and other like Articles.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Apr., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 17th Jan., 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 23rd Feb., 1889
and other like Articles.
I, SAMUEL ROGER WILLIAMS, of 3, All Saints Street, Birmingham, in the
County of Warwick, Jeweller, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
:-
The object of this invention is to provide convenient holders for photographs, small
mirrors, china and other like articles; such holders being easily attached and
detached, and suitable to serve either as stands or suspenders for the articles held.
Each holder made according to my invention consists essentially of an X shaped
cross, with clip ends to each limb, and a back spring which serves either as a standing
leg or a suspending loop, as required.
The two bars which form the X are not rigidly connected to each other, but are
pivoted at the point of intersection, as are scissors. At each end of each bar is a clip,
or hook.
The back spring is U or V shaped, and the ends engage in lugs or rings formed
on, or attached to, the bars of the X.
The pressure of this spring causes the X shaped holder to firmly clip the article to
be held and, for this purpose, the spring may be set to exert either an inward or an
As the legs of
outward pressure, according to the shape of the article to be held.
the spring have a free hinged connection to the X shaped holder, the said spring can
be set out to act like the back leg of an easel, or be turned upwards and used as a
suspending loop.
D- 20th day of March 1888

page_text: Improvements in Holders for Photographs, Small Mirrors, China,
and other like Articles.
I, SAMUEL ROGER WILLIAMS, of 3 All Saints Street, Birmingham, in the County
of Warwick, Jeweller, 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 provide convenient holders for photographs, small
mirrors, china, and other like articles; such holders being easily attached and detached,
and suitable to serve either as stands or suspenders for the articles held.
Each holder made according to my invention consists essentially of an X shaped
cross, with clip ends to each limb, and a back spring which serves either as a standing
leg or a suspending loop, as required.
The two bars which form the X are not rigidly connected to each other, but are
pivoted at the point of intersection, as are scissors.
At each end of each bar is a clip or hook.
The back spring is U or V shaped, and the ends engage in lugs or rings
formed on, or attached to, the bars of the X.
The pressure of this spring causes the X shaped holder to firmly clip the article to
be held and, for this purpose, the spring may be set to exert either an inward or an
outward pressure, according to the shape of the article to be held. As the legs of
the spring have a free hinged connection to the X shaped holder, the said spring
can be set out to act like back leg of an easel, or be turned upwards and used as a
suspending loop.
In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 shows one of these holders as used for sus-
pending a rectangular frame.
The crossed limbs a.and bare
turned up to form clips to fit the
dotted lines.
pivoted at the centre e, and the ends a¹ and b' are
edges of the frame. The frame is indicated by the
At the points, d are loops to which the limbs of the spring c are secured. The
spring c may be of a U or V shape, or as in the drawing. When placed as in Fig. 1
c serves for hanging the holder on a nail or hook.
Fig. 11 shews the same holder as Fig. 1 but the spring c is here used to act as a
back leg for supporting the frame held by the holder in a nearly upright position on
a table.

page_text: For holding articles of special from the limbs a and b may have the pivot e out of
the centre of their length.
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:
The improved holders for photographs small mirrors, china and other like articles
described and rustrated.
Dated this 16th day of January 1889.
J. BEVERLEY FENBY,
Agent for the Applicant.