A NEW OR IMPROVED STAND OR SUPPORT FOR UMBRELLAS, PARASOLS, STICKS, AND OTHER ARTICLES:
Year: 1868

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to David Jones, of Malvern Wells, in the County
of Worcester, Ironmonger, for the Invention of "A NEW OR IMPROVED
STAND OR SUPPORT FOR UMBRELLAS, PARASOLS, STICKS, AND OTHER
ARTICLES:"
Sealed the 2nd March 1869, and dated the 4th September 1868..
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said David Jones at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
4th September 1868.
I, DAVID JONES, of Malvern Wells, in the County of Worcester, Iron-
monger, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "A
NEW OR IMPROVED STAND OR SUPPORT FOR UMBRELLAS, PARASOLS, STICKS, AND
OTHER ARTICLES," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in the construction of stands for holding and
supporting umbrellas, parasols, walking sticks, and other articles in the
following manner :-Each umbrella or other article is held and sup-
ported by a tube, which may be of any shape; the tube is placed in an
angular position for the purpose of throwing the article supported in a

page_text: backward direction so as to be less in the way. The tubes or supports
are fitted into a body acting as a reservoir, with outlets for emptying
the water, and this body may be of any shape, round, oblong, oval,
square, as fancy or taste may dictate, or it may be made to fit or suit
any recess or place it may be required to occupy. The top of the
reservoir is fitted with perforations to convey (in the case of umbrellas)
stray drops into the reservoir. I attach a rail of any pattern to the
body to keep damp umbrellas or parasols from touching walls or articles
placed near. The rail may be outside and inside, but it is sometimes
dispensed with as the tubes afford for all ordinary purposes sufficient
support. Stands made according to my Invention are particularly
adapted for use in pews in churches and chapels, shops, halls, and
other places.
As a modification of my Invention I sometimes dispense with the
tubes and place cross bars at or about the top of the rail to prevent the
articles supported from falling together at top, and to render the use of
the hand unnecessary in separating the umbrellas or other articles when
being placed in or being removed from the stand.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said David Jones in the Great Seal Patent Office on 2
the 4th March 1869.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, DAVID
JONES, of Malvern Wells, in the County of Worcester, Ironmonger, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Fourth day of September, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, in the thirty-
second year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto the said David Jones, Her special licence that I,
the said David Jones, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or
such others as I, the said David Jones, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time
to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed,
should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the

page_text: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands,
and Isle of Man, an Invention for "A NEW OR IMPROVED STAND OR SUPPORT
FOR UMBRELLAS, PARASOLS, STICKS, AND OTHER ARTICLES," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said David Jones, my executors or adminis-
trators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their
hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature
of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed,
and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within
six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said
Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said David Jones, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
My Invention consists in the construction of stands for holding and
supporting umbrellas, parasols, walking sticks, and other articles in
the following manner:-Each umbrella or other article is held and sup-
ported by a tube, which may be of any shape; the tube is placed in an
angular position for the purpose of throwing the article supported in
a backward direction so as to be less in the way. The tubes or
supports are fitted into a body acting as a reservoir, with outlets for
emptying the water, and this body may be of any shape, round, oblong,
oval, square, as fancy or taste may dictate, or it may be made to fit or
suit any recess or place it may be required to occupy. The top of the
reservoir is fitted with perforations to convey (in the case of umbrellas)
stray drops into the reservoir. I attach when required a rail of any
pattern to the body to keep damp umbrellas or parasols from touching
walls or articles placed in proximity thereto. The rail may be outside
and inside, but if it is not used the tubes will afford for all ordinary
purposes sufficient support. Stands made according to my Invention
are particularly adapted for use in pews in churches and chapels, shops,
halls, and other places.
As a modification of my Invention I sometimes dispense with the
tubes and place cross bars at or about the top of the rail to prevent
the articles supported from falling together at top, and to render the
use of the hand unnecessary in separating the umbrellas or other
articles when being placed in or being removed from the stand.

page_text: Having now described and ascertained the nature of the said
Invention, I will now proceed to more particularly describe and
ascertain in what manner the same may be put in practice by reference
to the accompanying Drawings.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1, elevation of stand constructed in accordance with my
Invention having the tubes for supporting the umbrellas fitted therein;
Fig. 2, section of the same; Fig. 3, elevation of another form of stand
constructed according to my Invention with rail to support the
umbrellas, sticks, or other articles; Fig. 4, section of same.
a, a, a, a, (Figs. 1 and 2,) tubes for supporting the umbrellas, sticks,
or other articles, and in Figures 3 and 4, holes for the insertion of
articles; b, b, reservoir; d, d, outlets for emptying reservoir; e, e, per-
forations above referred to; f.f. (Figs. 3 and 4,) rail for supporting the
umbrellas, sticks, or other articles.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same may be performed, I hereby
declare that I claim the Invention the nature whereof is described in the
outset of this Specification by the words preceding the words Description
of the Drawings, it being understood that I do not claim the details
shown by the Drawings and described with the reference thereto, except
as constituent parts of the arrangement herein described and illustrated
by the said Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said David Jones, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this 27th day of February, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.
Witness,
WILLIAM BENSON,
Malvern Wells.
DAVID JONES. (L.S.)