An Improved Awning or Screen for Vehicles, and for other purposes.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Nov., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 7th Aug., 1894-Accepted, 6th Oct., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Awning or Screen for Vehicles, and for other
purposes.
I, ALBERT WILLIAM PYKE, of 22 Bishopsgate Street Without, London, F.C.
Tailor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This my invention relates to improvements in awnings or screens for use on the
outside of vehicles and for other purposes, and has for its object the provision of a
covering for protection from rain or snow, or as a shade from the sun, and which
when not in use may be folded up and put away in a convenient position.
In order to carry out this my invention I provide one or more stems or standards
of any suitable material which may be fixed as required by screws, clamps, or any
other means each having a radial rib or arm at its upper end and hinged to it. This
radial rib or arm is hinged at its outer end to another rib, which when the radial
rib is in a horizontal position, hangs down.
The inner end of this radial rib is hinged to the stem or standard which carries
the screen, after the manner of an ordinary umbrella.
To each of these radial arms or ribs I provide a second arm which is hinged at
its outer end to the vertical rib at a point below the other radial arm, while at the
inner end it is hinged to the stem or standard at a point above the other arm and is
of such a length and binged in such a position, so that when the radial arms are
lowered and hang down against the stem, the outer vertical rib assumes a reversed
position and lies folded up against the stem.
These radial and vertical arms, ribs or frames serve to carry the covering of the
awning or screen which I make of canvas or any other suitable material.
If necessary I provide an additional stay or rib from the stem to the lower end
of the outer vertical rib, to keep the awning in its position when open, which stay is
easily removed by any convenient means.
I make the stem to slide up and down in a socket, and by thumb screws or other
suitable means to be securely fixed when up, but when the awning is not in use the
whole may be folded away.
This my invention is specially applicable to outside seats of vehicles generally,
and may be applied to garden seats, windows, greenhouses, ships, and for any other
suitable purpose.
The awning and ribs may be single, that is to say on one side of the stem only,
as for instance where it is required for drivers or for persons occupying single seats.
Where seats are back to back they may be double, that is to say, on both sides of
the stem.
Dated this 6th day of November 1893.
REGINALD W. BARKER,
Applicant's Agent.

page_text: An Improved Awning or Screen for Vehicles, and for other
purposes.
I, ALBERT WILLIAM PYKE, of 22 Bishopsgate Street Without, London, E.C.
Tailor, 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 my invention relates to improvements in awnings or screens for use on the
outside of vehicles and for other purposes, and has for its object the provision of a
covering or protection from rain or snow, or as a shade from the sun, and which
when not in use may be folded up and put away in a convenient position.
In order to carry out this my invention I provide one or more stems or standards
of any suitable material which may be fixed as required by screws, clamps, or any
other means, each having a radial rib or arm at its upper end and hinged to it.
This radial rib or arm is hinged at its outer end to another rib, which when the
radial rib is in a horizontal position, hangs down.
The inner end of this radial rib is hinged to the stem or standard which carries
the screen, after the manner of an ordinary umbrella.
To each of these radial arms or ribs I provide a second arm which is hinged at
its outer end to the vertical rib at a point below the other radial arm, while at the
inner end it is hinged to the stem or standard at a point above the other arm and is
of such a length and hinged in such a position, so that when the radial arms are
lowered and hang down against the stem, the outer vertical rib assumes a reversed
position and lies folded up against the stem.
These radial and vertical arms, ribs or frames serve to carry the covering of the
awning or screen which make of canvas or any other suitable material. The
covering is provided with cross frames made of any suitable rigid material, such as
cane, wire, or tubing, which serve to support the covering material crossways to the
arms or radial ribs, but allow it to fold up with said arms or ribs. The covering is
attached to the arms by one or more loops or rings which slide along the arms as
the awning or screen is folded up.
I
If necessary provide an additional stay or rib from the stem to the lower end of
the outer vertical rib, to keep the awning in its position when open, which stay is
easily removed by any convenient meaus.
I make the stem to slide up and down in a socket, and by thumb screws or other
suitable means to be securely fixed when up, but when the awning is not in use the
whole may be folded away.
I also provide an additional means of folding the screen by the joint G in the
stem or standard.
This my invention is specially applicable to outside seats of vehicles generally,
and may be applied to garden seats, windows, greenhouses, ships, and for any other
suitable purpose.
The awning and ribs may be single, that is to say on one side of the stem only,
as for instance where it is required for drivers or for persons occupying single seats.
Where seats are back to back they may be double, that is to say, on both sides of
the stem.
In order that the principle of my invention may be clearly understood I will
describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which A is the
stem sliding up and down on the rod or support B. C is the radial rib or arm
hinged to the stem or standard A at E. D is the outer or vertical rib hinged to
the radial rib or arm C. F is a second radial arm hinged at its outer end to the
vertical rib D and at its inner end to the stem or standard A. When the frame
falls down the motion and positions of the short vertical arm D at various stages are

page_text: shown by the dotted lines and by the various views at D' D' D³ and D*, by which
it will be seen that when the frame is closed and against the stem or standard A
the vertical frame D is folded up in an exactly reverse position to that when the
frame is open; and the covering of the awning or screen shewn at H H which
is secured to the frames by means of loops or rings at J is thereby folded up with
the radial arms.
KK are cross frames or rods attached to the covering, and which keep said
covering flat in the crossways direction to the ribs.
The frame and radial arms shewn in dotted lines represent a double arrangement,
that is to say where applied to both sides of the standard or stem.
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. The provision of a covering for protection from rain or snow, or as a shade
from the sun, that may be compactly and readily folded up when not in use,
substantially as herein set forth and described and illustrated by the accompanying
drawings.
2. The application of this invention to the seats of vehicles generally, garden
seats, windows, greenhouses, ships, or any other suitable purpose where protection
from rain, snow, sunshine, or any other similar effect is required, substantially as
herein set forth, described and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 7th day of August 1894.
REGINALD W. BARKER,
Applicant's Agent.