US722295A - Pocket-book. - Google Patents

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No. 722,295. PATENTED MAR. 10, "1903.

H. J. GAISMAN.

POCKET BooK.

`APPLICATION FILED AUG. 13. 1902.

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POCKET-BOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 722,295, dated March 10, 1903.

Application filed August13,1902. `Serial No. 119,496. (No model To @ZZ whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, HENRY J. GAISMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing in New York city, borough of Manhattan, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pocket- Books, of which the vfollowing is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide pocket-books or the like which shall have but comparatively few independent or separate pieces, whereby the durability of the pocketbook will'be increased and its cost to manufacture relatively diminished and wherein also a pocket of comparatively large capacity can be produced.

In carrying out my invention I provide a blank or body portion which at opposite sides has three adjacent integral projections or wings, the edges of the intermediate Vor mid- Adle projections of each set being connected to the corresponding edges of the adjacent projections, the connected projections being folded inwardly andpart of the body portion folded upon itself, whereby a compartment or pocket is formed. Vhen desired, a suitable frame may be secured to the edges of certain of said projections, and to increase the number of pockets in such compartment walls may be placed therein and their outer edges may be connected with said frame.

The invention also contemplates the novel details of improvement that will be more fully hereinafter set forth and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, wherein- Figure l is a perspective view of a pocketbook embodying my invention shown opened and parts broken away. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a blank from which the pocketbook may be made, and Fig. 3 is a detail view showing an advantageous manner of making the seam for connecting the edges of projections together.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

The numeral l in the accompanying drawings indicates a blank or piece of suitable material from which the main portions of the pocket-book may be constructed, and at one part on opposite sides said blank is shown provided with projections or wings lLL lb l",

which are made integral with the blank by suitably cutting the same. The adjacent edges of the projections l lb 1c are respectively connected together, as by stitches or with glue or the like, to form ends of a compartment or pocket, and these connected projections are folded inwardly over the blank or body portion, and the portion ld of the latter is folded over the portion le to produce the complete compartment or pocket. When desired, the body portion l may be folded, as on the dotted lines 2 2, to form a block bottom for the compartment; but, if preferred, the body portion may be folded on a single line in wellknown manner. As shown in Fig. 2, the projection lb is of greater area than the projections l 1c and is of substantially triangular form, and the projections 1C are shown as of greater area than the projections l, and the projections 1c may also be folded on the lines lf, as indicated in Fig. l. When the said projections are connected together, as described, they are folded inwardly substantially on the dotted lines 3, and to provide rm corners at the bottom of the compartment the cut-in edges of the blank terminating at et do not extend to the folding-lines 3, which provides integral material to be folded inwardly, as at 5.

The compartment constructed as described may be used with or without a frame 6, and when the latter is used it will be connected with the outer edge of the projection 1b, for which purpose the latter may be folded on the line 7 to form an edge 7 to receive the frame. (See Fig. l.)

To increase the number of pockets, I place within the compartment formed as above described one or more walls 8, which may be formed of separate pieces or of a single strip of suitable material folded in the middle and having its fold at the bottom of the compartment, and it may be held to the blank l, as by stitches 9. When the frame (iis used, it will be clamped to the outer edges of the walls 8 as well as to the edges of the projections l", as indicated in Fig. 2, or, if preferred, the frame can be dispensed with. When the walls 8 are used, a pocket will be formed between them, the projections l" providing the ends of such pocket, and a pocket 9 will be formed between the wall 2 and the IOO wall 8, the projections 12L providing the ends of such pocket, and a pocket 10 will be formed between the wall 8 and the part 1e of the blank 1, the projections 1c forming the ends of such pocket, all as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The projections 1a 1b 1, connected together as described, provide a comparatively wide compartment, and in either of the pockets formed as above described strips or walls may be placed, if desired, to provide a number of pockets for holding cards and the like.

A pocket-book or the like constructed as above described may be used with or without a iiapto fold over the same; but where a flap is desired the blank 1 may be extended, as at 11, and used with or without a pocket.

