US745251A

US745251A - Book handle or carrier.

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Publication number: US745251A
Application number: US12414002A
Authority: US
Inventors: Annie J Sleght
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1902-09-20
Filing date: 1902-09-20
Publication date: 1903-11-24
Anticipated expiration: 1920-11-24

Description

PATBNTED Nov; 24, 1903.. A. J. SLEGHT.

BOOK HANDLE 0R CARRIER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 20, 1902. 4

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UNITED STATES fatented November 24, 1903.

ANNIE J. SLEGHT, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

BOOK H ANDLE OR CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 745,251, dated. November 24, 1903. Application filed September 20, 1902. SerialNo. 124,140- (No model.)

To all w/wm, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANNIE J. SLEGHT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Book Handles or Carriers; and 1 do hereby 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 figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The objects of this-invention are to provide means for conveniently carrying in the hand a book which it is desired to read from time totime; to provide for "the use of travelers and the like a carrieror handle which can be readily-applied to a book and present a handy convenient grasp, while at the same time not interfering with the opening or reading of the book; to secure, adevice which shall be adjustable, and thus applicable to books of different sizes, and to obtain other advantages and results, some of which may be hereinafter referred to in connection with the description of the device.

r The invention consists in the improved handle or carrier herein described and in the arrangements and combinations of the parts of the same, all substantially as will be hereinafter set forth, and finally embraced in the clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the several figures, Figure 1 shows in perspective my improved device as employed in carrying a book, and Fig. 2 illustrates the same with the book extended or open. Figs. 3 and 4 are siinilarviews of a modified construction which may be employed under some conditions.

In said drawings, 2 indicates a book which it is desired to carry in the hand convenient for reading 'or'reference as an opportunity presents itself upon the train or under similar conditions. It is well known that to grasp a book directly in the hand is a most inconvenient way of carrying it, especially for the traveler, encumbered as he is with other articles, such as traveling-bag, umbrella,wrap, or. the like. Furthermore, the direct contact of the hand with the book tends to soil and injure it. At the same time, where it is desired to open the book at any moment to read it is obviously impracticable to put an ordinary book-strap around it because of the labor and trouble incident to repeated strappings and unstrappings. I have therefore sought to provide a carrying device or handlewhich can be applied to the book and yet not interfere with its opening or reading, as usual. To this end a strap or band of light material is provided, which is adapted to be passed under the back of the book, with its parallel portions 4 4 separated, so as to form a stable support, and its loop-like ends 5 5 projecting upward from the free edges of the covers of the book, one on eachiside;

Attached to the parallel portions of the endless strap or band 3 at each side of its middle is a transverse strap or band 6, extending at right angles to said strap or band 3 and adapted in use to extend around the cover of the book from top to bottom, and thus hold the main strap or band 3 inproper place upon the book.

The transverse straps 6 are each fastened at its outer portion 7 to the parallel portions 44: of the main strap 3, and thus serve to hold the said portions 4 4 in their proper relatively separated portion, While at the same time the loop or opening of the transverse strap is left open to slip over the cover of the book.

When'thus applied to a book, as described and as illustrated in the drawings, the two doubledends of the main band 3 project upward one from each free edge of the covers of the book, so that in carrying the book the two loops may lie close together to be grasped conveniently in the hand, while at the same time they are free to separate and permit. an unimpeded opening of the book.

A holder'or carrier is thus provided which is formed of separated narrow straps and does not, therefore, envelop or cover the book and become more prominent than the book itself. It is merely a skeleton carrier of the simplest construction, the main band or strap taking the weight of the book, while the transverse straps serve to fasten the device firmly to the book.

The whole thing is so light that it presents no obstruction to the holding or reading of the book, and yet it supports the book in a stable position which cannot injure the book.

To provide for the adjustment of the device to books of diflt'erent sizes the two parallel portions 4 4 of the main strap or band 3 may at or near their middle portions be parted or cut, and the ends thus formed provided with a buckle S or any other equivalent means for adjustable connection. The transverse straps 6 may also be made adjustable, either by inserting a piece of elastic 9 in that portion of the band adapted to lie inside the cover of the book, as in Fig. 4, or by means of a buckle 10 at the outside of the cover, as shown in Fig. 1. Either one or more transverse straps may be used for each cover of the book, as desired.

Other modifications and changes from the exact construction described may be made without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as set forth in the claims, and I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself by the positive descriptive terms employed except as the state of the art may require.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is 1. A book handle or carrier comprising two independent loops each adapted to receive the hand, a strap connecting each end of a loop with the corresponding end of the other loop and having intermediate of its ends a buckle and tongue, whereby its length is adjustable, and transverse straps between said loops each secured at two separated points to the said 0011- necting-straps.

2. A book handle or carrier comprising an endless band or strap adapted to be doubled around the back of a book and provide two hand-loops on opposite sides of the boolgeaeh connected at its ends to the corresponding ends of the other loop by independent separated strands, and transverse independent straps each attached at two separated points to the inner sides of said endless strap or band and adapted to independently engage the covers of a book and hold the handle or carrier thereto.

3. A book handle or carrier comprising two independent loops each adapted to receive the hand, a plurality of straps each connecting one end of a loop with the corresponding end of the other,and other independent straps extending transversely of said connectingstraps and being each attached thereto at two separated points, said transverse straps extending outwardly beyond the connectingstraps and being adapted to fasten to the cover of a book.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 16th day of September, 1902.

ANNIE J. SLEGI-IT. WVitnesses:

IDA E. J ELLIFF, O. B. PITNEY.