Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 20th July, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 8th Dec., 1896-Accepted, 27th Feb., 1897
JOSEPH WIDCOMBE ADAMS 39 Court Road, Saltmead, Cardiff, Waiter, and
WILLIAM SIMPSON 68 Beauchamp Street Cardiff, Waiter, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A double clip to clip serviette ring, clipping power consists of two spiral springs,
and a horizontal double groove for card to slide in.
We, JOSEPH WIDCOMBE ADAMS 39 Court Road, Saltmead Cardiff, Waiter, and
WILLIAM SIMPSON 68 Beauchamp Street Cardiff, Waiter, 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 :-
Our invention has reference to a card-holder for serviette rings and may be made
either integral with the ring or as a separate article constructed to clip on to the
ring and used in combination therewith.
The object of our invention is to dispense with the present custom in hotels and
other large public establishments of placing a card containing name and number of
room or other designation of the visitor for identification purposes, loosely within
the serviette ring, such card being usually lost and having to be replaced every meal
time; the loss and destruction of the card causing trouble to waiters and others
when endeavouring to identify or locate strangers.
According to our invention one form of our card-holder for serviette rings consists
of a flat plate of metal, xylonite, mica or other suitable material preferably bent to
the curve of the ring. The top and bottom edges of the said plate are bent over to
form guides and retainers for the card which is placed in position by inserting it at
either side. As before stated the holder may be constructed in one piece with the
serviette ring, or, when the holder is constructed separately from the ring we further
provide it with spiral or wire springs having hooked ends which on being slightly
stretched clip over the edges or rims of the ring and so retain the holder in place.
In the annexed drawing
Figure 1 shows a serviette ring A adapted to hold a card B by means of the
retainers or turned down portions a.
Figure 2 is a front and Figure 3 a back view of a cardholder shewn separate from
the serviette ring, the holder consisting in this case of a plate C which is secured to

page_text: the serviette ring by suitable spring clips such as 7, the card B being held in position
between the guides a as in Figure 1.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. A card holder for serviette rings consisting of a flat plate or band of suitable
material bent over at top and bottom to form guides and retainers for the card,
and having spring clips attached to back thereof by which it may be clipped to
the ring.
2. The combination with a serviette ring of a card holder substantially as described
and shewn.
Dated this 20th day of Jul 180C
BENJ. T. KING, A.I.M.E.,
(Of T. B. Browne, Limited),
163, Queen Victoria Street, London, E.,
Registered Patent Agent.