US1402483A - Pocket music rack and copyholder - Google Patents

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F. EVANS.

POCKET MUSIC RACK AND.COPY HOLDER APPLICA]'ION FILED .IAN. 24,1921.

Patented Jan. 3, 1922 aZZ whom itjmdy concern: it 1 t i yl mfiiiEvili i of t Unitieidf States; residingin 'iKansg i Missou-ri; have invented a Pocket: Miisio Beck and copyholcler ofent rely newland' original :design in accordance with the, e10 '1 mmmmqmmm 1 Y f "Specification of Lettersllet f-iApplicetio'n Jenn '24, 1921. 1 No. 439,633; 1;

City, in the county of J aoksona nd state Jo oonipanying specification;

. The object of my invention isitoiproiiitle a device for the use of singer sfandfor the; users of band, orchestra" andygother light 1 eight *musicalf instrumentsg la music' rac'k 30 light iri'weig'hti andfso coinpz ctf'in s'izef that it can be carried in the pocketjof a n-o ordinary coat or unif ormqcoat,"anclthns be; transported to any-{place wherejitense is r desired, insteaol of oneinneecl oi'rthe use V of a music faek' being coinpelleclto Oil-1 13 5 01 otherwise trans'po theiheally anducu'mber;

some iron music'racks now used; end -tliet "can be atteched whennsed as a music Stand,"

to any horizontalslirfece either fiat, concave or3'jconveX, having an 'edgegffroni g to; 111: ii i inchesthi'ckms: the hacker frontlofe chair;

open door or top of ainusic;oabinetgth side of a piano, the railing of a "hand stand," fete.

- Itis also the intentofftheinventor to use]; 7 his inventionjflsfi copyholderfor typi'sts;two v *j'herewith. "15 r lll e positive manna-[in which "a" notebook is :held open by the rectangular-i form of construction at the bottom of the? clistinct, points of desirability being cited rack. 2. Theeese with whichthe track can be dismountecl when notin use and (the Q 'srnall space ocupied whenf'etoredf in the}! drawer of ga desk,

Reference is to behad 0- the icwmpiiyng 1 J fclrahvingfor ning a part of this specification. 40

, vention, about half extended" in width','f let f {ptered'to show itsfvarious component ,partse's illustrating the description heIeWith..f l

Figure? shows 2t sideview of iny.;inventi'on attz chedtoathe bitck of mchair 'beck; *"My music rackandcopyholcler consists of} V I two sidemembere having hookerlende f;

to'the object to i vhichiit attached; T i

f Having thu'efully described invention ".anclits pur twogside membersjaire joined orff connected ibyi telescoping members or slidesf 1 (0);permitting,theyreckito bg'nari'o'ivedeo v to accommodate;themallesft sizeof musicfin generztl n'se,"or widened tonccominodate the jwidest sizemusicimAt tliefvbottomof jthe frack" (D) the Construction is: inthe forni of a 1"ectarq leopen art; the top, "and m si i sheets; or-

book form when plac'eglfthereinj I inejens. NVhem thehooks v (B) 'j are hooked over any ohjeet tollwhilch the raekfisl. to he attached, the m 1: is ;1ooke'ol firmly anclls ei V icurelylin'placeanclheld'at'the proper angle, for reading whateveris plaicedwherein by; sliding the twofwedge blocks (H);1ancl; which are attached tof-the two sidejineinbers (A), by screw ey'fes toward the top of ,the rack; until tight enoug telescoping; members interconnecting; said eidemmbefs encltelescopingnien bersJcon a QQfi'lngflth'e-bottoms of the side members for;

supporting the inusicl' 23 A "heeh nusie -holder compriing two siclefmeinbersghaving hooked ends at the top; [a we clgefblock' attached to eachside member; j telescoping l fm'einhe'rs interconnecting Said i Sideeniembersflend-itelescoping n eniber conr necting the bottoms ojfsaicl side inemberslfor i 4 l pp r i gimuf ic..:

As heet I Lsicle members having hooked ends at the top "telescoping 1 members fflinterconnecting. said.

side members, ancltelefscoping memberscon meeting the bottonie of "saicljfsicle nieinbelis, SiLld last .ni entionecl members-forming "3 reela;

in sic holder comprising two jtangulen .bzise to support Innsic'p jisf rgventedfby this form of construction i i 'J from being blownfawryby the Wind iwhen Out/[0f doors or hecomingdis'placed-by other poeeglolainia s ne and deeireto slecii rebyjLetters Patentgm f 4 119A sheet} niusie" holder comprising two i eidememberSha ing' hooked ends atjth -top;

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