Pen and pencil holder.

Application filed June 1, 1909. Serial No. 499,335.

To dll whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, John Dean, a citizen of the United States, residing at Racine, Racine county, Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pen and Pencil 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 invention relates to certain improvements in pen and pencil holders; and the objects and nature of the invention will be readily understood by those skilled in the art in the light of the following explanation of the accompanying drawings showing what I now consider my preferred embodiment from among other arrangements and formations.

An object of the invention is to provide an improved pen or pencil holder adapted to be carried and concealed in the pocket, and which will be simple, and effective in construction and capable of being produced at a low cost.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved pocket holder for pens and pencils which can be made of sheet material, such as paper or the like, and produced at a low cost, and adapted to receive advertising matter, and yet will be exceedingly efficient in performing the function of a pen or pencil holder.

The invention consists in certain novel features in construction and in combinations and arrangements as more fully and particularly set forth and pointed out hereinafter.

Referring to the accompanying drawings:—Figure 1, is a front perspective of holder constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2, is a rear perspective thereof. Fig. 3, is a plan view of a blank adapted to be folded to form the body of the holder. Fig. 4, is a perspective view showing said blank folded on itself, also showing an elastic band ready to be applied, and the bottom binding strip ready to be applied. Fig. 5, is a cross sectional view on an enlarged scale showing pens or pencils in the holder and illustrating the manner of weaving the flexible band in or through the holder. Figs. 6 and 7, are detail views showing various mechanical means which can be employed to secure the 55 holder. Fig. 8, is a perspective view of the upper portion of a holder having the front and rear Avails thereof yieldingly held between and clamped together by two pieces of spring metal traversing the outer faces 60 of said walls and secured together at their outer projecting ends at the edges of the holders by U-shaped clips. Fig. 9, is a detail perspective view of the two spring metal strips of Fig. 8, with the two end clips 65 separated therefrom. Fig. 10, is a detail perspective view of a holder forming a single pocket or receptacle.

The specific example illustrated, consists of a sheet or flexible blank folded on itself 70 on a transverse fold line 2, to form two parallel overlying plies forming front wall 3, and rear Avail 4, which is shoAvn of greater length than front wall 3, to form upwardly extending securing and guide flap 40. 75

The sheet is cut through by one or more longitudinal cuts or slits 5, extending across the fold line 2, and upwardly of the front and rear walls but terminating short of the top edge portion of the front wall and the 80 upper or flap portion of the rear wall. The slits through the rear Avail are arranged directly behind and parallel with the slits through the front wall, respectively, and hence the front and rear wall fingers or ver- 85 tical strips intervening betAveen said cuts directly overlie each other and are connected . together at their lower ends at fold line 2. The upper free end of the front Avail above the slits 5, is preferably reinforced, for in- 90 stance, by doubling over and pasting doAvn the edge portion thereof to form doubled or reinforced transverse free edge 30, which is engaged by the ends of the pens or pencils when inserted in the holder. Said vertical 95 slits or cuts divide the front and rear walls of the holder into independently expansible pockets which in effect constitute separate pen or pencil receiving pockets or divisions, each of which can be distended by its contained 1θ θ articles without destroying the articlereceiving and holding-effectiveness of the remaining pockets or divisions of the holder. The front and rear walls of the holder are yieldingly held under tension pressed to- 105 Avard each other to expand on the insertion of articles between them and to grip and hold such articles.

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Any suitable spring or elastic means can be applied to the walls, in any suitable manner to apply the desired tension thereto and cause them to clamp or hold the articles inserted therebetween. Spring metal in various shapes can be employed for this purpose as hereinbefore described in connection with Figs. 8 and 9 or spring cords or bands of metal or other elastic flexible material. For instance, one or more rubber or elastic bands, such as rubber bands 6, can be employed. The front and back Avails can be yieldingly held and gripped together by stretching a single band around the holder so as to traverse the outer surfaces of its front and back walls. A number of smaller rubber bands 6' can be employed, embracing the pockets of the holder, respectively, by being slipped onto the respective pockets or divisions of the holder at the lower ends thereof and through the cuts or slits between said pockets or divisions as shown by Fig. 6.

If so desired, a single rubber band 6, can be arranged to transversely embrace each division or pocket of the holder and extend from front and rear through each slit, by being slipped onto the lower end of the holder and through the lower ends of the slits and twisted at each slit or cut so that its opposite plies or lengths Avill pass in opposite directions through each slit, as clearly illustrated in the drawings.

The loAver end of the holder is usually reinforced and the cuts or slits are closed by a binding strip 7, centrally folded to form tAvo plies and fitted and secured on and transversely across the folded end of the sheet of the holder and extending short distances upwardly on the outer faces of the front and rear walls. This binding strip is usually pasted on the folded end of the holder and usually is formed by a folded strip or strong heavy paper material and usually the sheet forming the holder is composed of strong heavy paper material as the device can thus be very economically manufactured and advertising matter can be printed or otherwise applied to various portions thereof.

The device, as described, is of peculiar utility as an advertising device as it not only constitutes an exceedingly efficient pen or pencil holder but can be produced at a Ioav cost and can be conveniently and economically provided with display advertising matter, and is durable and strong in construction and permits ready and easy insertion and removal of pens or pencils.

The device can be readily secured and concealed out of sight in the vest or other pocket and is flat and flexible and hence does not interfere with the set or fit of the clothing and is not unsightly or objectionable.

If so desired, the rear face of the upwardly extending flap of the rear wall can be coated Avith dried adhesive 8, which on being moistened and pressed to the wall of the pocket will cement or paste the holder in the pocket. If preferred, various mechanical 70 fastening devices can be attached to the holder for securing the same in the pocket. Merely as examples from among other devices, I show a safety pin 80 see Fig. 6, and paper fasteners 81 see Fig. 7. 75

If so desired, the sheet material of the holder can be formed with longitudinal score or crease lines 9, betAveen and parallel with the cuts or slits to increase the transverse flexibility of the material in bending 80 or conforming transversely to the pens or pencils between the cuts or slits. The holder can be formed of various sheet materials, such as celluloid, leather, pantasote, cloth, etc., although as at present advised, I prefer 85 to employ paper material, by which term I mean to include any kind of cord, tag or pulp board, paper and the various paperlike flexible sheet compositions. The holders can be made of any desired Aviclth and 90 of any suitable capacity and with any desired number of slits or cuts 5, or in fact, can be made as a single pocket without the cut or slit 5, and with the elastic band surrounding the front and back walls beloAV the 95 free reinforced edge of the front wall and above the lower end binding strip as shown by Fig. 10.

It. is evident that various changes and modifications might be resorted to without 100 departing from the spirit and scope of my invention and hence I do not wish to limit myself to the exact constructions illustrated.