US522251A

US522251A - Calendar-holder

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Publication number: US522251A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1894-07-03
Anticipated expiration: 1911-07-03

Description

(No Model.)

, L. G. POUSE.

GALENDAR HOLDER.

- Patented July 3, .1894.

TUESDAY 2 Qm/MMJZEEM v UNITED STATES PATE T OFFICE.

LEVI GARNERFOUSROF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CALENDAR-HOLDER."

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 522,251, dated July 3,1894.

Application filed March 13, 1894:. Serial No. 503,442. (No model.)

in Calendar-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a device for holding calendars of the type composed of sheets or strips of paper or the like devoted to the respective days of the year; and it relates more particularly to the specific construction ang arrangement of a holder for such a calen ar.

The principal object of my invention is to provide a holder for a calendar composed of sheets or strips of paper or the like and so arranged as that the calendar can be readily clamped to and maintained in required position in connection with the holder and at the same time can be released therefrom.

The nature and particular features of my invention will be more fully understood from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming part hereof; and in which- Figure 1,'is a top or plan view of the holder with a calendar engaging the spring support ing clamps thereof. Fig. 2, is a side elevational view of the same. Fig. 3, is a plan view of the bottom of said holder, showing the specific construction and arrangement thereof; and Fig. 4:, is a rear end view of the holder. Referring to the drawings A, is arectangular skeleton metal frame with an integral struck up back a, cut away to form an opening a, and with sides a and 0. respectively bent, recessed or arched at a and a, to constitute clamps on both sides for springing the sides of the calendar B, into engagement therewith and so as to maintain the same in required position on the holder A. Integral with the bottom a of the holder, is stamped out a V or other shape strip or part with or without an opening a therein, and which strip is bent outwardly so as to constitute a leg or support 0, for the holder A, and in order that the calendar may be held at an angle to the plane upon which it rests in its normal position. It may be here remarked that the struck up sides a and a and end or back a, formed integral with the bottom of the holder A, may be made ornamental, if desired, and the holder A, cut away as illustrated, in order to reduce the quantity of metal therein to a minimum and thus the cost of transmission of the same by mail or otherwise. The calendar B,is applied to the holder A, by springing the same into contact with the clamps a and a of the sides a and 0. of the holder, and the same held thereby to required position against disengagement in any position of the holder.

A mon g the advantageous features of my invention may be mentioned first, that the device is composed of but a single piece of metal, and therefore, is inexpensive to produce for the reason that the integral parts forming the clamps for the calendar, as well as the support for the holder, are struck up by means of dies or similar appliances in a machine adapted therefor; second, the calendar can be readily applied to and detached ,from the holder and at the same time the clamps of the holder are arranged so as to firmly support the calendar to required position for use with out indentations or slits provided therein; and third, a calendar adapted for such a holder does not require that the same shall be provided with stubs in order to be able to detach a leaf or strip thereof from the rest of the leaves constituting the calendar mounted therein; and hence, the expense in the manufacture of such a calendar is appreciably lessened. In a word, each leaf or slip of the calendar can be readily removed in its entirety from the rest of the slips or leaves constituting the calendar with the least amount of trouble and time consumed in so doing in a holder embodying the features of my invention as hereinbefore fully explained.

Having thus described the nature and objects of my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination with a slip or sheet calendar, of a holder comprising a rectangular skeleton metal base provided with an integral inclined leg or support and a struck up slotted end havingsides which are provided with inner my signature in the presence of two subscribbulged recesses forming hearings or clamps ing Witnesses. a and a as shown, for engaging and holding by the sides said calendar firmly to position LEVI GARM ER FOUSE' 5 on said base, substantially as shown and de- Witnesses:

scribed. RICHARD O. MAXWELL,

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set I THOMAS M. SMITH.