US1440846A - Check holder - Google Patents

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Jan. 2, 1923.

1,440,846 M. M. SUHLER.

CHECK HOLDER. ORIGINAL FILED Nov, 26. 1920.

Patented Jan. 2, 1923.

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SUHLER; 01?. DALLAS, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM J'.

ASHTON, OF DALLAS, TEXAS.

CHECK HOLDER.

Application filed November 26, 1920, Serial-N0. 426,380. Renewed June 1, 1922. Serial No. 565,226.

T 0 all whom it may concern.

Be it known that 1, Moses TVI'JSUHLER, a citizen of the-United States, residing at Dallas, in the county of Dallas and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Check Holders, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention'relatesto new and useful improvements in check holders.

It is customary at soda water fountains and cafes as well as lunch counters to lay thecheck or bill for the sale, on the counter 01 on the table and it is generally necessary either to moisten the check or place a weight on the same to keep it from blowing ofi, which practice is unsanitary, unsightly and objectionable. The object of this invention is to provide a stand having a base and provided with an upright spring jaw or clip shaped to receive and support in an upright position, a check or similar sheet or strip of paper which is inserted therein. It is also pro posed to include in the stand a display panel on which any suitable matter may be eX- hibited ifdesired. Also the base of the stand may include the form of a tray for receiving ashes and matches and the like.

An apparatus designed to carry out the invention will be hereinafter described together with other features of the invention.

The invention will be more readily .un-

4 derstood from the reading of the following specification and by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which an example of the invention is shown, and wherein:

Fig.1 is a front elevation of the device constructed in accordance with the invention,

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional line 2-2 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a cross sectional line 3-3 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 4 is perspective view of a modified form of construction, and

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a simplified form. 3'

In the drawings the numeral 10 designates a base which may assume the form of a disk and given sufficient weight to prevent the stand from easily overturning. In Figs. 1, 2 and 3 I have illustrated a form of the inview on the detail on the vent-ion in which a pedestal or upright support is-mounted0n the base. This upright support is preferably formed from a single strip of metal.

The strip is bent to'form a circular frame or ring 11, which is also curved transversely so as to receive and embrace a panel 12. The frame has downturned lugs 13 atits lower portion passing thru apertures 14 in the base in which they are suitably secured so as to be immovable. The upper ends of the strip are each transversely beaded at 15 and curved outwardly to form a "resilient jaw 16. Oneof the upper end portions has a pair of ears 17 just below its bead 15 and these ears are'bent around the other portions of the strip so as to fasten the frame together as is clearly shown inFig. 3. This manner of fastening does away with solder or rivets.

A suitable spring metal is used and the beaded portions 15 form a hinge for the porornamental and will hold a check or bill in position to be readily picked up by the customer. The base 10 could be heavy enough so that when the check is removed from the jaw, the stand will not be lifted or tilted over.

If desired the base 10 may be omitted and a-base in the form of a tray l'fi as is shown in Fig. 4, may be utilized. The lug 13 may be inserted thru the bottom of the tray and suitably fastened, the stand being preferably off-set from thecenter of the tray so as to provide room for ashes and matches as is obvious. The simplest form of the invention is shown in Fig. 5 in which the base 10 is used in connection with an upright pedestal 18 formed by the single strip of the spring metal. A clip isformed when bowed jaws 19 and outwardly curved lips 20 which forms the clip for receiving the check.

It is obvious that the stand may be made 1. A dispensing checkholder, comprising a base, a single strip of metal bent upon its elf between its ends and formed into a relatlvely large substantially vertical frame,'.

having oppositely arranged side portions, :1 display member held within and between said side portions, extensions formed integral With the tops of said side portions and bent upwardly in direrging relation for forming t-Cll1llP for holding a check or the like, means for connecting said extensions near said side portions, and a depending element carried hy the lower portion of said frame and secured to the base.

e 2. A dispensing check holder, comprising: a base, a strip of metal bent upon itself between its ends to.-form relatively large frame arranged -approxi-m'ately vertical and hating oppositely arranged side portions, said S1(lP portions havl'n g inwardly bent flanges, a display element mounted between theside portions and held therein by's'aid 2 inwardly bent flanges, resilient extensions formed integral with the tops'of said side portions and bent upwardly and outivardlr for forming clamping arms, one extension being 1)IOV1(l8(l-Wlth laterally projecting 25 MOSES M. S UHLER.

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