like During Transmission through the Post.
Year: 1885

page_text: like During Transmission through the Post.
I GEORGE FREDERICK REDFERN, of the General Patent Office, 4 South Street,
Finsbury, in the county of Middlesex, Patent Agent do hereby declare the nature
of this invention (a communication from abroad by Messieurs John Markinsky and
Alfred Hearn, both of Winnipeg, Manitoba, in the Dominion of Canada) to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to an improved device for protecting Christmas and other
cards, photographs, books and the like from becoming damaged during trans-
mission through the post at the same time allowing of the said articles being sent
at book post rates and to be easily examined by the Post office officials without
unfastening the device or cover.
•
For this purpose the protector is made from two sheets of cardboard or other
suitable stiff material provided with a series of perforations or holes those of one
sheet being coincident with those of the other sheet; the said perforations or holes
are intended to receive a length of cord, ribbon, or the like and are so placed that
when the 'said cord or ribbon is threaded through the said holes and the ends
thereof are tied or otherwise fastened it shall confine or secure two or more of
the corners or edges of the card, photograph' book, or the like which has been
previously placed within the protector.
"
It is advantageous to cut off the angles or corners of the parts of the protector
for the purpose of lessening the risk of the parts being broken.
In cases where the card is too small to be properly held in position by the cord
or the like strips of paper or other material are placed across two or more of the
corners of the card or the like and attached by gum or otherwise to one of the
parts of the protector.

page_text: like During Transmission through the Post.
!. I GEORGE FREDERICK REDFERN, of the General Patent Office, A South Street,
Finsbury, in the county of Middlesex, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention (a communication from abroad by Messieurs John Markinsky
and Alfred Hearn, both of Winnipeg, Manitoba, in the Dominion of Canada) 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 an improved device for protecting Christmas and other
cards, photographs, books and the like from becoming damaged during trans-
mission through the post, at the same time allowing of the said articles being sent
at book post rates and to be easily examined by the Post Office officials without 1
unfastening the device or cover.
For this purpose the protector is made from two sheets of cardboard or other
suitable stiff material provided with a series of perforations or holes those of one
sheet being coincident with those of the other sheet; the said perforations: or holes
are intended to receive a piece of cord or ribbon or pieces of elastic or the like
and are so placed that when the said cord, ribbon or elastic is threaded through
the said holes and the ends thereof are tied or otherwise fastened it shall confine
or secure two or more of the corners or edges of the card, photograph, book, or the
like which has been previously placed within the protector.
It is advantageous to cut off the angles or corners of the parts of the protector :
'for the purpose of lessening the risk of the parts being broken.
In cases where the card is too small to be properly held in position by the cord
or the like, strips of paper or other material are placed across two or more of the
corners of the card or the like and attached by gum or otherwise to one of the
parts of the protector.
In order to enable the invention to be fully understood I will proceed to describe
the same by reference to the accompanying drawing the several figures of which
represent various forms of protectors for cards, photographs, books and the like
during transmission through the post made according to this invention.
Figures 1 and 2 are face views of the two sheets of cardboard or other stiff
material forming the improved protector, a, a, a, a, and b, b, b, b, representing the
holes therein (four in number) the holes a, in figure 1 coinciding with the holes b,
in figure 2; c, in figure 2 represents a Christmas card, photograph or the like
which is placed in the position shewn between the two sheets A and B ; a piece of
cord ribbon or the like d (shewn in figure 3 which represents a face view of one
of the protectors complete) is then threaded through the holes a and b, and the
ends are tied as shewn at e (or otherwise fastened) when the corners or edges of
the card or the like will be confined as shewn in the said figure 3 in which the
card is represented in dotted lines; figure 4 is an edge view of figure 3; the angles
or corners of the parts of the protector are shewn cut off for the purpose herein-
before referred to.

page_text: Figure 5, represents a face view of a protector, made similarly to that herein-
before described and shewn in figures 1 to 4, except that the two parts are shewn
provided with six holes whereby the edges and corners of a card or the like of
small dimensions can be more securely confined.
Figure 6 is a face view of one of the parts of the protector represented in
figure 3 shewing strips of paper f.f. f. f, or other material placed across the corners
of the card c, or the like and attached by gum or otherwise to the said part of the
protector which can advantageously be done where the card is too small to be
properly held in position by the cord d.
Figure 7 is a similar view to figure 1 but shewing the protector slotted from the
holes to the edge thereof so as to allow of the cord d, or the like being inserted in
the said holes without it being necessary to thread it through.
In figures 8 and 9 which are face and edge views respectively of the protector
I have shewn the two sheets of cardboard connected together by pieces of elastic
d, d, d, (three being shewn but which number may vary) instead of employing a
cord or the like as hereinbefore described; the said pieces of elastic d, are placed
near three of the edges of the protector, the fourth edge being closed by a flap g,
provided with suitable mucilage to allow of the protector being fastened up when
the card or the like (shewn in dotted lines in figure 8) has been placed therein.
Figure 10 shews an edge view of a protector similar to that shewn in figures 8
and 9 except that the two parts of the protector are hinged together at one edge
where consequently no piece of elastic d, is required.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is :
1. A protector for cards, photographs, books and the like consisting of two
sheets of cardboard or other suitable stiff material provided with a number of
corresponding perforations for receiving a piece of cord or ribbon or pieces of elastic
or the like substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described and repre-
sented in the accompanying drawing.
2. The improved protectors for cards, photographs, books and the like herein-
before described and represented in the various figures of the accompanying
drawing.
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