Improvements in Retainers and Stops for Umbrellas and the like..
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Dec.. 1896-Accepted, 16th Jan., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Retainers and Stops for Umbrellas and the like..
I, WILLIAM MORRISON, of No. 1308 Divinity Place, Philadelphia, Pennsyl-
vania, United States of America, Machinist, 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 a retainer for the runner of an umbrella or the like,
the same being provided with a stop for limiting the motion of the runner, and
connecting the retainer with the stick, the runner being retained simultaneously
by a pin and head.
Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a retainer embodying my invention.
Figure 2 represents a side elevation at a right angle to that shown in Figure 1,.
a portion of the stick to which the retainer is applied being shown in longitudinal
section.
.
Referring to the drawings:
A designates the stick of an umbrella, the same being preferably formed of a.
metallic tube.
B designates the shoulder or head for retaining the runner when the umbrella is
in open position, said head having connected with it, the shank C, which is bent so
as to form the limbs D and E, which converge from the place of junction F, the
back of said junction having a bearing against the wall of the tube, which said.
shank occupies, or said shank may be curved as shown dotted in Figure 2.
At the upper end of the limb D is a pin G, which partly protrudes through the
opening H in the wall of the stick, so as to be in the path of the runner when
raised above the head B, thus forming a stop which limits the upward movement
of said runner.
It will be seen that owing to the construction of the shank C, with the limbs or
deflections D and E, it possesses great resiliency, so that both the head and stop
are held in operative position, and the head may be readily pushed into the stick
or tube when the runner is to be lowered.
The stop pin and the shank may be readily introduced into the stick through
the opening J, which is partly occupied by the head B, and said pin directed into
the opening H, when owing to the elastic nature of said shank, said pin is forced
outwardly through said opening H, and so retains its position.
This also retains the head and shank in position, and prevents the same from
dropping out through the opening J.
It will be seen that owing to the bent limbs D and E, the bearing or bearing-
face remains in contact with the inner wall of the stick as a fulcrum and the
resiliency of the limb E is such that when the head B is pressed inwardly, said
limb bends on said bearing F without affecting the limb D, whereby the pin G
remains protruded through the opening H beyond the exterior wall of the stick, so
as to be always in the path of the runner and stop the movement of the same, it
being noticed that the runner is held simultaneously between the nose of the head B
and the pin G, owing to the protrusion of portions of said shoulder and pin outside
of the stick A in the same direction from the shank C, the locking of the retainer
in the stick being effected by said head and pin.

page_text: 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. A retainer for the runner of an umbrella or parasol, consisting of a shank
having diverging limbs, a bearing-face, a stop-pin, and a head, said pin and head
extending laterally from the outer ends of the opposite limbs of the shank and both
being adapted to project outside of the stick within which said shank is located
and with which it is locked by said stop pin and head.
2nd. In a retainer for the ruuner of an umbrella or parasol, a shank provided
with a bearing-face, limbs diverging therefrom and a locking and stop-pin and a
shouldered head on the opposite ends of said limbs, and projecting in the same
direction therefrom, the retainer and stop serving to simultaneously control the
runner.
3rd. A hollow umbrella or parasol stick, provided with two openings, in the wall
thereof in combination with a retainer for the runner consisting of a shank provided
with a bearing face, limbs diverging from said face and a locking and stop-pin and a
shouldered head on the opposite ends of said limbs extending in the same direction
therefrom, said pin and head passing through said openings and projecting in part
outside of the same..
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.