US703066A - Reminding device. - Google Patents

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GEORGE H. HOSMER, OF NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK, AND EDWVARD \V. ANDERSON, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

REMINDING DEVICE.

SIEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 703,066, dated June 24, 1902.

Application filed September 3,1901. Serial No. 74,137. No model.)

To (LZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE H. HOSMER, residing at Niagara Falls, in the county of Niagara and State of New York, and EDWARD NV. ANDERSON, residing at Washington, in the District of Columbia,citizens of the United States,have made a new and useful Invention in Reminding Devices; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a representation of one face of the invention. Fig. 2 is a representation of the opposite face. Fig. 3 is a transverse section. Fig. 4 is an end view. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section.

The invention relates to pocket reminders or memorizer tablets; and it consists in the novel construction and combination of devices, as hereinafter set forth.

The object of the invention is to provide a convenient remembrancer adapted especially to be carried in the pocket and so devised as to remind the wearer by touch of the matter to which is designed to call his attention.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating the invention, the letter a designates a pad or tablet, usually made of thin polished wood of oblong form, with parallel faces and rounded edges and is provided with a number of characterized perforations or seats I) for a peg or marker 0, which is adjustable in any one of said perforations, according to requirement. Although detachable from the face of the tablet, the peg or marker is nevertheless connected to the tablet when notin use for reminding purposes, so that it is always at hand. Usually these pegs when not in use are held in connection with the tablet by means of perforations d in the end or ends of the tablet within the planes of the faces, while the distinguished attention -perforations 1) are made transversely in or through the face of the tablet. The perforations are arranged in a distributed manner over the tablet and are marked with various figures,

mnemonic words, symbols, &c., concerning matters usually requiring attention. For instance, there is a series of perforations for the days of the week and another for the days of the month. These may be also marked with suitable words of remindersuch as Mail, Notice, Dentist, Call, Supplies, Search, &c.-and on the opposite face the letters of the alphabet may be placed severally in juxtaposition to the perforations, these providing a system of special memorizing through the ready meansafforded .of checking the first letter of the name or word characterizing the matter to be borne in mind. A dial may be marked on the tablet for marking the time of day. The pegs are usually provided with heads h sufficiently large to be readily manipulated, and each peg may be distinguished from the others by a color of its own and may be marked with a letter or a number or symbol characterizing a special use. A special peg or indicator 9 may be used for the dial.

The tablet is of but little weight or volume and being of polished surface is not unhandy or awkward. It should be always carried in the pocket, and when its faces are without obstruction it is evident that there is nothing to be attended to which is liable to be forgotten. If, however, a peg has been placed in the face perforation, this will be a constant reminder of the matter requiring attention until removed and placed in the holding-seat at the end, whereby it is entirely removed from the face of the tablet and its angular position with reference to such face is changed to a position parallel therewith.

. The tablet may be provided with an aperture at one end, as shown at 70, whereby it may be hung upon anail or tack in the room and in this way be of use for matters requiring attention within the residence. This holding-aperture mayserve as the seat for dial-indicator.

Having described this invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patcut, is

A pocket memorizer or reminder, having a smooth face, a number of perforations or seats,for a detachable attention peg ormarker,

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distributed over said face, mnemonic Words I In testimony whereof We affix our signaor symbols severallyin juxtaposition to such tnres in the presence of two witnesses. face perforations, and a ho1din connection for said peg or marker, at the edzye portion of g %Q g g% 5 said reminder, removed from the face thereof,

whereby the face of the reminder is left nn- I WVitnesses:

obstructed, when the peg or marker is not in 1 WM. HENRY FORD, use, substantially as specified.

FIRNUM G. ANDERSON.

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