An Improved Show Card for Holding and Displaying Pen Holders, Pencils, and other Articles.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Nov., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 19th Aug., 1891-Accepted, 19th Sept., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Show Card for Holding and Displaying Pen Holders,
Pencils, and other Articles.
I, ADOLPH MYERS, of the firm of M. Myers & Son, of Charlotte Street, in the
City of Birmingham, Pen Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists in the herein described improved show card for holding
and displaying pen holders, pencils, crayon holders, pencil cases, knives, spoons and
other long shaped articles which are usually carded in a row side by side fitting in
elastic loops on the card.
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Heretofore the number of articles which a card would display has been restricted
to the number which could be got into the loops on one side thereof but by my
invention I am enabled to display articles which are held in the loops at the back
of the card as well as those which are held in front.
My said improved show card is made to represent a vase or other vessel or
receptacle, such for instance as a jug, a jar, a horn, a quiver, or a drum, or an open
box, preferably as seen in perspective looking down somewhat upon the top. One
or more rows of the usual elastic loops are provided in which the pen holders or
other articles are held at the front and at the back of the card those said penholders
or other articles at the back of the card projecting through an opening or openings
in the card corresponding with the mouth of the vase or other vessel or receptacle
which the card represents, so that these pen holders or other articles at the back of
the card will appear as if they were standing in the vase or other vessel or
receptacle. The penholders or other articles are thus displayed to greater advan-
tage than when held on one side of the card only and a greater number of the said
articles can be held on a card of a given size.
Dated this 18th day of November 1890.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Show Card for Holding and Displaying Pen Holders,
Pencils, and other Articles.
I, ADOLPH MYERS, of the firm of M. Myers & Son, of Charlotte Street, in the
City of Birmingham, Pen Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention consists in the herein described improved show card for holding
and displaying pen holders, pencils, crayon holders, pencil cases, knives, spoons and
other long shaped articles which are usually carded in a row side by side fitting in
elastic loops on the card.
Heretofore the number of articles which a card would display has been restricted
to the number which could be got into the loops on one side thereof but by my
invention I am enabled to display articles which are held in the loops at the back
of the card as well as those which are held in front.
My said improved show card is made to represent a vase or other vessel or
receptacle, such for instance as a jug, a jar, a horn, a quiver, or a drum, or an open
box preferably as seen in perspective looking down somewhat upon the top. One
or more rows of the usual elastic loops are provided in which the pen holders or
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page_text: other articles are held at the front and at the back of the card those said penholders
or other articles at the back projecting through an opening or openings in the card
corresponding with the mouth of the vase or other vessel or receptacle which the
card represents so that these penholders or other articles at the back of the card
will appear as if they were standing in the vase or other vessel or receptacle.
An example of my invention made in the form of a vase is shewn on the accom-
panying drawing in front elevation, side elevation, and in sectional plan, by
Figs. 1, 2 and 3 respectively.
A is the show card which in this case is shaped to represent an open topped vase,
and b¹² are two rows of the usual elastic loops holding penholders c' at the front
of the card and the upper row of loops & holding other penholders c² at the back
of the card. is the opening in the upper part of the show card corresponding
with the mouth of the vase through which the ends of the penholders c² at the back
of the card protrude thus appearing as if they were standing in the vase.
The penholders are thus displayed to greater advantage than when held on one
side of the card only, and a greater number of them can be held on a card of a
given size.
The show card illustrated on my drawing is suitable for holding other long
shaped articles such for instance as pencils, crayon holders, pencil cases, knives,
and spoons in a similar manner to that above described and shewn with reference to
penholders.
It will be evident that without departing from the nature of my invention the
show card can be made to represent either a jug, jar, horn, quiver, drum, open box,
or other open topped or open ended vessel or receptacle and the penholders or other
articles displayed and held thereon similarly as hereinbefore described with reference
to the show card A which is made in the form of a vase.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inv .n-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that wha I
claim is :-
The herein described improved show card for holding and displaying penholders,
pencils, crayon holders, pencil cases, knives, spoons or other long shaped articles,
that is to say, a show card for any of the purposes set forth made in the form or a
vase or other open topped vessel or receptacle and furnished with loops adapted to
hold the said articles at the front and back of the card and having an opening or
openings corresponding with the mouth of the said vessel or receptacle through
which the penholders at the back of the card protrude so as to appear as if
contained in the vessel or receptacle, substantially as hereinbefore described and
illustrated by the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 18th day of August 1891.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.