US869411A - Calendar. - Google Patents

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PATENTED OCT. 29, 190'7.

jNo. 869,411.

W. T. BERRY.

CALENDAR.

APPLIoATIoN FILED 2215.25. 1907.

wi fn eos o WILLIAM THOMAS BERRY, OI" MAYSVILLE, KENTUCKY.

CALENDAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented oet. 29, 1907.

Application filed February 25. 1907. Serial No. 359,245.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILIIAM THOMAS Bunny, a citt zen of the Unit-ed States, residing at Maysville, in the county of Mason and State of Kentucky, have invented new and useful Improvements in Calendars, of which the following is a specication.

My inventionrelates to calendars, and it conteniplates the provision of a calendar, almost if not quite as inexpensive as an ordinary calendar, embodying such a construction that its monthly leaves may be retained and disposed in such manner that ready reference may be made thereto for notes and information pertaining to the past and future.

With the foregoing in mind, the invention will be fully understood from the following description and claims when the same are read in connection with the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which:

Figure l is a front elevation of a calendar constituting one embodiment of my invention; the same being shown with the leaves of the months that have passed so disposed that the page bearing the last of said months as Well as the page bearing the current month are exposed to view. Fig. 2 is a similar view with the leaves of the months that have passed all disposed so that they are hidden from view. Figs. 3 and 4 are vertical sections taken, in the planes indicated by the line 3-3 of Fig. l and the line 4 4 of Fig. 2, respectively.

Referring by letter to said drawings, A is the body-of my novel calendar which may be of pasteboard or of any other material compatible with my invention, and may be rectangular in outline, as shown, or of any other desired configuration. The said body A is cut horizontally at a and vertically at b ib to form a flap B which is joined at its upper edge to the body A; and the said ap B, in turn, is`cu`t at c to form a leaf-retaining tongue C, and at d dto provide leaf-retaining tongues D. At e the body Au is preferably, though not necessarily, provided or otherwise connected, as indicated by g, to the body. A at a point slightly below the opening afforded by,

the formation of the flap B. In ,the preferred embodiment of my invention the leaves E are provided on provided f,on its front side with data for the month of March and on its other side with data for the month of April, and so on throughout all of the leaves. By virtue of this construction itwill be apparent that when the month of July, for instance, is current the leaves of all of the preceding months may be positioned so that they extend upward from the point of connection g, and the leaf bearing data for the months of May and .lune may be disposed in front of the flap B and under and in engagement with the tongues C and D, while the leaves bearing the data for the months prior to May may be arranged back of the flap B and out of the way. This arrangement of the leaves will be better understood by comparing Figs. l and `3, and it will be readily appreciated that said arrangement is advantageous because calendar data for the current mouth and the preceding month are exposed to view, and the leaf bearing the data of the preceding month is so positioned that it may be readily swung downward to permit of reference being made to the data for the month of May; and it will also be appreciated that when it is desired to refer to the data of the months prior to May, the leaves bearing such data may be readily withdrawn from behind the flap B and after the reference is made may be as readily replaced behind said flap B. Again it will be appreciated that when it is desired to expose the data of the current month alone to view, all of the leaves bearing the data ofthe preceding months may be positioned back of the flap B so as t be hidden by the said flap B. This arrangement is clearly illustrated in Figs. 2 and 4 of the drawings.

It will be gathered from the foregoing that when desiredby the lser of the calendar for any purpose, more thanl one leaf may be positioned in front of the flap B and in engagement with the tongues C and D. It will also be gathered that my novel calendar is simple and inexpensive in construction since it does not entail the employment of any parts other than those generally used in what are known as card calendars. From this it follows that by stamping the flap B and the tongues C and D out of the body A, my novel and advantageous calendar may be produced almost if not quite as cheaply as a calendar not possessedp'f the advantages hereinbefore ascribed to my improvements.

Because of the fact that my novel calendars may be produced almost if not quite as cheaply as the ordinary calendar, and also because of the practical advantages possessed by my improvements and the fact that the same are neat and finished in appearance, it willvbe seen that my novel calendars afford advantageous adfor the month of February, while the second leaf is i vertising mediums7 of the calendars being thrown away since there is little or no liability or destroyed by those who come into possession of the same.

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

A calendar consisting of one piece of slit therein, and also having leaf-reta from and forming integral parts of sai material having a ining tongues cut d material on one side of said slit, and leaves connected to the face of the material at the other side of said silt, each leaf having on` lits front face data for one month, and on its back face data for the month following.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

, WILLIAM THOMAS BERRY.

Witnesses:

.lr-mins CHILDs, GEORGE T. BARBoUR.

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