Improvements in or pertaining to Perambulating Advertising.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Feb., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 6th Dec., 1892-Accepted, 7th Jan., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or pertaining to Perambulating Advertising.
I JOHN HERBERT MIALL of 17 Downs Road Hackney in the County of
Middlesex Bank Clerk do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
One usual method of perambulating advertising consists in a man carrying two
boards one being in front the other behind whereon the advertisements are
displayed.
The object of my invention is to provide means whereby more than two
advertisements can be separately displayed without inconveniencing the wearer.
To carry out this object I form mounts of any suitable material whereon the
advertisements can be displayed and it is very convenient that these mounts while
sufficiently rigid properly to display the advertisements should yet be slightly
flexible and these mounts are of any suitable sizes and shapes. One two or more
of these mounts are made to surround each leg of the wearer above the knee and
when as is preferable there are two or more mounts they can be connected together
horizontally by one or more adjustable straps. These mounts are suspended by
straps which pass over the shoulders and are preferably crossed both in front and
behind so that the strap which passes over the right shoulder carries the mounts on
the left leg and vice versa. From these mounts that are above the knees other
similar mounts below the knees may likewise be suspended if desired. One two or
more of these mounts are placed on the breast of the wearer and likewise on the
back of the wearer and these mounts also can be connected together horizontally
by adjustable straps which may either be separately connected to the mounts or
one or more straps can surround the waist or chest of the wearer and the mounts
would be connected thereto by clips or catches or other appliances on their inner
surfaces. These mounts may be suspended by the same straps as the leg mounts
but they are preferably suspended by other straps which likewise pass over the
shoulders and all these suspending straps are of course adjustable.
A convenient method of allowing the wearer to carry all these mounts without
inconvenience and of ensuring that the straps shall remain in their desired positions
on the shoulders consists in forming a large collar or yoke preferably of leather
which can be placed on the shoulders and on each side two short parallel slots can
be made therein at right angles or thereabouts to the line of the suspending strap
of the leg mounts through which this strap can be passed and when the breast and
back mounts are suspended by other straps these straps can be passed under short
shoulder straps secured on both sides of the collar or yoke.
The hat of the wearer is likewise formed and fitted to carry one two or more
mounts which would be similarly secured therearound by one or more adjustable
straps.
On each of these mounts so carried and worn a separate advertisement can be
displayed.
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page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or pertaining to Perambulating Advertising.
I JOHN HERBERT MIALL of 17 Downs Road Hackney in the County of
Middlesex Bank Clerk do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement :-
One usual and prevalent method of perambulating advertising consists of and
in a man carrying two boards the one being in front and the other being behind
on which two boards the advertisements are displayed.
Now the object of this my invention is to provide and arrange means and
appliances whereby more than two advertisements can be separately displayed
without inconveniencing or unduly encumbering the wearer.
In order the more clearly to explain this my invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed I refer to the accompanying drawing wherein
Figure 1 is a front view and Figure 2 is a rear view of a man provided with and
carrying my means and appliances for perambulating advertising in and according
to one arrangement of the same.
Mounts or flat plates are made of any suitable material on one of the surfaces
of each of which mounts the advertisements can be displayed and it is very
convenient that these mounts while sufficiently rigid properly to display the
advertisements should yet be slightly flexible and these mounts are formed of any
convenient sizes and shapes suitable and proper to and for the purposes and uses
hereinafter mentioned and are or can be fitted with such ordinary devices and
appliances for the purposes of properly displaying and preserving the advertise-
ments or otherwise as may be desired.
One or two or more of these mounts A are placed on the breast of or in front of
the wearer and likewise on the back of or behind the wearer which mounts A are
suspended in position by adjustable straps B passing over the shoulders and to
retain these mounts A in their proper relative positions it is most convenient to
connect the same together horizontally and to provide therefor one or two or more
adjustable straps C which either may be separately connected or attached to the
mounts A or may be independently passed round the chest or waist of the wearer
in which latter case the mounts A could be connected with the horizontal strap or
straps C by any ordinary clips or catches or other similar appliances on their inner
surfaces.
One or two or more of these mounts D are also placed on each leg of the wearer
above the knee which mounts D likewise may be suspended in position by adjust-
able straps E which may be continuations of the straps B hereinbefore described
in which case it is perhaps preferable that these straps should be crossed it may
be both in front and behind or that is to say the strap that passes over the right
shoulder should carry the mount or mounts Ď on the left leg and vice versa or these
straps E may be separate straps and either may separately pass over the shoulders
preferably being crossed in manner aforesaid or may be connected or attached
to the mounts A wherefrom therefore the mounts D would directly be suspended
and to retain these mounts D in their proper relative positions more particularly
when as is preferable there are two or more of such mounts D on each leg it is
likewise most convenient to connect the same together horizontally and to provide
therefor one or two or more adjustable straps F which also either may be separately
connected or attached to the mounts D or may be independently passed round the
leg of the wearer in which latter case the mounts D could be connected with the
horizontal strap or straps F by any any ordinary clips or catches or other similar
appliances on their inner surfaces.
Figure 3 in the accompanying drawing is the side elevation of a very convenient
alternative method of suspending the mounts D from the mounts A which is more

page_text: particularly applicable to the front mounts D as it allows for the free action of
the leg in front while and as the wearer is walking. According to this method the
upper end of a bowed or curved metallic or other spring G is attached to the inner
surface of the mount A and the lower end of a similar but inverted spring K is
attached to the inner surface of the mount D both positions of attachment being
at certain desired distances away from the respective approximating edges of the
mounts A and D and the free ends of these springs G and K are connected together
by a metallic or other link H.
From or below these mounts D that are above the knees of the wearer other
similar mounts may likewise be suspended and arranged below the knees if and
when desired in the same manner.
To allow the wearer to carry all these mounts comfortably and without incon-
venience and to ensure that the straps shall always be and remain in their desired
positions on the shoulders a large collar or yoke may be formed preferably of
leather which can be placed on the shoulders and the straps could pass through
slots made therein or between clips or guides or other ordinary devices created
thereon or attached thereto in the proper positions in any convenient and usual or
other manner but at the same time I would state that as a general rule and in
the great majority of cases I do not consider that this collar or yoke would be
needed.
One or two or more of these mounts L can likewise be placed on the hat of the
wearer which would be formed and fitted accordingly and these mounts L could
similarly be secured therearound by one or more adjustable straps.
Instead also of the aforesaid mounts L on the hat of the wearer or in supplement
thereof and in addition thereto one or more of the mounts A (preferably that or
those on the back of or behind the wearer and more especially when as is shewn
in the accompanying drawing there is only one of such mounts A on the back of
or behind the wearer) can be prolonged upwards as is shewn by dotted lines
whereby another mount M would be provided with two surfaces whereon advertise-
ments can be displayed and in this case it would be most convenient to form in such
mount M an aperture N to allow for the free movement of the head.
On each of these mounts so carried and worn as is herein before described a
separate advertisement is or can be displayed as is shewn in the accompanying
drawing.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion aud in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
The improvements in or pertaining to perambulating advertising substantially
as hereinbefore described and shewn in the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 3rd day of December 1892.
HART & Co.