Improved Tent or Shelter for Use of Travellers.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Feb., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 11th Dec., 1895-Accepted, 11th Jan., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Tent or Shelter for Use of Travellers.
I, EDITH ANNIE LAKE, of 13 Eversfield Place, Hastings, of no occupation, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to provide a portable shelter for travellers.
and others, which can be fixed in place without difficulty.
In carrying out my invention, I take a piece of canvas or suitable fabric,.
and stretch the same between four or any convenient number of legs or supports,
the latter being preferably of light metal construction, and provided with joints
at intervals so as to be easily folded up into a small compass when not in use.
The apparatus is specially useful for visitors to seaside resorts, or other places
where permanent tents or shelters cannot well be provided.
In erecting the tent or shelter, the joints in the legs or supports, are made rigid
by passing a small collar or tube over them, and fixing in place by set screw or
the like.
DAL TOL
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1005
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23 Coleman Street, London, E.C., Agents for the Applicant..
I, EDITH ANNIE LAKE, of 13 Eversfield Place, Hastings, of no occupation, 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:-
The object of my invention is to produce a portable shelter for travellers and
others, which can be fixed in position without difficulty.
In carrying out my invention, I take a piece of canvas or suitable fabric, and
stretch the same on a suitable frame, so as to form an awning and support it on two
or more legs or the like, the latter being made preferably of light metal con-
struction and provided with suitable joints or the like at intervals so as to be easily
folded up into a small compass when not in use. The invention is specially useful
for visitors to seaside resorts and other places where permanent tents or shelters
cannot be well provided. In erecting the shelter the joints in the legs or supports
are made rigid by sliding over them a small collar or tube fixed in place by a
set-screw, or by some equivalent means.
The idea is capable of various applications, the more important of which I will
proceed to describe in connection with the use of this invention on the beach, but
without confining myself to its use in such places. In order to facilitate my
description, I make reference to the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 shows the invention in its simplest form, consisting of the awning a
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supported on the rods b and kept more or less horizontal by the stays c.
ends d of the stays e slip into suitable sockets on a cross bar e, or are hinged thereto.
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page_text: so as to be readily removed and folded up, when it is desired to close up the affair,
by lowering a on to b. Between the two supports b I also provide a back rail f to
support the users back. A. stay rod g is hinged to fand has at its end a block of
wood or equivalent to prevent the end sinking too far into the beach. The legs b
are also jointed near the rail f.
Fig. 2 shows the same thing as Fig. 1, but with the addition of a camp stool i
fastened on to the legs 6 by hinges j, to allow it to fold flat. At the bottoms k of
two of the legs of the camp stool, are fastened the pieces of wood in such manner
as to allow the ends of the legs b to drop into holes in them, thus making the whole
thing firm and secure.
Fig. 3 is essentially the same as Fig. 1, but instead of being used directly on
the beach the legs 6 are shortened and provided with clips m for attachment to the
back of a chair or the like.
Fig. 4 shows the invention used in connection with an ordinary hammock chair.
The awning a is hinged to the chair frame at n, to allow it to fold flat, and a
notched piece of wood o is attached to the frame of the chair for the ends of the
stays c to drop into. p represents positions of hinges for folding, and bolts for
keeping up the awning a. shows position of bolts for attaching c to a.
I do not confine myself to the relative proportions, or disposition of parts as
indicated by the drawings, but may vary any or all of them and other details
according to requirements.
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 :-
:-
Shelters for the use of travellers and others, and constructed for employment
alone or in conjunction with a hammock or other chair, or with a camp stool or the
like, substantially as described in the above Specification and exemplified by the
accompanying drawings.
Dated this 11th 1
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1002
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23 Coleman Street, London, E.C., Agents for the Applicant.