Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Mar., 1887.
Specification Accepted, 22nd Apr., 1887.
I, REGINALD HADDAN, of the firm of Herbert & Co., Patent Agents, of 67, Strand,
London, in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, 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 :-
It has been usual to provide umbrellas or parasols with a fastening device consisting
of a cord or band, one end of which is attached to a button, which is sewed to the
outside of the cloth cover or made integral with one of the ribs, while the other end
has a ring, which, when the umbrella or parasol is folded and the band passed around
it, is looped over the button. The disadvantage of such fastening is, that the band
hangs from the outside of the umbrella and is unsightly when the umbrella is opened,
and, besides this, the strain of the band upon the cloth to which it is attached is apt
to wear and to tear it, and thus to spoil or damage the umbrella. It is the object of
my invention to obviate this disadvantage and to provide an improved fastener which
while permanently attached to the umbrella, is not attached to the cloth nor to the
outside of the cover, and does not need any peculiar construction of the umbrella for
its attachment.
My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which
Figure 3 is a plan view of the fastener detached from the umbrella.
Fig. 1 is a view of an open umbrella provided with the fastener.
Fig. 2 is a view of the umbrella when folded.
Like symbols of reference indicate like parts in each.
Fig. 1 is made on a much larger scale than Figs. 2 and 3.
As shown in Fig. 1 the fastener consists of four parts-a cord, 2, which is
preferably made of two strands twisted together, a button, 3, at the end of the cord, a
band, 4, extending from the button, and a ring, 5, at the end of the band. The
button 3 is preferably a flat sided stud-button, which is attached to the cord 2 by
spreading the strands at the end of the latter and looping them around the button's
shank, and the band 4 is also attached to the shank of the button, though, if desirable,
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page_text: the parts 2 and 4 may form a continuous band or cord with the button attached to
the middle. The ring 5 is sewed to the outer end of the band in any suitable manner.
The fastener is applied as follows:
The strands of the cord 2 are spread at the end and are looped around one of the
stretchers of the umbrella on the inside next to the follower, as shown in Fig. 2.
When the umbrella is opened, the fastener hangs down from the stretcher beside
the stick, as shown in Fig. 2, and is therefore in a convenient place and not at all in
the way of a person carrying the umbrella.
To use the fastener the umbrella is closed and the follower, together with the point
of attachment of the cord 2, is brought near to the handle, and the fastener itself
extends beyond the cloth beside the handle. The umbrella is then folded in the usual
way, without regard to the fastener and the projecting part of the cord is carried back
or reflexed outside the folded cloth to the full extent, and the button 3 is held by the
finger gainst the folds. The band 4 is finally carried around the folded umbrella, and
the ring 5 is looped over the button. This completes the fastening and holds the
umbrella neatly folded, and the band itself is not apt to be displaced.
To open the umbrella the ring is taken off the button and then the whole fastener
immediately loosens itself from the cover, and when the umbrella is raised it hangs
down as shown in Fig. 2. I prefer to make the band 4 of elastic cloth and the cord
of silk, though other materials may be used, and, as stated before the parts 2 and 4
may constitute a single continuous cord. The button 3 is preferably made of metal,
and may be made ornamental in appearance in any suitable way. It may be provided
with the initials or name of the owner of the umbrella. A hook may be substituted
as an equivalent construction for the button.
Its chief merits
The device as a whole is neat and very serviceable and durable.
are, that it can be easily applied to an umbrella, and when used it does not abrade or
tear the cloth, because it is not in any way attached thereto, and when the umbrella is
If desired the fastener
raised it is entirely separated from the cloth and cannot rub it.
may be attached otherwise than as shown in the drawings, the only essential being
that it shall be attached to a part of the frame of the umbrella on the inside and not
on the outside of the cover.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of said invention as
communicated to me by my foreign correspondent and in what manner the same is to
be performed I declare that what I claim is :-
First. The combination, with an umbrella, of a flexible fastening-band attached to
the umbrella-frame inside the cover and not to the cover itself, said band projecting
below the cover when the umbrella is closed, and being reflexed and encircling the
umbrella, substantially as and for the purpose described.
Second. In an umbrella-fastener, the combination of a flexible cord or band attached
to the umbrella-frame on the inside of the cover, having a fastening device, 5 at the
end thereof, and a button arranged at an intermediate point, substantially as and for
the purposes described.
Third. The combination of the cord 2, looped to the umbrella-frame on the outside
of the cover, a button 3, a band 4, and a fastening device, 5, substantially as and for
the purposes described.
REGINALD HADDAN.
By Herbert & Co.,
67, Strand, W.C.,
Agents to Applicant.