US2764161A - Label holder for ledger book - Google Patents

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p 1956 J. c. SOBESKY 2,764,161

LABEL HOLDER FOR LEDGER BOOK Filed Feb. 15, 1953 INVENTOR.

I J2 6'SOZeS/V United States Patent LABEL HOLDER FORLEDGER BOOK John C. Sobesky, Detroit,'Mich.

Application February 13, 1953, Serial No. 336,692

1'Claim. (Cl. 129-1) This invention relates to label devices, and particularly to a label device having a supporting flange which is attachable to various types of ledger books.

Attempts have been made heretofore to provide a suitable label device which can be applied to a ledger book against the exposed sheets at the rear edge of the book so that the device will have a neat appearance and be firmly anchored between the sheets. Difl'iculty was experienced due to the variation in post diameters and the location of the posts relative to the rear edge of the paper.

The present invention pertains to a label device made from plastic sheet material having the label portion held in position by a flange disposed at slightly less than right angles which contains an aperture therein of predetermined form. Because the binding posts of the ledger books vary in diameter and location, the form of the slot provided in the flange is such that it may engage and be firmly anchored to binding posts of different diameters and locations. The label portion may be opaque and white so that it can be directly written upon or it may have a reversely bent flange which forms a pocket for a label card.

Accordingly, the main objects of the invention are: to provide a label device having a flange which projects between the sheets of the ledger book and which contains a slot which extends over a post of the book; to provide a label device having a securing flange from which the label portion extends, provided with a slot extending inwardly and longitudinally, with the edges containing arcuate portions spaced apart diiferent amounts so as to engage and be retained by a binding post of the book; and, in general, to provide a label device for a ledger book which is made of plastic sheet material which is simple in construction and economical of manufacture.

Other objects and features of novelty of the invention will be specifically pointed out or will become apparent when referring, for a better understanding of the invention, to the following description, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure l is a perspective view of a ledger book, with one cover removed, showing a label device of the present invention attached thereto;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged, sectional view of the structure illustrated in Fig. 1, taken on the line 22 thereof;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the label device illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, and

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a label device showing form of the invention.

The label device of the present invention, as illustrated in Figs. 1 to 3, is made from plastic sheet material, having a card holder portion made up of a front window 11 and a reversely bent flange 12 which is spaced from the window 11 to form a pocket for a card to be mounted therebetween. The card holder is disposed against the rear edges of the sheet 9 of a ledger book 7, which edges are secured in unit relation by the posts 8. The Window portion 11 has a rearwardly projecting flange 13 extending therefrom which is disposed at an angle less than 90 2,764,161 Patented Sept. 25, 1956 from the window portion 11, as illustrated more specifically in dotted line in Fig. 2. The flange 13 has a slot 14 extending inwardly from the rear edge 15 and which extends lengthwise of the flange. The flange 13 is disposed on the top of or between the sheets 9, with the slot 14 slid over the post 8. The slot 14 has arcuate surfaces 16, 17 and 18 on one edge and arcuate surfaces 19, 20, 21 and 22 on the opposite edge which form projections that extendinto the slot from the opposite sides thereof, the projections on one side of the slot being offset with respect to the projections on the other side of the slot in a direction longitudinally of the slot. The radii of curva ture of the arcuate surfaces increase progressively toward the open end of the slot and the radii of curvature of the surfaces 16, 17 and 18 are greater than the radii of the curvature of the cooperating arcuate surfaces on the opposite sides of the slot. The arcuate surface 22, operating in conjunction with the arcuate surface 18, provides firm engagement with a post approximately to 4 in diameter, the center of which is located closely adjacent to the edge of the sheets. The arcuate surfaces 21 and 17 provide holding engagement with posts to in diameter, the center of which is spaced further inwardly from the rear edge of the sheets. The arcuate portions 29 and 17 provide tight engagement with posts of a diameter 7 to A the center of which is disposed further inwardly from the edge of the sheets, while the arcuate surfaces 19 and 16 provide tight engagement for the holder on the rear edge of the ledger book when posts are employed, the center of which is disposed further inwardly from the rear edge of the ledger sheets. Thus, the arcuate surfaces and the projections defined thereby prevent straight-line movement of the flange 13 in a direction parallel to the plane of the window portion 11 and cooperate with the window portion to prevent pivotal movement of the flange 13 when the window portion bears against the rear edges of the sheets of the ledger book and the flange 13 is disposed between the sheets of the book. The ledger books were carefully examined as to position of the binding posts and the diameter thereof, and the arcuate surfaces provided on the edges of the slot 14 of the flange 13 were so constructed as to provide tight engagement of the flange 12 and window 11 with the rear edge of the sheets 9 of the ledger when the arcuate surfaces of the slot engage the particular binding post of the book. A recess 24 is preferably provided in one or both ends of the reversely bent flange 12 through which the finger may extend to engage the card to aid in its insertion and removal.

In Fig. 4, a further form of the invention is illustrated, that wherein the label device 25 is made from white plastic material on which the label indication may be printed or written. The flange 26 bearing the label indication has a flange 13 extending rearwardly therefrom containing the slot 14, as above described. In this arrangement, the label device is supported on the ledger book in the same manner as the label device of Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive, with the label indication furnished directly on the flange 26.

What is claimed is:

A label device for a ledger book having sheets retained by binding posts, said label device being formed of sheet material and having a substantially flat label portion adapted to bear against the rear edges of the sheets of the ledger book, said label device also having an integral substantially flat securing flange portion extending rearwardly from the label portion in a plane disposed at an angle of slightly less than ninety degrees from the plane of the label portion and adapted to be disposed between the sheets of the book, said flange portion defining an elongate slot extending generally longitudinally thereof and opening through its rear edge, the opposed edges of the slot each having a series of intersecting arcuate indentations forming projections extending into the slot from opposite sides thereof, the radii of curvature of the indentations on each edge increasing progressively toward the open end of the slot and the'radii of curvature of the indentations on one edge being greater than the radii of curvature of the opposed indentations on the other edge, the projections on said one edge being offset from the projections on said other edge in a direction longitudinally of the slot, said ofiset projections being adapted to receive therebetween and bear against ledger book binding posts which are of different diameters and which are disposed at different distances from the rear edges of the sheets of the book whereby the projections cooperate to prevent straight-line movement of said flange portion in a direction parallel to the plane of the label portion and cooperate with said label portion to prevent pivotal movement of said flange portion when the label portion bears against the rear edges of the sheets of the book and said flange portion is disposed between the sheets of the book.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 884,573 Detmers Apr. 14, 1908 1,211,672 Cain Jan. 9, 1917 1,970,621 Peterson et a1. Aug. 21, 1934 2,158,402 Chamberlin May 16, 1939 FOREIGN PATENTS 519,971 Great Britain 1940 1,021,892 France Dec. 10, 1952

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