US2977690A - Binder header for textile swatch - Google Patents

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April 4, 1961 o. L. KRAMER 2,977,690

BINDER HEADER FOR TEXTILE SWATCH Filed Feb. le, 1959 ,J 59 INVENTOR l i 0770 l. Ken/145e 75/f 7, 55

ATTORNEY BINDER HEADER FOR TEXTILE SWATCH Otto L. Kramer, 2491 Valley Drive, Hermosa Beach, Calif.

Filed Feb. 16, 1959, Ser. No. 793,611

4 Claims. (Cl. '3S-55) This invention relates to display devices and more particularly to an assembly providing detachable con-V necting means Vbetween a textile swatch and a post binder. may be associated with the detachable connecting means of this specification is disclosed in my Patent 2,786,281, dated March 26, 1957.

An important object of the invention is to provide connecting means between a textile swatch and a post binder which is ,an improvement upon the means disclosed VVin my applica-tion for patent Serial No. 648,192, liled March 25, 1957, now Patent Number 2,904,900, issued September 22, 1959. i Y

A further important object is to provide connecting means as last above which includes at least one but preferably two combined guide and friction tabs carried by a slide holder and adapted to cooperate vwith a slide into which the tab or tabs extend in order to retain the slide against accidental disconnection from the posts of a post binder. It is important to prevent this accidental detachment since a plurality of swatch is generally hung, one

upon another in a post binder which is carried upright. There is generally no lower wall to the binder and, if swatch becomes accidentally detached from the posts, it may drop from the binder unnoticed-or drop and thereafter be re-hung in the binder `but sometimes, in being dropped, the samples carried by the swatch become soiled.

A further important object is to provide connecting means as described which prevents accidental disconnection of the slide from the holder. In the connecting means disclosed in my application Serial No. 648,192, referredto above, the slide is retained by an open-sided centrally disposed tab or iiap of the holder which has proven desirable but if the juncture of the tab with the body of the holder wears, due to repeated movements of .the slide over this juncture, and the centrally-disposed tab is severed from the holder, there is no means preventing lateralmovement of the slide in one direction, but in the connecting means herein disclosed the slide is preferably held in place, not only by a centrally-disposed open-sided tab but also by the Aadditional `tabs which cooperate with slots in the slide to prevent accidental movements of the slide either longitudinally or laterally of the holder.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent during the course of the following detailed descriptionof the invention, taken with the accompanying drawings, forming parts of this disclosure, and in which drawings:

Fig. l is Ia plan view of one form of holder of the invention, with a slide, in plan, associated therewith and retained by tabs.

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view through one of a pair of tabs of Fig. 1, with portions ofa conventional post binder shown partly in section.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view through a central tab of Fig. 1, with portions of aconventional post binder shown partly in section.

An example of textile swatch and post binder which 2,977,690 Patented Apr. 4, 1961 Fig. 4 Vis a plan view of another form of holder of the invention, with a slide, in plan, associated therewithin v and retained by tabs.

Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view through one of a pair of tabs of Fig, 4 with portions of a conventional v post binder shown partly in section.

Fig, 6 is a transverse sectional view through a central t tab of Fig. 4 with portions of a conventional post binder shown partly in section.

In the drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration'are shown two forms of the invention, the letter A` designates the first form shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, and

the letter B the second form shown in Figs.V 4, 5l and 6, while the letters Cand D designate samples of material assembled in swatch E and F respectively, and the letters G and H designate post binders.

The form A of the detachable connecting means of the invention comprises a holder 10 and a slide 11.

The holder 10 may be of any suitable material, in, sheet form, such as cardboard, pliable hardened plastic material or bendable metal, for example, having substantially parallel side edges 12 and 13 and substantially parallel end edges 14 and 15 joining the edges 12 and 13. While, because the slide 11 is securely retained from accidental displacement from the holder, the holder may comprise two half sheets of the same size, I prefer to provide a single sheet, folded over along, for example, a longitudinally extending fold line 16, to provide panels 17 and 18 of substantially the same size although,

for convenience, one panel may be wider than the other without departing from the spirit of the invention.V

