US858511A - Pen-staff holder. - Google Patents

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No. 858511. PATENTBD JULY 2,1907.

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FENNER J. GUILFORD, OF AURORA, NORTH CAROLINA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO JOHN -B. WHITEHURST, OF AURORA, NORTH CAROLINA.

PEN-STAFF HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 2, 1907. I

' I To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FENNER .T. GUILFORD, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Aurora, in the county of Beaufort and State of North Carolina, have invented an Improved Pen-Staff Holder, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in devices adapted for attachment to the hand for holding and supporting a pen-staff or pencil in the correct position while writing.

I The construction and manner of attachment and use of the device are as hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the device attached to the hand and supporting a pen in position for writing. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the device, the loop which in practice passes around the second finger being shown detached or open. Fig. 3 is an edge or side view of the device, portions being shown in section for the sake of fuller illustration. Fig. 4 is an end view of the device.

The device is so constructed as to adapt it for attachment to the foreor index finger and the second finger of the handemployed in writing, and to this end it is made with two adjacent and connected fingerreceiving eyes or rings which are adjustable in size or diameter, and a third or smaller eye in the nature of a clasp being provided for holding and supporting a penstaff. The device is preferably constructed of two parts or pieces and of a spring steel band. The portion forming the index ring 1 is coiled upon itself and provided with a pin 2 which passes through one of the holes 3 in the body of the band, while the latter is extended to form a loop 4 having holes or slots 5 in its free end for reception of a stud or pin.6 that projects from the index ring 1 at a point which is opposite the pin 2. By means of the pin 2 and holes 3 it is obvious the size or diameter of the index ring 1 may be enlarged or contracted, and that the holes or slots 5 and the pins 6 thus adapt the loop 4 to be similarly adjusted, as may be required for large or small fingers. The eye or clasp 7 which holds and supports a penstaf'f x as shown in Fig. 1, is preferably formed as a clasp, or in other words as a divided ring which is extended on one side of, and also riveted to the index ring 1. It thus projects from the side of the index ring which is opposite the loop 4 and it is obvious that its elasticity enables it to clasp a penstaff and hold and support it with due firmness.

In order to apply the device to the hand, as indicated in Fig. l, the slotted or apertured end of the loop 4 is detached from the pin 6, as shown in Fig. 2,

and the index and second finger are then passed into the ring 1 and the open loop 4, whereupon the free end of the latter is rengaged with the pin 6. The penstaff as being then slid into the clasp 7, the device is properly adjusted "for use. It is apparent that, to remove it from the hand, it may in some cases be slid off the fingers without releasing the slotted end of the loop 4; or, said end being detachable as indicated in The stud or pin 2 is preferably inclined slightly in suchmanner as to facilitate its introduction into the I holes 3, and the opposite stud or pin 6 is provided,

as shown in Fig. 3, with a notch adjacent to its outer end to prevent accidental detachment of the free slotted end of the loop 4.

I desire it to be understood that I do not restrict myself in all cases to the construction of the devlce from an elastic band, but propose to employ an elastic wire,- or other material which may suit the purpose.

The device is particularly useful for pupils or beginners in the art of chirography, since it supports the penstaff constantly in the correct position and prevents the formation of a bad position or habitv 1n the use of the hand. It is also useful to those accustomed to writing, since it greatly relieves the hand of muscular effort in holding a penstaff.

1. A hand attachment for supporting penstafis, comprising an elastic band coiled'to form a ring for the index finger and an adjoining loop for the second finger, a third and smaller ring or clasp being provided for a penstaff and attached to the index ring on the side opposite the loop, substantially as described.

2. A hand attachment for the purpose specified, consisting of-an elastic band one end of which is coiled upon itself and provided with a device by which its free end is adjustably connected with the body of the band, the said body being extended and curved to form a loopfor the second finger, and means for securing the free end of such loop adjustably, and a penstafi clasp attached to the index ring, substantially as described.

3. The improved device for the purpose specified formed of an elastic hand one end of which is coiledupon itself to form a ring for receiving the index finger, and the body being extended to form a loop for embracing the second finger, the free ends of the band being adjustably and detachably secured, substantially as described.

4. A device for the purpose specified comprising a ring for the index finger which is adjustable in diameter, and aloop for the second finger which is also similarly adjustable, and an eye or clasp for holding a penstafi, the same being attached to and projecting laterally from the index ri'ng, substantially as described.

FENNER .T. GUILFORD.

Witnesses:

F. B. Gurmronn, R. I'. BONNER.

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