Improvements in Displaying Advertisements upon Carts and other Vehicles.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 21st June, 1890-Accepted, 26th July, 1890
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Displaying Advertisements upon Carts and other
Vehicles.
I, CHARLES HENRY WILLIAMSON, of Pendennis, Fox Hill, Upper Norwood, London,
Wholesale Grocer, 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 stateinent :-
My invention relates to "Improvements in displaying advertisements upon carts
and other vehicles" and its object is to provide a device whereby temporary advertise-
iments and trade announcements may be displayed to the most advantage, and at the
same time be protected from the weather.
Hitherto it has been the custom to paste or otherwise attach the bill or advertise-
ment to the back or other portion of the cart or vehicle upon which it was desired to
display the same, but it was then liable to be torn, covered with mud or otherwise
obliterated thereby rendering it illegible. Now I provide a frame having a glass
front, in which the advertisements may be exhibited and at the same time shall be
protected from injury of any description.
In order that my invention may be more readily understood, I shall now proceed to
describe the accompanying drawings, in which
Figure 1 shows in perspective my improved frame, and
Figure 2 the back of the same.
The frame A is constructed of wood or other material joined at the corners in any
convenient manner, and having a glass front B which rests against or is preferably
secured to the aforesaid frame A. is a movable back, shown open in dotted lines in
Figure 2, which is hinged at one side to the frame so as to facilitate the insertion of
an advertisement which it is desired to display, and can be fastened by a lock, turn-
button, or other device. The inside of the back C is covered with coloured baize or
cloth which prevents the advertisement from moving by pressing the same against the
glass B, and at the same time forms a neat and effective margin when a smaller bill is
exhibited than the frame employed for the purpose.
DD are iron or other metallic rods secured to the back of the frame A, the lower
ends d of which fit into sockets provided for the purpose in or upon the back or other
portion of the cart or vehicle so that the frame A may be secured thereto. Any
suitable device may, however, be employed to attach the said frame A to the cart or
vehicle, as I do not wish to confine myself to that herein shown.
The shape or design of the frame may be modified to suit that of the vehicle to
which it is to be attached without departing from my invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I
claim is:
Improvements in displaying advertisements, consisting essentially of the frame
having a glass front under which the bill is exhibited, a movable or swinging
back, covered inside with baize or cloth, and a device for securing the frame
to the cart or vehicle, substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
Dated this Twenty-first day of June 1890.
CHARLES HENRY
WILLIAMSON.
By his Agents, Horn & Son.