March '11 , 1924. _ 1,486,294. R. w. MORRIS COMBINATION AND ‘FOUNTAIN Filed Dec. 5, 1922 ,2 Sheets-Sheet 1 March 11 , 1924.‘ . ' 1,486,294 . R. w. MORRIS = COMBINATION POCKETKNIFE ANDv Filed Dec. 5, 1922' 2 Shuts-‘Shoat 2

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A atko'zmq Patented Mar. 111, 1224.

ROBERT W. MOKR-IS, 0E‘ WAUYUN, WISCONSI‘J. COMBINATION POCKETKNIFE AND FOUNTAIN -PE1\T HOLDER.

Application ?led December 5, 1922. Serial No. 664,998.

Z '0 aw’ whom it may. concern.’ , date penknife 6 the of which are Be it known that 1, ROBERT lV. MORRIS, shown at 8 and a nail ?le at 10, the a citizen of the United States of America, blades being secured by rivets 11. residing at lvaupumin the county of Fond One face of the plate 3 is provided with 5 du Lac and State of Wisconsin, have in a central longitudinal cavity or recess 12 vented a certain new and useful Combina. for the purpose of receiving afountain pen tion Pocketknife and Fountain-Pen Holder,’ 111, and to the shape of which latter, the of which the following is a speci?cation. said recess 12 conforms. Hinged by a This invention relates. to a combination‘ spring hinge 15 to an extension 16 on one 10 folding fountain~pen, , and toilet end of the plate 3, and the sides of which article holder and is designed for the pur extension converge to the point of the hinge pose of providing an article which‘ will 15,’ is a thimble 18 internally threaded at 19 contain or embody within a small compass, and flattened on its opposite end as at 20 various articles which are often required to form one of the elements of said hinge. 15 by a business or professional man or woman. The hinge is of such construction that the One of the objects of this invention is plate '8 and fountain pen 111 may swing the provision of a folding fountain pen away from one another thru an arc of only which may be readily folded into or vun 180° sov that when unfolded the said pen folded for writing position from a compact and plate are in alinement; and to avoid the 20 carrying case and is further designed with pen collapsing accidentally on its hinge, I the View toward combining within that case, provide a small pivoted hinge bridging bar a penknife and a card-case, all so arranged 22. The upper end of the pen 1% is pro— that the entire combination may be carried vided with a threaded terminal 211 which _in so small a space as a vest pocket or is adapted to be screwed into the threaded 80 25 pocket-book. portion of the thimble 18. In the drawings, Hinged at what, for purposes of descrip Figure 1 is a plan view of the inside of tion, will be called the back of the plate or the case with the pen unfolded therefrom; case by a normally opening spring hinge 25, Fig. 2 is a perspective of the case with is an oblong plate 26, said plate 26 being CD 5 30 the pen folded therein and the rear hinged provided on its inner face with a mirror 28. plate in open position; _ It is perfectly obvious that in lieu of a Fig. 8 is a plan view of the case wlth mirror, the recess in'which it is set may the pen folded therein and blades of the be utilized as a card carrier or even a pow knife opened; der puff, and I may state that with no 35 Fig. 4 is a rear plan View of-the case with change material to the spirit of this inven all the parts in folded position; tion, it could readily be modi?ed to contain Figs. 5, 6 and 7 are views of details of such articles as usually carried in a ladies construction 5 “vanity case.” A catch 29 is employed for Fig. 8 is a rear plan view of a modi?ed securing the hinged plate against accidental 40 form of the case; and opening, and the outer face of the plate, Fig. 9 is a transverse section as seen on which is usually formed of gold or silver, the line 9—9 of Fig. 1. may be suitably ornamented or may have Referring more speci?cally to the draw engraved thereon, the name or initials of ings by numerals of reference, the case or the owner of the article as I have shown 4 GI carrier is designated generally at 2, and at 30. comprises a preferably rectangular and In lieu of a plate 26 hinged on the back oblong hard rubber plate 3, which, for pur of the case, I may provide merely a pocket oses of ornamentation, may be faced upon for cards, this being formed of a rectangular either side adjacent the edges running in metal band 32 secured upon one side to the 105 5 O the direction of the length of the plate back of said case as shown in Fig. 8 of with silver or gold fanciful form strips the drawings. 2 4 suitably secured in position. For the purpose of maintaining the foun TvVhile it is desirable that the plate which tain pen, which should be of the self-?lling forms the case should be as thin as possible, variety, in folded position, I provide a 130 > 55 it is of such thickness as will provide a spring cap 83 which is adapted to engage longitudinal recess in one edge to accommo the barrel of the pen adjacent the or 2 1,486,294

" point, said cap being provided With ‘an eye 3. A device of the class described com~ 34 ‘by which it may be suspended from a prising a plate provided with recesses, one 30 chain from the neck of the wearer. of said recesses being extended longitudi What I claim is as follows: nally of one face of said plate, a hinged 1. A device of the class described com articlerreceiving thimble carried atone end prising a plate having recesses therein, one of said plate adapted to be received in a of said recesses being formedlongitudinally portion of said last-mentioned recess, and 35 of one face thereof, a hinged receiving mem a spring-hinged retaining cap carried at the ber carried at one end of said plate in longi< opposite end of said plateadapted to engage ’ tudinal alinenient With said lastlmentioned the article carried bynsaid'thimble to retain recess, an article‘ carried thereby, and hinged the; same in longitudinal recess, means at the opposite‘ end of said plate to 4'. A’ device of the class described com secure said article in said longitudinal prising a plate provided ivvvith a plurality recess. 7 I v I -‘ - _ V of recesses, one or recesses beingformed 15 2; A device of the class" described‘ coin in one face of the plate and extended longi prising a plate provided With a‘ plurality of. tudinally thereof, a} hinged article-receiving recesses therein, one of said recesses being‘ thinible carried at one end ofv?said plateand 45 extended longitudinally of one face‘ of said adapted to‘ bejreceived in ‘a portion of said plate, a' hinged receiving member carried" at last-mentioned- recess", means fon'retaining 20 the one end of said plate in‘ longitudinal said thinible' in extended- position with re alinement With the lastémentione‘d r‘ecess,'.an' sp‘ectv'to" said plate, _ and a vsprir'ig-hinged article removably carried in said‘ receiving retaining cap carried the opposite end of 50 member, means for retaining said" m‘en‘iber said“ plate adapted to engage thefarticle‘ car and article carried thereby in extended 25 ried by, s'aid-thimb'le to“ retain the same‘ in longitudinal aline'ment‘ with, respect to said theaforesa'id long-itiidin‘al' recess.‘ ._ b ,p plate7 and additional means’ at‘ theopposite' ' In testimony whereof I a?‘ix my signature. end’ of plate for'securin‘g said member and article‘ 111' sald longltudin'al recess. Hosea/T w. Moinais.