective calendar which may be manufactured in volume and sold to various individuals and firms for advertising purposes.

The present invention comprises an innovation in calendars which may be changed from time to time to suit each individual purpose. The structure departs from the standard type of calendar in that the basic purpose 1s as a dispenser of personal cards.

Calendars have long been used as a medium of advertising. In many instances, these calendars include a calendar pad which are made up in volume and which are identical, and a calendar pad support which bears the name of the advertiser. The calendar pad support usually is printed to bear the name and advertisement of the advertiser, and accordingly the calendar pad supports must be individually printed for each customer. As a result, calendars of the usual type can only be economically used if they are purchased in a considerable volume. The cost of printing the calendars with the name and advertisement would be excessive if only a small number of calendars were being produced.

It is an object of the present invent1on to provide a calendar which includes a support which is usually constructed of paperboard, ductile metal, plastic or the like and which includes the portion which may be bent to provide a supporting stand. In its preferred form, the calcudar comprises a generally rectangular backing sheet having channel shaped flanges extending along two opposed side edges and an angular flange along the bottom edge. A dividing flange is struck from the rear panel of the support and is bent forwardly and upwardly to div de the support into upper and lower sections. The dividing flange extends substantially to the plane of the channel shaped flanges and the formation of the flange provides a transverse slot extending across the backing panel of the support just beneath the flange. A calendar pad, or individual cards bearing a calendar notation, may be inserted through the slot by flexing the card or pad upon insertion, the cards or pad when in place being retained in position by the channel shaped flanges which engage the opposite side edges and the bottom edge of the pad or cards. The upper section of the calendar support forms a compartment of proper size to accommodate ordinary business cards. These business cards may be inserted or removed from the top of the support.

A feature of the present invention resides in the fact that the calendar support is normally of suflicient thickness to provide space for a series of business cards if it is so desired. Accordingly, if it is desired, the advertiser can supply the calendar with a series of cards which may be individually removed and distributed when it is so desired.

These and other objects and novel features of the present invention will be more clearly and fully set forth in the following specification and claim.

In the drawings forming a pair of the specification.

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of the calendar support with the calendar pad and cards omitted therefrom.

FIGURE 2 is a vertical sectional view through the calendar pad support illustrated in FIGURE 1.

FIGURE 3 is a front elevational view of the calendar support.

3,142,920 Patented Aug. 4., 1964 FIGURE 4 is a top view looking down upon the upper end of the calendar support.

As indicated in the drawings, the calendar support A includes a rectangular back panel 10 having along opposite edges right angularly extending flanges 11 connected at their forward edges to inturned flanges 12. The

flanges

11 and 12 form channel shaped sides which are designed to retain a pad of paper or a plurality of cards against the back panel 10.

A flange 13 is connected to the lower edge of the back panel 10 and is bent at right angles to the back panel to extend forwardly therefrom. The flange 13 is designed to retain a pad of papers or cards within the lower portion of the support.

A flange 14 is struck from the back panel 10 intermediate the upper and lower edges of the back panel and is bent at right angles to extend forwardly from the back panel. The flange 14 is connected to the back panel along the upper edge of a transverse slot 15 which extends the entire width of the back panel 10. The slot 15 may provide access to the lower portion of the support, and a calendar pad or cards may be inserted through the slot and into the lower portion of the support. It should also be noted that the flange 14 terminates short of the inner edges of the opposed flanges 12, making it possible to insert the pad or cards into the lower portion of the support by bowing the pad or cards forwardly. When engaged, the pad or cards rest upon the flange 13. A calendar pad 16 is indicated in FIGURE 2 of the drawings resting upon the flange 13 and having its side edges confined by the flanges 12.

The upper portion of the calendar support is designed to contain business cards such as 17. These cards rest upon the flange 14 and are confined at their side edges by the flanges 12. As a result, the cards may be removed one at a time if the calendar support is to be used as a means of dispensing business cards.

The lower portion of the calendar holder includes a pair of slits or cut lines 19 which are centered with respect to the sides of the back 10 and which converge toward a line of fold 20 near the lower edge of the back panel 10 and parallel thereto. The cut lines 19, together with the lower edge of the slot 15 and the fold line 20, form a trapezoidal tab 21 which may be folded rearwardly from the back panel as indicated in FIGURES l and 2 of the drawings to form an easel support for the device. The trapezoidal tab 21 is designed to hold the backing panel 10 at a desired angle to the vertical so that the calendar pad 16 and the business card 17 may be readily viewed.

In accordance With the patent statutes, we have described the principles of construction and operation of my improvement in calendars, and while we have endeavored to set forth the best embodiment thereof, we desire to have it understood that changes may be made within the scope of the following claim without departing from the spirit of our invention.

We claim:

A calendar support including:

(a) a generally rectangular back panel,

(15) channel shaped forwardly extending opposed side portions on said back panel forming parallel grooves of a predetermined width,

(0) a forwardly turned flange along the lower edge of said panel,

(d) said panel having a slot extending throughout the width thereof at a locus intermediate the upper and lower edges of said panel for the insertion of cards and the like into the grooves of said channel shaped portions from behind said back panel, and

(e) a forwardly turned partition flange integral with the portion of the back panel above said slot and extending forwardly from the back panel along the upper edge of said slot,

(7) whereby additional cards and the like can be inserted in the grooves of said channel-shaped portions to rest on said partition flange for facile subsequent removal via the upper ends of said grooves.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Gillbee Oct. 1, 1895 Hansen Sept. 4, 1934 Moore July 26, 1938 Slavsky Sept. 6, 1960 Hopp Apr. 17, 1962