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D AU EX
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DESIGN.
J. MEHL Jr.
CI'VER FOR POCKET BOOKS OR CARD CASES.
No. . Patented Jan. 18 1898.
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INVENTOR
BY
UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
JOIIN IIEIIL JR. OF JERSEY CITY NEW JERSEY.
DESIGN FOR A COVER FOR POCKETBOOKS OR CARDCASES.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Design No.  dated January 18 1898.
Application filed December 14 1897 Serial No. . Term of patent 3i years.
1'o all whom it may C016Cei'll.:
Be it known that I JOHN MEHL Jr. a citizen of the United States residing at Jersey City in the county of Hudson and State of
5 New Jersey have invented and produced a new and original Design for the Covers of PocketBooks or CardCases of which the following is a specification reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming
to a part thereof in which
Figure 1 is a plan view of a cover for a pocketbook or a cardcase embodying the features of my design and Fig. 2 is a transverse section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.
t5 The leading feature of the design consists in the embossed cornerpanels A and B each
of which has two straight outer edges a and a' and an inner edge formed with two scallops a2 and cc3 the scallops meeting at the center of the panels.
A minor feature of the design consists in a beadlike edge b at the scalloped portions of the panels and in depressed lines b' crossing the panels and extending to the point where the scallops of the panels meet.
I claim
The design for the cover for pocketbooks
and cardeases herein shown and described.
JOHN MEHL JR. Witnesses:
EVERARD BOLTON MARSHALL
J. FRED. ACKER.
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