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H. K. SOUTHLAND 8v 0. I. WARREN.

COMBINED ADVERTISING MEDIUM AND CARD 0R TICKET HOLDER.

No. 350,022. Patented Sept. 28, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY K. SOUTHLAND AND CHARLES F. AR-HEN, OF WASHINGTON, T).

COMBINED ADVERTISING MEDIUM AND CARD R TICKET HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 350,022, dated septenioel 28,1886.

' Application filed February 11, lBFfi. Serial No. 191,634. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be itknown that we, HENRY K. SoU'rHmNn and CHARLES 11 WARREN, citizens of the United States, residing at XVashington, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Advertising Medium and Card or Ticket Holder; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accomparemovable, while retaining it with sufficient 5 security to prevent loss.

As now practiced rai lroad-tickets are sold in envelopes, which, while they hold the ticket against soiling, do not prevent it from being crumpled,and add nothing to the size or weight of the ticket, thereby rendering it liable to become displaced or lost; nor do envelopes at ford a permanent holder, or one that is likely to attract any attention when placed among other papers.

Our invention is designed to take the place of the envelopes now in use, and to cure the difficulties arising from such use in positions as herein indicated; and while our invention gives a more readily discoverable character to the ticket-holder and adds permanency and durability thereto, it at the same time affords a means for inserting any number of advertisements in a very readable way, and in such shape as will be likely to attract the attention of the ticket holder or purchaser. These advertisements can be made to be of value to the traveler, as we design placing advertisements in the pamphlet or little book which shall relate to matters at his destinationas, for instance, when a ticket is sold in New York for Vashington, the book or pamphlet on which it will beheld and delivered to the purchaser will contain Washington advertisements ofhotels, boarding-houses, places of business or amusement, lines of travel, and similar matter likely to be of interest and service to the traveler; and, if desired, a brief description of the town or city of destination and of the principal points of interest therein may be added to the advertisements, thus making the ticket-holder an invaluable adjunct to the ticket.

In constructing our device we prefer to have at least one of the backs on covers of the book stiii',though both may with good effect he stiii', and preferably are so. To the stiff or inflexible back we secure the ticket-holder, which we form of wire, and so construct as to have supports for the ticket at the bottom on both sides and a centrally in wardly-pressing spring portion for holdi ug the ticket securely in place. The top ofthespriugportion may have a curved guide extending out slightly, to the more read ily receive and guide the ticketinto place. This construction not only holds the ticketin position, so that it can be readily seen and its contents or the matter upon it readily perused, but it also makes a reliable holding means and prevents the ticket from dropping out, the ends of the loops, which lie upon the outside of the back, serving as raised supports for the ticket,while the ring or spring portion clamps or presses the ticket in against the back.

The following detailed description of our invention will enable others the more readily to understand the same.

The accompanying drawings illustrate what we consider to be the best means for carrying our invention into practice.

Figure l. is afront elevation of our combined device. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing a ticket in place. Fig. 3 is a side elevation or edge view.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures where they occur.

A. is the book or pamphlet,on the pages and covers of which the advertisements and other reading-matter are to be placed. To one of the covers a the ticket-holder is secured. This 2 aso.o22

ticket-holder is preferably made of a single piece of wire or other elastic springy material. The ends are fastened to the cover by being inserted through the same from the outside, extended along the inside of the cover, then passed back and extended for a suitable distance down the outside of the cover, as shown by the loop bin Fig. 3. Between these two end fastenings the wire is bent to form the bottom supports, b I), and the upwardly-extending central spring portion, B, whose natural elasticity, due to the manner in which it is constructed, presses inward toward the cover. A loop or double ring is made of the wire at this point, as shown in Fig. 2; or it may be twisted in any other desired or convenient form, one such being shown in Fig. 1. It is evident that the'form of the clamp at this point is not essential. It is also evident that the clamp ends may be secured to the cover in many other ways besides that shown, and we would not be understood as limiting ourselves to the form of clamp in any particular, except as to having a spring portion and support or supports for the lower edge of the ticket.

In order to facilitate the insertion of the ticket under the portion B, we provide a slightly outwardly projecting portion or guide, B, which may be made by simply bending or curving the top of part B outward, as shown in Fig. 3, or by making a loop or teat in the wire at this point, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Either form will serve to guide the ticket into place. r

As shown in the figures, the holder affords a centralopen space below, where the ticket may be reached and pushed upward when it is desired to remove it. This space is marked The portions of the loops'b and of the Wires of the device which rest upon the exterior oithe back form side supports for the back of theticket, and the ring or springportion B presses the ticket in between these wires against the back of the book and firmly holds it. ,The ticket is marked Z.

\Ve are aware that ticket and sample holders have before .been attached to various articles for advertising purposes, and these we do not claim, broadly; but our invention differs from them and constitutes a novel and convenient device for the purpose described.

Having thus described our invention, what we desire to claim and secure by Letters Patcut is- 1. A combined advertising medium and ticket-holder consisting of abook or pamphlet having a ticket-holder secured upon its cover, said ticket-holder being formed of wire bent upon itself to form aspring-clamp, and suitably shaped at the top to receive the ticket, the free ends of the wire being bent to form supports or retaining portions at its bottom, and suitably fastened to the cover to secure the holder in place, substantially as described.

2. A combined advertising medium and ticket-holder consisting of a book or pamphlet having a ticket-holder secured upon its cover, said ticket-holder composed of a single piece of wire bent upon itself to form a spring-01a m p, and an outwardly curved or extended guide on top, the free ends. of the wire being bent to form supports or retaining portions at its bottom,and passed through the cover toseeu re the holder in place, substantially as describedr In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY K. SOUTHLAND. CHAS. F. \VARREN.

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