New or Improved Note-book, Memorandum-pad, or the like provided with Means whereby the same may be Attached to the Cuff or Wrist of the User.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 8th June, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 27th Nov., 1896-Accepted, 17th Apr., 1397
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Note-book, Memorandum-pad, or the like provided
with Means whereby the same may be Attached to the Cuff or
Wrist of the User.
I, RICHARD HENRY BAXTER, of 84 Richmond Road, Barton Hill, Bristol, in
the County of Gloucester, Surgeon, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
My object is to provide a note-book, memorandum-pad, or the like which may be
secured to the cuff or wrist of the user, so that the same may be written in or upon,
or the contents referred to without necessitating removal.
For this purpose I attach to the top and bottom, or other convenient points of a
note-book, memorandum-pad, or the like, or a frame in or to which the same may be
secured, the opposite ends of a strip of elastic, rubber, or other suitable material
of such length that when passed over the wrist or cuff of the user, the book, pad, or
the like may be so held as to permit of the same being written in or upon.
CASTLE SMITH,
"Invention " Office, Mitre Court, Fleet Street, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.
New or Improved Note-book, Memorandum-pad, or the like provided
with Means whereby the same may be Attached to the Cuff or
Wrist of the User.
I, RICHARD HENRY BAXTER, of 84, Richmond Road, Barton Hill, Bristol, in
the County of Gloucester, Surgeon, 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 :-
The object of my invention is to provide a note book, memorandum pad or the
like, which may be secured to the cuff or wrist of the user, so that the same
may be written in or upon or the contents referred to without necessitating
removal.
In carrying my invention into effect, I proceed in or in about the following
manner, that is to say, I attach to the top and bottom or to any other convenient
parts of the note book, memorandum pad or the like, or to a frame in or to which
the same may be secured in any suitable or convenient manner the opposite ends
of a strip or of strips of elastic, rubber or other suitable material or materials, of
such length that when passed over or around the wrist or cuff of the user, the.
book, pad, or the like will be so held as to permit of it being written on or in,
or referred to as and when required. The ends of the strip or strips of rubber or

page_text: the like may be either permanently attached to the note book or the like, or made
removable by having buttons, hooks or other contrivances provided on the pad or
like and holes or other corresponding parts on the ends of the elastic strips. The
precise mode of attachment however forms no part of my invention.
The accompanying drawing shews a front view of a memorandum pad arranged
in accordance with my invention. The elastic a is attached at b and c to the card
or other foundation d' of the pad e, the upper ends of the leaves of e being attached
to d, and the lower ends being kept in place by a rubber band which is prevented
from running off by the projections 9 on the card or equivalent d. In use the
cuff or wrist is passed between the band a and the back of d.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
The combination with note books, memorandum pads or the like, or with a frame
in or to which they may be secured, of means whereby they may be removably
attached to the users wrist or to the cuff of some part of his or her wearing
apparel, the said means of attachment consisting essentially of a strip or of strips
of elastic, rubber, or other suitable material, the opposite ends of which are
permanently or removably attached to opposite sides or other parts of the note book
or like, the length of the said strip or strips being such that it or they will
encircle the wrist or cuff above mentioned, and so retain the note book or like
in position thereon for use as, and when, required, the whole substantially as
described in the above specification, and exemplified in the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 26th day of November 1896.
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23, Coleman Street, London, E.C., Agents for Applicant.