US816904A - Holder for illustrated post-cards. - Google Patents

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No; 816,904. PATENTED APR. 3, 1906.

E. J. BARLY..

HOLDER FOR ILLUSTRATED POST CARDS.

APPLIOATION nun JAN. 24, 1906.

In vcnx lor.

'5 co umns, Walls, and other (places where rota- 45 tal part 1 upwardly-bent loops 2 3, which complished, the view from eit can be used-in many p UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EARL J. EARLY, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

HOLDER FOR uiusrmreo POST-CARDS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April. 3, 1906.

To all whom it. may concern.-

Be it known that I, EARL J. EARLY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the count of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, ave invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Holders for Illustrated Post-Cards, of which the following is a specification. I

The object of this invention is to form a holder for the storage, and displa of illustrated postal cards or any simi ar article which it is desired to carry in stock, so that it can readilybe seen and examined and to have the surface of the article as little covered or obstructed as possible. As the holder is formed of wire, the object sou ht is fully acer side being e uall good, and when the holders are disp aye in a window or show-case there need e no turning or other manipulation to see the articles from'either side. The holders interlock, so that any desired number may be used, and as they project but slightly they aces at present unoccu ied, and therefore useless, in windows, on

table stands cannot be use As seen in Figure 3, they may be suspended to swivel or turn in manner to get a good li ht or for any other convenient purposes. hey can be bent to accommodate cards of slightly differs out lengths.

- The invention is illustrated in the accomanying drawings, in which similar parts are esigfiated by similar characters of reference, in w 'ch-- Fig. 1 is a front view of a group interlocked and designed to be suspended from a wall, column, a window, or any like situation. Fig. 2 is a back view of a single holder. Fig. 3 is a modification for suspension from a swivel or similar means, so the holders can be turned in different directions.

A single iece of wire of suitable length has at equi istance from its central horizonform a means of suspension for the u per member of a series. From the outer si e of the loops the holder has downward extensions 4 5 with bends 6 7, from which the wire extends diagonally upward at 8 9and then runs parallel to parts 4 5 at 10 11 to a distance somewhat below part 1.; Parts 10 11 then have outward right-angle, bends 12 13 arallel to part 1 to a distanceto suit the ength of the card or object to be held. Then illustrated postal right-angle inward bends 14 15 are made to limit the projection of the holder and complete the pocket, and parallel to arts l2 13 are the final bends 16 17 in line wit parts 1 i 5. Parts 16 17 do not reach to members 4 5, leaving spaces 18 19. The upper holder A supports the next holder B, which passes through openings 18 19 and hangs on bends 6 7. Other holders C, D, E, and as many more as are necessary or desirable are suspended in the same way.

Fig. 3 has a loop 20 for the attachment of a swiveling suspension. The angular parts 8 9 form an inclined base whereon the cards or objects rest, as seen at E, each at a different height to enable the withdrawal of one Without disturbing the others, which prevents needless handling and soiling.

I claim 1. A card-holder, or similar article, formed of a single piece of wire bent to have supporting-loops, front and back portions joined by angular bottom portions to support the article or articles stored and displayed, and outward bends at the extremities of the front portions to secure the contained article or articles in endwise position.

2. A holder for cards or other articles, formed of a single piece of wire with 100 s for the support of the upper one, and for tl ie su port of succeeding ones, one upon anot er; front and back portions joined by a bottom art which carries each card at a dif ferent e ovation, and portions formed to secure the cards in endwise. osition.

3. A series of holders ildr cards or similar articles, each formed of a single piece of wire,

bent and shaped for a central suspension,

loops for supporting each one of the series upon another of the series; front and back retaining portions, bottom retaining portions, and. end-retaining portions, wit 1 open spaces through which-the members of the series maybe interlocked orremoved from such interlocking. I

4. Storage and display holders for cards or like articles, formed of wire, with bends for suspension, front and back parts for confining the objects, bottom parts to support each article at a difierent elevation, bends at the top of the front members which confine the articles as to their ends, and permit the insertion of another holder to be supported by 'the holder aforesaid.

5. A receptacle for holding-and displayin cards or the like, formed rib from which upwardly and fashioned of wire, in the following manner; first a horizontal back member with loops for suspension, downward extensions 1 therefrom, with bends at their lower ends, 1

extend angular bottom portions on which the displayed objects '1 'rest, in different elevations, and from wlnch the wire e tends upwardly in practically par 3 allel relation to the back portions andat their upper ends term nate in bends forming t three sides of a rectangle to confine the ends of the cards or objects displayed, with openi ings through which to insert and remove another receptacle to be suspended from the aforesaid receptacle, as and for the purposes 1 set forth.

6. A wire receptacle for the storing and display of goods, fashioned. of wire to form t sustainingloops,vertical back portions, front 1 portions tending diagonally upward from the back portions for a, distance then running parallel and terminating in horizontal bends, outward, then backward and lastly inward to near the back portions. v

7. A receptacle for the storing and display of post cards, or like articles, comprising wire bent to verticallypass the back and front of the articles, somewhat remote from their ends, with right-angular loops to confine the articles end wise and means whereby the receptacles may be interlocked in desired. numbers.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses. EARL J. EARLY Witnesses:

WILLIAM C. SToEvER, RANSOM O. WRI HT.

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