Improvements in Holders, Stands, or Rests, for Umbrellas, Tents, or the like.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Apr., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 18th June, 1895-Accepted, 20th July, 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Holders, Stands, or Rests, for Umbrellas, Tents,
or the like.
I, ROBERT IRVINE Junior, of Harbour Dockyard West Hartlepool, in the
County of Durham, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
This invention relates to the construction of a holder for umbrellas whereby the
same can be adjusted in any required position in a simple manner and is more
particularly applicable for use with that class of umbrella used in gardens but is
also applicable for the umbrella used in carriages, yachts and for like cases.
My improved holder for garden and like umbrellas is constructed of a base plate
which is advantageously made circular in plan and having a number of arms placed
diagonally the upper ends of the arm where they converge together being fitted
with a socket formed in two parts to receive a ball so as to provide a universal
joint. Through the ball is formed a hole in which is fitted a tube through which
is passed the stick of the umbrella.
By this arrangement it will be obvious that the universal joint will allow of the
umbrella being placed vertically or at any angle, suitable set screws being provided
to fix the umbrella in any position to which it may be adjusted.
Instead of the ball joint above described I sometimes employ an arm turning in
a centre or pivot on the base plate and provided with sockets adapted to receive
the lower end of the stick. Or instead of employing a rotating arm I may employ
several fixed arms.
For umbrella tents where the sticks or poles do not require to be made adjustable
I dispense with the above described universal joint.
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G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in Holders, Stands, or Rests, for Umbrellas, Tents,
Or the like.
I, ROBERT IRVINE Junior, of Harbour Dockyard, West Hartlepool, in the
County of Durham, 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 :-
This invention relates to the construction of a holder, stand or rest for umbrellas,
tents or the like, whereby the same can be adjusted in any required position in a
simple manner and is more particularly applicable for use with that class of
umbrella used in gardens but is also applicable for the umbrella used in carriages,.
yachts and for like cases,
My improved holder for garden and like umbrellas' is constructed of a base plate
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page_text: which is advantageously made circular in plan and having a number of arms placed
diagonally, the upper ends of the arms where they converge together being fitted
with a socket formed in two parts to receive a ball so as to provide a universal
joint. Through the ball is formed a hole in which is fitted a tube through which
is passed the stick of the umbrella.
Instead of the ball joint above described I sometimes employ an arm turning on
a centre or pivot in the base plate and provided with sockets adapted to receive the
lower end of the stick. Or instead of employing a rotating arm I may employ
several fixed arms or fixed sockets.
For umbrella tents where the sticks or poles do not require to be made adjustable
I dispense with the above described universal joint.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe how it can be
carried into practice by reference to the accompanying drawing, in which :-
Figure 1 is a plan of a holder, stand or rest for an umbrella, tent or the like
constructed according to my invention:
Figure 2 is an elevation of the same :
Figure 3 is a section of the upper part of the holder drawn to an enlarged
scale:
Figure 4 is a perspective view illustrating the holder in use:
Figure 5 is a plan of a modified form of my holder:
Figure 6 is a vertical section on the line 6-6. of Figure 5; and,
Figure 7 is a plan of a modified form of base plate.
Similar reference letters in all the figures indicate similar or corresponding
parts.
a is the base plate shewn as of circular form in plan but which may be of other
suitable shape. b, b, b are the diagonally placed arms fixed to the base plate a
near the outer edge thereof and converging towards a central eye or ring cas
shewn.
The ring in the holder illustrated in Figures 1 to 4 is made in two parts which
when put together constitute a socket adapted to receive the ball d and thus form
a universal joint. The two parts of the socket c are connected together by
screws e, e so as to allow of locking the ball d in any position to which it may be
turned. is the tube fitted in a hole made through the ball d and designed to
receive the stick g. of the umbrella or the like as illustrated in Figure 4.
With this construction of holder it will be seen that an umbrella, tent or the like
having its stick or pole placed in the tube can be easily placed vertically or at any
required angle and then secured in the position to which it has been moved by
simply tightening the screws e.
In the holder illustrated in Figures 5 and 6.a ball joint is not employed, the eye
or ringe being of simple form, as shewn, and the umbrella, tent or the like being
adjusted to the required position by placing the stick or pole thereof through the
ere or ring and in any one of the sockets on the armi turning on a centre or
pivot in the base plate a, the arm being secured in position, when the
adjustment has been effected, by means of a nut k working over a screw-thread
upon the pivot pin j.
Figure 7 shews the base plate provided with a number of holes or sockets h in
place of the pivoted arm shewn in Figures 5 and 6, such holes receiving the end of
the stick or pole of the umbrella, tent or the like and holding it in any required
position. The converging arms and central eye or ring are not shewn but they are
similar to those illustrated in Figures 5 and 6.
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. A holder, stand or rest for umbrellas, tents or the like comprising a base
plate having arms converging towards a central socket, eye or ring adapted to
receive the stick or pole of the umbrella or the like and means such as those herein

page_text: described for allowing the umbrella or the like to be secured in a vertical position
or at any angle to which it may have been adjusted substantially as set forth.
2. The manufacture and use of the improved holder, stand or rest for umbrellas,
tents, or the like hereinbefore described and illustrated in Figures 1 to 4 of the
accompanying drawing.
3. The manufacture and use of the modified forms of holders, stands or rests for
umbrellas, tents or the like hereinbefore described and illustrated in Figures 5
and 6 and in Figure 7 of the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 18th day of June 1895.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.