IMPROVEMENTS IN BOUQUET HOLDERS
Year: 1880

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LETTERS PATENT to Frank Wirth, of the Firm of Wirth and Company,
Patent Solicitors, at Frankfort on the Main, in the Empire of Germany, for an
Invention of IMPROVEMENTS IN BOUQUET HOLDERS." A communication
from Carl Erhard, the elder, a person trading under the Firm of Erhard &
Sons, of Schwäbisch Gemünd, in the Empire of Germany.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Frank Wirth at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 22nd November 1880.
IN
FRANK WIRTH, of the Firm of Wirth and Company, Patent Solicitors, at
Frankfort on the Main, in the Empire of Germany.
"IMPROVEMENTS
BOUQUET HOLDERS." A communication from Carl Erhard the elder, a person
trading under the Firm of Erhard & Sons, of Schwäbioch Gemünd, in the Empire
of Germany.
This Invention has for its object to provide a handy and ornamental holder
which can either be held in the hand or placed upright on a table.
The improved bouquet holder consists of a metal tube receiving the handle of
the bouquet. It is preferably made conical, ornamented and braced with several
rings. To the upper ring or top of the tube are hinged three or more legs
arranged at equal distances around the circumference, and opening concentrically
so that they can either be closed together and form a handle or spread out, thereby
forming a tripod or other suitable support for the bouquet.
When closed the legs are placed along the sides of the truncated cone, and made
to enter recesses of the lower rings. They are rounded at their lower ends to
facilitate standing on a table, and when closed together they are retained in
position by spring action.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Frank Wirth in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 17th May 1881.
FRANK WIRTH, of the Firm of Wirth and Company, Patent Solicitors, at
Frankfort on the Main, in the Empire of Germany. " IMPROVEMENTS IN
BOUQUET HOLDERS." A communication from Carl Erhard, the elder, a person
trading under the Firm of Erhard and Sons, of Schwäbisch Gemünd, in the Empire
of Germany.
.
This Invention has for its object to provide a handy and ornamental holder
which can either be held in the hand or placed upright on the table.
The improved bouquet holder consists of a metal or other tube receiving the
handle of the bouquet. It is preferably made conical, ornamented and braced with
several rings. To the upper ring or top of the tube are hinged three or more legs
arranged at equal distances around the circumference, and opening concentrically
so that they can either be closed together and form a handle or spread out, thereby
forming a tripod or other suitable support for the bouquet. When closed the legs
are placed along the sides of the truncated cone and made to enter recesses of the
lower ring. They are rounded at their lower ends to facilitate standing on the
table, and when closed together they are retained in position by spring action.
The accompanying Drawing will serve to show how the Invention may be
practically carried into effect, but as to ornamentation and minute detail I do not
bind myself to the exact designs shown. Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the holder
empty and closed; Fig. 2 of the same with a bouquet therein; Fig. 3 of the holder
with the legs spread and standing ready to receive a bouquet.
I claim the improved form of bouquet holder, substantially as described, and for
the purposes set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Frank Wirth, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Tenth day of May, A.D. 1881.