Pencil and penholder attachment.

Application filed March 26,-1917. Serial No. 157,305.

strips c, which are capable of being spread or bulged outwardly more or less to form a protuberance or ruff, as shown in r igs. , 3 and 4, by the adjustment of either encl 6b band a, relative to the other on a pencil or penholder, the end bands gripping the pencil or penholder and being thus held in any positions relative to each other to which they may be longitudinally and angularly 65 adjusted thereon.

This protuberance or ruff serves by engagement with the inside of a pocket to prevent the accidental removal and loss of a pencil or penholder from the pocket; it also 70 prevents a pencil when carried, as usual, point downward, from working through a hole in a pocket, tends to prevent a pencil or penholder when laid on a table or desk, particularly one having a sloping surface, 7o from rolling off, and helps to hold a pencil or penholder in place behind the ear where it is frequently carried by clerks, bookkeepers and others. . .,

In Fig. 3 the attachment is shown with so one of the end bands of the sleeve turned relative to the other, as well as thrust or adjusted toward it on the pencil, to twist the protuberant strips c into spiral form.

In Fig. 4, one of the end bands, in the 8» present instance that farthest from the point . of the pencil, is inverted or turned inside out and thrust inside of the strips c close to the other end band, to form inturned protuberant loops of the strips c.

Adjusted in any of the ways herein shown and described, the protuberance or ruff formed by the outwardly bulged, bent or looped strips c, by frictional engagement with the pocket or lining of the pocket in which the pencil or penholder is carried, wil effectively prevent the accidental removal and loss of the pencil or penholder from the pocket, will also tend to prevent the pencil or penholder from rolling on a desk or table, 10 and will afford a soft, elastic, convenient and easy grip for the thumb and fingers in the use of the pencil or penholder.

If preferred, the end bands a,may be drawn apart so that the strips c will he flat 105 on the pencil or penholder, as shown m l· ig. 1 when it is in use. When so adjusted, the sleeve also forms a soft, elastic, convenient and easy grip for the thumb and. fingers, but when the pencil or penholder is re- HO turned to the pocket, one of the end bands is preferably thrust toward the other, to

To dll whom it may concern: ·

Be it known that I, Michael J. McGuigan, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ashland, in the county of Ashlan and State of Wisconsin, have invented ce ⁵ tain new and useful Improvements in Pencil and Penholder Attachments, of which the following is a specification, ^r®^^nc_f® had to the accompanying drawing, forming ^{10 il} of th. invention to nrevent the fee of pencils, paiholders or pens from pockets in which they are cai ried to provide a yielding or elastic, con15' vement and easy finger grip for pencils and penholders, to prevent them from rolling when laid on a desk or table, especially one having a sloping surface, and generally’to simplify and improve the construction and increasJ the utility and efficiency of devices “‘u essentially of ?

tic sleeve having expansible end bands adapted to snugly fit and or penholder and longitudinal slitsfining strips which may be spread, twisted an dm turned to protrude more or less by the reia tive adjustment of the end bands, as heremafter particularly described and pointed on ³⁰ ^In the accompanying drawing like characters designate the same parts in the several ^HgFiSre 1 is a side view of an attachment embodying the invention as applied to a Si· Fig. 2 is a like view showing one He end bands of tbe attachment adjusted toward the other to spread the flip intervening strips into protuberant loops: Fig. 3 is a like view showing one pncF band adjusted toward and turned relative to the other to give the protuberant strips a spiral form; and Fig. 4 is a like view showing one of the end bands inverted or turned inside out and adjusted toward the other to form a ruff or protuberance o the inturned looped strips. , _{f n}

The attachment consists as shown, of an elastic sleeve preferably made of soft rubbei 50 and having at the ends expansible bands a, which are adapted to fit snugly upon anc conform to pencils and penholders of different sizes and shapes, round, bexagonal ^etc’

Between the end bands a,. the_ sleeve i 55 formed at intervals around it with long tudinal slits &, and intervening strands or

1,8® 1,97$ ^^d ί¥ Positions to id tively hold the pencil or penholder i ’ pocket.