Spaced inwardly from the end edges 14 and 15 and substantially paralleling those edges are preferably twol substantially straight slots 19, extending transversely of the sheet and each having longitudinal edges 20 and 21 and one end edge 22 while the opposite end edge 23 is delined by a fold line for folding over the portion of the, sheet cut or stamped out therefrom so that the folded over portion will provide a tab or flap 2S extending from the intermediate portion of the panel 17, and facing and` in partial contact with the panel 17. It will be' noted that the tabs or aps 25 are preferably rather long but narrow and the slots 19 cross the fold line 16, with the ' end edges 22 and 23 in the same plane when the sheet s folded along the fold line. For example, the length of a tab 25 may beabout 11/2 inches on a sheet having a' width, from the edge 12 to the edge 13, of about 5lr inches, so that the half slot which extends to the folded f' over edge 16 of the sheet is approximately 3A inch and is wide enough to snugly receive a conventional post of av .post binder, such as the binder G. Each tab 25 provides.

an additional narrow wall to the holder.

I prefer to provide the centrally-disposed tab 27 which may be formed by cutting or stamping the above mentioned sheet to provide end slits 28 and a side slit 29;

with the former in substantial parallelism and the side slit normal thereto and nearest the fold line 16. The een tral tab 27 is carried wholly by the panel 17 and provides an additional wall for the holder 10 with the juncture of the tab 27 with the body of the panel 17 providing a shoulder 30 over which one longitudinal edge 37 of the slide 11 is adapted to slide, with a portion of the body of the slide between the tab 27 and body of the 'der to manipulate the connecting means, I prefetto cut out parts of the sheet at the end portions of the panels,

substantially as shown in Fig. 1.

Referring now to the slide 11, this is preferably an j elongated strip or body of fairly rigid material, as heavy or light metal, cardboard or hardened plastic material, provided with a pair of spaced-apart preferably bayonet slots 35 extendingy from one longitudinal edge 36 and spaced apart, at their mouth parts which open into the edge 36, a distance substantially the same as the distance the slots 19 are spaced apart. The remaining parts 38 of the Slots substantially parallel the edge 36 and the corresponding longitudinal edge 37.

In addition to the bayonet slots 35 I provide a pair of relatively narrow `slots 39 which are substantially the same length as the par-ts 38 of the bayonet slots and parallel the parts 38 and spaced adjacent thereto and nearest the longitudinal edge 37. These slots 39 receive the tabs 25, projecting therethrough, with the balance of the tabs extending over the face of the slide body and from thence over portions of the face of the panel 17. Of course, when the panel 18 s folded over the panel 17, the inner face of the panel 18 also contacts the tabs 25 substantially as is shown in Fig. 2. Thus, while the slide 11 has some limited longitudinal motion it has substantially no transverse motion when the tabs 25 are in place as just described.

When the parts are positioned as just described, the edge 37 slides along the shoulder 30 with the central tab 27 next to the panel 18 and between the slide 11 and panel 17.

Of course, the length of the slide 11 is such that an end portion thereof may be held between the tips of a nger and thumb in order to manipulate the slide.

Sheets or lengths of material as samples C of textiles may be grouped together one above another to form a swatch E with their like edges in the same planes and one like edge portion 45 inserted between the two panels 17 and 18 with the panel 18 generally employed as the top or outermost panel to receive any suitable indicia or the like. The edge portions 45 of the sheets forming the samples C do not extend to the slide 11 but may overlap the free end portions of the tabs 25, and any suitable means as conventional rivets 46 may be employed to secure the swatch E to the holder 10 and, of course, with the material at the fold line 16, secure the two panels ltogether, whereby the tabs 25 are also held in place by the rivets 46 and the panels.

In the use of the holder 10 and slide 11, with the slide moved so that a slot 19 is in the same plane as the mouth part mentioned of one bayonet slot 35, and the other slot 19 is in the plane of the mouth part mentioned of the other bayonet slot, the holder and the slide may be slid until the binder posts 47 are within these mouth parts of the bayonet slots, whereupon the slide is slid, relative to the holder 10, so that the posts are within the opposite parts 38 of the bayonet slots and are latched in place. During this last step, the walls of the slots 39 move transverselyv along the tabs 25 as is apparent.

The detachable connecting means between a textile swatch and and a post binder designated form B and illustrated in Figs. 4, and 6, comprises a holder 50 and slide 51.

