Year: 1886

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I, JOHN CORRY FELL, of the firm of Fell and Wilding, of N° 1 Queen Victoria
Street, in the City of London, Patent Agents, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention a communication to me from abroad by W. Hagelberg, of Berlin, in the
Empire of Germany, to be as follows:-
My invention relates to an improved construction of a device, forming a self-
supporting card, menu, photograph, picture, or the like, for their better display, or
which may be used to support cards, photographs, mirrors, etc. in a position
suitable for display and practical use.
The supporting devices hitherto employed for these purposes are usually quite
distinct from the card or photograph to be displayed, and are frequently unsightly,
besides offering difficulty for a substantial attachment to the supported article.
My device is superior to such arrangements in so far as it absolutely forms, or in
all cases appears to form, a part of the card or article to be exhibited, as, when
lying in the flat, the supporting device forms a frame around the card or picture,
and when the latter has been raised for display the complete device still forms an
ornamental and perfect whole.
My device consists of a frame surrounding the card, picture, or article to be
exhibited, and connected to the latter on one side only, being separated from it on
the other three sides by means of a slit.
The outline or form of the interior card, picture or article or article to be
displayed, may be designed according to taste, and may thus be rendered highly
ornamental, the frame being equally capable of ornamentation, both in surface,
colour, and form, such ornamentation in no way interfering with the mechanical
action of my device, but aiding much to its picturesque effect.
That part of the frame opposite to the connecting side I divide by means of a
slit. On either side of this slit each arm of the frame is provided with a slit,
reaching from the inner edge to the centre of one arm, and from the outer edge to

page_text: the centre of the other arm.
Or, instead of these slits, one arm may be provided
with a hook and the other with a loop.
The supporting at an angle and display of the central card or other article is
effected as follows:-
The arms of the frame are drawn over one another until they mutually interlock
in the cross slits above described; the width of the frame is thus reduced at one
end, and thus becomes arched, and thereby raises the central portion, displaying
the card, menu, photograph, or other article.
For the purposes of this invention it is necessary that the material of which the
frame is made shall be elastic, and allow of being bent. I may therefore use sheet
metal, stiff paper, or similar material.
Where the article to be exhibited is a card, it may be conveniently made from
stiff paper in one piece with the frame or supporting device. If it is a photograph,
mirror, etc. it may be firmly connected to the central portion of my device, and
thus to the supporting frame on one side.

page_text: An Improved Supporting Device for Cards, Photographs,
Pictures, and the like.
I, JOHN CORRY FELL of the firm of Fell and Wilding of N° 1 Queen Victoria
Street in the City of London, Patent Agents, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention a communication to me from abroad by W. Hagelberg of Berlin, in the
Empire of Germany, and in what manner the same is to be performed to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
My invention relates to an improved construction of a device forming a self
supporting card, menu, photograph, picture, Christmas and New Year's card or the
like, for their better display, or which may be used to support cards, photographs.
or mirrors, in a position suitable for display and practical use.
The supporting devices hitherto employed for this purpose are usually quite
distinct from the card or photographs to be displayed, and are frequently unsightly,
besides offering difficulty for a substantial attachment to the supported article. My
device is superior to such arrangements in so far as it absolutely forms or in all.
cases appears to form a part of the card or article to be exhibited, as when lying
in the flat the supporting device forms a frame around the card or picture, and
when the latter has been raised for display the complete device still forms an
ornamental and perfect whole.
My device consists of a frame surrounding the card, picture, or article to be
exhibited, and connected to the latter on one side only, being separated from it on
the three sides by means of a slit. The outline or form of the interior card,
picture, or article to be displayed, may be designed according to taste, and may
thus be rendered highly ornamental, the frame being equally capable of ornamen-
tation both in surface, colour, and form, such ornamentation in no way interfering
with the mechanical action of my device, but aiding much to its picturesque effect.
This ornamentation may be in the flat, or embossed in relief, and may be coloured
or not. That part of the frame opposite to the connecting side I divide by means
of a slot or slit of suitable width, the edges of which may be straight or curved.
On either side of this slit each arm of the frame is provided with a slit reaching
from the inner edge to the centre of one arm, and from the outer edge to the
centre of the other; or instead of these slits one arm may be provided with a
hook, and the other with a loop or eye. The supporting at an angle and display
of the central card or other article, is effected as follows:-
The arms of the frame are drawn over one another, until they mutually interlock
in the cross slits above described. The width of the frame is thus reduced at one
end and it thus becomes arched, and thereby raises the central portion, displaying
the card, menu, photograph, or other article. For the purpose of this invention it
is necessary that the material of which the frame is made shall be flexible, and
allow of being bent. I may therefore use thin sheet metal, stiff paper, or similar
material. Where the article to be exhibited is a card it may be conveniently
made from stiff paper, in one piece, with the frame or supporting device. If it is
a photograph, mirror, etc, it may be firmly connected to the central portion of my
device, and thus to the supporting frame on one side,

page_text: In order that my device may be the better understood, I now proceed to
illustrate same in the accompanying sheet of drawings, reference being had to the
letters and figures marked thereon. Like letters refer to like parts throughout
the figures.
Figure 1 is a plan of the said device lying flat.
Figure 2 is a section of same in position.
Figure 3 is a plan in position.
Figure 4 is a back elevation in position.
Figures 5 and 6 are plans of modified forms of my device lying flat.
Figure 7 shows a mirror fitted with my device lying flat.
Figures 8 and 9 show two details.
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In all the figures A is the article to be exhibited, B¹ B is the surrounding
frame, divided by means of a slot c into the arms B¹ B". The latter are formed
with slots c¹ c¹¹ reaching to the middle of the frame, one from the outer edge and
the other from the inner edge. The mirror A shown in figure 7 is fitted with a
fixed frame A¹, connected on one side with the supporting frame B¹ B¹¹ by means
of a strip F.
Figures 8 and 9 show a form of hook and eye which might be employed in place
of the slits cl cll.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
1st A device for placing or exhibiting cards, photos, mirrors, etc, consisting of a
frame B¹ B¹¹, surrounding the object A to be placed or exhibited, and connected to
the latter on one side and divided therefrom on the opposite side by means of a
slit into two arms B' B", the placing or exhibiting of A being effected by the
arms B B being slid over one another and engaged, substantially as specified.
2nd The combination with such a fraine of recesses or slits c¹ cll, or hooks and
eyes D and E, for the purpose of fixing the arms in position and engaging same
when they are slid over one another, substantially as specified.
Dated this 30th day of June 1886.
FELL & WILDING,
Agents for the Applicant.