Improvements in Wall-clips or Brackets for Umbrellas and the like.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Feb., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 9th Nov., 1895-Accepted, 11th Jan., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Wall-clips or Brackets for Umbrellas and
the like.
I HAROLD LYON THOMSON LYON of 57 Onslow Square, South Kensington,
in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:
My invention has for its object to provide a convenient holder for umbrellas,
walking-sticks, billiard cues and other objects which have to be retained in an
upright position against walls or other perpendicular surfaces.
Holders for this purpose are frequently made of complete rings of metal or other
substance placed at a convenient height upon a wall, for example, in that case the
foot of the umbrella or walking-stick must be passed over the ring and this in a
shallow space is sometimes a very inconvenient operation to perform. With the
object of obviating this inconvenience the holders are sometimes formed of split
rings or clasping springs. The rings are ill adapted to positions such for example
as the interior of carriages where much oscillation is experienced and the springs
are necessarily somewhat nicely adjusted to the girth of the object which they are
intended to embrace and therefore are not very easily adapted to hold a large
varicty of objects.
The holder which I have devised is intended to supply these and other short-
comings in the holders in present use, and it consists essentially of a retaining chain
which takes the place of the ring or spring already referred to, and of fastenings
by means of which the chain may be easily placed in position to hold, or displaced
to release, the given umbrella or other such object. For this purpose I make use
of a chain having an uneven surface which may easily be made fast by dropping
it into a slot cut in a thin plate of metal; a chain of the ordinary chain-cable
pattern for example serves the purpose perfectly, in this pattern the links alternate
in places at right angles to one another and if any one link be so disposed as to
slide within a slot the adjacent links on either side will be athwart the slot and
prevent the chain from slipping either way. One end of such a chain I make
fast to a staple in the wall and to the free end I attach a small metal weight.
The object of this weight will be presently explained.
At a convenient distance from the staple I fix a short arm to the wall and in
the free end of this arm I arrange a thin plate of metal in which is cut a vertical
slot of such width as to receive a link of the chain if disposed with its breadth
in the vertical plane, but to prevent the slipping through the slot of the adjacent
links.
I then place the umbrella which is to be held upright in position, between
the staple and the arm and passing the chain around it on the other side I drop
the free end of the chain into the slot. The weight already referred to facilitates
this action since it makes the dropping free of the free end of the chain over the
metal plate, both easy & secure. To release the umbrella it is sufficient to lift the
chain free of engagement with the plate.
Dated this Twelfth day of February 1895.

page_text: Improvements in Wall-clips or Brackets for Umbrellas and
the like.
I HAROLD LYON THOMSON LYON of 57 Onslow Square, South Kensington,
in the County of London, Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :—
My invention has for its object to provide a convenient holder for umbrellas,
walking sticks, billiards cues and other objects which have to be retained in an
upright position against walls or other perpendicular surfaces.
Holders for this purpose are frequently made of complete rings of metal or
other substances placed at a convenient height upon a wall, for example in that
case the foot of the umbrella or walking stick etc. must be passed over the ring
and this in a shallow space is sometime a very inconvenient operation to perform.
With the object of obviating this inconvenience the holders are sometimes formed
of split rings or clasping springs. The rings are ill adapted to position such
for example as the interior of carriages where much oscillation is experienced
and the springs are necessarily somewhat nicely adjusted to the girth of the object
which they are intended to embrace and therefore are not very easily adapted to
hold a large variety of objects.
The holder which I have devised is intended to supply these and other short-
comings in the holders in present use and it consists essentially of a retaining chain
which takes the place of the ring or spring already referred to, and of fastenings
by means of which the chain may be easily placed in position to hold, or displaced
to release, the given umbrella or other such object. For this purpose 1 make use
of a chain having an uneven surface which may easily be made fast by dropping
it into a slot cut in a thin plate of metal. A chain of the ordinary chain cable
pattern for example serves the purpose perfectly. In this pattern the links
alternate in places at right angles to oue another and if any one link be so disposed
as to slide within a slot the adjacent links in either side will be athwart the slot and
prevent the chain from slipping either side. One end of such a chain I make fast
to a staple in the wall and to the free end I attach a small metal weight. The
object of this weight will be presently explained.
At a convenient distance from the staple I fix a short arm some one or two
inches long for example to the wall and in the free end of this arm I arrange a
thin plate of metal in which is cut a vertical slot of such a width to receive a link
of the chain if disposed with its breadth in the vertical plane but to prevent the
slipping through the slot of the adjacent links.
I then place the umbrella etc. which is to be held upright in position between the
staple and the arm and passing the chain around it on the outer side I drop the
free end of the chain into the slot. The weight already referred to facilitates this
action since it makes the dropping of the free end of the chain over. the metal
plate hoth easy and secure. To release the umbrella it is sufficient to left the chain
free of engagement with the plate.
In the drawing herewith-A is the plate screwed to the wall, B is the slot into
which the chain C is slipped and E is the staple to which the fixed end of the chain
is secured, the loose end of the chain supports the weight D.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion and the manner in which it is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
The staple, the chain, the ball and the slotted plate all combined and used
substantially as above described.
E. A. MUSKETT,
Agent for the Applicant.