An Umbrella Holder for Use in Railway Carriages, Restaurants, and the like.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd July, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Apr., 1896-Accepted, 11th July, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Umbrella Holder for Use in Railway Carriages, Restaurants,
and the like.
FREDERIC EDWARD HOLLYER Stanley Villa Hamilton Road Brentford
Middlesex Inventor, FRANK KNIGHT 11 Dover Mansions Brixton, S.W.,
Ironmonger, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention is intended to supply a long felt want and is for the purpose of
providing a place (in railway carriages especially), but also in other public places
such as restaurants, hotels, theatres, tramcars and the like, where a wet umbrella
can be placed without inconvenience to anyone, at the same time to be near its
owner, and so prevent theft, it is of course equally useful for dry umbrellas,
walking sticks sunshades and the like.
We will describe it as applied to a railway carriage. It consists of a tapered
tube (either plain or corrugated). large enough to take an umbrella when wet, the
bottom of tube having a bar across or a perforated stop to prevent the umbrella
slipping too far in, any suitable material being used, zinc perhaps from preference
(the tube can really be made for more than one if necessary) any number of these
tubes can be placed in convenient positions in the carriage and lugs are provided
by means of which the tube can be affixed, the lugs being placed in any position
where they are of use; in order to drain off the wet any number of tubes are
connected to a small tube of sufficient size to drain the water off in some convenient
spot, or the bottom of the holder can be dropped through the floor, as for example
in a first class, one would be affixed each side of the two doors the bottom of tube
being dropped through the floor and the upper end being screwed by the lug to the
door post, or in like manner one in front of each arm and the top screwed to the
end of arm.
When this holder is used in a restaurant it may be affixed to a table or chair and
bave a receptacle at the bottom for the water, either affixed to the tube or loose,
or they may be fixed to the arm of a stall in like manner. A lid may be provided
to keep out dust.
Signed this 22nd day of July 1895.
FREDERIC EDWARD HOLLYER.
FRANK KNIGHT.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Umbrella Holder for Use in Railway Carriages, Restaurants,
and the like.
FREDERIC EDWARD HOLLYER "Ravensgate" Mackenzie Street Slough late
of Stanley Villa Hamilton Road Brentford Jeweller and FRANK KNIGHT 11 Dover
Mansions Brixton S.W. Ironmonger 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 :—
This invention is intended to supply a long felt want and is for the purpose of

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providing a place (in railway carriages especially) but also in other public places
such as hotels, restaurants, theatres tramcars and the like, where a wet umbrella
can be placed without inconvenience to anyone, at the same time to be near its
owner and so prevent theft, it is of course equally useful for dry umbrellas walking-
sticks sunshades and the like.
We will describe it as applied to a railway carriage :-It consists of a tapered
tube Fig. 1. either plain or corrugated large enough to take an umbrella when wet,
the bottom of tube to have a bar across or a perforated stop A to prevent the
umbrella slipping too far in, any suitable material being used, (the tube can really
be made for more than one umbrella if necessary) any number of these tubes.can
be placed in convenient positions in the carriages and lugs are provided by means
of which the tube can be affixed, the lugs being placed in any position where they
are of use; in order to drain off the wet any number of tubes are connected to a
small tube of sufficient size to drain the water off in some convenient spot, or the
bottom of the holder can be dropped through the floor, as for example in a first
class carriage one would be fixed each side of the two doors the bottom of tube
being dropped through the floor and the upper end being screwed by the lug to the
door post, or in like manner one in front of each arm and the top screwed to the
seat or end of arm. When this holder is used in a restaurant it may be affixed to
a table or chair and have a receptacle at the bottom to catch the water, being
either affixed to the tube or loose, or they may be affixed to the arm of a stall in
like manner, or in the corners of a cab. A lid may be provided to keep out dust.
(B. Figs. 1. and 2.)
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is,
1. A tapered tube the most convenient shape to take an umbrella when wet.
2. A tube provided with a perforated plug or stop which can be readily removed
for cleansing purposes.
3. A plug for the purpose of preventing umbrellas or walking sticks from
slipping through the aforesaid tubes and having a projecting bead by which it can
.be easily withdrawn from the tube.
4. A. lid for the purpose of keeping out dust when the holder is not in use.
5. Lugs for the purpose of affixing the tubes.
Dated this 22nd day of April 1896.
.
FRED. E. HOLLYER.
FRANK KNIGHT.