Improved Devices for Mounting Photographs or the like.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Oct., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 27th Aug., 1894-Accepted, 29th Sept., 1994
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Devices for Mounting Photographs or the like.
I, MARIA LAKE, of 43 Scarsdale Villas, Kensington in the County of London
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improved retaining-devices for use in albums, scrap
books & the like or on handing cards, for holding photographs, scraps or cuttings,
in position therein or thereon.
The chief object of my said invention is to provide means which will enable
photographs, scraps or cuttings to be retained in a more convenient manner than
that afforded by the usual method of inserting the corners thereof in slits made in
the page. This method is unsatisfactory because it damages the page, and renders
the back thereof unsightly by reason of the protrusion therethrough of the
corners of the photographs, scraps, or cuttings and; furthermore, the said
protruded corners interfere with the utilization of that face of the page on which
they lie; and in the majority of instances this face is therefore wasted.
The protruding corners of the photographs, scraps or cuttings are, moreover,
liable to be crumpled & spoiled by the turning of the leaves of the album or scrap
book. According to my invention, to obviate the defects herein before set forth,
provide pockets or receptacles of paper, thin cardboard, or other suitable material,
and of triangular form, which pockets are adapted to be attached to the face of
the page or card or tablet to receive the four corners of the photographs, scraps
or cuttings, & to retain the same securely but in such manner that they may be
very readily withdrawn or re-inserted, as may be desired. I make the said pockets
in the following manner, that is to say, I first cut the material into blanks of
suitable shape, then fold the same & secure the folds, in such manner as to form
triangular receptacles, one face of which I coat with gum or other adhesive
material so that the said pockets may at any time thereafter be readily & firmly
attached to the album or other material, in or upon, which they are to be used, by
applying moisture to the said adhesive material."
It is obvious that the said pockets may be applied & secured to the page of the
book or card or tablet at any desired distance apart suited to the size of the
photograph or scrap to be held thereby, so that there is no difficulty in
accommodating scraps of all sizes. And it is also obvious that if desired, the said
pockets may be made of ornamental shape & may also be ornamental on their
faces in any desirable manner.
Datad this 26th day of October 1902
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Devices for Mounting Photographs or the like.
I, MARIA LAKE, of 43 Scarsdale Villas, Kensington, in the County of
Middlesex, 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 :-
My invention relates to improved retaining devices for use in albums, scrap-
books and the like, or on cards, or tablets or any suitable surface for holding
photographs, scraps, cuttings, or similar articles.

page_text: The chief object of my said invention is to provide means whereby photographs,
scraps or cuttings can be inserted into an album or other book more conveniently
than by the usual methods. One very common method is that of inserting the
corners in slits made in the leaf of the book. This method is unsatisfactory
because it damages the leaf and when a photograph or other article is secured on
one page or side of a leaf the other side or back thereof is made unsightly by
reason of the protrusion through the same of the corners of the photographs,
scraps, or cuttings and, furthermore, the said protruding corners interfere with the
utilization of the page on which they lie and in the majority of instances this
page is therefore wasted. The protruding corners of the photographs, scraps or
cuttings are, moreover, liable to be crumpled and spoiled by the turning of the
leaves of the album or scrap-book.
According to my invention, I provide pockets or receptacles of paper, thin
cardboard, or other suitable material, and of triangular or approximately triangular
form, which pockets are adapted to be attached to the page of the book, or to the
card or tablet to receive the four corners of the photographs, scraps, or cuttings,
and to retain the same securely but in such manner that they may be very readily
removed or re-inserted, as may be desired.
In the accompanying drawing I have shown in Figures 1 and 2, two examples of
the said pockets as they appear when holding a photograph in the page of an
album, I have also shown in Figures 3 and 4 the face and back of one of the said
pockets. I can very conveniently make the said pockets in the following manner,
that is to say, I first cut the paper or other material into blanks of suitable shape
and size and then fold the same so that the back edges meet or overlap each other
as shown in Figure 4. I then apply to the back-surface, gum or other adhesive
material so that the said pockets may at any time thereafter be readily and
securely attached to the page of an album or other surface by moistening or
damping the adhesive side and pressing them upon the surface. I do not however
restrict myself to any particular mode of manufacturing or producing the
adhesive pockets.
It is obvious that the said pockets may be applied and secured to the page of
the book or card or tablet at any desired distance apart according to the size of
the photograph or other article to be held thereby, so that there will be no
difficulty in accommodating pictures or scraps of different sizes. And it is also
obvious that, if desired, the said pockets may be made of ornamental shape and
may also be coloured or otherwise ornamented on their faces in any desirable
manner. They may be made of any required size and may be sold in boxes or
packages containing any convenient number and used at any time as readily as an
ordinary postage stamp.
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 adhesive pocket for holding photographs or the like by the corners on
the page of a book or other surface substantially as set forth.
2. The page of an album or the like provided with pockets which hold a
photograph or other article by its corners without requiring slits or apertures in
the page or leaf substantially as set forth.
CALE
MARIA LAKE.
Haseltine, Lake & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.