Improvements relating to the Display of Advertisements in Public Places.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Oct., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 30th July, 1890-Accepted, 20th Sept., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by ANTONIO DE ALBA, of Madrid, in the Kingdom
of Spain.]
Improvements relating to the Display of Advertisements in Public
Places.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object the utilization of benches, chairs and other seats in
public places for displaying advertisements of any kind. These advertisements can be
exhibited either on the seat itself or on the back, or both on the seat and back.
Benches or seats which are specially constructed for the display of advertisements
can be made of marble, stone, iron, wood, or any other suitable material or combina-
tion of materials. They may have a single or double seat only, or a seat and back,
and their form can be varied at will without departing from the nature of the aforesaid
invention.
The advertisements may be produced on sheet-metal, fabric, or other suitable
material, by painting, engraving or otherwise, any colour or combination of colours
being used if desired.
Dated this 31st dor of October 1889
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HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to the Display of Advertisements in Public
Places.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
45 Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex 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 the display of advertisements and has for its object the
utilization of benches chairs and other seats in public places for displaying
advertisements of any kind.
These advertisements can be exhibited either on the seat itself or on the back, or
both on the seat and back.
In cases where the benches or seats are specially constructed for the display of
advertisements they may be constructed of marble, stone, iron, wood or any other
suitable material or combination of materials. They may moreover have a single or
double seat only or a seat and back and their form can be varied at will without
departing from the nature of the aforesaid invention.
In the accompanying drawing I have shown how the said invention may be
conveniently and advantageously carried into practice.
Figure 1 represents a bench of an ordinary form, provided with advertisements
according to the said invention.
Figure 2 is a bench of stone marble or the like also provided with advertisements.
These advertisements may be produced directly upon the seats themselves or upon
sheet-metal, fabric or other suitable material adapted to be secured thereto and are
painted engraved or otherwise produced thereon in any colour or combination of
colours as may be desired.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed as communicated to me
by my foreign correspondent I declare that what I claim is :-
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The application of advertisements of any kind to benches, chairs seats and the like
situated in public walks or otherwise substantially as hereinbefore described with
reference to the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 30th day of July 1890.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.