US2068214A - Loose leaf calendar - Google Patents

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Jan. 19, 1937. o. P. WINFORD LOOSE LEAF CALENDAR Filed March 6, 1933 Patented Jan. 19, 937

UNITED STATES LOOSE LEAF CALENDAR Orion P. Winford, St. Paul, Minn, assignor to Brown & Bigelow, St. Paul, Minn a corporation of Minnesota Application March 6, 1933, Serial No. 659,694

9 Claims.

This invention relates to a loose leaf calendar wherein the calendar sheets may be held as loose leaf memorandums with calendar indicia associated therewith. Each sheet of the calendar may be loosely disposed upon a suitable holding means so that the sheets may be mounted in a binder which holds them together collectively to form the calendar. Thus the calendar sheets may be removed and placed back of each other after the particular month illustrated on the face thereof has passed, and be retained hanging in a loose leaf manner as an indexed memorandum as associated with the different months of the year.

It is also a feature of the invention to provide a loose leaf memorandum pack with a pocket and index for each sheet. The sheets are made from a single piece of material having an end folded over to form a pocket on one end of the sheet and with suitable indicia associated with the pocket having reference to the indicia showing upon the memorandumsheet which permits the pocket to be used as an indexed file with the memorandum sheet. r

5 In this manner I provide a pack of loose leaf sheets which may be used as a ready reference file with the pocket for receipts, bills, statements, etc., for the month, and wherein indexed indicia permits reference to any particular day and such memorandums as may be desired to be entered for such time. With the simple, inexpensive construction of my loose leaf pack and calendar, the sheets may be readily placed at the back of the pack after-they have been used at the front and saved for future reference.

I also provide a suitable means of hanging the pack upon the wall which includes a convenient holding means for a pencil as well as providing the holder for the loose leaf sheets of the pack and a covering or binding means for the sheets of the pack.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a front viewof my'loose leaf calendar with the indexed pockets. Figure 2 is an edge view of the same.

Figure 3 illustrates one of the loose leaf calendar sheets with the pocket, showing the same removed from the pack.

Figure 4 is a detail of a portion of the loose leaf calendar, showing the hanger element which forms a binder for the cover and a holder for a pencil.

Figure 5 illustrates the died-out formation of each loose leaf sheet, to show the construction of the pocket thereof.

The loose leaf calendar and memorandum A is formed with a series of sheets I0. The sheets II] are died-cut as illustrated in Figure 5 to form the lower end H of the sheet with end flaps l2. The lower ends ll of the sheets in is folded on 5 the dotted line l3 and the end flaps l2 are pasted to the back of the sheets so as to form a pocket I4 on the lower end of each sheet Ill.

The front face of the pocket I4 of the sheets Ill may be printed with indicia l5 to indicate 10 months of the year, as January, February, etc. The indicia l5 may also serve as an index to refer to the memo portion I6 of the sheet i0 whenever it is desired. The portion l6 may be divided to correspond with the divisions and in- 15 dicia on the face of the pocket [4 so that each has due reference to each other.

The sheets it! are perforated at I! and are adapted to fit over the loop I8 of the hanger member iflwhich is formed from apiece of sheet 20 metal and which is provided with an eye 20 so that the hanger member l9 can support the calendar or pack A on the wall.

