Improvements in Umbrellas and the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: Improvements in Umbrellas and the like.
I, JAMES BRIDLE CUMING, of 4 and 5, Love Lane, Wood Street, in the City
and County of London, Umbrella and Sunshade Manufacturer, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:
This invention has for its object to construct an umbrella or the like in such
manner as to provide more headway in its interior when open, than is the case
with umbrellas and the like as ordinarily constructed; and consists essentially,
in the employment of short stretchers connected to the ribs and runner in the usual
or other suitable manner so that the distance between the runner notch and top
notch or crown, when the umbrella is open, is very small, and the consequent
obstruction in the interior due to the stretchers correspondingly reduced. As the
traverse of the stretcher runner is small, its position on the stick, when the
umbrella is closed, would be too high for convenient handling; it is therefore
connected by rods or other suitable connecting device to a second runner or its
equivalent at such a distance from it as to render its manipulation easy; or the
stretcher runner itself my be prolonged sufficiently to effect the same purpose as
the second runner. Obviously a hollow metallic rod may be used in place of a
solid stick and the stretcher runner may be connected through its interior to a
second runner, or other suitable handle or catch device.
Dated this 7th day of November 1898.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.
Improvements in Umbrellas and the like.
I, JAMES BRIDLE CUMING, of 4 and 5, Love Lane, Wood Street, in the City
and County of London, Umbrella and Sunshade Manufacturer, 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 has for its object to construct an umbrella or the like in such
manner as to provide more headway in its interior when open, than is the case
with umbrellas and the like as ordinarily constructed and consists in
the employment of short stretchers connected to the ribs and runner in the usual
or other suitable manner so that the distance between the runner notch and top
notch or crown, when the umbrella is open, is very small, and the consequent
obstruction in the interior due to the stretchers correspondingly reduced. As the
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page_text: traverse of the stretcher runner is small, its position on the stick, when the
umbrella is closed, would be too high for convenient handling; it is therefore
connected by rods or other suitable connecting device to a second runner or its
equivalent at such a distance from it as to render its manipulation easy; or the
stretcher runner itself may be prolonged sufficiently to effect the same purpose as
the second runner. Obviously a hollow metallic rod may be used in place of a
solid stick and the stretcher runner may be connected through its interior to a
second runner, or other suitable handle or catch device.
The accompanying illustration shows an elevation of an umbrella frame con-
structed according to this invention.
The short stretchers a are connected to the ribs b and to the runner c. The
stretchers being short the distance between the runner c and top notch d is very
small and to obviate any inconvenience the runner c is elongated. As shown it
is conected by rods e to a secondary runner f.
This arrangement gives a clear head room in the umbrella.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of ay said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declas that what
I claim is:
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1. An umbrella frame constructed substantially as described with short
stretchers so as to give a clear head room.
2. The umbrella frame consisting of the ribs, the short stretchers and tlie
elongated runner substantially as described with reference to the drawings.
Dated this 8th day of August. 1899
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.