US1715048A - Advertising novelty - Google Patents

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P. w. TOWNSEND ADVERTISING NOVELTY May 28, 1929.

Filed Aug. 23, 1927 INVENTOR PW Townsend ATTORNEY Parents I any 2s, iezat 211mm W."'1*o Ns a1\Tn, or Dann e, TEXAS.-

ADVERTISING NOVELTY.

I Application filed Aug st 22,1927." Serial no. 214,935,51'

V My invention relates to the art of advertising-and it particularly has for its object to provide a neat appearing novelty in the nature of a match holder With spaces and provisionsfor advertisements, some of a more or less permanent character, and others changeable at will.

Further, it isan obj holder of the character stated in. Whiclrpro;

vision is'made to hold the matches separately in convenient positions to be taken by one desiring the same.

7 Further, it is an ob ect of the invention to provide an advertising match holder having a storage chamber in which a reserve supply of matches (boxed or loose) may bekept ii":

desired. M v p v Otherobjects Will in partbe obvious and in part be pointed out hereinafter.

To the attainment of the aforesaid objects and ends.- my inventionconsists in the novel details of constructiom and in the COII'lblIlZL Ytion, connection and arrangement of parts hereinafter morefully described and;tl ien pointed out in the claim. In the drawing; V

Figure 1 is a-perspectivevievv of a'preferred embodiment of the invention.

Figure 2 is a of the same. p I 1 v Figure 3 is a rear-elevation thereof.

In the drawing in which like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all tl eifigures, 1 represents the body Whose sides 2- provide convenient spaces on Whichadvertisements may be placed. I The frontendj3 ofthe body may also serve to carry an advertisement.

The top 4 of the-body has'a depressed porticn 5 of any desiredconfiguration as square.- round, or other shapeni plan (squarebeing jsl own in the drawing) and th s depressed portion 5 is provided 'ivitli longitudinal and transverse rows f-pockets 6 each adapted to match 7 (see dotted 'jlinesin'FigureZ). Y The top 4 isalsoprovided with'a depressed receive an individual ect to provide a match number of "are. parallel; one -toithe other and portion QseparatedfrOm tlie depressed portion 51bya space '8 adapted to receive adver I tising matter as indicated in Figure-1. The body 1 adjacent the depressed portion 9 provided wvith grooved slidevvays 15in Which a glass plate lO anjd a removable adl vertising card 11 may be placed, the card being visible througliithe glass plate as indi'-.

cated in. Figure 1. In order to enable the card and plate to be removed or changed easily,' the body 1 has a portion 12 cut away to exposethe card and plateand form a con"' venient ringer recess through Which. the card and plate maybe engagedforfthepurpose" stated. Beneath the recesse cl'iainber13of suillc ient volume to contain a boxes 14' of 'natcl' es as a reserve supply.

It is; intended. that the advertisements on they may vary in different units, but'the adip nen 9' a the tsp of the body and'entering from the rear. end is the sides 2, end 3, and. top space8 shall-be more or less permanent in character though r-v' v O.

. vertisement in the depressed [portion 9 ,is

preferably such tl atit can-be changed at Will simply'by removing the cardll and substir I tutinp; another-j therefor. central longitudinal sect onv From the. foregoing description,

I p I 7 taken in I COIHIGC-tlOH-Wlllll the accompanyingdraw ng; 7 p y t isthought theconstructionandadvantages of my invention will be clear to those skilled .planetop, s id top having an area provided with a group of individualinatch-steinreceivingpockets, the axes of -\.vhich pockets the face of tlieb'ody. said area being-located at the lower half 0f the I top,- and; said bodyhaving a chamber entering-fron f thedeeper end and terminat ng shortof said pockets thepurpose specified." v

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