Improvements in Umbrellas, Sunshades and the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Aug., 1899-Accepted, 28th July, 1900
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Umbrellas, Sunshades and the like.
I, CONSTANCE PEEL, of 33, Cambridge Street, Hyde Park Square London, W.,
Spinster, 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:-
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This invention relates to improvements in telescopic umbrellas, parasols and the
like, and has for object to provide an umbrella, parasol or the like of this class,
which can be shut up into a small compass, that is to say, reduced considerably
in length, in a simple and ready manner, when it is desired to pack such umbrella
or the like for transport, or under other circumstances, while furthermore, when
the umbrella, for instance is in its extended position it will present the normal
appearance of an umbrella of ordinary construction.
In order that this my said invention may be the more readily understood and
carried into practical effect, reference is hereby made to the accompanying sheet
of illustrative drawings, wherein :-
Fig. 1, is a view of the telescopic umbrella stick in its extended position and
shewn independently.
Fig. 2, a similar view of the stick in its closed position.
Fig. 3, is an elevational view of a complete umbrella with the telescopic stick
in its extended position, and Fig. 4 a similar view of the umbrella shewn closed.
Fig. 5 is an elevational view of a particular kind of runner notch which con-
stitutes part of my invention.
Fig. 6, a similar view of the runner notch in its reduced position upon the
upper reduced portion of the stick, the extended position of the said runner notch
upon the lower tubular part of the stick being indicated by dotted lines, while,
Fig. 7, is a view illustrating the mode of attaching the extensible runner notch to
the lower ends of the stretchers.
Referring to the drawings, wherein like letters of reference indicate corre-
sponding parts wherever occurring throughout the various figures, a represents
the lower or handle portion of the stick of an umbrella constructed in accordance
with my invention, such lower portion of the stick being of enlarged and tubular
form and provided at its lower extremity with a handle a¹ of ordinary form.
Disposed within this tubular portion a of the stick is a rod b preferably formed
of metal constituting the upper portion of the stick, such rod being adapted to
slide telescopically within said tubular portion a.
Ribs cover which is stretched a cover c¹ of ordinary form, are hinged to the
stretchers c, pivotally connected at their upper ends to the upper runner notch
in the usual manner, the lower ends of such stretchers being connected to an
extensible runner, which will hereinafter be more particularly described.
The said extensible runner consists of a number of metal or other strips e on
which are placed a corresponding number of similar strips f each upper strip f
crossing its under fellow strip e obliquely as shewn.
The upper extremities of the strips e and f, are pivoted at e¹ to the lower
extremities of the stretchers c², while such strips are also pivoted to one another

page_text: at their other extremities and also centrally, in the manner of lazy-tongs. By
this means a runner is provided, which can be readily enlarged or reduced in
diameter as required.
In operation, and when the umbrella is to be used in its extended position, the
upper portion of the stick is drawn out of the tubular portion a to its full
extent and the umbrella opened by sliding the runner notch and runner upward in
the usual manner, such open position being maintained by means of a retaining
spring or its equivalent in the usual well known manner.
To lower the umbrella and telescopically shut same, the retaining spring is
depressed and the runner notch slid downward over the same.
The upper
portion of the stick is then telescopically shut into the tubular portion a and the
runner extended diametrically, passed over the upper end of the enlarged tubular
portion a, and slid downward to its utmost extent, in this manner closing the
frame and cover and at the same time reducing the length of the stick to a small
and convenient compass.
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. The improvements in telescopic umbrellas, parasols and the like, consisting
in a stick comprising a lower tubular portion and an upper portion telescopically
disposed within said tubular portion; and a diametrically extensible runner
formed of obliquely arranged strips pivoted to one another lazy-tongs-wise, and to
the lower ends of the stretchers, substantially as described and illustrated.
2. In telescopic umbrellas, parasols and the like, the combination of a teles-
copic stick, with a diametrically extensible runner formed of a number of rect-
angular strips having a corresponding number of similar strips arranged obliquely
across same, the upper end of each superposed strip being pivoted to the corre-
sponding end of the adjacent left-hand under strip and to the lower end of one
of the corresponding stretchers, said under and upper strips also being pivoted
centrally in pairs, while the lower end of each upper strip is pivoted to the corre-
sponding end of the adjacent right hand strip, all arranged combined and
operating, substantially as described and as illustrated by the drawings.
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Dated this 16th day of August 1899.
HUGHES & YOUNG,
55 and 50, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for Applicant.