US553887A

US553887A - Portfolio

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Publication number: US553887A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1896-02-04
Anticipated expiration: 1913-02-04

Description

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No. 553,-88f7.- Patented Fab. 4, 1896.

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LEVI W. YAGGY, OF LAKE FOREST, ILLINOIS.

PORTFOLIO.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 553,887, dated February 4, 1896. Application led May 1l, 1895. Serial No. 548,956. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, LEVI W. YAGGY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lake Forest, in the county of Lake and State of Illinois, have invented vcertain new and useful Improvements in a Combination Portfolio, Easel, and Desk; and I 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 accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to portfolios adapted more especially for the use of artists, and its object is to provide an article of this character which may be instantly transformed into a desk and an easel.

The invention consists in the application to a receptacle of the general form of a portfolio of side pieces or leaves hinged, the one to open downwardly to form a writing or drawing desk and the other to open upwardly to form a leg or support to hold the case in an upright position.

The invention consists further in the peculiar form of hinge used, whereby the swinging leaves are caused to move together.

In the drawings, Figure l is a front elevation of the portfolio open. Fig. 2 is an end view of the same closed. Fig. 3 is a similar view, the article being open. Fig. 4 is de- Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line 5 5 of Fig. 3, and Fig. 6 is adetail of the hinge.

The main or body portion A of the portfolio is oblong rectangular, assuming the form usual to articles of this class. Upon one of its sides, which will be called the front, is secured by hinges a rigid leaf B, the attachment being a little removed from the bottom or lower edge of the body portion, and the leaf being adapted to fold upwardly against the side of the latter. Upon the opposite side is secured by hinges a second rigid leaf VC, the attachment being somewhat higher than that of the leaf B, and this leaf is adapted to fold downwardly against the side of the body portion. The hinges carrying the leaf B are formed of a pair of plates a, attached to the side edges of the body portion, each having a forwardly-projecting apertured ear, and a pair of apertured plates b, attached to the lower corners of the leaf, and a pivot-pin CZ uniting the plates o b.

The leaf O may be secured by an ordinary pin-hinge. Each of the plates b is prolonged beyond the corner of the leaf B to form an arm D, which is approximately in line with the side edge of the leaf, but is bent slightly, so that when the leaf is closed the arm extends downwardly and obliquely across the end edge of the body portion. At the outer end of the arm D is a pair of lateral fingers e e', spaced apart upon the arms so as to receive the edges of the leaf C between them. The outer of the two ngers e is oset from the arm D by a stem of such length that when the leaves B C are both closed it will fall behind the latter, while the finger e is before it.

Then the leaf B is opened, the arms D throw the leaf O open a short distance also, so that it serves as a support or leg, by means of which the body portion A is held in an upright position, but tilted backwardly, as its lower edge rests upon a table.

The leaf B forms an inclined writing or drawing desk when opened, and when closed it closes and securely holds the leaf O.

When open for use as a desk or easel, the article is iirm and secure. The inclination of the body portion carries its lower edge forward of the point of attachment of the leaf B, so that pressure upon the latter tends to throw the body portion backwardly, and this tendency is positively resisted by the support D. The face of the body portion A, exposed by opening the leaf B, serves as an easel. A iexible or jointed flap F, secured to the back of the body portion near its top, is adapted to fold over upon the leaf B when closed and secure it by engaging any suitable clasp, as the button f.

The internal arrangement of the portfolio forms no part of the invention which is made the subject of this application. For the purpose of showing the general character of the article the drawings indicate the presence of pockets for the reception of writing, drawing, and painting materials.

Y I claim as my inventionl. The combination, in a combined portfo- IOO lio, easel `and desk, of a bodyportion adapted to stand upon one of its edges as aneasel, a leaf C, hinged to the body portion so as to open away from its lower edge to form aleg or support for the body portion and having no lateral motion, and a leaf, B, secured to the opposite side of thc body portion by a hinge located near the lower edge thereof and adapted to open downwardly to serve as a desk, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

In a portfolio the combination with a body portion, of two leaves upon opposite sides of the body portion and hinged thereto so that one of them opens upwardly and the other opens downwardly and mechanical connection between the leaves so that they open and close together, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth,

3. In a portfolio, the combination with a body portion, of a downwardly-openable leaf B, an upwardly-openable leaf C, and an arm xed to the leaf B, and projecting beyond the axial line upon which it swings and having sliding contact with the leaf C, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

i. The combination in a portfolio, with the body portion or case, of the rigid leaf B, hinged to the body portion above its lower edge so as to swing downwardly, the rigid leaf C, hinged to the opposite side of the body portion so as to open upwardly, and arms D, fixed to the leaf B, and extending backwardly therefrom across the axis upon which it swings, and having sliding engagement with the leaf C, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

5. The combination in a portfolio, with the body portion or ease, of a downwardly-open able leaf B, to form a desk, and an upwardlyopenable leaf C, to form a support for the body portion, and rigid arms xed to and projecting beyond the hinged end of the leaf B, and lateral fingers at the end of the arms spaced apart to receive the edge of the leaf, C, whereby the movement of the leaf C is controlled by the leaf B, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

G. The combination in aportfolio, with the body portion or case, of a downwardly-openable leaf B, to form a desk, and an upwardlyopenable leaf C, to form a support for the body portion, and rigid arms fixed to and project-- ingbeyond the hinged end of the leaf B, and lateral fingers at the end of the arms spaced apart to receive the edge of the leaf C, the outer finger being offset from the arm so that the arm may have an angular movementwth reference to the leaf C, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

7. The combination in a portfolio, of abody portion adapt-ed to stand upon one of its edges as an easel, a leaf, C, hinged to the body portion so as to open away from its lower edge to form a leg or support for the easel, and a leaf, B, secured to the opposite side of the body portion by a hinge located near the lower edge thereof and adapted to open downwardly to serve as a desk, and mechanical connection between the leaves whereby they open and close together, substantially described and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof l afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LEVI XV. YAGGY. lVitnesses LoUrs K. GILLsoN, SPENCER XVARD.