US741878A - Writing-tablet. - Google Patents

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PATENTED OCT. 20, 19 93. P. B. BOGART.- WRITING TABLET. APPLIOATION FILED jun 27. 1903.

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NiTED STATES Patented October 20, 1903.

PATENT FFIQE:

PETER B. BOGART, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

WRITING-TABLET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 741,878, dated October 20, 1903.

Application filed July 27, 1903. Serial No. 167,094. (No modeLl .To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, PETER B. BoeARr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Milwaukee, county of Milwaukee, and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Writing-Tablets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in more particularly designed for use in con-' nection with that class of tablets shown and described in Letters Patent No. 716,629, issued to F. E. Dodge, of Vienna, Austria-Hungary, on the 23d day of December, 1902, and subsequently assigned to me.

In the following description reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a plan view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view drawn through the pencil-retainer. Figs. 3 and 4 are detail plan and sectional views, respectively, showing a modified form of retainer. Figs. 5 and 6 are similar views, respectively, showing a reversal of the style of retainer shown in Figs. 3 and 4. retainers of Figs. 4 and 6 and a portion of the backing, showing the slotted retainershank and a staple used for binding the various portions of the pad together, the staple being illustrated in cross-section.

Like parts are identified by the same reference characters throughout the several views.

A block of paper 1, prepared in the form of a writing-tablet, is provided with a transverse row of perforations at 2, which permit the main portions of the sheets to be torn off, leaving a stub at the upper end of the tablet. This stub is covered by a form 4, containing a guide-copy, as described in the aforesaid former patent. The pad is provided witha back 5, of comparatively stifi material, and the back is arranged to project from beneath the pad along one side, as indicated at a, forming a shelf adapted to support a pencil 7.

Fig. 7 is a detail view of one of the The back is provided with a pencil-.

retainer, which may be in the form of a loop 8, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, or in the form of a'hook 9,as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, or in the form of a hook 10, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6. In either case the shank of the hook is extended underneath the stub and secured to the stub and back by means of a staple 11, which also serves to hold the stub to the back and, in fact, secures the entire pad together.

The style of pencil-holder shown may be of pasteboard, leather, rubber, or any suitable flexible material. The hooks 9 and 10, however, are preferably formed of resilient metal, and it will be observed that the construction of the hook 10 is not materially different from that of the hook 9, except that the hook 10 is arranged to clamp the pencil between it and the back 5, while the hook 9 clamps it. against the side of the stub. Each of the retainers 8, 9, and 10, however, are located at the side of the pad adjacent tothe end of the stub and serve to securely hold the pencil in the angle formed between the stub and the back.

I am aware that it has heretofore been attempted to provide holders at the side of a writing-pad; but, so far as I'am aware, such holders have always been located opposite the removable portions of the sheets, which when torn off remove the support from the pencilretainer to such an extent that when the pad is partially exhausted the retainer gives way, thus causing the loss of the pencil. With my invention, however, the pencil-retainer 8, 9, or 10 is reinforced in two directions under all circumstances until the pad is completely exhausted. It is also protected against being accidentally struck, and a slight movement of the pencil brings the latter into contact either with the stub or with the base, thus preventing serious strain upon the retainer. Where metallic retainers are used, they are preferably provided with a slot, as indicated at b in Fig. 7. The retainer-shank is inserted underneath the stub in a position to receive the staple in the slot, the staple being shown in cross-section in said figure.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. In a device of the described class, a block of paper sheets, perforated near one end to KOO h LA

form a stub; a stiff backing for the sheets projecting at one side of the block to form a shelf; a pencil-retainer upon said shelf and having a shank projecting underneath the stub; andabinding device extendingthrough the stub, pencil-retainer shank and backing.

2. A block of sheets of paper, perforated near one end to form a stub; a stiff backing therefor, projecting laterally on one side of the block; a metallic plate interposed between the stub and the backing and projecting into the angle formed by the stub and backing at the side of the block; and a staple securing the stub-plate and backing together; said plate being bent into the form of a clam ping-hook adapted to cooperate with the stub and backing in retaining a pencil.

3. A block of sheets of paper provided with a stiff backing projecting at the right-hand side of the block toform a pencil-holding shelf; a pencil-retainer at the right-hand upper corner of the block in the angle formed by the block and shelf; and a binding device securing the block, pencil-retainer and back Witnesses:

LEVERETT 0. WHEELER, CHAS. B. PERRY.

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