US1974667A - Combined bookmark and lead pencil - Google Patents

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Sept. 25, 1934. 1.. SOLINGER COMBINED BOOKMARK AND LEAD PENCIL Filed Jan. 5, 1933 I90 Jolingm/ I INVENTOR- 1 ATTORNEY- Patented Sept. 25, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Leo Solinger, New York, N. Y., assignor to Eagle Pencil Company, New York, N. Y., a corporation of Delaware Application January 5, 1933, Serial No. 650,213

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a new article of manufacture, the principal object of the invention being to provide in a single convenient structure the essential characteristics of a lead pencil and a bookmark.

A further object of the invention is to combine in a single article the essential features of a lead pencil, a bookmark and paper cutter.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will appear as the description proceeds.

In the drawing accompanying this specification,

Fig. l is a perspective view of a combined lead pencil and bookmark constructed in accordance with the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary longitudinal sectional view on an enlarged scale illustrating the manner in which the tassel is secured to the body of the bookmark proper;

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line III-III of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective view illus-,

trating a modified form of the body to adapt it for use as a paper cutter; and

Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line V-V of Fig. 4.

Referring to the drawing, 1 designates a body preferably made of wood and of such shape and thinness that it may readily be placed between the pages of a book and the latter closed without any material distortion. That is to say, the body 1 is of considerably greater width than thickness and, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, has its two side edges rounded to a smooth finish. An ornamental tassel 2 is attached by means of a cord 3 to the body 1 at one end thereof. As shown in Fig. 2, the body is provided with a metal cap 4 fitting snugly over the end of the body, the cap having an outwardly curved endwall 4 thereby to form a clear space between the end face of the body 1 and said endwall when the cap and body are assembled as shown in Fig. 2. The endwall of the cap is provided centrally thereof with an aperture of sufficient size to permit the passage therethrough of the looped end 3 of the tassel cord. The cord is held in the cap by means of a cross bar or pin 5 passing through the loop of the cord. When the parts are properly assembled, the end face of the body 1 will compress the loop of the tassel cord toward the endwall of the cap, thereby maintaining the pin 5 within the curved space formed by the endwall of the cap and thus causing the opposite ends of the pin to engage the curved end wall, thereby preventing endwise movement of the pin so as to disengage the loop 3* of the cord.

As hereinbefore stated, the principal object of the invention is to provide in a single convenient article the facilities of a bookmark and pencil. To that end, a lead 6 is disposed within a central longitudinal bore formed in the body. This lead may be kept in sharp condition for writing by paring off the two side edges of the body so as to impart thereto a V-shape at its lower end as indicated at 7 in Fig. l.

The usefulness of the article may be still further enhanced by beveling one of its edges as indicated at 8 in Figs. 4 and 5. By the addition .of this feature to the combined pencil and bookmark above described the article possesses the further advantage of forming a very convenient paper knife or envelope opener.

A bookmark and a pencil are among the most essential requirements of the more serious type of readers, such for instance as students, ministers of the gospel, research workers, orators, etc., and the functions of the two articles are so closely related to each other that the advantages of the provision in a single, compact and highly practical article, of means for performing both of said functions should be apparent.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

A book-marker pencil having a body flattened throughout, a cap laterally flattened to conform to the shape of the body and fitted on one end of said body, said cap having its end spaced from the end of said body to provide a chamber in the cap, said cap having an opening in the center of its end, an indicator strand provided with a loop extending into said chamber through the opening, and a pin within the chamber passing through said loop, said pin being of length greater than the minor tranverse dimension of the chamber and greater than the distance between the end of the cap and the end of the pencil body.

LEO SOLINGER.

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