IMPROVEMENTS IN MATCH-BOX, OR OTHER CASE HOLDERS to be as follows:
Year: 1885

page_text: I, CHARLES SANDELL of 146 Osborne Road, Forest Gate, in the County of Essex,
Accountant, do hereby declare the nature of iny said invention for " IMPROVEMENTS
IN MATCH-BOX, OR OTHER CASE HOLDERS to be as follows:-
"
This invention has for its object the construction of match-box, or other case
holders in such a manner as to allow of the match or other box or case being
attached to or removed from the holder by exceedingly simple means, the holder
being adapted to be hung, or otherwise temporarily fastened to the wall or other
convenient place, while at the same time it may be handsomely ornamented, or
made use of for advertising, for referential information, or other purposes.
The invention consists in making in a piece of cardboard, or other suitable
material or combination of materials, two incisions parallel to each other, and by
preference with a small circular hole at each extremity. A cross incision is also
made, so that the combined incisions or cuts assume something like the shape of
the letter H, the cross cut being somewhat nearer the bottom than the top. Two
tongues are thus formed. The mode of attaching the match-box and cover to the
holder is as follows. The match box is withdrawn from the cover.
The upper
tongue is then slipped within the cover at one end, and on bending the lower
tongue outwards it may be slipped within the cover at the other end, when the
cover will be found securely attached to the holder, but capable of being as easily
removed from it. All that is necessary to be done further is to slide the match
box from above into the cover when it will meet with and rest upon the upper
edge of the lower tongue, which projects sufficiently from the vertical to prevent
any possibility of the box slipping through, and at the same time gives great
rigidity to the whole.
Match-box holders formed in this manner may be made in a variety of shapes;
may have a calendar, postal rates, or other information printed thereon, or may be
used for advertising purposes, or they may be ornamented in numberless ways and
serve as an elegant article of furniture.
Dated this 14th day of November 190K
W. H. BENNETT,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: I, CHARLES SANDELL of 181 Queen Victoria Street in the City of London and
146 Osborne Road Forest Gate in the County of Essex, Accountant do hereby
declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN MATCHBOX OR OTHER
CASE HOLDERS and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :—
This invention has for its object the construction of matchbox or other case
holders in such a manner as to allow of the matchbox or other box or case being
easily attached to or removed from the holder by exceedingly simple means, the
holder being adapted to be hung or otherwise temporarily fastened to the wall or
other convenient place while at the same time it may be handsomely ornamented,
or made use of for advertising, for referential information or other purposes.
The invention consists in a piece of card board or other suitable material or
combination of materials with two parallel incisions, with small transverse
incisions or circular holes at the extremities of the parallel incisions, and a cross
incision severing the space between the parallels, so that the combined incisions or
cuts assume something of the shape of the letter H, the cross cut being somewhat
nearer the bottom than the top. In this manner two tongues are formed, the
upper being somewhat longer than the lower one. The mode of attaching
the matchbox or case to this holder being as follows:-The box containing
the matches, is withdrawn from the slide or cover, the upper tongue of the
holder is inclined forward and the slide or cover is slipped on the upper tongue
as far as it will go, and the lower tongue is then bent forward and the slide or
cove of the match box slipt or slid over it till the match box cover touches the
lower extremity of the incisions, the slide or cover is then firmly attached to the
holder, but capable of being as easily removed from it. All that is necessary to be
done further is to slide the box containing the matches from above into the cover
until the bottom edge of the box rests upon the upper edge of the lower tongue
of the holder, which projects sufficiently from the vertical to prevent the box
containing the matches or other contents from slipping through, at the same time
giving great rigidity to the box.
Match box holders formed in this manner, made in a variety of shapes, may be
made to serve a variety of purposes, may be used for advertising, for remembrancers,
calenders, as a useful and ornamental article of furniture.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1. The system of matchbox or other case holder produced by the parallel cuts
with cross incision on card board or other materials,
2. This system of card board match box holders for advertisements and
decorative effect.
3. This system of attachment for all cases by means of combined tongues, cut in
card board.
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1.
AL 1000