. "The hanger member I!) is adapted to be fixed to the binder B which acts as a supporting means 25 and holder for the individual loose leaf sheets l0 and which is formed with a back portion 21, ordinarily a little larger than the sheets Ill, and formed with an integral downwardly depending cover flap portion 22 which is smaller than the 30 back 2| so as to permit the face or pocket M to be exposed as illustrated in Figure 1.. The portion 22 formsa cover flap and may be provided with a display space such as 23. The hanger member I9 is formed from a single piece and the loop 35 portion thereof extends through the opening 24 in the back portion 2|. The cover flap 22 is formed with the opening '25 which fits down over the loop I8 and permits a pencil 26 or other implement to be placed throughthe loop l8, there- 40 by forming a locking means for holding the flap '22 down against the top portion l6 of the sheets in, when the binder-is normally held upon the wall. It is important that this binder is up near the top edge 21 of the calendar or pack A, where 5 the same is out of the way and in a position where it will not interfere with the display surface 23 of the same. It is also important that the hanger member 19 forms the loop which provides a holder for the pencil 26, as well as forming the means 50 of engaging through the perforations ll of the sheets H! to hold the sheets in alignment by the single supporting means'of the loop in this simple manner. The loop is of suflicient width to give the, proper bearing and engagement in the open- 55 mg I! to hold the sheets in line with each other In use the calendar or indexed pack with theloose leaf sheets having pockets thereon is very desirable for receipts, bills, statements, or other slips or articles that are desired to be placed in the pocket I and which may have a bearing as to particular memorandum carried upon the surface I6. The pocket as associated with the calendar and particularly with the loose leaf feature, provides a utility for the calendar of a very desirable nature. The individual sheets l0 may be replaced by other sheets at any time or may be removed after the month appearing on the face of the pocket ll has elapsed, and the past month placed at the back of the calendar upon the weight supporting loop l8 and held neatly and tidily in place even though the pocket of the same contains matters which had a particular bearing for that month. Thus the user of this calendar may refer back to the matters in the pocket at any time or may remove the sheet entirely andstore it away, folding it as an envelope by folding the portions 16. down over the pocket It and thereby keeping the entire memorandum and pocket for future reference. This calendar memorandum loose leaf pocket may also carry indicia on the back of the same of material interest to the user of the calendar, such as farmers, or others using the calendar, thereby increasing the utility of the same. Further, the cover or binder B may be formed in a permanent manner so that the loose leaf sheets may be supplied at any time.

It is also apparent that as a reference pack, the loose leaf memorandum sheets with the pockets H on the same are very desirable for different uses than a calendar and wherein the date indicia such as l5 may be reference indexes which will correspond with similar reference indexes on the memorandum portion l6. Therefore the utility is apparent, more particularly because the device is of a simple nature, yet having a practical appeal for these uses and others of a similar character.

I claim:

1. A loose leaf calendar including, a back, a

binder member mounted at the upper edge of said back adapted to support a series of loose leafsheets, each sheet having indicia at the top thereof to represent one or more months of the year, a pocket on the lower portion of each of said sheets formed as a part thereof, a calendar on said pocket, and means for supporting said sheets freely removable in their entirety.

2. A memorandum pack including, a cover member having a back portion, a front cover sheet adapted to extend over the back, a series of loose leaf sheets, and loop means adapted to form a hanger for said back extending through the top of said back and said sheets with the loop thereof forming a pencil-receiving channel.

3. A loose leaf pocket sheet including, a memo- ,randum portion, and a pocket associated with saifmemorandum portion, corresponding inand cover means normally concealing said memo- 5 randum portion and exposing said pocket.

4. A calendar comprising, a series of loose leaf sheets, a binder adapted to extend along the back and over a part of said sheets, a metal loop hanger, openings in said binder and each of said 10 sheets to support said sheets in a loose leaf man her, and rodlike means extending through said loop to hold said binder and loose leaf sheets together in a pack. I

5. A calendar comprising, a binder back and 15 cover portion, a metal supporting hanger secured to said back, a loop formed in said hanger between the ends thereof, openings formed through said back and cover portions, a series of loose leaf sheets held on said loop under said cover portion, 20

and a member adapted to extend through said loop to lock said sheets and binder together in a loose leaf calendar.

6. A calendar comprising, a series of sheets each of which have an upper memorandum por- 2 tion, a pocket formed by folding the lower end of each sheet onto itself, calendar indicia on said pocket, means for holding said sheets in loose leaf form together in a pack, and a cover sheet concealing said upper memorandum portion of 3 holding said sheets removable and replaceable 35 and in a manner to change the respective positions of said sheets so that the top sheet may be placed back of all of the other sheets, and calendar indlcia on each of said sheets.

8. A calendar including, a binder member, and 40 means for supporting a series of calendar sheets in a loose leaf manner in said binder member one in back of another, means cooperable with said binder to prevent relative movement of said binder and the attached portion of said sheets, said as means removable whereby said sheets may be transposed from the front to the back in use as a calendar. g

9. A reference calendar including, a backing sheet, a series of sheets each of which has a memo-- to randum flap thereon, a pocket formed on each of said sheets by folding one end of said sheets onto itself, and loose leaf supporting meanson said backing sheet for supporting one edge of said sheets in definite fixed relation.toysaid backing sheet to provide a calendar pack. and said sheets having a construction to permit the memorandumflap associated with said pocket to be folded over onto the pocket to close the same when said sheets are removed from the pack, forming a 60 pocket or envelope-like container by each of said sheets for holding receipts, bills and the like therein for future reference.

ORION P. WINFORD.

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