US314426A - Bouquet-holder - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

M L. OARDELL.

BOUQUET HOLDER. No. 314,426. Patented Mar. 24, 1885.

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- I ATTORNEY,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

MORTON L. OARDELL, OF HANCOCK, MICHIGAN.

BOUQUET-HOLDER,

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 314,4:26, dated March 24, 1885. Application filed October 27, 1884. (No model To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MORTON L. CARDELL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Hancock, in the county of Houghton and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bouquet-Hold ers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my device for holding flowers or bouquets. side view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a sectional View.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

My invention has relation to portable bouquet-holders adapted to be worn upon the person; and it consists in the construction of the same, which Will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

My improved bouquet-holder may be made of glass, metal, or any other suitable material, and of any desired size, according to whether it is to be used for a boutonniere on a gentlemans coat, or for a larger bouquet adapted to be worn in the waistband of a ladys dress and it consists, essentially, of an ornamental vessel or receptacle,A, onesideof which is constructed with a spring or spring-lip, B, which is bent so as to form a bead, O. The'other side of the vessel A is constructed with a smaller outwardly-projecting lip, D. An elastic, E, is inserted through the bead O and held there Fig. 2 is 'pearance.

in, its other end passing under the projecting lip B. The bottom of the vessel or receptacle A is filled with raw cotton, asbestus, or some other suitable absorbing material, which is soaked with water, so as to keep the stems of the flowers moist and yet prevent spilling of the fluid. The flowers are held in place by means of the elastic band E, which is sprung over the stems, as shown in the drawings, and the device may be fastened to the button-hole in the lapel of a coat or to a ladys belt by means of the downwardly-projecting spring hook or lip B. This device can be made of glass or metal at a very small cost, and may be made, if desired, of avery ornamental ap- It may be made of gold, silver, or other precious material, embellished by engraving or by precious stones, so that it will form a handsome ornament and valuable gift.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States The bouquet-holder herein shown and described, consisting of the vessel A, having the lip D, and the spring-lip B, bent to form the bead O, and a downwardly-projecting hook,

and provided with an elastic band, E, substantially as and for the purpose herein shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MORTON- L. OARDELL.

Witnesses MIOHAEL FINN, ALFRED PERso.

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