US783542A - Advertising device. - Google Patents

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No. 783,542. PATENTED FEB. 28, 1905. L. V. REDPATH & S. R. GORBITTY.

ADVERTISING DEVICE.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 28, 1904.

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LlONEL V. REDPATH, OF Pl-HLADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, AND SAMUEL R. UORBITT, OE MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 783,542, dated February 28, 1905.

Application filed May 28, 1904. Serial No. 210,316.

To all whom 21/ may concern: v

Be it known that we, LIONEL V. R'ED'PA'IH, residing at Philadelphia, Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania, and SAMUEL R. CORBITT, rcsid- 5 ing at Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, citizens of the United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Advertising Devices, of which the following is a specification.

to Our invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in advertising devices, and has special reference to an improvement in an advertising device to be placed on the arms of chairs to display advertising-cards.

I 5 The object of our invention is to provide a novel and useful improvement in means of displaying advertising-cards, as will be more fully hereinafter set forth in the drawings, specification, and claims.

2 In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of the chair, showing our attachment. Fig. 2 is a plan View, about full size, of a part of the back end of the arm of the chair with our attachment in place. Fig. 3 is the cone 2 spending view of the front end of the arm of the chair. Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation of the back end of the arm and attachment, and Fig. 5 the corresponding view of the front end of the arm.

Referring now to the drawings, in which the parts are indicated by numerals, our invention, which may be attached to any form of chair, is shown attached to arocker 1, having straight flat arms 2 2, to which the frames 3 5 3 3 are attached by hinges 4. These hinges are preferably made with a bent strap which extends under and is attached to the lower side of the chair-arm, so that they do not deface an exposed part of the chair and may 4 therefore be removed without leaving the chair defaced. These hinges also preferably come beneath the frame 3 and are countersunk in said frame, so that they do not show on the surface of the frame. It, however, is

of course possible to use ornamental hinges and allow them to show on the end and top of the frame, if desired.

The frame 3, as shown by Figs. 2 nd 4,

of the chair to permit the said frame to be 5 opened without binding against the said back. The front end of the frame 3 is preferably held on by a latch 7, which is attached to the under side of the frame and countersunk in same, as shown by Fig. 5, the said frame be ing preferably made to extend over the front end of the arm 3, so as to conceal the latch as much as possible, and is provided with a hinge 8, having a hasp 9, adapted to engage in a lock 10, so that the frame may be locked in place. This lock 10 may be of any usual trunk or other type lock and is therefore not described in detail.

The frame 3 is provided with a glass '11, which may be held by a rabbet, but which is 5 preferably beveled, as shown at 12, to engage a like bevel in the frame. If held by a rabbet, the glass will of course be below the top surface of the frame; but if the glass be hereled it is preferably so placed in the frame 7 that it will be 'liush with the top of said frame, thus providing a top for the chair-arm which is perfectly smooth. Against the under side of this glass the advertising cards 13 are placed. These may bear any kind of advcrtising desired and may be removed and new ones inserted whenever desirable. Against the under side or backs of these cards is a back 14, which holds the cards firmly against the glass. This back 14 is preferably of such 30 thickness that it will bear against the cards and hold them in place against the glass when in position and at the same time will come against the arm.

'15 represents catches which are counter- 5 sunk in the frame 3 and in the back 14 and which hold the back in place after the cards have been put in. WVe have only shown one of these on the under side of the chair; but it is of course understood that as many as may 9 be desired, in'eferably three or more, can be used. These catches 15 are preferably held to the under side of the frame 3 by screws 16, around which they may be turned to release the back 14. An enlarged countersunk place 17 is provided in the back of the frame 3 to .permit this movement.

a should be placed far enough from the back 6 it will thus be seen that we have a displayframe with a glass to display advertising, having its surface flush with the top of the frame and a back to hold the advertising in place against the glass, the frame being hinged to the chair-arm and provided with a lock or other fastening to hold it against the chairarm. It is also so placed that the removal of either the hinge or the lock or both of these from the chair-arm will leave the exposed portions of the arm unscarred.

It is of course understood that certain changes in the details not affecting the merits of the invention may be made in this design.

Having fully described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent in the United States, is-

1. In an advertising device, the combination with the chair-arm, of a frame hinged to said arm, at one end, a clasp to hold the opposite end against said arm, a glass in said frame, a plurality of advertisingcards against the lower side of said glass, and a back to hold said cards against said glass, substantially as shown and described.

2. In an advertising device, the combination with the chair-arm, of a frame, a hinge at one end of said frame, a clasp on the opposite end of said frame, a glass in said frame, and a plurality of advertising-cards held against the under side of said glass, substantially as shown and described. r

3. In an advertising device, the combination with the chair-arm, of a frame attached to said arm, a beveled glass in said frame having its surface flush with the top of said frame, a plurality of advertising-cards against the lower side of said glass, and a back in said frame to hold said cards against said glass and a clasp to hold said back, substantially as shown and described.

4. In an advertisingdevice, the combination with the chair-arm, of a frame, a hinge at one end attached to the under side of said chairarm, a hasp attached to the under side of said frame, a beveled glass in said frame having its surface flush with the top of said frame, a plurality of advertising-cards against the un der side of said glass, a back to hold said cards in place and a clasp to hold said back, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LIONEL V. REDPATH. SAMUEL R. CORBITT. \Vitnesses:

L. D. SMITH, J. H. \VEATHERFORD.

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