Binder.

Application filed June 4, 1910. Serial No. 565,099.

terial of the other loops at its ends where it is secured by the pins 3.. These pins pass 55 loosely through openings in the ends of the loop 5, whereby that loop can be turned to one side, as shown in Fig. 1, without twisting or bending the loop at all. It will be observed that this loop in turning passes 60 over the outside of the strap 1, so that it. may be turned entirely out. of the way of the letters which are to be inserted, and it will remain in the position to which it is turned, without being manually held in that 6 5 position. The pivot pins 3 are made with flat heads so that when the binder is in position on a package of letters they will not project materially above the surface so as to be in the way, and consequently packages 70 of letters held by my binders may be placed one on top of the other. The straps are made of such length that they will have to be stretched somewhat in order to insert any package of letters, and thus the tension will 75 make the binder fit the package closely and the pivot pins will to some extent sink below the surrounding surface of the package, so as not to project materially therefrom.

In operation, the person using the binder, 80 as shown in Fig. 3, will insert his thumb and finger through the strap 1 on the side next to the loop 2, turning the loop 5 to one side, as shown in Fig. 1. The package of letters 6 is then inserted and pushed down 85 until the end of the package fills the loop 2, the strap 1 being stretched in this operation by first inserting one corner of . the package on one side and exerting a slight pull on the strap by the thumb and finger 90 on the opposite side. When the package has been inserted as described, the parts are as shown in Fig. 1, and the loop 5 can then be easily and quickly brought to the position shown in dotted, lines in this figure by 95 inserting the thumb in it, and stretching it until it passes over the corner, of the package. The operation of inserting the package is practically instantaneous, and the elasticity of the binder makes it at once 100 clamp the package securely and firmly, and there is no chance that it will accidentally come off.

The removal of the package is equally as easy and simple. The strap 5 is turned to 105 the position shown in Fig. 1 by a simple

To dll whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Daniel W. Millsaps, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Marion, in the county of Marion and 5 State of South Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Binders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to binders, and 10 particularly to one which is adapted to receive and hold packages of letters.. Its object is to produce a binder which is simple and neat in construction, which may be easily and quickly applied, to and removed 15 from the package, and which will securely and firmly hold packages of letters of various size.

With this object in view, the invention consists in the novel features of construc20 tion which will be apparent from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a plan view of a package of letters having my binder 25 partially applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a side view of the package showing the .joint of the binder in section;.and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the binder removed.

As will be seen by. reference to these 30 drawings, my binder is made up of two straps which are adapted to pass around the package, at right angles to each other, and which straps are secured together at the sides. These straps are made of flat elastic 35 bands, and for this purpose I preferably use the well known material made up of small longitudinal bands of rubber covered with cloth. The strap 1 which, extends transversely around the package is prefer40 ably made in one piece, as shown particularly in Fig. 3., so that the two loops on opposite sides will always stand in line with each other. The loop 2 of the longitudinal strap is secured to the transverse strap 1 at 45 its ends in any suitable way, and the connection is preferably such as to maintain this in its position at right angles to the strap 1. In the drawings, I have shown the pin 3 having flat heads passing, through the 50 parts for the purpose of holding them together, and in addition the stitches 4 may be used. The loop 5 of the longitudinal strap has its ends placed outside of the ma2

1,006,584 twist of the thumb inserted through the strap and the package can then be easily withdrawn from the strap 1.