Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Apr., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 29th Dec., 1896-Accepted, 27th Feb., 1897
I, CHARLES JOHN LETTS, of 3 Royal Exchange, in the County of London,
Publisher, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to book-markers and provides a marker that will serve
also as a tablet or the like for the reception of notes or calculations or other
written matter.
The said improved marker is made of celluloid or other material that can be
conveniently written upon with a lead pencil for example, and is connected by a
piece of flexible fabric or otherwise to the book in such a manner that it can be
inserted between the leaves in any desired place. The marker shows at a glance
the place that is in use. The material used for the marker is one that is pliable
but sufficiently rigid for the purposes of a tablet. The tablet may have one leaf
only or it may have two or more leaves.
Dated this 4th day of April 1896.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
1, CHARLES JOHN LETTS, of 3 Royal Exchange, in the County of London,
Publisher, 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:-
This invention relates to an improved book marker made in the form of a thin
tablet of celluloid, cardboard or other suitable material, connected by a piece of
pliable fabric or otherwise to the cover of the book in such a manner that it cau
be inserted between the leaves in any desired place. The said book marker
occupies very little space and shows instantly the place that is in use, and ensures
the opening of the book at the page required. The material used for the book
marker is one that is flexible but sufficiently rigid for the purposes of a tablet.
The surface of the tablet may be made quite smooth and polished, or it may be
prepared for writing upon so that the tablet may be used for the reception of
notes or calculations or other written matter. The tablet may have one leaf only
or it may have two or more leaves.
In order to clearly illustrate my invention I have shown in the accompanying
drawing a book furnished with my improved book-marker. A is the tablet of
flexible material, one side or both sides of which may be prepared for being
written upon. By means of a strip B of pliable material such as fine buckram,
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page_text: leather, silk, or book linen the said tablet is attached to one edge D of the book
The said pliable material B may be fastened to the tablet by being
inserted through a slit C near one edge of the tablet or in any other way and may
be secured conveniently to the book cover by inserting one edge between the
cover and the lining and pasting it in, or it may be secured in any other suitable
manner.
The material B-used-for-connecting the tablet to the cover is sufficiently pliable
to allow the former to occupy the position indicated in the drawing by dotted
lines, or to fold so as to allow it to lie upon one of the leaves of the book as shewn
in full lines and so mark the place.
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
A book marker consisting of a tablet attached to the cover of the book by
means of a strip of pliable material, substantially as described.
Dated this 29th day of December 1896.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.