A New or Improved Rest for Writing Purposes.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Oct., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 19th Jan., 1898-Accepted, 19th Mar., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Rest for Writing Purposes.
I, GEORGE LAKE HOLLAMBY, of 6, Carlton Terrace, Dawlish, Devon, Accountant,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a device to be employed in connection with writing
in ledgers or other books, and provides an arrangement which will allow the
writing at the bottom of a page to be done much more easily than is at present
the case.
Considerable difficulty is experienced in writing in a book when the lower part
of the page is reached as the writer has nothing to rest his hand upon.
The rest I propose to employ is formed preferably from a block of wood of
considerable depth which is placed at the lower edge of the ledger or other book.
The upper side of this block is hollowed out so as to receive the wrist and to
support the hand in a more comfortable manner. To the upper edge of this
block a plate or leaf of wood is hinged, this plate being preferably of wedge
shape or tapering slightly towards its upper end. This is inserted in the cover
of the book or between the leaves in any convenient manner and holds the
rest in the proper position for use. This hinged leaf allows the writer to use the
rest for any part of the book as it holds the rest at the proper height.
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London,
Agent for the 'Applicant.
I, GEORGE LAKE HOLLAMBY, of 6, Carlton Terrace, Dawlish, Devon, Accountant,
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 relates to a device to be employed in connection with writing
in ledgers or other books, and provides an arrangement which will allow the
writing at the bottom of a page to be done much more easily than is at present
the case.
Considerable difficulty is experienced when writing in a book when the bottom
of a page is reached.
The rest I propose to employ is formed preferably from a block of wood of
considerable depth which is placed at the lower edge of the ledger or other book.

page_text: The upper side of this block is hollowed out so as to receive the wrist and to
support the hand is a more comfortable manner. To the upper edge of this
block a plate or leaf of wood is hinged, this plate being preferably of wedge
shape or tapering slightly towards its upper end. This is inserted in the cover
of the book or between the leaves in any convenient manner and holds the
rest in the proper position for use. This hinged leaf allows the writer to use the
rest for any part of the book as it holds the rest at the proper height.
Referring to the accompanying; sheet of illustrative drawings, Fig. 1 is a
section of a rest constructed according to this invention, and Fig. 2 is a perspective
view showing the rest in use.
A block of wood a of considerable depth is hollowed out at & to receive the
wrist and to support the hand in a more comfortable manner. A plate or leaf of
wood is hinged at d to one edge of the block a and is preferably wedge shaped
or tapering slightly as shown in Fig. 1.
In use, the plate or leaf c is inserted in the cover of the book or between the
leaves as shown in Fig. 2 in such a position that the upper edge of the block a is
at a convenient height for supporting the wrist when writing at the bottom of the
page, this varying according to the part of the ledger or other book in use.
It will readily be seen that for a thin book the block a may rest on the table
or desk as in Fig. 1, while as shown in Fig. 2, it may be at an angle thereto the
rest thus being available whatever the thickness of the ledger or other book.
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) An improved rest for supporting the wrist when writing at the bottom of the
page in books, consisting of a supporting block and means for keeping the said
block in position substantially as described.
(2) An improved rest for supporting the wrist when writing at the bottom of
the page consisting of a supporting block and a plate or leaf hinged thereto
adapted to be placed in the book so as to keep the said block in position, sub-
stantially as described.
(3) An improved rest for supporting the wrist when writing at the bottom of
the page in books, substantially as described with reference to the accompanying
sheet of illustrative drawings..
Dated this 19th doy of Tannam 1900
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London,
Agent for the Applicant.