US1089939A - Change-holder. - Google Patents

Description

J. H. MAXWELL.

CHANGE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. a. 1913.

1,089,939, Patented Mar. 10, 1914.

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CHANGE-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 10, 1914.

Application filed September 8, 1913. Serial No. 787,982.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN H. MAXWELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Crewe, in the county of Nottoway and State of Virginia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Change-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to an im rovement in coin holders, particularly of t e change holding type wherein means are provided for dividing the coins in accordance with their full value so that any particular coin may be readily selected without disturbing any of the others.

The main object of the present invention is the provision of a coin holder of simple type in which means are rovided for maintamin the coins divided 1n accordance with their 11 value and in holding the coins in irregular disposition within the holder to provide for their convenient abstraction.

A further object of the invention is the rovision of a card or ticket holder com- Eined with the coin holder to permit of the independent use of either.

The invention in its preferred form of details will be described in the following specification, reference being had particularly to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improvement. Fig. 2 is a central section longitudinally of the device. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawings, my improved coin holder comprises a rectangular receptacle including side walls 1, end \valls 2andabottom 3. One

of the side walls is 'referably, though not necessarily, of metal while the remaining walls may be of any desired flexible material, such as leather or the like. Extending longitudinally and centrally of the receptacle thus formed is a bar 3 on which is secured a series of partitions 4:, said partitions extending practically throughout the full height and breadth of the receptacle. The

partitions are suflicient 1n number to provide a series of compartments 6 to corres end in number to the number of coins of iiferent denominations which it is desirable to carry 1n the holder, my preference in this respect bemg for five such compartments designed respectively for coins, one cent, five cents,ten cents, twenty-five cents, and fifty cents.

The forward or flexible side wall 1 of the holder is provided with an overlying flexible section 7 secured to the side wall throughout its marginal edge except the upper edge, providing a pocket for the reception of cartickets or the like, the section 7 being preferably cut out for a portion of its hei ht at its center to afford a notch 8 through t e means of which tickets may be convenientl grasped and withdrawn from the pocket. cover 9 is hingedl connected to the rigid side wall 1 and designed to overlie and close the top of the receptacle, the forward edge of the cover being provided with a short flap 10 which together with the registering portion of the forward side wall 1 is formed With complementary fastening members 11 whereby the cover may be secured in place. An auxiliary fastening strap 12 is secured to the rigid side wall 1 and has a length materially exceeding the width of the cover, the terminal of said strap 12 and the co'ciperating portion of the section 7 being formed with complementary fastenin means for securing the ticket holding poc et against accidental opening.

From this construction it will be obvious that admission to the ticket holding pocket may be had without disconnecting the free edge of the cover from the receptacle, or that access to the change receptacle may be had by disconnecting the strap described. By use of the longitudinally extending bar in the ticket holder the coins dropped therein are practically maintained in edgewise presentation and the upper end of the holder so that they may be conveniently grasped for withdrawal when necessary.

The material of which the device is to be constructed is not important as I contemplate the use of any olesii'ed material anrl extending longitudinally of thereceptacle '10 where the device is not designed for more or and. through all of the com artments.

less permanent attachment to the garment, In testimony whereof I a x my signature it may be made of entirely a flexible matein presence of two witnesses. rial, as leather 'or the like.

. l a t W What is claimed is:-- JOHN 'H' MAXELL- A coin holder comprising a receptacle, a Witnesses: v series of partitions dividing the receptacle E. F. LOOKE'IT,

into a plurality of compartments and a bar J. E. MOORE,

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