An Improved Attachment for Umbrellas.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Oct., 1895-Accepted, 16th Nov., 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Attachment for Umbrellas.
I, THOMAS DUNNE HUSBAND, of 8 Washington Place, in the City, County
and State of New York, United States of America, Book-keeper, 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 relates to attachments for umbrellas, which are adapted to be
connected with the lower end of the handle thereof so as to catch the drip there-
from; a further object being to provide an attachment for umbrellas by means of
which the floor, or carpet or dwellings or offices may be protected from the drip of
umbrellas, canes or similar articles.
The invention is fully disclosed in the following Specification, of which the
accompanying drawings form a part, in which —
Fig. 1, is a central vertical section of my improved attachment for umbrellas
showing also the method of connecting the same therewith;
Fig. 2, a top plan view of the attachment;
Fig. 3, a side elevation thereof;
Fig. 4, represents a detail of the construction; and
Fig. 5, a hottom plan view of Fig. 3.
In the practice of my invention, provide an attachment A, which is
preferably conical in form, and provided with a central chamber or receptacle B,
which opens at the top of the attachment, and extends to near the lower end or
bottom thereof.
The lower end of the attachment is provided with a central bore C, the upper
end of which opens into the chamber or receptacle B, and the lower end of which
is closed, and the upper end of the attachment is preferably provided with an
inwardly directed flange or shoulder D, the upper walls of which are preferably
curved inwardly and downwardly as shown.
The attachment A, is preferably composed of soft rubber and is so formed that
it inay be folded up if desired and in use it attached to the lower end E, of the
handle of the umbrella as shown in Fig. 1, said lower end of the handle of the
umbrella being inserted through the chamber or receptacle B, and into the central
bore C, at the bottom of the attachment.
In Fig. 5, I have shown a slightly modified form of construction in which the
upper wall of the receptacle A, is provided with the inwardly directed shoulder
or flange D, the upper walls of which are inclined downwardly and inwardly, the
object of this arrangement, as of that of Fig. 1, being to insure the direction
ef the drip from the umbrella in the chamber or receptacle B, as will be ready
understood.
I also preferably provide the lower end of the receptacle with transverse
corrugations by which teeth or projections F, are formed thereon and it will thus
be seen that provide a simple and effective drip receptacle which may be attached
to an umbrella handle whenever desired and which is adapted to receive the drip
from the umbrella and prevent the same from falling upon the carpet or floor,
said device being simple in construction and operation and comparatively
inexpensive.
My invention is not limited to the exact form, of the attachment as shown and
described or to the material of which it is composed and I therefore reserve the

page_text: right to make all such changes therein and modifications thereof, as fairly come
within the scope of the invention.
Having fully described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters
Patent :-
1. An attachment for umbrellas, which is designed to be connected with the
lower end of the handle thereof and to receive the drip therefrom, substantially
as shown and described.
2. A drip attachment for umbrellas, comprising a body portion which is
slightly conical in form and provided with a central chamber or receptacle the
upper end of which is open and the lower end of which is provided with a central
bore which communicates with the chamber or receptacle whereby anid device is
adapted to be placed upon the lower end of the handle of an umbrella, substantially
as shown and described.
3. A drip attachment for umbrellas, comprising a body portion which is slightly
conical in form and provided with a central chamber or receptacle the upper end of
which is open and the lower end of which is provided with a central bore which
communicates with the chamber or receptacle whereby said device is adapted to be
placed upon the lower end of the handle of an umbrella, and the upper end of
said device being provided with an inwardly directed annual shoulder the upper
walls of which are curved, substantially as shown and described.
Dated this 10th day of October 1895.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.