An Envelope for Umbrellas and Parasols.
Year: 1899

page_text: An Envelope for Umbrellas and Parasols.
We, ALEXANDER INGRAM, Stationer, 71 and 73, Ann Street, Belfast, and
MCGOWAN AND INGRAM, LIMITED, Wholesale Stationers, 71 and 73, Ann Street,
Belfast, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
At present when sending umbrellas through the post it is usual to place them
in a cardboard box. Our invention has for its object to substitute for the card-
board box an envelope made of paper or paper and a woven fabric which is less
expensive.
We make the envelope long and narrow and with an opening at one end for
the insertion of the umbrella or parasol said opening being provided with a
gummed flap whereby it can be closed. The envelope tapers from end to end.
The envelope can be made of stout paper or of linen or cotton or other fabric
faced with paper. The envelope is addressed in the usual manner.
Thatod this 29th day of June 1899
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
100, Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.
We, ALEXANDER INGRAM, Stationer, 71 and 73, Ann Street, Belfast, and
MCGOWAN AND INGRAM, LIMITED, Wholesale Stationers, 71 and 73, Ann Street,
Belfast, 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:-
At present when sending umbrellas through the post it is usual to place them
in a cardboard box. Our invention has for its object to substitute for the card-
board box an envelope made of paper or paper and a woven fabric which is less
expensive.
We make the envelope long and narrow and with an opening at one end for
the insertion of the umbrella or parasol said opening being provided with a
gummed flap whereby it can be closed. The envelope tapers from end to end.
The envelope can be made of stout paper or of linen or cotton or other fabric
faced with paper. The envelope is, or may be, addressed in the usual manner.
The annexed drawing gives three illustrations of the envelope.
Fig. 1 is a front view of the envelope.
Binio a hank rious of the envelone

page_text: Fig. 3 is a back view of the envelope with the bottom end torn open.
As will be seen the envelope is made from a single piece of paper which is
cut to the desired tapered shape and then the back part a is folded into the
position shown at Fig. 2, thereafter the bottom flap b is folded over the part a
and gummed, and; finally, the turned over edge of the front part c is folded
down on top of the parts and a and gummed. d is the closing flap which is
gummed as indicated at e.
For the purpose of preventing the point of the umbrella or parasol piercing
the bottom of the envelope the bottom is strengthened by means of a strip or
piece of cloth or cloth and paper or equivalent. This strengthening piece is
gummed in place at the inside of the envelope at the bottom, as shown clearly
at Fig. 3, being secured to the front part c and the flap b.
In practice we prefer to make the envelope of stout paper or of paper backed
with cloth.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that
what we consider novel and desire to claim is:--
A long tapered envelope for umbrellas and parasols made substantially as
herein before described with reference to the drawings annexed.
Dated this 9th day of March 1900
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
100, Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.