US1549544A - Check-book holder - Google Patents

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Aug. 1l, 1925.

H. P. HENOCH CHECK BOOK HOLDER Filed May l2., 19,25

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Patented Aug. 11, 1925.

HARRY HENOGH, OF CHICAGO, ILLNOIS.

CHECK-BOOK HOLDER.

Application filed May 12, 1925. `Serial No. 29,758.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, HARRY l. Heimen, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Check-Book Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a holding device and pertains particularly to a holding device designed to be used in connection with a folding back for a folding pocket check book.

rlhe primary obj ect of this invention is the provision, in a manner as hereinafter set forth, of a hold down device for use in connection with a removable back or binder for folding check books or other folding pads, to hold in position the free ends of the leaves of the pads.

It is well known that in the use of folding pocket check books, that when one opens the check book to use the same, the free ends of the leaves of the book insist upon swinging over to the position in which they have been held while the book was in folded position. rl`his is very annoying when one is trying to write upon the check, and to overcome this annoyance, the present device has been invented.

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of the following detailed descript-ion taken in connection with Athe accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, with the understanding that the invention is not confined to any strict conformity with the showing of the drawing but may be changed and modified so long as such changes and modifications mark no material departure from the salient features of the invention as expressed in the appended claims.

In the drawing Figure 1 shows a folding check book opened out and secured in a back or binder, showing the device embodying this invention carried by the binder and engaging the edges of the check book.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section through the check binder, when the same is closed, and the device embodying this invention.

Figure 3 is a transverse section taken upon the line 3 3 of Figure 2.

Referring now to the drawing in det-ail wherein like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views, there is indicated by the numeral 'l a binder of the type usually supplied gratis as advertisement by banks and other business houses, for holding and protecting bank books or other folding pads. This binder l folds transversely at the point 2 and has upon the outer face at one end the button 3 and at the other end upon the inner face the snap t engaging the button to hold the binder in folded closed position. U pon the inner face of the binder there is secured a pair of members 5 and 6 respectively, setting up the pockets and 8 which pockets open in opposite direction, the pocket 7 opening toward that end of the folder which carries the but ton 3 and the pocket 8 opening toward the other end of the folder as is shown.

Check books which are furnished for folders of the type described have, instead of a full back, a tongue 9 secured at the head of the book and the free end of this tongue is adapted to slip into the pocket 8 of the holder to thus position the book properly therein.

After the check book has once been folded, the free ends of the leaves thereof will, when the book is opened out for use, close up and to prevent this annoyance there has been provided the clip member indicated generally by the numeral l() which is adapted to hold down the free ends of the leaves at all times.

IThis clip member comprises a relatively long flat body of a material 11 which eX- tends transversely of the folder through the pocket 7 and the ends of this member extend through the inner side of the pocket as is clearly shown in Figure 3 where they are bent upwardly and inwardly as indicated at 1Q providing the inturned hooked ends as shown. Beneath these hoked ends 12 of the clip member 10, the side edges of the check book are positioned, at the free end of the book as shown in Figure 1. Thus it will be seen that when the folder or binder 1 is opened out in the manner shown in Figure 1, the free ends of the leaves of the check book will be prevented from closing due to the inturned ends l2 of the member l() which are engaged over the edges thereof.

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that there has been provided a new and novel means for overcoming the annoying tendency of folding check book leaves to close while one is writing a check,

thus saving time and the smearing and i'nination et' a number of checks before one is properly written.

Having thus described my invention what l claim is l. A folding pad holder of the character set, `forth, comprising, in combination with a folding back, a means carried by said back Jrer engagingthe side edges of a pad held therein to held the free ends of the leaves thereof in position against the inner face el the back.

il. folding pad holder of the character set forth, comprising, in combination with a Yfolding back, a holding member secured to said back and having hooked means for engaging over the edges of the free ends of the leaves of a pad, normallyY encased by the back.

3. A folding pad holder of the character set forth, comprising, in combination With a folding bacl, a holding member comprising a flat strip of material secured transversely of the back adjacent one end thereof and having its ends extending beyond the inner face of the back and intnrned to provide hooks adapted to engage over the side edges of the free ends of a pad, held by the back.

ln testimony whereof, I all'ix my signature hereto.

HARRY P. HENOCH.

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