US784969A

US784969A - Memoranda attachment for watches.

Info

Publication number: US784969A
Application number: US22779704A
Authority: US
Inventors: William Weller Wikoff
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1904-10-10
Filing date: 1904-10-10
Publication date: 1905-03-14
Anticipated expiration: 1922-03-14

Description

PATENTED MAR. 14, .1905.

W. W. WIKOFF. v 1 MEMORANDA ATTAGHMENT POR WATCHES.

FPLIUATIOI FILED 00T. 10,1904.

ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES Patented Maren 14, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

NIEIVIORANDA ATTACHMENT FOR WATCHES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 784,969, dated March 14, 1905.

Application filed October l0, 1904. Serial No. 227,797.

To @ZZ wtont it HMI/y concern.:

Beit known that I, VILLTAM WELLER 1V I- KOFF, a citizen of the United States, residing at Maysville, in the county of Mason and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Memoranda Attachment for IVatches, of which the following is a specification.

It is a common practice to supplement the memory with written memoranda, which is usually placed in the pocket or in some outof-sight place. Such memoranda not being obtrusively thrust upon the notice of the writer frequently fails in its purpose.

My invention is designed to provide a simple memoranda attachment which is so fashioned as to be easily applied to any watch and which by the frequent reference to the watch in determining the time of day directs the notice of the writer to his memoranda. In other Words, the writer does not have to remember the fact that he has a memoranda as a condition precedent to reference thereto, but has his memoranda obtrusively thrust upon his attention every time he consults his watch.

Figure l is a face view of the memoranda attachment applied to a watch. Fig. 2 is an edge View of the attachment looking at it from the upper end. Fig. 3 is an edge view of the attachment taken from the side and showing the saine just about to be applied to the subjacent watch. Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional view of one edge of the tablet attachment, showing its manner of construction.

Referring to the drawings, the writing-su rface A of the attachment is to be made of any material which willreceive the mark of a pencil and which can be erased. For this purpose it is preferably made of paper having a surface of silicated enamel or ef celluloid,slate, or other material. This writing-surface s,

Fig. 4, has an inner lining c, of chamois-skin, to prevent scarifying the watch, and these two thicknesses of material are clamped together and held at the edges by a ringl A', of sheet metal, Celluloid, or other material, the whole forming a circular writing-tablet. The attachment is made concave with bevel edges adapted to closely lit over half of the watch and is retained thereon as follows: At the upper end (see Eig. 2) two clasp-springs (t (t are attached to the marginal ring, which are adapted to be forced over and clasped around the stem of the watch, and at a diametrically opposite point a spring-lip a is made to hook under the bezel or ring-frame of the watch. The face of the writing-surface may have lines for memoranda, as seen in Fig. 1, or may be plain.

Vith such a memoranda attachment to a watch it will be seen that a forcible reminder ofthe existance of the memoranda is given A each time the watch is consulted.

The attachment is to be made in various sizes so as 'to be universally applicable to all watches and is to be made and sold as a separate article of manufacture.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A memoranda attachment for a watch comprising a detachable circular writing-tablet made concave to'it over the watch and means for securing it to the watch substantially as described.

2. A memoranda attachment for a watch comprising a writing-surface, a soft lining, a marginal ring and means for securing it to the watch substantially as described.

3. A memoranda attachment for a watch comprising' a writing-surface and claspsprings adapted to embrace the stem of the watch substantially as described.

4. A memoranda attachment for a watch comprising a writing-surface, and a marginal frame having clasp-springs for the stem of the watch at one side, and a retaining-lip at the other substantially as described.

WILLIAM W'ELLER 1N IKOFF.

Witnesses:

I/V. B. WORTHINGTON, H. M. CLARK.