Improvements in Cases or Holders for Spectacles, Pencils, Pens, and other Artioles.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Nov., 1896-Accepted, 27th Mar., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cases or Holders for Spectacles, Pencils, Pens,
and other Artioles.
I, WILLIAM ALEXANDER JOHNSTON, of Homer, Louisiana, in the United States
of America, Gentleman, 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 statenient :-
The invention relates to improvements in cases or holders for spectacles, pencils,
pens and other articles.
The object of the present invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive and efficient
holder adapted to be readily and securely attached to a vest pocket or the like and
capable of receiving a pair of spectacles, a pencil and fountain pen, or a thermometer,
comb or other small article. A further object of the invention is to provide a device
which will hold its contents in a convenient position, and which cannot become
accidentally detached from the wearer.
The invention consists in the construction and.novel combination and arrangement
of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and
pointed out in the claims hereto appended.
In the drawings,
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a spectacle case and holder, constructed in
accordance with this invention.
Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same.
Figure 3 is a detail perspective view of the clasp.
Figure 4 is a detail perspective view of a portion of the spectacle case, the covering
being removed.
Figure 5 is an enlarged detail sectional view of the clasp and the adjacent portion
of the case or holder.
Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the
drawings.
1 designates a spectacle case consisting of a paper body and provided with a
covering 2 of morocco, or other suitable material, and the covor is provided at opposite
sides of the spectacle case with tubular receptacles 3 adapted to receive a pencil and
fountain pen or a thermometer or other similar shaped article. The spectacle case
is attached to the vest pocket of the wearer, or to any other pocket if desired, by a
clasp 4 constructed of sheet metal or other suitable material and consisting of a
back 5 and a jaw 6. The hack is provided in its upper portion with opposite cuts to
provide a resilient tongue 7, and it has at opposite sides of the tongue eyes for the
reception of a pintle which hinges the jaw to the back and the jaw is provided with a
lug 8 having a perforation to receive the pintle and projecting beyond the jaw to form
a heel for engaging the resilient tongue, whoreby the jaw is securely held in its closed
position in engagement with a pocket. The jaw is provided with spurs or pro-
jections 10 to engage the clothing, to prevent it from slipping out of the pocket of
the wearer.
The back of the clasp is inserted through a slot or opening 11 of the covering of
the spectacle case, and it is provided at its lower portion with circular openings 12
engaging enlargements or projectious 12, formed on the surface of the spectacle case
and consisting of integral portions of the paper body. These projections interlock

page_text: with the perforations and prevent the clasp from slipping outward and strengthen the
device, and the back, which is slightly curved to conform to the configuration of
the spectacle case, is provided at the base of the tongue with a spur or projection 13
engaging the covering of the spectacle case to look the clasp against any outward
movement tending to withdraw it from its position between the covering and the
spectacle case.
It will be seen that the combined spectacle case and holder is exceedingly simple
and inexpensive in construction, that it is especially adapted for physicians and the
like, and that it is capable of receiving a pair of spectacles, pencil, pen, or thermometer,
and of holding them in convenient position for use, and that it may be readily applied.
to the vest pocket of the wearer, and is securely retained in this position.
Changes in the form, proportion and minor details of construction may be
resorted to without departing from the principle, or sacrificing any advantages of the
invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
In a device of the class described, the combination of a spectacle case having a
cover and provided on the exterior of its body with projections or enlargements
located beneath the cover, and a clusp adapted to engage a pocket, interposed between
the covering and the body of the spectacle case and provided with openings
interlocking with the projections or enlargements, substantially as described.
Dated this Seventeenth day of November 1806
CHARLES JUNGE,
Agent for Applicant.