Improvements in or connected with Stands, Holders, Clips, or Devices for Holding or Supporting Photographs, Pictures, and other Documents.
Year: 1896

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Stands, Holders, Clips, or
Devices for Holding or Supporting Photographs, Pictures, and
other Documents.
I, THOMAS GAZE, of 64, Whiting Street, Bury St. Edmonds, in the County of
Suffolk, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The object of my invention for improvements in or connected with stands,
holders, clips, or devices, for holding or supporting photographs, pictures and
other documents, is to provide simple and effective means whereby photographs,
pictures, and other documents, may be held in such a position as is convenient for
exhibition, either by supporting same in an upright position or suspended from say
a wall, without damaging the photograph, or other object.
According to my invention I employ a piece of metal, stamped from a plate, or
formed from bent wire, xylonite, celluloid, or other suitable material, hereinafter
called a "leg." This leg bas an aperture near one end, or in some cases the end
may be turned up, or bent into hook form; to the other end of the leg I secure
radial elastic arms, which might be secured by the arms being made in two pieces
and clamped together at their point of intersection, the say four arms then passing
through holes in the leg. The arms are made of some elastic material, elastic
fabric or rubber band, or the like, and have secured at their outer ends, triangular
shaped pockets or the like. These pockets are formed of some thin stiff material
such as celluloid, xylonite, metal, card, paper, or the like, and bent or folded into
the required shape, out of one piece, which is secured to the ends of the clastic
arms by the ends of the elastic material being passed through holes in the pocket
and their ends secured by clamping or other means; by securing the pockets to
the elastic arms in this manner it also serves to retain the pockets in their folded
form.
To apply my invention to a photograph or picture, the triangular pockets are
placed over the corners of the photographic mounts, passe-partouts, or the like,
thus gripping same, owing to the tension produced by the elastic arms. The leg
which is bent away from the picture, forms a support when it is desired to stand
the picture upon a flat surface, but when it is desired to suspend the picture from
say a wall, the device should be taken off, and turned over, and again applied to
the photograph, it is then in a position for the aperture in the leg to be placed
over a hook, nail or the like, and the photograph or picture, thereby suspended.
The angle of the leg can be varied at pleasure to suit different requirements, by
bending same, to any suitable angle.
A glass may be employed to protect the photograph, or other article to be
displayed, by placing such glass, upon the surface, and then applying my device as
before described.
By my invention I thus produce an easily detachable device for supporting
photographs, and the like, pictures, and other documents, for exhibition, which is
cheap to manufacture, and easily applied, while at the same time not in any way.
damaging the article or photograph in its application to my stand, holder, clip, or

page_text: device, when constructed and arranged in substantially the manner as before
described:
Dated this 21st day of January 1896.
BREWER & SON,
London and Leeds, Agents for the Applicaut.
Improvements in or connected with Stands, Holders, Clips, or
Devices for Holding or Supporting Photographs, Pictures, and
other Documents.
I, THOMAS GAZE, of 64 Whiting Street, Bury St. Edmonds, in the County of
Suffolk, Manufacturer, 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 in or connected with holders, clips, or devices, for
holding or supporting photographs, pictures, and other documents, is to provide
simple means whereby photographs, pictures, and other documents, may be held in
such a position as is convenient for exhibiting, either by supporting same in an
upright position, or suspended from say a wall, without damaging the photograph,
picture, or other document.
In order that my invention may be readily understood I will describe same with
reference to the accompanying drawings, whereon similar letters of reference refer
to like parts in the several figures.
Figure 1 is a perspective view of my holder, clip, or device, applied to say a
photograph;
Figure 2 is a similar view shewing a differing construction of support;
Figure 3 is a perspective view of a corner piece forming part of the device, and
Figure 4 shews a piece of material from which such a corner piece is formed;
Figure 5 is a side elevation shewing the device utilized to suspend an article ;
Figure 6 shews in rear perspective view, the device applied to a book; and
Figure 7 is a rear elevation of the device shewing a manner of adjusting the
support.
According to my invention I employ as a support, a piece of metal formed from
bent wire as at A, Fig. 1, or stamped from a plate as at A, Fig. 2, and hereafter
termed a "leg." When formed of wire, the leg A, as shewn at Fig. 1, may have
a loop A at its lower end, whereby it can be suspended when required, or when of
plate form, Fig. 2, this leg may be formed with an aperture or be turned up into
book form as at A¹, Fig. 2. To the other end of the leg I secure radial elastic
arms B, which might be secured by the arms being made in two pieces, as at
Fig. 1, and passed through loops A in the leg, or the elastic arms B may be
clamped together at their point of intersection as at Fig. 2, the arins B. then
passing through holes A2 in the leg A. The arins B are made of some elastic
material such as elastic fabric or rubber band, or the like, and have secured to
their outer ends the triangular shaped corner pieces, pockets, or the like C.
These corner pieces or pockets (one of which is shewn detached at Fig. 3) are
formed of some thin stiff material such as celluloid, xylonite, metal, card, paper or
the like, and are bent into the required shape, each out of such a piece as is shewn
for example at Fig. 4 folded on the dotted lines, and the pockets C are secured to
the ends of the elastic arms by the ends of the elastic material being passed
through holes in the said pockets C, and tied, or the ends secured by clamping, or
by other means; by securing the elastic arms B in this manner to the pockets C,
the latter (pockets) are retained in their folded form.
To apply my invention to a photograph or picture, say such as D, the triangular

page_text: pockets C are placed over the corners of the photograph mounts, passe-partout, or
the like, the elastic arms B causing the pockets C to be held thereon.
The leg A is bent away from the picture D and forms a support when it is
desired to stand the picture upon a flat surface as is shewn at Figs 1 and 2, but
when it is desired to suspend the picture as is shewn at Fig. 5, from say a wall E,
the device should be taken off and turned over and again applied to the photograph
or the like, it is then in a position for the aperture or the loop A' in the leg A to
be placed over a hook, nail, or the like E', and the photograph or picture thereby
suspended. The angle of the leg can be varied at pleasure to suit different
requirements by bending same, and when formed as shewn at Figs. 1 and 7, the
position of the leg A can be adjusted relatively to the corners as shewn by the full
and dotted line positions indicated at Fig. 7, and can be adapted in this manner to
pictures or the like of differing shapes; the device can in like manner be applied
to the corners of book covers as shewn at Fig. 6, and thereby protect the corners,
and likewise form a stand for same when opened as shewn.
A glass may be employed to protect the photograph by placing the glass upon
the surface of same and then applying my device as before described.
By my invention I thus produce an easily detachable device for supporting and
protecting photographs, pictures, and other documents for exhibition, which is
cheap to manufacture and easily applied, while at the same time not damaging the
photograph in its application.
I am aware that prior to my invention so-called corner pieces or pockets have
been used, for example to protect the corners of book covers, and it is obvious
that I do not lay claim to such corner pieces, separately, except as hereafter
claimed.
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:-
1. In stands, holders, clips, or devices, for holding or supporting photographs,
pictures, and other documents, the corner pieces adapted to take onto the corners
of the article to which the device is applied, elastic arms connecting the corner
pieces, and the leg or equivalent part connected to the elastic arms, substantially
as and for the purposes described.
2. The general construction and combination of parts composing my holder, clip,
or device, and including the "leg" formed of plate or wire, the elastic connection
therefrom proceeding to the corner pieces, all substantially as shewn and described
with reference to the accompanying drawings.
A
11000
BREWER & SON,
London and Leeds, Agents for the Applicant.
BREWER & SON,
London and Leeds, Agents for the Applicant.