US1404093A - Student's bookholder - Google Patents

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W. COHEN.

sTuDENTs BooKHoLDER. APPLICATION FILED IAN. 7. 192i.

1,404,093. Patented Jan. 17, 1922;

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STUDENT S BOOKHOLDER.

yspecification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 17, 1922.

Application led January 7, 1921. Serial No. 435,705.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I. VILLrAM COHEN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Bayonne, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Students Bookholder, of which the following is a full, clear? and exact description.

This invention relates to book holders and particularly to an improved construction especially desirablefor students and has for an object to provide a construction wherein one or a large number of books may be held in a clamped or bound position.

Another object in view is to provide a book holder which will take the place of the usual straps or other carrying means and which will clamp the books in position while at the same time presenting a form of carrier.

A further object more specifically is Vto provide a book holder or carrier which acts as arack tor supporting the books on a desk or on some other place while being capable ot' use as a book clamping carrier when the students move from room to room in a building or from the school building to their homes.

In the accompanying drawings- Figure l is a front view of a book holder disclosing an embodiment of the invention.

Figure 2 is an edge view of the structure shown in Figure 1.

Referring to the accompanying drawings by numeral,V l and 2 indicate uprights or frames connected together by a suitable pin 3 on which a handle or grip LLL is mounted. The frames l and 2 are shown as being tubular but these may be solid it desired and connected in any suitable manner with the extensions 5 of the respective springs' and 7 .Y vThe springs 6 and 7 in addition to the extensions 5 have clamping U-shaped extensions S and 9 which are adapted to press against the outside books arranged in the holder as shown in Figure 2.

The particular construction shown in the drawing shows the extension 5 rigidly fitted into the lower part of the tubular frames l and 2 though as above mentioned, these frames could be solid and be connected in any suitable manner to the extension 5 or could be formed integral therewith. The clamping members 8 and 9 and the material forming the springs 6 and 7 is sufficiently strong to present sufficient springs and a sulliciently stiff clamping structure to firmly hold in place one or a number of books forced between the clamping members and the frames l and 2. The various springs 6 and 7 act as supporting legs in addition to springs so that the holder may act as a rack to be placed on a students desk or at some other point while the arrangement of the handle 4 and associated parts converts the holder into a carrier whereby the student may carry his books from room to room or from his home to the school.

What I claim is As a new article of manufacture a book holder, comprising an inverted U-shaped frame and inverted U-shaped clamping members on opposite sides ot the frame7 each clamping member having the lower end of each of its arms formed into a coil spring eX- tending below the frame, the terminals of said springs being secured to the lower ends of the legs of the said frame, whereby a pair of springs will be located at each end of the frame to form supporting legs therefor.

WILLIAM COHEN,

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