Improvements in Ornamental Tablets, Show Cards and the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 27th June, 1899-Accepted, 29th July, 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Ornamental Tablets, Show Cards and the like.
I, WILLIAM JOHN LOCKETT, trading as Cash & Clare, of 75, Great Eastern Street,
London, E.C., Wholesale Manufacturing Stationer and Gold Blocker, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
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This invention relates to tablets, show-cards and the like used for ornament,
advertising and other like purposes, and has for its object improvements whereby
the edges are so treated as to have the appearance of a frame.
In order to effect this purpose, pieces of card-board, or other material of which
the tablet is made, are cut out at the corners.
The form of these pieces varies according to the design of frame it is desired
to produce, but is such that when the tablet is embossed, scored, creased or other-
wise treated to produce such design, the edges of each incision will come together
and form a mitre joint.
The edges of the tablet are then retained in their contracted condition by suit-
able corner pieces or their equivalents.
In Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings-which are respectively a plan and a side
elevation partly in section-is illustrated one form of tablet, a, whose frame, b,
is formed by making V-shaped incisions, c, at its corners (see dotted lines) and
by scoring or creasing it on the reverse side so as to enable the embossed edge, b,
to be bent up until the sides of the incisions, c, are brought together, in which
position they are retained by a piece of cloth or the like, d, glued or otherwise
secured to the back.
In Figs. 3 & 4 is shown, in plan and sectional elevation respectively, part of
another design of frame which is formed by making an incision, c¹, which is
partly parallel and partly V-shaped, as shown by the heavy dotted lines. The
tablet is then suitably scored or creased as indicated by the faint dotted lines
and the edges & bent into the form shown in Fig. 4, causing the sides of the
incision, c, to abut, in which condition they are retained by suitable means herein-
after referred to.
Fig. 6 & 7 show a part of still another design, in plan and sectional elevation
respectively.
In this case the incisions, c, (see heavy dotted lines) are bounded by straight
and curved lines.
The tablet is suitably scored, creased or embossed as indicated by the faint
lines and the edges formed as shown in Fig. 7, the sides of the incisions being
brought together where they are retained by any suitable means.
These means may consist of cloth or other suitable corner pieces, d, such as
are shown in Figs. 2, 5, 8 or 9 (which may be ornamented) or a combination of
either, which may be applied to either side of the frame by gluing; suitable
fasteners, c, entering holes, f; or by means of tangs, g; or I may use staples.

page_text: It is obvious that I may further modify the construction, in order to produce
other designs, without departing from the spirit of my invention.
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:-
1. A tablet or showcard having a frame-like border formed by incising the
corners and scoring, creasing or otherwise bending the edges and securing the
said corners together substantially as described.
2. In tablets or showcards of the kind referred to in the preceeding claim, the
use of corner pieces substantially as described and for the purposes set forth.
3. The improved tablet or show-card substantially as shown in the drawings
and described in the specification with reference to the various modifications.
Dated this 23rd day of June 1899.
WILLIAM JOHN LOCKETT,
Applicant.