Year: 1888

page_text: I WILLIAM UNETT COATES of Hill Vicarage Falfield R.S.O. Glostershire Clerk in
Holy Orders do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to construct holders for ribbon book markers which
can be quickly and firmly fixed in a book by means of which one or more places in a
book can be marked.
The holder has two limbs.
The one limb (described in this specification as limb A) is to go between the leaves
of the book.
The other limb (described in this specification as limb B) hooks over the back of
the book, between the cover and the stitched part of the book, when there is room,
and outside the cover when there is not room.
(Limb B) need not be so long as (limb A).
The limbs aro parallel to each other, a little distance apart, and joined together at
the top.
.
When they are made flat, their planes are at right angles to each other.
The holder may be mado with or without a shoulder where the two limbs join.
The shoulder projects on each side (limb A).
The holder may be made with or without a bar, which is joined to and is in the same
plane with (limb A) and a little above the shoulder it is about as long as the ribbon
is wide.
The ribbon fastened to the bar, or when there is no bar, the ribbon is fastened to
the top of the holder which projects above the book.
When the bar is at a little distance from the shoulder the (limb A) is stiffened by
(limb B which forms a flange.
A small holder is made with wire bent like a ladies hair pin: the two limbs are
joined together a little distance from the top, leaving a hole to pass the ribbon through'
and fasten it: or the two limbs are bent so as to touch each other a short distance
from the top, and then separate again and run parallel a little distance apart or the
two limbs are joined at the top by a knob to which the ribbon is fastened.
Dated this Twelfth day of October 1888.

page_text: I WILLIAM UNETT COATES Clerk in Holy Orders, Hill Vicarage, in the County of
Gloucester, 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 this invention is to construct a holder for ribbon book markers which
can be easily and firmly fixed in the book by means of which one or more places in
the book can be marked.
My invention consists of a holder usually made with one, or more, limbs or legs of
wood, metal or other suitable material. One leg is generally made flat and of such
length and width as to lie easily between the leaves of a book, the other leg may be
either round or flat and is so constructed that it can be placed within the outer and
inner backs of the book, which is most suitable when the book is of a large size, or on
the outside of the back when the back is fastened to the sewn folds of the book.
These two legs are parallel to each other and at such a distance apart as to allow cach
to fit properly in its intended position, the outer leg being preferably made shorter
than the other and, if made of a flat strip, it should be at right angles to the plane of
the other leg. When the two legs are made in one piece, a ring, hook or other
suitable means of attachment, is formed where the legs project above the book, to which
the marker is attached, but if, as is usually the case when two or more markers are
used, the legs are not formed of one continuous piece, they are united by a shoulder
and to this shoulder a ring, hook, or other suitable means of attachment is fixed to
which the markers are connected, or on the shoulder a pivot may be fixed to which
the arms are hinged having a suitable connection at their extremities for the attach-
ment of the markers thereto, a reciprocal movement of the latter, as the leaves of
the book are turned, is thus provided for. Instead of two or more arms and markers
being employed as described, one arm only may be hinged on the pivot to which one
or more markers may be connected.
The markers may be connected to the attachments provided for the purpose at tho
ends of the limbs, in various ways, such as by the use of safety pins, or by being sewn
to a bar which may be fastened or removed as required; or a hem may be made at the
end of the ribbon and passed over a bar fastener, as hereinafter described.
When it is desired to attach the holder more permanently to the book, as in the
case of Church Services and such like, the outer or shorter leg may be dispensed with,
and replaced by two ears (similar to those of a paper fastener) which being passed
through the sewn folds of the book are bent on the other side. And in order that my
invention may be more fully understood reference is hereby made to the accompanying
drawings in which similar letters of reference denote corresponding parts of my
invention.
Fig. 1 represents the simplest form of holder, which is formed of wire, bent some-
thing like a lady's hair pin, the leg A being the part which is placed between the
leaves of the book, B, the short leg fitting on the back of the book, and C a ring, or
other suitable connection to which the marker is attached.

page_text: Fig. 2 shows A as a flat strip, and B either as a round or flat strip held together by
the shoulder D to which a suitable attachment C is fastened.
Fig. 3 represents the two legs and shoulder A, B and D as in figure 2, but in the
centre of the shoulder Da pivot F is inserted upon which one or more arms E E are
hinged. On the end of the arm or arms is a hook, hooks, or other suitable connection
for the attachment of the marker or markers. This Fig. shows my invention
constructed with two arms.
Fig. 4 is an improved bar fastener G by which the markers may be attached to their
respective connections, the opening H being left for the hem of the marker to be
pushed over one half of the lower part of the fastener and then drawn back over the
other part. Fig. 5 shows the hem of the marker K pushed halfway over the fastener
as described and ready to be drawn completely into position as shewn by the dotted
lines. Fig. 6 represents a book L in which the holder is fixed with the pivot; hinged
arms, fasteners and markers attached, one marker being inside the book and the other
outside.
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 :-
:-
1st. A holder for ribbon book markers constructed substantially as and for the
purposes herein described and as shown by the drawings.
2nd. The construction of the arms E E (to hold the fasteners). hinged to the central
pivot F, allowing the markers to be movable, and constructed substantially as and for
the purposes herein described and as shewn by the drawings.
Dated this 6th day of December 1888.
E. J. COLSTON FEAR,
Agent for the Applicant.