Supporting same on Bassinettes or other like Carriages
Year: 1888

page_text: Supporting same on Bassinettes or other like Carriages,
I, ROBERT PHILLIPS of Hadleigh House Red Hill in the County of Surrey Manu-
facturer 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 umbrellas and parasols in general and consists in a novel
construction thereof, it also consists in certain devices herein after set forth whereby
an umbrella or sunshade of the nature here described or any other having a suitable
stick may be supported upon a childs carriage usually termed a bassinette, or the like.
Reference being made to the accompanying drawings;-
Fig. 1 shows a sunshade constructed according to this invention, and the means for
supporting same upon the side rails of a bassinette or like carriage.
Fig. 2 is a front elevation Fig. 3 a side elevation and Fig. 4 a plan of the holder.
Fig. 5 is a detail view of a part thereof. The umbrella is constructed in such a
manner that when open as shown in the drawing it may have a substantially oblong
shape It is provided with a central stick and the manner of connecting the ribs,
stretchers and other parts is the same as in an umbrella or the like of usual construc-
tion The ribs are of unequal length according to their position that they may reach
to the edge of the oblong-Four of the ribs extend to the corners of the oblong, the
others to desired points on the sides so that the ribs may all be equidistant radially
from each other There may be preferably ten ribs disposed as shown in Fig. 1.
A cross rail A of length sufficient to extend from one side of the bassinette or the like
to the other, and curved downward at the ends for attachment thereto as hereinafter
set forth, carries in its centre, a socket B into which the end of the stick of the
umbrella may be inserted-A set screw is provided for tightening the umbrella stick
in the socket B. On the lower extremity of each of the ends of the rod A, is an
annular boss C bored through for the passing of a thumb screw which screws into a
socket in the side of the bassinette and holds the rod thereon-To prevent lateral
movement of the rod about said screws, the ends of the rod may be produced below
the bosses and slotted or forked to engage around fixed studs on the sides of the

page_text: bassinette Or, as shown in the drawing, a movable slide E having a broadened
flanged foot may be mounted on the end of the rod to be moved up and down and
fixed when the foot thereof lies upon the side rail of the bassinette The upper part
of the slide may be slotted perpendicularly to its flanged foot, and a set screw be passed
through the slot engaging in a socket in the end of the rod A-There may be similar
slide at each end of the rod A.
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 ;-
1) An umbrella having a central stick and ribs of unequal length in combination
with a substantially oblong covering carried by said ribs substantially as set forth.
2) A rod A having a socket B and adapted to be fixed athwart a bassinette or
the like.
3) A rod A having a socket B and downwardly curved or bent ends having per-
forated bosses C.
4) A rod A having a socket B and downwardly curved or bent ends having per-
forated bosses C in combination with a slide or slides E operating substantially as and
for the purpose described.
5) The combination with a bassinette or like carriage of a rod A adapted to be
fixed athwart said carriage, a socket B on said rod, and an umbrella having a central
stick, oblong covering and ribs of unequal length substantially as set forth.
Dated this 1st day of June 1888
Dated this 1st day of June 1888
HERBERT & Co.,
-18, Buckingham Street, Strand, London, W.C.,
Agents to Applicant.