US933405A - Lap-robe holder. - Google Patents

Description

H. P. TYRRELL.

LAP ROBE-HOLDER. APPLIoATIoN FILED JUNE 12, 190s.

933,405. A Patented sept?, 1909.

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` LAP-Ross HOLDER.

Specification of` Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 7, 1909.

i Application led June 12, 1908. Seria1 No. 438,203.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HUBERT F. TYRRELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Burghill, in the county of Trumbull, State of Ohio, have invented ccrtainnew and useful Improvement-s in Lap-Robe Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This inventionl has relation tojmeans for holding a lap-robe in position over the lap or knees of a person in place on the seat of a vehicle, without holding the robe by the hands or otherwise bothering` with it to keep it in place while handling the reins.

Lap-robes are commonly composed of sheets o-r blankets that are spread over the lap of the person on the vehicle seat, and

in the course of riding the robe is liable to become disarranged or misplaced to such a degree as to not only interfere with its usefulness, lbut to give a good deal of trouble to the driver.

It is the purpose of the invention to provide simply constructed, economical, eflicient, and readily operated means that may be connected with each end of the lazy back of a vehicle and be in position always to be engaged with the upper ends of the lap-robe to hold it in desired position, and in like manner, to be disengaged therefrom to re-` lease the robe or change its position.

The nature of the invention is illustrated in the device portrayed in the annexed drawings, forming a part of this specification, thesaid device being represented in what I at present consider its best form, though it is recognized that mechanical changes may be made therein Without departing from the general nature or spirit of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

Of the said drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of the invention representing a piece of a lap-robe held by the jaws, and a fraction of the flexible support connected with the upper loop. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the invention. Fig. 3 is a detail section on the line 3--3 of Fig. 1.

Similar characters of reference designate similar parts or features in all the views.

In carrying out my invention, I take a length of resilient wire of suitable size and bend the same into a form resembling substantially the gure 8, makin-g the upper loop l considerably smaller than the lower loop 2, the ends of the wire terminatmgtrthe bottom of the latter loop and being provided with jaws 3 in the form of elongated transversely arranged blocks of suitable material, the adjacent faces of which may be separated by springing the sides of the loop 2 apart, so that the edge or other portion of 65 the lap-robe t may be caught and held therebetween.

As stated, the upper loop l may be smaller in circumference than the lower loop, and

the portion of the wire composing the same is preferably turned or twisted into coils 5 to enhance its resilient effect. The coils 5 constitute a ring through which a chain, cord or other suitable flexible means 6 may be passed to attach the holder to the lazy back of the vehicle. rllhe said attaching means 6 will be long enough to maintain the holder in position where it can be readily taken hold of and used.

The numeral 7 designates a lock which is 30 in like manner at its lower end to engage the opposite side of the lower loop 2, the bent ends being different in length and the engagement of the ends of the lock wire with the sides of the loops being loose so that the lock can be slipped up and down in position 9o and when raised it will allow the jaws to be ,easily separated to insert a part of the laprobe between them, and when pushed down, as shown in the drawings, it will grip the loop 2 across which it extends and hold the 95 said part of the lap-robe securely between the jaws.

The form of the invention is such that it can be produced by an inexpensive process and be readily and efficiently manipulated,

while it performs to perfection the functions ascribed to it.

It is, of course designed to employ one of the holders at each side or end of the lazy back or other part of the vehicle, so that both sides of the lap-robe may be held in place.

What is claimed is: l. A device of the class described, co'mprising a pair of crossed spring jaws, and a clamp carried by one jaw and slidable bodily essaies thereuponv into. frictional engagement. with, the other jaw, to bind the latter against the rst-Inentoned j aW.

2. A device of the class described, cornprising a pair of crossed spring javvs a 1jrd a loop carried by one javv and slidable thereupon into engagement With the other; j ajv,to bind the latter against /the rst-inentioned jaw.

3. A device of theclass described, 4cornprising pair of crossed spring jaws, and a loop carried by one jaw and extending across v .t'nejot-her jaw, said loop being arranged for movement into engagement with the last- K mentioned jaw, toibnd the latter aga-inst the first-mentioned jaws.

4. A device.v of the class described, c0111-, prising aV pairI or crossed spring jaws, and a loop carried by one jaw and. extending across the otherj avv, said loop being arranged for .L -v- 1;, vf f. l L Sliding movement upon the lfSt-lrllltlolwd' jaw into frictional engagement with the lastinentioned jaw, to bind the latter agarnst said first-mentioned jaw.

5. AY device of the class described, coin- .prising a pair of crossed spring jaws, and ya slidingloop carried b v one jaw and extend- HUBERT F. TYRRELL.

Witnesses ANNA S. Gir/mnu, M. GILTNER,

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