US806888A

US806888A - Pocket-book.

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Publication number: US806888A
Application number: US28138605A
Authority: US
Inventors: Gustav Goldstein
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1905-10-05
Filing date: 1905-10-05
Publication date: 1905-12-12
Anticipated expiration: 1922-12-12

Description

No. 806,888. PATENTED DEC. 12, 1905.

G. GOLDSTEIN.

POCKET BOOK.

APPLICATION FILED 0015. 1905.

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GUSTAV GOLDSTEIN, OF NEW YORIQN. Y.

POCKET-BOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 12, 1905.

Application filed October 5, 1905. Serial No. 281,386.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GUSTAV GoLDsTEIN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pocket-Books, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to pocket books; and its main object is to provide a narrow compact fan-like pocket-book for ladies use which is adapted to be carried as a chatelaine and in which the receptacle or pocket is concealed within and protected by a folding case which when closed along diverging radial lines forms a narrow fan-shaped covering of convenient size and form for inclosing the receptacle or pocket and is designed to be attached by a chain or other fastening to a ladys belt as a chatelaine.

In the drawings accompanying this specification and forming part of the present application, Figure 1 is a side view of my improved fan pocket-book, showing the cover closed to protect the pocket within, with its inclosures. This view also shows the manner in which such fan-shaped pocket-book is formed by closing or folding the sections of the cover along diverging radial lines and means for conveniently carrying the sairne as i 2 is a perspective view of the same, showing the cover opened along its diverging lines,with a pocket attached to the inside of the cover along one of the fold-lines.

Similar characters designate like parts in both figures of the drawings.

In the embodiment of my invention illustrated in the accompanying drawings I have shown a fan-shaped pocket-book in which the cover has three sections bounded by diverging radial lines. The cover is designated generally by a, the central section thereof by b, and the side flaps by c. The fold-lines are designated d d and are in this case two in number, although any number of folds may be made and turned inward or folded around the pocket-book, as may be desired.

Along one of the fold-lines d (Z on the inside of. the cover a a pocket 6 is attached. This pocket has diverging sides, narrow at top and comparatively broad at bottom, to conform to the shape of the sections of the cover, so that when such cover is folded over the pocket will fit snugly within. This inclosed pocket will ordinarily be of the bellows type,

with a plurality of compartments for the reception of money, cards, &c. A clasp f of any suitable type will hold the compartments of the pocket closed and prevent the contents from falling out, even when the cover has been opened. When it is desired to close the cover over the pocket, the sides of such cover are folded over on the radial lines (1 d and then secured by means of a button of any suitable kind or by a lock.

My fan pocket-book will have attached thereto, usually at the upper end thereof, a chain or other device for carrying the same or for attaching it to a belt or to a ladys garment as a chatelaine.

A fan-shaped pocket-book of the type illustrated may be ornamented with designs stamped or otherwise impressed or placed on the surface of the cover a thereof.

Although I have illustrated a fan-shaped pocket-book having a cover with but three folding parts the number of folds employed is immaterial so long as the sections fold along divergent lines which are radii of the same circle and form when closed a somewhat long substantially narrow article of approximately the form of a closed fan. The

number of folds, therefore, may be increased or decreased and the width of the folds varied and additional folds turned inward or outward, as desired The receptacle or pocket may have but one compartment or may have a plurality of compartments, as shown in the drawings, but in every case will be attached to the cover on the inside thereof and along one of the radial fold-lines and will have sides which diverge from top to bottom to conform to the similarly-diverging sides of the inclosing portions of the folding cover.

What I claim is 1. A pocket book, comprising a cover adapted to fold along diverging lines that are substantially radii of the same circle, and an inclosed receptacle attached to the inside of the cover along one of said radial folds.

2. A pocket book, comprising a cover adapted to be folded along diverging lines that are substantially radii of the same circle, and an inclosed receptacle attached to the inside of the cover along a radial fold thereof and having sides substantially similar in outline to the sides of the inclosing cover.

3. A pocket book, comprising a cover adapted to be folded along diverging lines that York and State of New York, this 30th day of September, A. D. 1905.

GUSTAV GOLDSTEIN.

Witnesses:

C. S. CHAMPION, EDGAR A. FELLOWS.