An Improved Catch or Spring-fastener for Umbrellas, Parasols, or the like.
Year: 1888

page_text: An Improved Catch or Spring-fastener for Umbrellas, Parasols,
or the like.
I, HENRY GALLON of 7 Upper Fountaine Street, Leeds, in the County of York,
Hardware Merchant, 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 relates to an improved form of catch or fastener employed in holding
the "runner" or slide of an umbrella or parasol when either open or closed, and
consists in forming the catch of a thin plate stamped of the required form in sheet
metal, instead of wire, which has been hitherto generally employed for that purpose.
То carry out my invention I form the catch by preference of hard sheet brass,
shaped by stamping in a suitable die, and having the body of the catch and the
resilient tongue which secures the runner formed complete in one piece, whereby
strength and durability are obtained, and at the same time simplicity and economy
in manufacture.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will proceed to describe the same
with reference to the accompanying drawings in which,
Figure 1 represents a sectional elevation of a portion of the stick of an umbrella,
the umbrella being open, and the "runner" held up by means of the catch.
Figure 2 represents a sectional elevation of the lower portion of the stick of an
umbrella which is closed, the tongue of the catch projecting into the slotted hole in
the "runner" and thereby securing it in the required position.
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Figure 3 represents an elevation of the catch as it is stamped in sheet metal, and
Figure 4 also an elevation of the catch, of which the resilient tongue is pressed in,
to slide freely over
level with the surface of the stick, in order to allow the "runner
it when the umbrella is being opened or closed.
Similar letters refer to similar parts in all the drawings.
The stick of an umbrella or parasol is represented at A and a portion of the handle
attached thereto at B. The runner C is represented in Figure 1 as being supported
by means of the tongue D which forms an integral continuation of the body of the

page_text: catch E, which is fixed in a narrow recess in the stick and secured with a rivet or
pin F. In this position the umbrella is held open, portions of the ribs or framework
being represented at G.
When the umbrella is closed, as represented partly at Figure 2, the tongue D
projects through the slotted hole H of the runner C, thereby holding down the ribs
G G close to the sides of the stick A.
It will be seen from this description that two of the catches herein described are
required to each umbrella or parasol, one to hold it open, and the other to secure it
when closed.
Having now particularly described and accertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is--
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The construction and employment of a catch or catches, each formed of one piece
of sheet metal and consisting of the body E and the resilient tongue D, for the
purpose of securing the "runner or slide of an umbrella or parasol or the like in
the required position, either when open or closed, substantially in the manner
described, and as represented in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this Tenth day of July 1888
WILLM. JAS. BAKER,
2, New Street, Huddersfield,
Agent for the Applicant.