US1438839A - Luminous indicating button for keys - Google Patents

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H. LEVEY. LUMINOUS INDICATING BUTTON FOR KEYS. APPLICATION man FEB. 4, 1922.

WITNESSES A TTOR/VEVS Patented Dec. 12, 1922.

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HAIR/LAN LEVEY, 035 NEW YORK, N. Y.

LUMINOUS JINDICATING BUTTON FOR KEYS. Application filed February a, 1922. Serial Ito. 534,147.

To all whom it may concern: rial 5. This button is formed of two plates Be it known that I, HARLAN Lever, a citior sheets 6 and 7 of material such as celluzen of the United States, and a resident of loid, which is translucent if not transparthe city of New York, borough of Manhatent, although it is preferably such material tan, in the county and State of New York, as will readily pass the light of the mateave invented a new and Improved Lurial contained within the button. These ruinous Indicating Button for Keys, of plates or sheets 6 and 7 are shaped in ac- Which the following is a full, clear, and excordance with the configuration of the aperact description. I ture or pocket 2 in which the button is dishis invention relates to a luminous inposed and are shown as circular in shape, dicating device, and has particular referthe plate 6 being at its outer edges, as at 8, once to a luminous indicatin button to be bent or crimped over the peripheral edge attached to articles such as keys. of the sheet or plate 7 so that a tight, firm An object of the invention is to provide container is formed between the plates or a simple, economically manufactured button sheets within which the luminous material which can be readily applied to various arti- 1s eliiciently held.

1 h as k s, The button is placed in the aperture or Another object resides in the provision of pocket with the edges of the button bearing means whereby the attachment to and deagainst the shoulder. Any suitable means tachment from the ke or article of the butmay be adopted for holding the button ton is made extreme y sim le so that the within the pocket or aperture; One means buttons can be readily repl aced when defor holding the button in the pocket is shown d as lips 9 and 10 struck up out of the metal A further object resides in the provision of the key adjacent the button and projectof a particular combination of articles and ing over the edges of the button at two or button which will render the operation of more points to hold the button in place. the article, such as a key, extremely simple It will be understood, of course, that this i th d k aperture shown is merely one form of pocket A still further object resides in the paror recess in which the button may be disticular construction and arrangement of posed. It is not absolutely necessary that parts which are hereinafter described and the button be visible from both sides of the claimed and shown in the accompanying key, the idea belng that on the key is disdmwin posed a luminous button which is, of course,

The invention is illustrated in the drawpreferably disposed as indicated. By reason ing of whi hof the luminous material, the manipulation Figure 1 is a side view of a key with a of the key is made much simpler in the darkb tton tt h d, ness than would be the case without the use Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on the line f this material. Fresh buttons can be very 2 2 of Fig. 1 readily placed on the key when desired.

The form of the invention shown in the since the lIHBIltiOIl lS IlOt COIlfil'lQCl t0 the drawings is a preferred form, although it particular fastening means shown, any other is understood that modifications in the consuitable fastening means being adaptable for struction and arrangement of the parts and the purpose of permitting the button to be in the character of the materials used may removed readily and replaced. be adopted without departing from the spirit Vhat I claim is: of the invention. In combination, a key having an opening A preferred application of the invention, therethrough and a shoulder in said opening, as shown in the drawings, comprises an artia pair of spaced sheets of transparent matecle, such as a key, 1. This is rovided, rial, luminous material contained within preferably, with an aperture 2' aving a said sheets, the edges of said sheets engagshoulder 3 facing one side of the key or ing each other and disposed on said shoulder, article. The aperture has a flared surface and lips struck up from the metal of the t on the side of the key toward which the key and projecting over the edges of the shoulder 3 feces. sheets on the oppositesides thereof from me In this aperture there is preferably disthe shoulder to hol the button in place.

posed a button cents-.1 luminous mate- LEVEY.

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