Improvements in Wreath Stands.
Year: 1899

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Wreath Stands.
I, JOHN ALFRED BRAYSHAW, of the Grove Works, Bury New Road, Manchester,
in the County of Lancaster, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
Funeral wreath stands, commonly constructed of marble, are, as now produced,
inconvenient to store and handle, incapable of adjustment, and do not display
to any advantage the material of which they are composed.
The improved wreath stand which is the subject of this invention avoids these
defects. It is composed of two parallel slabs of marble of which the lower one
has generally a larger diameter than the higher. The slabs may have
any desired
shape, for example, the lower one may be octagonal and the upper one circular.
In the centre of the lower slab there is a perforation fitted with a fixed screw
nut. From the centre of the upper slab there projects downwards a screw fixed
in the slab and fitting the screw nut. With this construction, if the upper slab
be rotated in either direction, it is thereby caused to move upwards or down-
If the lower slab be mounted
wards according to the direction of rotation.
upon feet or a plinth, the space below it will provide for the screw passing
downwards when it is desired to bring the upper slab close to the lower one.
When the stand has to be stored or carried, the screw may be removed from
the upper slab or plate, and be packed alongside the upper plate then lying upon
the lower one.
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1 100th love of November AD 1899.
Improvements in Wreath Stands.
I, JOHN ALFRED BRAYSHAW, of the Grove Works, Bury New Road, Manchester,
in the County of Lancaster, Merchant, 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 stands for holding and displaying funeral and other
wreaths, and its object is to avoid the defects appertaining to such stands as
at present commonly constructed, the chief of these defects being that the
stands are inconvenient to store and handle, are incapable of adjustment, and

page_text: do not display to advantage the wreaths and the material of which the stands
are composed.
The improved stand, which possesses none of these disadvantages, consists of
two slabs or plates of marble or other similar and suitable material, placed one
above or upon the other, and the lower one of which has generally a larger
diameter than the higher one. When the two slabs are combined together for
use they are connected by means of a bolt secured to the centre of one of them
entering into and engaging with a nut secured to the centre of the other. This
may be accomplished in several ways, as, for example, by securing a bolt to
the upper plate and causing it to pass through a nut secured to the lower plate.
By this arrangement the rotation of the upper plate produces a linear movement
in the direction of the axis of the bolt, that is, it is moved towards or away from
the lower plate according to the direction of rotation.
When the stand has to be stored or removed, the bolt or screw is removed
from the slab to which it is attached and the two slabs may be laid flat one
upon the other.
The accompanying drawings, to which I will hereinafter refer, illustrate the
improved stand and its construction.
Figure 1 shows the stand in plan.
Figure 2 is an illustration of it in elevation, the two plates being shown
parallel with each other.
Figure 3 similarly shows the stand in elevation, with the upper plate inclined
to the lower one.
Figure 4 shows in detail the method of securing the bolt and nut to their
respective plates, when these plates are parallel.
Figure 5 illustrates how the bolt may be secured to the upper plate when
this plate is inclined to the lower one.
Similar letters of reference are used to indicate similar parts where they occur
in the different figures.
A indicates the upper plate, and B the lower one. The bolt C is secured to
the centre of the plate A, and the nut D is attached to the centre of the plate B.
In Figures 1 and 2 the bolt is shown as perpendicular to the face of the plate A,
so that when the bolt C is screwed into the nut D, the plates A and B are
parallel. By rotating the plate A in one direction or the other it may be caused
to approach to or to retire from the plate B or it may be removed therefrom
altogether. A lock-nut on the bolt C may be employed to secure the plates in
any position to which they have been adjusted.
The
In Figure 3 the bolt C is shown attached to the plate A in a plane at an
acute angle with the plane of the plate, so that when the two plates are com-
bined to form the stand, the upper one inclines towards the lower one.
attachment of the bolt may be accomplished in any desired manner and by any
suitable means or devices, but those shown are generally convenient, as the
bolt may then be used either for parallel or inclined plates.
The head of the bolt C is formed with an inclined lower or inner face,
and is provided with a washer G having a similarly inclined face. When the
washer G is placed as shewn in Figure 2 next to the bolt head, the bolt is per-
pendicular to the plate A and is secured by the nut H. The plate A, when the
stand is in use, will then be parallel to the plate B. When it is desired to
have the plates inclined, the washer G is removed and the inclined face of the
bolt head is brought against the face of the plate A, as illustrated in Figures 3
and 5. The washer is then replaced upon the bolt below the plate A, and all
are secured together by the nut H.
Figures 4 and 5 show more clearly than the other drawings the construction
and arrangement of the inclined bolt head and washer, when in use respectively
with parallel plates and with inclined plates.
Jis a nut which may be employed to engage with the outer screwed surface
of the nut D, and hold it securely in place in the plate B.

page_text: The lower plate or slab B may be mounted upon feet or the like K, so as
to form a space below the plate to allow the passage of the end of the bolt,
when the plates are closely approached to each other.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. A stand for displaying wreaths and the like, consisting of two plates or
parts adjustably and removably connected together, substantially as and by the
means herein before described and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
2. A stand for displaying wreaths and the like, constructed substantially as
herein before described and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 20th day of August A.D. 1900.
W. E. HEYS & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.