Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Jan., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 14th July, 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 17th Aug., 1888
STICKS, Daru P
I, HARRY HOUGH of 12 Hollydale Road, Queens Road, Peckham, in the County
of Surrey, Clerk, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
is
This my invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in appliances for
holding umbrellas, walking sticks, billiard cues, rifles, cricket bats, tennis rackets
and other articles.
My invention will be found invaluable for use in places of worship, public
buildings, restaurants, dwelling houses, offices, shops and other like places, and it
can be readily and easily applied to pews, tables and other furniture if desired without
the necessity of making holes therein for the insertion of screws for the purpose of
attaching the holder.
By my invention it is not necessary to first lift the umbrella, stick or other article,
and then let it drop into the holder as hitherto. By this improvement I obviate the
possibility of a walking stick or other article being placed in the inside of an umbrella
previously placed in the stand or holder.
By the use of india rubber discs as employed in the construction of my invention,
noiselessness is ensured, and the umbrellas or other articles are not scratched when
placed in the holder.
If desired, a piece of india rubber may be placed at the back of the slots formed
in the holder for the reception of the umbrellas or other articles, for the purpose of
further minimising the noise in places of worship.
My invention may be described as follows:-
I construct a bracket of cast iron, brass, or other suitable metal or material, and
which bracket is formed with any suitable number of projections which form between
them slots or spaces for the reception of the articles placed therein.
Near the extremity of the aforesaid projections are pivotly attached a series of
india-rubber discs. These said discs may however be made of any other flexible and
compressible material.

page_text: The aforesaid compressible discs may either be pivoted upon a pin passing vertically
through horizontal slots formed in the aforesaid projections or they may be pivoted
upon a vertical pin provided with a head or washer, said pin being screwed into the
upper or lower side of the said projections.
The aforesaid bracket may be attached to any article by means of screws as
hitherto, but I prefer to construct the back of said bracket with projecting pieces or
lugs through which may be passed a screw provided with a thumb and finger piece.
By this arrangement the holder may be readily and easily clamped to tables, counters,
and other articles having stone or metal tops.
The manner in which my said invention is operated is as follows:-
:-
The umbrella, walking stick or other article to be placed in the holder is pressed
against the edges of the compressible discs, which will yield to the pressure, and
by slightly revolving, will allow the umbrella or other article to enter the slots formed
in the bracket for its reception.

page_text: Improvements
11 Appliances TOP
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Sticks, Billiard Cues, Rifles, and other Articles.
I, HARRY HOUGH, of 12 Hollydale Road, Queen's Road, Peckham, in the County
of Surrey, Clerk, 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 certain new and useful improvements in appliances for
holding umbrellas, walking sticks, billiard cues, rifles, cricket bats, tennis rackets
and other articles.
My invention will be found invaluable for use in places of worship, public buildings,
restaurants, dwelling houses, offices, shops and other like places, and it can be
readily and easily applied to pews, tables and other furniture, if desired, without
the necessity of making holes therein for the insertion of screws for the purpose of
attaching the holder.
By my invention it is not necessary to first lift the umbrella, stick, or other article
and then let it drop into the holder as hitherto. By this improvement I obviate the
possibility of a walking stick or other article being placed in the inside of an umbrella
previously placed in the stand or holder.
By the use of india rubber discs as employed in the construction of my invention,
noiselessness is ensured, and the umbrellas or other articles are not scratched when
placed in the holder.
If desired, a piece of india rubber may be placed at the back of the slots formed in
the holder for the reception of the umbrellas or other articles for the purpose of
further minimising the noise in places of worship.
I now proceed to describe my said invention, reference being had to the
accompanying drawings and the figures and letters marked thereon: similar letters
indicating like parts throughout.
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my invention and Fig. 2 is an elevation
showing how my said invention may be applied to a table or other article of
furniture.
I construct a bracket, A, of cast iron, brass or other suitable metal or material,
and which bracket is formed with any suitable number of projections, B,
which form between them slots or spaces, C, for the reception of the articles placed
therein.
Near the extremity of the projections, B, are pivotly attached a series of india
rubber discs, D. These said discs may, however, be made of any other flexible and
compressible material.
The aforesaid compressible discs may either be pivoted upon a pin passing vertically
through horizontal slots formed in the aforesaid projections, or they may be pivoted

page_text: upon a vertical pin provided with a head or washer, said pin being screwed into the
upper or lower side of the said projections.
The aforesaid bracket may be attached to any article by means of screws, as
shown in Fig. 1, but I prefer to construct the back of said bracket with
projecting pieces or lugs, E, through which may be passed screws provided with
a thumb and finger piece as shown. By this arrangement the holder may be
readily and easily clamped to tables, counters, and other articles having stone or
metal tops.
The manner in which my said invention is operated is as follows
The umbrella, walking stick, or other article to be placed in the holder, is pressed
against the edges of the compressible discs, which will yield to the pressure, and by
slightly revolving, will allow the umbrella, or other article, to enter the slots formed
in the bracket for its reception.
A suitable trough may be fixed in a suitable position beneath the holder for catching
the drippings from umbrellas, or to serve as a rest for retaining the lower ends of the
sticks, etc. in position.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
1st. The combination of the bracket, A, having projections, B, and spaces, C, of
the flexible discs, D, pivotly attached to the projections, B, of the lugs, E, having
screws, F, for attaching the holder to tables etc., and of a suitable trough for catching
the drippings of umbrellas, and retaining the lower ends of sticks etc. in position; all
substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore set forth and fully illustrated in the
drawings hereunto annexed.