US399249A - Book or album - Google Patents

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(No Model.)

N.JQDOBBINS.

BOOK 0R ALBUM. 7

No. 399,249. Patented Mar. 12, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT rricn.

XANCY J. DOBBINS, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

BOOK OR ALBUM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 399,249, dated March 12, 1889.

Application filed April 30, 1888. fierial No. 272,391. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it 11mg concern:

3c it known that I, Xnncr J. DOBBINS, a citizen of the l'nited States of America, re- 1 siding at Denver, in the county of Arapahoe and State of Colorado, have invented certain I new and useful Improvements in Books or,

. Albums, of which the following is a specifica- 1 tion, reference being had therein to the accompanying drz'iwings. My invention relates to a novel and improved construction of books, more especially adapted for use with the class of books ordinarily termed albtunsf and used for the reception and preservation of flowers, pictures 5 and souvenirs; and its object is to furnish a hook of novel vet highly-crammental appearance, XO'C only of moderate costof necessary construction, especially adapted for use as a flower or picture album, or for any of the uses 1 such ornamental hooks are usually put to, to which ends it consists in the features and l l combinations more particularly l'lQlGlllElltQl' described and claimed.

In the accompany ing drawin is illustrated i a book embodying my invention, in which drawings Figure 1 is an outer side view of such a book; Fig. 2, a plan view of the book opened; Fig. 3, a top edge view of a few of the leaves partially opened out.

In the figures the reference-numerals l indicate the covers of the book. Each cover has two edges at about a right angle to each other, the two covers being united together at such angle 13 by a hinge, 5. The other edge or side of the cover 4.- cnrves from one straight edge to the other, this curved edge being cut into scallops, as shown, to give a shell-like nppearancc to the cover, or into any other ornamental and fanciful shape. The covers, one or both, may be covered with any desired material, and may be padded or puffed or embroidered to add to their general ornamental and artistic effect. The shape and mode of folding the leaves are shown in Fig. 2. \Vhile each leaf is a single or unitary sheet of paper or other fabric, the sheet may be considered as composed of four quarters, (3, 7, 8, and 9, each of which is of the same genoral shape and contour as is the cover, but slightly smaller, so that when the book is 1 with the angle 13.

rection. upon the inside of the covers.

closed the cover shall have the proper amount of protecting projection over the inclosed leaves.

The dotted lines 10 represent the lines of the main folding, dividing the sheet into the quarters noted such lines being at right angles to each other, Across the center of two opposite quarters, 7 and h, are folding lines 1,

dividing such two quarters into eighths. To

fold in the leaf or sheet, each of the two quar- 3 tors 7 and 9 is folded inwardly on the creasing or folding lines ll, so that the backs of the eighths in each quarter are against each other, the other two quarters, f5 and R, folding I up flat against the folded-in quarters T and .l,

as indicated in Fig. a.

The leaves may be secured within the covers lrv stitching at the center of the leaves, their centers i'orres1nnnling and coinciding Preferably, hmvevcr, as giving greater seen ritv and firmc r attachment, and at. the same time forming pockets for the reception and securement of pictures, 850., they may be secured together by pasting quarters ti and 8 in one leaf to corresponding quarters of adjoining leaves, and pasting such quarters in the outermost leaves in either di- If the pasting he done by lines of g1 no or inueilage along the lines 10 and on the backs of the quarters of the leaves, pockets 12 will he formed, in whose faces or sides the customary openings 15 may be made to show the picture or object secured within the pocket.

\Vith the exercise of taste and skill in the ornamentation and adornment of the covers and in the selection of the :labrics for the leaves an exceedingly novel, striking, and handsome book or album may readily be made, a preferable shape therefor heing that. of a shell, as shown.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim 1. A book or'alhum having its leaves creased or folded diagonally into segmental quarters, two of the quarters being creased or folded into half-segments of such quarters, theleaves being united together at the angle or union of the creased or folding lines, substantially as set forth.

2. An album or book. having its leaves edges to form a pocket, 12, one of the walls of the pocket being perforated, and a cover of x 5 shape corresponding to the quarters, leaves, and cover being secured together at the angle or intersection of the creased or folding lines, substantiallyas set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix niysignature in 20 presence of two witnesses.

NANCY J. DOBBINS.

Witnesses:

Z. F. WILBER, 13. L: PoLLocK.

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