The holder 50 is substantially like the holder 10 and has side edges 52 and 53, end edges 54 and 55 and a fold line 56 so that when the sheet forming the body of the holder is folded on the fold line 56, there are provided two panels 57 and S8. Slots 59, substantially like the slots 19 are provided and the material removed to provide the slots when folded over provides tabs 65 quite similar to the tabs 25. There is also preferably provided a central tab 67 and a shoulder 70, as in Fig. 6, quite like the shoulder 30, as Well as recesses 71 akin to the recesses 31.

The slide 51 preferably differs from the slide 11 only in that it has no slots like the slots 39 of the slide 11, but does have bayonet slots 75 substantially like the slots 35. The slide 51 is adapted to slide along the shoulder 70 as does the slide 11 along the shoulder 30.

Since there are no slots like the slots 39, in the slide 51, the tabs 65 are folded over the like edges of the slot parts (corresponding to the slot parts 38 of the slots 35) of the bayonet slots 75 substantially as in Fig. 5 whereby the slot parts of the bayonet slots take the place of the slots 39.

The holder 51 may be attached to a swatch F of samples D by means of rivets 76, and the holder is detachably secured to the posts 77 of a post binder H in a manner substantially similar to that for attaching the holder 10 to the posts 47.

In both forms of the invention, the tabs 25 and 65, bearing upon a face of the slide 11 or 51, as the case may be, frictionally prevent accidental sliding of the slides longitudinally of their holders and the tabs also prevent the slides from sliding transversely of the respective holders, yet the holders and slides may be very quickly assembled and secured against accidental displacement of the slides. Threading of the tabs 25 or 65 through their respective slots 39 is quickly accomplished.

Various changes may be made to the forms of the invention herein shown and described, without departing from the spirit of the invention or scope of the claims.

What is claimed is:

1. In combination, a slide for engaging the posts of a post binder, and a combined holder for said slide and for textile swatch, said slide comprising an elongate substantially rectangular at sheet provided with a pair of spaced-apart first slide slots openingto one of the edges of said sheet `and with their longitudinal axes being substantially in parallelism, and a pair of spaced-apart elongated slots spaced from the edges of said sheet and with ,their longitudinal axes substantially in alignment, said holder consisting of two substantially flat elongated panels integrally joined together to deline an edge, and said panels being in face-to-face relationship and each provided with a pair of spaced-apart holder slots opening to the last-named edge, the similar edges of one slot in one panel being in substantially the same plane as the similar edges of one slot in the other panel and the similar edges of the other slot in said one panel being in substantially the same plane as the similar edges of the other slot in said other panel with said slide disposed between said panels, one of said panels having a pair of spaced-apart narrow tabs extending transversely thereof and disposed in parallelism, said tabs extending from the bases of the slots in one of said panels and being threaded through said elongated slots and extended over the adjacent portions of said slide, in frictional engagement therewith, and over portions of the inner faces of said panels in engagement with said portions of said inner faces, and means for securing said panels together, whereby said tabs frictionally prevent accidental longitudinal sliding movements of said slide with respect to said holder and prevent transverse sliding movements of said slide with respect to said holder, said tabs being of the material of said one of said panels cut to provide the pair of holder slots in said one of said panels.

2. The combination according to claim l characterized in that said tabs extend, at said bases of said slots in said one of said panels, from the intermediate portion of said one of said panels.

3. The combination according to claim l characterized in that said panels are of exble material, said spacedapart rst slide slots are bayonet slots and said spacedapart elongated slots are spaced from said bayonet slots and substantially parallel the innermost legs of said bayonet slots, and said tabs extend into said elongated slots and overlap portions of said slide.

4. The combination according to claim l characterized in that said panels are of ilexible material, each of said spaced-apart first slide slots comprises the outermost leg of a bayonet slot, each of said elongated slots comprises the innermost leg to said bayonet slot, and said tabs l 5 extend through the elongated slots and over an edge 835,171 thereof and overlap portions of said slide. 1,072,919 2,786,281 References Cited in the le of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 629131 394,394 Ready Dec. 11, 188s 6 Walker Nov. 6, 1906 Crozier Sept, 9, 1913 Kramer et al. Mar. 26, 1957A FOREIGN PATENTS Germany Apr. 23, 1936

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