US555615A - Case for holding and displaying samples of cards - Google Patents

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(No Model.) r

' 4 G. H. PEDRIGK.

CASE FOR HOLDING AND DISPLAYING SAMPLES 0F CARDS. No.555, 6l5.

Patented Mar. 3, 1896.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. PEDRIGK, OF MOORESTOWN, NEW JERSEY.

CASE FOR HOLDING AND DISPLAYING SAMP LES OF CARDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 555,615, dated March 3, 1896.

Application filed July 24, 1895. Serial No. 557,017. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. PEDRICK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Moorestown, in the county of Burlington and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cases for Holding and Displaying Samples of Cards, &c. 3 and I do hereby declare the following to be a sufficiently full, clear, and exact description thereof as to enable others skilled in the art to make and use the said invention.

This invention relates to cases for holding and transporting samples of card or other flat materials or fabrics, and has for its object the retaining of such samples in classified order, and presenting all of them simultaneously to inspection in the most convenient position for observation and reference by simply opening the lid of the case.

The invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claim.

I will now proceed to particularly describe the construction and operation of this invention, referring in so doing to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective'view of my case partly open. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section of Fig. 1.

1 1 represent the vertical sides of the case, 2 the bottom, and 3 and 4, respectively, the parallel inclined front and rear sides of the case. 5 are transverse partitions also inclined and parallel with the front and rear sides 3 and 4. 6 are Vertical partitions at right angles to the inclined partition 5.

The intersecting partitions 5 and 6 divide the box into rectangular inclined compartments 7, and cards or other flat samples of merchandise placed in them are presented to View at a convenient angle to receive light and present their faces at right angles to the line of vision of an observer.

The depth of the compartments '7 is such as to retain the samples or cards with a portion of the latter exposed above the compartments when the slidable cover 9 is removed. The said cover has an opening or space equal to or greater than the exposed sample ends and is provided with cleats 12 upon the inner sides, reaching from end to end of the cover and extending from the top of the latter to the top of the case, to hold the bottom 2 of the case in contact with the bottom 13 of the cover, so that the cards or samples are protected from being crushed, bent, or otherwise mutilated by contact with the cover 9 as the latter is slid over the case. the case projects above the top edge of the latter sufficiently to close the said opening between the cover and case.

When filled with samples, each sample is held in inclined position and all are fully displayed simultaneously in the best light for inspection immediately upon opening the case or box.

Having described this invention, What I claim is- In a sample-holder, the combination of the case having two parallel inclined sides, one of such sides having a portion projecting above the top edge of the case, inclined partitions parallel with the sides, two vertical parallel sides, and vertical partitions intersecting said inclined partitions to form the sample-compartments, with the slidable cover having an opening or space to receive the projecting sample ends, and the cleats secured in said opening to keep the bottom of the case and of the cover in contact, substantially as shown and described.

C. H. PEDRICK.

Witnesses:

O. R. MORGAN, HAROLD H. PRINDLE.

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