L. B. TRAFTON,
`COMBINED TICKET HOLDER AND THEATER SEAT DIAGRAM,
`APPLIOATION FILED DEO. 19, 1908.
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`Patented Mar. 23, 1909.
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`UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
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`LEIGH B. TRAYTON, OF LIMESTONE, MAINE.
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`COMBINED TICKET-HOLDER AND THEATER-SEAT DIAGRAM.
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`No. 916,227.
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`Specification of Letters Patent.
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`Patented March 23, 1909.
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`Application filed December 19, 1908. Serial No. 468,355.
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`Similar reference characters are employed to designate corresponding parts throughout
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`To all whom tt may concern:
`Be it known that I, Leren B. Trarron, a
`citizen of
`the United. States, residing at
`Limestone, in the county of Aroostook and
`State of Maine, have invented newanduseful
`Improvements in Combined Ticket-Holders
`and. Theater-Seat Diagrams, of which the
`following is a specification.
`This invention relates to a combinedticket
`holder.and seat indicator for theaters, halls,
`auditoriums, and the like, whereby the
`tickets can be conveniently arranged with
`reference to the seats shown on the diagram
`or indicator, thus enabling the ticket sellerto
`easily and quickly obtain the desired tickets
`to be sold and also enabling him to ascertain,
`at a glance, the seats remaining to be sold.
`The invention has for one of its objects to
`provide a device of this character which is
`of simple and inexpensive construction, re-
`liable and efficient in use, and convenient to
`manipulate.
`Another object of the invention is the pro-
`vision of a box or cabinet which is divided
`into a. plurality of ticket compartments or
`tills laid out afterthe plan of the rowsof seats
`in the orchestra, orchestra circle, balconies,
`etc., the tickets or tills being lettered to cor-
`respond with the rowsof seats of the theater.
`A further object of the invention is the
`provision of a deviceof this character having
`a lid which contains a plan or diagram of the
`seats of the theater from which the patrons
`can select the seats desired and the ticket
`pockets or tills of the cabinet are arranged
`correspondingly with the rows of seats on the
`diagram or plan so that the ticket seller can
`quickly select the desiredtickets.
`With. these objects in view and others, as
`will appear as the description proceeds, the
`invention comprises the various novel fea-
`tures of construction and arrangement of
`arts which will be more fully described
`hereinafter and set forth with particularity
`in the claims appended hereto.
`In the accompanying drawing, whichillus-
`trates one-embodiment of
`the invention,
`Figure 1 is a sectional view of the device
`taken on line 1—1, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a plan
`view of the device showing the lid removed.
`Fig. 8 is a transverse section on line 83—3, Fig.
`1. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary plan view of the
`lid and diagram thereon.
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`the views.
`Referring to the drawing, A designates a
`cabinet or box constructed of wood or other
`suitable material and of such size as to be
`conveniently portable and this box is divided
`into sections corresponding to the various
`parts of the theater, hall, or the like, having
`seats, as for instance, orchestra, orchestra
`cirele, balsony, gallery, etc.
`In the present
`imstence,
`the cabinet
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`formed with an
`orchestra section a anda gallery section b, and
`each sectionis provided with groups of pock-
`ets or tills 1 which are laid out after the
`fashion of the seats of the theater or hall for
`which the device is to be used, and between
`; the groups of pockets are strips 2 which bear
`characters suchas letters for designating the
`various pockets or tills of
`the respective
`groups,
`the letters corresponding with the
`letters of the rows of seats of the theater.
`The portion of the cabinet that corresponds
`to the stage is divided into compartments 3
`which may be used for receiving money.
`The wall at one end of the cabinet is ex-
`tended vertically and to this extended por-
`tion is hinged a lid 5 which folds down over
`the cabinet. This lid is held in an inelined
`position by a prop 6 located in the cabinet
`or box at one side thereof and mounted to
`tilt on a pin 7 that passes through a slot 8.
`This prop holds the lid at such an inclination
`that the patrons cen readily see the diagram
`of seats arranged on the topof the lid and at
`the same time the cabinet is held open so
`that the seller can conveniently reach the
`tickets asked for.
`In setting the prop, it is
`merely necessary to raise the lid and press
`downwardly on the front end of the prop so
`as to swing the sameto the position shownin
`Fig. 1, where the lid will be propped open.
`The lidis constructed in the formof a frame
`the same consisting of
`a bottom plate 7
`over which is spread a printed chart, diagram
`or plan 8 of the theater seats. The rows of
`seats are designated by letters to correspond
`with the pockets and the seats of the rows
`are numbered as shown in Fig. 4.
`Theside
`pieces 9 of the lid are provided with grooves
`10 for receiving a slide or cover 11 for pro-
`tecting the glass 12 when the device is not
`in use.
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`connection with the accompanying drawing,
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`in correspondence with the rows of seats
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`the advantages of the construction andof the
`methodof operation will be readily apparent
`to those skilled in the art to which the inven-
`tion appertains, and while I have described
`the prmciple of the invention, together with
`the device which I now consider to be the
`best embodiment thereof, I desire to haveit
`understood that the device shownis merely
`illustrative, and that such changes may be
`made when desired as are within the scopeof
`the claims appended hereto.
`Having thus describedthe invention, what
`I claim is:—
`i. A combined ticket holder and seat,
`indicator for theaters and the like compris-
`ing a cabinet, a cover for the cabinet, a dia~
`gram of the seats on the outer face of the
`cover, ticket pockets in the cabinet arranged
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`in the cabinet for holding the cover open in
`inclined position.
`2. In a device of the class described, the
`combination of a cabinet, a lid hingedly
`mounted thereon, a diagram or seat indicator
`on the lid, ticket compartments in the cabi-
`net lettered to correspond with the rows of
`seats on the indicator, the said pockets being
`arranged in accordance with the rowsof seats
`of the indicator, and. a cover for protecting
`the indicator whenthe deviceis not in use.
`In testimony whereof I affix my signature
`in presence of two witnesses.
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`LEIGH B. TRAFTON.
`Witnesses:
`JoHN Rex,
`Bessizr Benwerr.
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