A COMBINED "THUMB-SLIP" AND "BOOK-MARK
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Feb., 1886.
Complete Left, 23rd Nov., 1886.
Complete Accepted, 24th Feb., 1887.
Pages of the Book being Soiled.
We, FRED HERBERT, Engineer of 83 Ellesmere Road, Sheffield, and WILLIAM
HORROX, Schoolmaster of 370 Pitsmoor Road, Sheffield do hereby declare the nature
of our invention for A COMBINED "THUMB-SLIP" AND "BOOK-MARK" to be as follows:-
It consists of a slip of silk, leather, cotton, linen, or any other flexible material,
figured or plain, which is to be attached to the covers, bindings, or leaves of books, in
such a manner that when the books are open, part of the above-named slip can be
folded over and upon the middle portion of the lower part of the book. When the
book is closed the aforesaid slip may be left between the pages of the book or folded
back upon or beneath the outside cover with suitable provision for holding the same.
The two-fold objects of this arrangement are, firstly, when the book is in use the
slip may be folded over and held between the thumb and the exposed pages, Thus
preventing any dirt from being transferred from the thumb to the leaves. And,
secondly on closing the book the slip may be left between any of the leaves, serving
the purpose of a book-mark.
We claim the invention of a combined Thumb-Slip and Book-Mark attached to the
book as hereinbefore described.

page_text: An Appliance to Serve as a Bookmarker and for Preventing the
Pages of the Book being Soiled.
We, WILLIAM HORROX, of 134 Abbeyfield Road, Sheffield (late of 370 Pitsmoor
Road, Sheffield) Schoolmaster, and FRED HERBERT of Severn Terrace Cottage, Stow
Hill, Newport, Monmouthshire (late of 83 Ellesmere Road, Sheffield) Engineer 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:-
It consists of a piece of ribbon of silk, cotton, linen, leather or other similar
material, one end of which is furnished with two tongues. These two tongues are
attached to the lower edge of the inside of the cover of a book, one on each side of
the seam, by means of gum, paste, or glue or other suitable substance, and the
remaining portion of the ribbon is free. When in use the free portion of the ribbon
is folded over on to the open book so that the thumb may rest upon it and thus
prevent the book from being worn and dirtied at the lower part of the seam.
When not in use the free portion of the ribbon may be either folded in the book
thus serving as a bookmark or it may be turned outwards on to the back of the book
and held there by a suitable appliance.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is:-
1st. The insertion of a strip of silk, cotton, linen, leather, or other suitable material
to the lower edge of the cover of a book by means of gum, paste, glue or other
similar material so that one end of the strip may be folded on to the open book for
the thumb to rest upon and thus prevent the book from being worn and dirtied at the
scam.
2ndly. When not in use the free portion of the strip may be either folded in the
book, thus serving as a bookmark, or it may be turned outwards on to the back of
the book and held there by a suitable appliance.
WILLIAM HORROX.
FRED HERBERT.