Improvements in and relating to Walking Sticks and the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Walking Sticks and the like.
I, BERTRAND JOHN PRICE ROBERTS, of Kensington House, Kensington Court, in
the County of London, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows;-
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This invention has reference to improvements in and relating to walking
sticks and the like and the objects of my invention are to prevent walking sticks
crutches and the like slipping, to render them practically noiseless when being
used and also to make them more springy so as to avoid the jar on the wrist
or arm.
My invention consists in providing the bottom end of a walking stick, crutch
or the like with a rubber or like tip which is adapted to be readily removed
when worn out and replaced by a fresh tip substantially in the manner herein-
after described.
In carrying my invention into practice I provide the bottom end of a walking
stick, crutch or the like with a ferrule having its lower end formed with a
screwed aperture adapted to receive a split screw the outer end of which split
screw is formed with an undercut head, cup or claw adapted to receive one end
or part of the rubber or other tip so that if the tip be inserted within the head
or the like and the screw be screwed into the ferrule, the tip will be firmly held
in position.
The undercut within the head or the like may be of any desired form and the
rubber tip may be formed to fit therein.
For the purpose of removing a worn tip and replacing it by a new one it is
only necessary to unscrew the split screw remove the worn tip insert a fresh
tip and again screw the parts into the ferrule.
Dated this 4th day of May 1899.
Improvements in and relating to Walking Sticks and the like.
I, BERTRAND JOHN PRICE ROBERTS, of Kensington House, Kensington Court, 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:-
This invention has reference to ferrules for walking sticks, umbrellas, crutches
and the like and consists in providing said ferrules with an india rubber or

page_text: other resilient tip which is adapted to be readily removed when worn out and
replaced by a fresh one.
According to my invention the ferrule is internally screw-threaded at one end
and is secured at its opposite end to the walking stick or the like. The said
screw-threaded end receives a split head or similar device having undercut por-
tions on its interior to form grippers or jaws for firmly holding the india rubber
or other tip or plug in position. The head may be of any suitable form and
may be composed of more than two parts; the jaws or undercut portion may
be serrated if desired.
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The accompanying drawing illustrates in vertical section a ferrule provided
with an india rubber tip in accordance with my, invention. A is the ferrule
and B the split head, screw-threaded at B to fit the screw-threaded end A¹ of
the ferrule. C is the india rubber tip which is firmly held in place by the jaws
or under-cut portions B2 of the said split head when the latter is screwed into
the ferrule.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
1. A ferrule provided with a detachable tip or plug of india rubber or other
resilient substance which is held in place by a split head or similar device for
the purpose specified.
2. A ferrule having its parts constructed and arranged substantially as described
with reference to the accompanying drawing for the purpose specified.
Dated this 29th day of January 1900
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.