US607766A

US607766A - Pocket-holder for pencils

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Publication number: US607766A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1898-07-19
Anticipated expiration: 1915-07-19

Description

No. 607,766. Patented July !9, I898. l. L. RILEY.

POCKET HOLDER FOR PENCILS.

(Application filed Dec. 7, 1897.)

(K0 Model.)

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STATES JAMES L. RILEY, OF XENIA, ILLINOIS.

POCKET-HOLDER FOR PENCILS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 607,766,, dated July 19, 1898.

Application filed December 7, 1897. Serial No.'66l,096. (No model.)

To all 2072,0171 it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES L. RILEY, of the city of Xenia, Clay county, State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Im provements in Safety Attachments for Pockets, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

My invention relates to safety attachments for pockets whereby pencils, tooth-brushes, books, spectacles, &c., may beheld in place in the pocket of the wearer; and it consists of the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter shown, described, and claimed.

Figure 1 is a view in perspective of my im proved pocket-holder, the same being removed from the pocket. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of a portion of a vest, showing the pocket therein and my improved holder in position in said pocket and holding a pencil.

proximately on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional View taken ap- Fig. 4 is a side elevation of one end of my improved holder, said view being taken looking in the direction indicated by. the arrow 4 in Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a detail side elevation of the opposite end of my holder, which View is taken looking in the direction indicated by the arrow 5 in Fig. 1.

The object of my invention is to construct an improved holder which may be readily applied to the pocket and when applied will not become detached from said pocket and which holder will securely hold the pencil, toothbrush, memorandum-book, or like article, such as is usually carried in the upper vestpocket.

Referring by'numerals to the accompanying drawings, 1 indicates a length of resilient wire, which length of wire is bent into the form of the letter U and the upper ends of which diverge slightly from the curved portion. One end of this U-shaped length of wire is bent forwardly and then downwardly to form the inverted-U-shaped bend 2, and then said end is bent laterally and upwardly to form the U -shaped bend 3, which lies in a plane in front of the plane occupied by the body of. the wire 1, and then said end is bent laterally and downwardly to form the invert ed-U-shaped bend 4: in the same horizontal plane and in alinement with the inverted-U- shaped bend 2, and then said end is bent laterally, as indicated by 5, and terminates in the point 6, which laterally-bent end and point are in alinement in a vertical plane with the body of the wirel. The opposite end of the length of wire 1 is bent forwardly and downwardly to form the inverted-U-shaped bend 7. Then said end is bent laterally and upwardly to form the U shaped bond 8, which U-shaped bend 8 lies in a plane in front of that occupied by the body of the wire 1, and then said end is bent rearwardly and downwardly to form the inverted-U-shaped bend 9, which is in alinement and in the same horizontal plane with the inverted- U -shaped bend 7, and then said end is bent into a horizontal plane, as indicated by 10, and terminates in the point 11. The horizontal portion 10 of the end of the wire bears directly upon the rear side of the body of the length of wire 1.

When applying my improved holder to the pocket, the upper ends of the holder-are caught between the thumb and fingers of the hand and pressed toward one another. The body portion of the holder is now passed into the vest-pocket until the upper edge of the pocket contacts with the under sides of the U-shaped

bends

2, 4, 7, and 9. This movement brings the main body portion 1 of the wire, together with the horizontal portions 5 and 10, into the pocket, while the

U-shaped bends

3 and 8 are outside of the pocket. The thumb and fingers of the hand are now released from the ends of the holder, and the resiliency of the spring-wire of which the holder is constructed will cause the points 6 and 11 of the horizontal portions 5 and 10 of the holder to pass into the goods of which the vest is constructed, and thus hook and sesurely hold the holder in the proper position. Vhen it is desired to securely locate the pencil or like article in the pocket and holder, the point of the pencil or other article is passed downwardly between the inverted- U -

shaped bends

7 and 9 and between the U-shaped bend 8 and the horizontal portion 10. As the wire is resilient, the pencil or like article will be securely clamped and held in position when so located in the holder. As the upper ends of the holder tend to spring away from each other, they will when in position draw the upper edge of the vest-pocket taut, which movement will necessarily cause the upper edge of said pocket to be drawn tightly against the goods or body of the Vest, and for this reason a memorandum-book orlike article will be securely held in the pocket and not easily lost therefrom.

A holder of my improvedconstruction is very light and convenient, is readily placed in or removed from position and is almost entirely concealed from View.

I claim 1. A pencil-holder constructed of a single piece of resilient Wire bent into U shape and its ends being bent into hooks to engage the upper end of the pocket, one of which hooks is Wider than the other, and provided with a horizontal portion for retaining an article Within said last-named hook, substantially as specified.

2. The herein-described pocket-holder 0011- tially as specified.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

JAMES L. RILEY.

Witnesses:

J. A. KAGY, SAM ROBERTS.