US2530608A - Safety holder for instruments - Google Patents

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Nov. 21, 1950 -w. H. FRASER 2,530,608

SAFETY HOLDER FOR INSTRUMENTS Filed April 23, 1946 INVENTOR. Wz' Z Z 5am Hfiaser ATTORNEYS Patented Nov. 21, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim. 1

The present invention relates to improvements in a safety holder for an instrument, and it consists of the combinations, constructions and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

An object of my invention is to provide a safety holder, which is designed to hold pens, pencils or other instruments in a garment pocket and is made to prevent these instruments from accidentally dropping out of the pocket.

More specifically described, I propose to fasten a holder at the entrance to agarment pocket. This holder is arranged to have the usual spring clip of a pen, pencil, or other like instrument engaged thereover. The holder engages with the clip and prevents accidental withdrawal of the instrument. However. my holder is so constructed that it will release the instrument for withdrawal when the latter is moved into a predetermined position relative to the holder.

Other objects and advantages will appear as the specification continues, and the novel features of my invention will be set forth in the claim hereunto appended.

For a better understanding of my invention, reference should be had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this application, in which:

Figure l is a front elevation of a garment pocket, disclosing my safety holder applied thereto with a pen and pencil set anchored to the holder;

Figure 2 is a transverse section taken through the holder and showing a pen cap secured thereto;

Fi ure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2, but ill strating the cap rocked into a position to free the spring clin from the holder;

Figure 4 is an isometric view of the holder;

Figure 5 is a front elevation of a modified form of my safety holder as applied to a garment pocket; and

Figure 6 is a transverse section through Figure 5.

While I have shown only the preferred forms of my invention, it sho ld be understood that various chan es, or modifications, may be made within the scone of my annexed claim without departing from the spirit thereof.

Referring now to the form of my invention as shown in Figures 1 to 4, inclusive, it will be noted that I have provided a safety holder indicated generally at A. This holder is a spring clamplike structure that is adapted to be secured over the marginal portion I of the entrance to a garment pocket B. The holder includes rear and front plates 2 and 3, respectively, which are interconnected by a rounded portion 4 extending lengthwise of the holder.

In Figures 1 to 3, inclusive, I have shown a plurality of prongs 5 that are struck out of the rear plate 2. These prongs are arranged to allow the holder A to he slipped over the marginal portion l of the garment pocket, but engage with the garment to prevent the holder from slipping off of the garment.

The holder A is further'provided with a flange 5 extending lengthwise of the front plate 3 and projecting forwardly therefrom at a downwardlyextending angle relative thereto. In Figure 1, I disclose a pen C and pencil D, which have been inserted into the garment pocket B. These writing instruments are provided with the usual spring clips 1. Each clip is fashioned with an inturned portion or head la at its free end, which engages below the flange 6 when the instrument is inserted into the pocket and the spring clip moved downwardly over the front plate 3. The inclination of the flange 6 aids in allowing the bead 1a to be pushed over the flange.

In order to remove the pen C or pencil D from the pocket B, these instruments are rocked into a slightly inclined position, as suggested b the pen cap in Figure 3. During this movement. the rounded portion 4 serves as a fulcrum against which the spring clip 1 bears. The inturned portion or bead la is forced away from the writing instrument sufficiently to disengage it from the outwardly-extending flange B. The position of the writing instrument with respect to the holder A at this time is illustrated in Figure 3, and the instrument may be withdrawn from the pocket.

It will be noted that the holder A actually forms a protector over the marginal portion I of the garment pocket. thus preventing fraying of the latter due to insertion and withdrawal of the instrument. The pocket B may be in a vest, shirt or any other suitable garment.

Turning now to the modification, as disclosed in Figures 5 and 6, I have shown the cap of the pen C inserted into the pocket B. The safety holder in these views is designated by the reference letter E. The holder includes a plate 8 that is placed against the outer surface of the marginal portion l of the garment pocket. This plate has a pair of spring-pressed clamps 9 hinged thereto, as at in. These clamps engage with the inner surface of the pocket, and are formed with prongs II that project toward the plate 8 and engage with the cloth of the pocket.

Springs I2 are accommodated within the housings I3 defined by the hinges H), as shown in Figure 5. The ends 12a of the springs bear against the plate 8, While the spring ends iZb engage with the clamps 9. The springs are coiled in such a manner as to yieldingly urge the clamps 9 toward the plate 8 and anchor the holder E to the marginal portion l of the pocket.

The plate 8 further is provided with an outwardly "anddownwardly-inclined flange I i along abut against the clip l when the writing instru- -'r'n'ent is moved'laterally along the plate 3.

Thus the instrument is prevented from sliding over the ends of the holder Although I have illustrated and described a pen and pencil set, I'de'sire'to point out'that many other instruinentsare provided with spring clips for holding them in garment pockets. These include engineers'scales,"tire pressure gauges, penshaped flashlights and thermometers. The generic term i'n'strumen ts"vill he used accordinglyin the attached claim.

Iclai'm:

In a safety holder for secu'ring'an instrument in a garment pocket; a clamp-like member U- s'h'aped in vertical cross section and having an inner plate portion for entering the pocket interior and an outerplateportion of approximately'the same size as the inner one for extending over thefront of the outer surface of the pocket; said clamp-like member frictionally gripping the front wallo'f the pocket and having its outer plate portion'fashioned with a'flange'that projects outwardly therefrornjthe flangebeing positioned to iii engage above an inturned portion disposed at the free end of the instrument clip when the instrument is inserted into the pocket; the flange preventing the accidental withdrawal of the instrument from the pocket; the clamp-like member having an enlarged semi-cylindrical portion interconnecting the inner and outer plate portions; the plate portions being fiat and paralleling one another and being spaced closer together than the diameter of the semi-cylindrical portion; the semi-cylindrical portion serving as a fulcrum about which the instrument clip may be rocked and the lower edge of the inner plate portion serving as another fulcrum about which the instrument may be rocked; the instrument and clip when rocked about their respective fulcrums, moving the inturned end of the instrument clip away from the body of the instrument, thereby causing the inturned end of the clip to become disengaged from the flange and thus permit the ready removal of the instrument from the holder and pocket.

VILLIAM I-I. FRASER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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