An Improved Fastening for Pocket Memorandum and other Books.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 9th May, 1887
Complete Left, 14th Nov., 1887
Complete Accepted, 16th Dec., 1887
An Improved Fastening for Pocket Memorandum and other Books.
I, ALEXANDER MELVILLE CLARK, of the firm of A. M. and Wm. Clark, of
53, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Fellow of the Institute of Patent
Agents, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention a communication to me from
abroad by Isaac Crane Kiggins of 37 Scott Place, Elizabeth, in the County of Union
and State of New Jersey, United States of America, Merchant to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to provide a new and improved fastening for books,
such as memorandum books, which fastening gives a neat appearance to the book and
is durable and reliable holding the book securely closed.
The invention consists of a book provided on the inside of one cover, near the outer
end thereof with a U shaped cross piece or loop which may be closed at the outer end
to form a pocket for the reception of the leaves and the other cover which are sprung
into or out of the same by bending them slightly in the act of closing or opening
the book.
The cross-piece loop or pocket can be made of leather, cardboard, sheet metal, or
other suitable material, and a separate pocket or sheath may be formed on the outside
thereof or on the edges or backs of the covers for the reception of the pencil.
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A. MELVILLE CLARK.
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London,
Patent Agents.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Fastening for Pocket Memorandum and other Books.
I, ALEXANDER MELVILLE CLARK, of the firm of A. M. and Wm. Clark, of
53, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Fellow of the Institute of Patent
Agents, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention (a communication to me
from abroad by Isaac Crane Kiggins of 37 Scott Place Elizabeth in the County of
Union and State of New Jersey United States of America, Merchant), and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement :-
The object of this invention is to provide a new and improved fastening for books
such as memorandum-books, which fastening gives a neat appearance to the book and
is durable and reliable, holding the book securely closed.
The invention consists of a book provided on the inside of one cover with a cross-
piece or pocket for the reception of the leaves and the other cover.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this
specification in which figure 1 is a perspective view of the improvement, in an open
position. Figure 2 is a similar view of the same, shewing the book in a closed
position and figure 3 is a perspective view of part of a modified form of the
improvement. Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the
figures.
Heretofore books, such as memorandum-books etc, were locked in a closed position
by clasps or elastic bands secured to one cover and passed over the other cover after
the book had been closed but the clasps were easily broken and liable to tear the pockets
in which the books were carried and the elastic bands were soon worn out losing their
elasticity and were also liable to be torn off. With the improved fastening presently
to be described, these difficulties are avoided and a reliable fastening which gives a
neat appearance to the book, is provided.
The book A is provided with the covers B and C between which are held in any
suitable manner the leaves D. Near the outer end of the cover B and on the inside of
the same is formed a U-shaped cross-piece E which may be closed at its outer end to
form a pocket, as shewn in Figures 1 and 2, or it may be open, as illustrated in
figure 3. The cross-piece E extends from one side of the cover to the other and is
of sufficient width and height to admit the outer ends of the leaves D and the cover C
which when passed under the cross-piece E, as shewn in Figure 2, are locked to the
cover B whereby the book is securely held to a closed position. The cross-piece E
can be made of leather, cardboard, sheet-metal, or other suitable material, and a
separate pocket or sheath may. be formed on the outside thereof or on the edges or
backs of the covers B and C for the reception and retention of the pencil.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is ;
1. As a new article of manufacture, a book fastening consisting of a cross-piece or
pocket secured to the inside of one cover near the outer end and adapted to receive
and retain the outer ends of the leaves and the other cover, substantially as shewn and
described.
2. The combination with a book, of a cross-piece or pocket secured to the inside of
one cover for the reception and retention of the leaves of the other cover, sub-
stantially as shewn and described.
Dated this 14th day of November 1887.
I. C. KIGGINS.
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London,
Patent Agents.
I. C. KIGGINS.
By A. M. & Win. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London,
Patent Agents.