In the drawings I have shown a pocket 12, constructed as follows: A plurality of projections 13 13'LL are arranged on opposite sides, and the blank is folded, as on the dotted lines 14, the outer edges a. b of the adjacent projections 13 13a being secured together, as at 13b, and folded inwardly, as indicated in Fig. 1. In the example illustrated the projections 13 extend outwardly farther than the projections 13, and the projections 13 are folded inwardly, as on the dotted lines I5, while the projections 13a are folded as on the dotted lines 16, whereby the front wall 17 of the pocket 12 will be of less width than the opposite wall. The inner edges 13c of the projections 13"L are shown cut on aline extending at an acute angle to the lines 16` and the adjacent edges of the projections 13 are shown cut at a right angle at 13b, providing tongues 18, all Whereby the projections 13 13 may be folded inwardly, while providing a neat and secure corner for the pocket. The corners may be cemented or secured in place, if desired; but, if preferred, the pocket 12 may be otherwise arranged. A Hap for the pocket 12 may be provided by securing a strip 19 to the body portion, so that it may fold over the mouth of the pocket, as shown in Fig. 1. The eXtensions 2O may be folded over the blank to provide a finished edge between the two pockets. The portion 11a of the blank between the two pockets is of sufficient size to enable the two pockets to be folded upon each other.

While the edges of the projections may be secured together in any suitable manner, I prefer to form a seam, as is clearly shown in Fig. 3, wherein the edge of one projection, as l", is folded over the edge of another projection, as 1c, and stitches 2l are passed through the three plies, which provides a finished edge and a seam that is strong and not liable to tear.

If desired, a lining cut similarly to the blank 1 may be laid upon the latter and glued or otherwise secured thereto before the blank is made into a pocket-book. A pocket-book constructed in accordance with my invention will be comparatively simple and cheap to manufacture and will be strong and durable, because the main working parts of the same are all integral, whereby the usual separate gussets or gores that are fastened to the body portion of a pocket-book are dispensed with.

Having now described my invention, what I claim is- 1. A pocket-book or like article comprising a blank or body portion having three integral projections on opposite sides, the edges of the intermediate projections on opposite sides being secured to the corresponding edges of the adjacent pair of projections and said projections being folded inwardly, said body portion being folded upon itself over said inwardly-folded projections, substantially as described.

2. A pocket-book or like article comprising a blank or body portion having three integral projections on opposite sides, the edges of the intermediate projections being secured to the edges of the adjacent projections, and said projections being folded inwardly, said body portion being folded upon itself over said inwardly-folded projections, and a frame secured to the edges of certain of said inwardly-folded projections, substantially as described.

3. A pocket-book or like article comprising a blank or body'portion provided with three integral projections on opposite sides, the intermediate projections being of greater area than the adjacent or side projections, the edges of the intermediate projections being secured to the adjacent edges of the corresponding side projections, and said projec tions being folded inwardly, the body portion being folded over said projections, substantially as described.

4. A pocket-book or like article comprising a blank or body portion provided with three integral projections at opposite sides adapted to be folded inwardly, the adjacent edges of said projections being connected together, and the inner endsof said edges being located at a distance beyond the folding-lines of said projections to provide integral corners for the pocket, the body portion being folded upon said projections, substantially as described.

5. A pocket-book or like article comprising a body portion or blank having three integral projections on opposite sides, the edges of corresponding projections being secured together and said projections being folded inwardly, certain of said projections being also folded on lines extending at an angle to the lines on which they are folded inwardly, the

body portion being folded upon said projecj tions, substantially as described.

6. A pocket-book or like article comprising a blank or body portion having three projections on opposite sides, the edges of adjacent projections being secured together, said .projections being folded inwardly and the body portion being folded over said projections forming a compartment, a pair of walls located in said compartment, and a frame se- IOC IIO

8. A pocket-book or like article comprising a body portion having pairs of projections, the outer edges of said pairs being respectively secured together, the said projections being folded inwardly, the inner edges of one projection of each pair being cut on a line at an angle to its folding-line, and the body por tion being folded over said inwardly-folded projections, substantially as described.

HENRY J. GAISMAN.

Witnesses:

T. F. BOURNE, I. E. MCKIGNEY.

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