Nova Patents
US730261A

Photographic or like frame or other support.

Abstract

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US730261A, drawing sheet 1
Sheet 1 of 4

Term

Term ended

Expired 31 December 1922, 103.7 years ago.

  1. Priority and filed
  2. Granted
  3. Expired
  4. Today

4 claims: 4 independent, 0 dependent

  1. 1
    Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and 95 in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is— 1. In combination with an article to be supported, a hinged leg 2 having at one end the parts 8 serving as hinge-pins;and a revoluble 100 nlate device 3 having a hinge-eye 4 on its back adapted to receive the hinge-pin ends 8, said device 3 being loosely mounted and held on the back of the article, the said hinge-eye 4 extending through a hole in the said article;105 substantially as set forth.
  2. 2
    In combination with an article to be supported, a hinged leg 2 having at one end the parts 8 serving as hinge-pins;a revoluble plate device 3 having a hinge-eye 4 on its back no adapted to receive the hinge-pin ends 8, said device 3 being loosely mounted and held on the back of the article, and the said hingeeye 4 extending through a hole in the said article, and its outer ends adapted to bear 115 against the inner edge of the material surrounding the said hole, for keeping said revoluble device 3 centrally in said hole and to serve as a guide;substantially as set forth.
  3. 3
    In combination with an article to be sup- 120 ported, a hinged leg 2 having at one end the parts 8 serving as hinge-pins; a revoluble plate device 3 having a hinge-eye 4 on its back adapted to receive the hinge-pin ends 8, said device 3 loosely mounted and held on 125 the back of the article, and the hinge-eye 4 passing and extending through a hole in the said article, and its outer ends adapted to bear against the inner edge of the material surrounding the said hole and adapted to keep 13° said revoluble device 3 centrally in said hole and serving as a guide; and projections 14 the hand the tendency is to press these ends v inward and not outward, so that there is no t liability for these to come out when holding the article by means of the leg or hanger; 1 5 also, the wire leg or hanger is bent up at 9 at f each side, and these bent parts come outside 1 the hole of the part 1 or ring 5, in which the t hinge-eye 4 is placed and revolves, so that they hold the edges of the revoluble part 3 up ε ια against the ring a or the body or part 1, as i the case may be. These bent parts 9 also t form stops to the leg or hanger, as when they rest upon the ring 5 or part 1 the leg or ( hanger will be at the required angle. I ις Referring now the slightly-different modi- 1 fled forms of the parts shown in the different ( figures or sets of figures, in that shown in I Figs. 1 to 5, 10 represents a picture or like < frame, of which 1 is the back or back plate, to :2o which the leg or hanger fastening device 3 is 1 secured, and 11 is the glass. The rotatable device 3 in this case is held in position by a ;ring 5—say of thin metal—secured to the < metal by prongs 12, formed on and project25 ing from its edge, which are passed through the back and bent over, as shown. Instead of the prongs 12 being formed on the edge of the ring 5 they maybe formed by slitting the ring inward, as shown in Fig. 5. 30 In the modification shown in Figs. 6 and 7 the ring 5 is secured to the back 1, of wood or the like, by screws 13, and in this case also a tongue 14 is provided on each side of the hinge-eye 4 of the part 3 by slitting it 35 and bending it outward. . These parts form a guide to the rotatable part 3 and assist the guiding and centralizing action afforded by the ends of the eye 4 within the hole of the ring 5. 40 In the modification shown in Figs. 10 and 11, which shows the revoluble part 3 placed behind the back or body 1, the projecting parts 14 extend under the edge G of the hole in the back or body 1 and also outward over 45 the back or body. These parts 14 assist in keeping the device 3 against the bodyl. In the construction shown in Fig. 8 the part 1 may be the back of the frame or other ar- । ticle, and in this case the ends of the rotata50 ble device 3 are placed within the inner surface of this part 1, the hinge-eye 4 extending through a hole formed in it. The part 1 may be of cardboard, wood, or other suitable material. When it is of cardboard or soft ma55 terial, a loose ring 5, of thin metal, may, if desired, be placed over the eye 4 and under the stops 9 of the leg or hanger 2, by which it will be kept in place, the purpose of this ring being to prevent the surface of the back 60 1 being chafed by the stop parts 9 when rotated. This arrangement is shown in Fig. 12. In the circular frame shown in Fig. 9 the lower end of the hanger 2 is in the form of double loop 15, placed some distance apart, 65 so that when it is used as a strut it gives a suitable support and prevents the frame from re730,261 extending from device Sand adapted to bear against edge of the material surrounding the hole and serving as a centralizing support and guide to the device 3;substantially as set 5 forth.
  4. 4
    In combination with an article to be supported, a hinged leg 2 having at one end the parts 8 serving as hinge-pins, and a revoluble plate device 3 having a hinge-eye 4 on io its back adapted to receive the hinge- pin ends 8, said device 3 loosely mounted and held on the back of the article, the hinge-eye 4 passing and extending through a hole in the said article, and a ring 5 with a hole in it through which the eye 4 passes, and lyin over the edges of the device 3 and securin itonto the back of the article; substantiallyas set forth. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two witnesses. JOSEPH HARTLEY. Witnesses:T. Goodace, John H. Walker.
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