US2107840A - Ornament - Google Patents

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Feb. 8 1938. A. T. SEBEK 2,107,340

ORNAMENT I Filed April 3, 1937 INVENTOR.

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'Patented Feb. s, 1938 UNITED; STATES PATENT OFFlCE ORNAMENT Albert T. Sebek, Chicago, Ill.

Application April 3, 1937; Serial No. 134,830

extension of an ornamental handlestructureused on a well known make of car.

i A further object is the provision of a device; lOof the class described in which the recessed body portionhas a pair of oppositely disposed extension's; having registered openings through-which 'an'attaching member'or pin is extended to hold lfl the ornament on the mounting" member or handle. r

'Still another object is the'provision of a device of the class describedin which the recessed part of the ornament body is dimensioned to fit freely but snugly upon the mounting member or handle, 20 which construction, together with the pin means abovementioned, provides a substantial yet sim- V ple support for the ornament.

'Still another object of the invention is the provision of a device of the class described in which the ornament body is designed with its several structural characteristics'above mentioned and its overall contour adapted to supplement the design contour of the mounting body or handle with which it is associated. 1 I

Othernovel aspects and objects'of construction will 'appearas the following detailed descrip-' tion proceeds in view of the drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a top plan view of the ornament I fmounted upon a standard handle;

'Fig; 2is a side elevation of the combined orwnament and handle, and is taken in the direction of lines 2-2 of Fig. 1; I

, Fig. 3 is aoforeshortened bottom plan view looking in the direction of lines 33 of Fig. 2;

4o Fig.4 is a front elevation of the device of Fig.

'3', and. is taken along lines 4-4 thereof; while Fig. 5 is'an enlarged fragmentary vertical section through the handle and ornament, andjtaken along lines 55 of Fig. 4.

I451 The device of the present invention includes an ornament body In having a. central body por- 'tion I2 from which extend opposite winged portions I 4 symbolizing in configuration, for example, the figure of a flying fish or the like.

50 The central body portion I2 includes, as seen particularly inFig. 2 a pair of rearwardly extending arms I6, each provided with registering {apertures I8 for the reception of a mounting pin o'r member 20. Disposed above the arms I6 and 55", between; the same'is a rearwardly pointing vane which depends a mounting stud or extension I3 5 Claims. (01. 41-40),

or body portion 22 which flows from the general oval contour of the central body portion and which may haveits innermost surface 23 slightly dished or curved to fit closely against the complementary curvature of the underlying surface portion of a handle member 8.

Between the rearwardly extending vane 22 and the side arms I6, the body portion of the central body member I2 is cut away along a curved line, as indicated at 24, and similarly the bottom portion of the ornament between these arms Ibis cut away along an arcuate path, as indicated at'26, the purpose of these cut-away portions being particularly set forth hereinafter.

Y The mounting member 8, seen especially in Figs. 1, 2, and 5, is preferably an ornamental handle which at the present time is standard equipment on at least one well known make of automobile, and'which is attached to the radiator peak portion of a hood and supplants the heretofore common radiator cap of ornamental 20 design; and in addition to serving the utilitarian function of a handle for raising and lowering the hood, the member 8 additionally serves as an orthreaded to receive a mounting bolt I5.

It will be understood that the handle 8 may be variously designed from an artistic standpoint, while including in each of these designs the peculiar oval extension or nose formation I I, and this latter fact is of importance in conjunction with the device of my invention, in that said device is peculiarly arranged and designed for supporting cooperation with an ornamental device of the character pointed out.

To this end the'central body portion I2 is recessed or hollowed to provide a socket generally indicated at IT in Fig. 5, and which receives the nose portion II of the handle 8, it being observed that the extreme outermost end II of the nose fits snugly against the bottommost (outer) part of the socket I1 and cooperably with the vane portion 22, and the arcuated bottom portion 26 provides a bearing engagement with the handle member 8 so that when the stay pin 20 is inserted through the registered openings l8 and the handle member 8, a substantially rigid structure results. I

The simplicity of the foregoing construction,

and particularly the arrangement which includes the socket I! receivable on the extended part of the handle 8 and the single stay pin 20, makes the device very useful as an accessory, since only one hole need be provided or drilled in the handle portion in order to mount the ornament, yet the resulting ornament unit is extremely rugged and will resist; ordinary attempts to remove the ornament part of the combination.

As has been pointed out previously in describing the particular handle structure 8 employed for illustrative purposes herein, the artistic design of the ornament H3 is not restricted to the particular form shown, for instance, in Fig. 1, but may be varied through a wide range of ornamental designs such as will occur to those skilled in the arts, so that it is not intended that the invention be restricted to any of the particulars recited herein, but is to include all modifications of the particularly described device and all adaptations of the same fairly coming within the scope of the appended claims, and Which particularly may include an ornament body having a substantially oval socket therein for the reception of a substantially oval body extension of a mounting member, and pin means adjoining the juncture of the ornament and the mounting member at a point spaced substantially away from the bottom of the recess.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. An ornament body having a recessed portion providing a socket for the reception of a substantially oval extension of a mounting member,

. a mounting member extended into said socket,

and pin means extended through said ornament body and said mounting member at a point spaced substantially away from the bottom of said recess.

2. An ornament including a member having a hollow body portion providing a socket of substantially elongated oval longitudinal cross-section, a mounting member, having an elongated oval extension fitted into said socket, and means attaching said hollow body portion to said mounting member in assembled relation at a point spaced substantially away from the bottom of said socket.

3. An ornamental device in the form of a handle member having a substantially bullet shaped extension and an ornament body having a socket formation conforming substantially to the outline of said extension and fitted over the same, together with pin means extended through said ornament and said handle member at a point adjacent thejuncture of said handle and the edge or rim portions of said socket.

4. An ornament body having a recessed part providing a socket of greater depth than width and fitted closely upon an oval receiving body, said ornament being attached to a said body by pin means extended through the latter and said ornament at a point closer to the marginal rim extremity of said socket than to the bottom of the same.

5. An ornament having an elongated recess and fitted upon a mounting member having a part extended into said recess and against the bottom of the same, and means securing said ornament and said mounting member in assembled relation and including a securing member extended through said mounting member and said ornament at a point near the open end of said recess.

ALBERT T. SEBEK.

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