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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.
CHARLES W. COLBERT, OF WESTHOFF, TEXAS.
COMBINED BOOK AND PENCIL HOLDER..1,061,820.
Specifcation of
Application filed May 15,:To all whom it may concern: ,
Be it kn'ownthat I, CHARLEs W. COLBERT,
a citizen of the United States, residing at
Westhoff, in the county of Dewitt and State
5 of Texas, have invented a -new and useful
Combined Book and Pencil Holder, of
which the following is a specification.
My invention relates to a combined book
and pencil or pen holder, and has for its ob-
10 ject to provide a simple, cheap and conven-
ient device, which can be readily secured in
position to the cover of a memorandum,
check or other book adapted to be carried
in the pocket, and which will maintain the
15 book in the pocket regardless of the depth.
of the latter, and at the same time hold the
pencil or pen holder in associated relation
with the book.
It consists in certain features of construc-
20 tion, and a certain combination and.arrange-
ment of parts.hereinafter 'fully set forth and
particularly pointed out in the claim.
In the accompanying drawing-Figure
1 is a front elevation of my improved com-
25 bination book and pencil holder showing it
mounted on the cover of a book and retained
in a pocket. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on
the line 2-2 of Fig. 1 looking in the direc-
tion indicated by the arrow. Fig. 3 is a
30 perspective view of the . device detached
from the book.
Referring to the drawing, which illus-
trates the preferred embodiment of my in-
vention 5 designates a support or bar in the
35 form of a. narrow, thin strip of sheet metal
of uniform width with its end portions 6
bent at right angles and transversely round-
ed at their extreme ends. The. support is
removably secured longitudinally or verti-
40 cally to the outside of the cover of a book,
and is held in position by having its ends16
pushed through slits cut in the cover andj
then bent down on the inside to firmly hold
the support in position.
45 Movably mounted on .the under side of the
bar or support 5 is a relatively short strip
of metal 7 corresponding in width to the
support and serving qs -a slide. At each
side, intermediate its ends, the slide is pro-
50 vided with oppositely-disposed, outwardly-
extending lugs. 8, and projecting through
alined perforations in the lugs is a pintle 9,
which extends over or across the support.
Mounted above or .outside the support 5
55 is a clamp 10 provided intermediate its ends
with oppositely-disposed, inwardly-project-Letters Patent. Patented May 13,1913.
1912. Serial No. 697,516.
ing lugs 11, which are pivoted on the outer
ends of the pintle 9. A spring 12 is wound
around the pintle, and one end of the spring
bears against the inner side of the upper or 80
normally raised portion of the. clamp 10,
while the other end of the spring bears
against the outer face of the support 5,
thereby forcing the lower or normally de-
pressed portion of the clamp against the 85
support. The end of the lower portion of
the clamp is curved outwardly as at 15, and
just in front of the curved end and arranged
side by side are two V-shaped cuts -with
their points extending inwardly. The free 70
V-shaped pieces of metal are pressed down
to form rearwardly projecting prongs 16,
which bear on the outer face of the support
5 and hold the lower portion of the clamp
slightly away from the support. 75
Connected rigidly to the underside.of the
slide 7 is the inner end of a transverse arm
17, which extends at right angles to. the
support 5, and at its outer or free end the
arm is provided with a portion of increased 80
width, which is curved over inwardly on
a side opposite to that of the clamp 10 to
form a clamping sleeve .18 adapted to re-
movably retain a pencil or pen. It will
be observed that the said sleeve is inwardly 85
offset so as to bring the pencil or pen holder
substantially parallel with the edge of the
book.
From the foregoing it will be apparent
that I have produced a device which -can 90
be relied upon to prevent the loss of a
book from the vest pocket, which frequently
occurs when a person leans over, and this
is especially true when the pocket is shallow
as compared with the length of the book. 95
The clamp 10 by reason of the slide 7 is
made adjustable along the support.
In placing the book in the pocket, the
book is inserted with the device facing the
outside, and, then pushing the book down 100
close to the outer wall of the pocket, the
upper edge will rise and enter beneath the
lower outwardly curved end 15 of the clamp
bringing the teeth 16 into engagement with
'the facing of the pocket and preventing its 105
accidental withdrawal.
In order to remove the book, it is simply
necessary to depress the upper or normally
raised portion of the clamp against the ten-
sion of the spring 12, which will raise the 110
normally depressed or lower portion of the
clamp and withdraw the'teeth from engage-
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Colbert, Charles W. Combined Book and Pencil Holder., patent, May 13, 1913; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth853708/m1/2/: accessed July 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.