Year: 1886

page_text: I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be parti-
cularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :—
The main feature of my invention consists in an umbrella holder composed of one
or more ring brackets each of which is formed with a stern of cast metal one end
of which is cast around the head of a screw and the other and formed with a ring,
the whole forming one rigid piece whereby the bracket may be screwed to the wall
or other support without the use of other tools.
A second feature of my invention consists in forming the bracket with a stem of
cast metal one end of which is cast around the head of a screw and the other end
cast upon a wire ring so that the three parts are rigidly connected. Still another
feature consists in the combination of a drip cup with the brackets.
In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation showing my umbrella holder as
composed of two brackets with a drip cup in the lower ring ant an umbrella resting
in the holder,
Figure 2 is a plan of the lower bracket, and Figure 3 is a plan showing the
combination of two rings in one bracket.
Figures 4 and 5 are plan views partly in section illustrating the single and
double brackets with the stem cast around the head of the screw and upon the
wire ring.
In practice it is preferable to use two brackets. The stem is cast around the
head of a screw as shown in. cross-section in Figures 4 and 5, holding it rigid.
The ring or holder may also be of cast metal cast in one piece with the stem as
shown in Figures 2 and 3. The lower ring, A, is adapted to hold a drip cup D in
which the end of the umbrella rests to catch the drip from the umbrella when wet.
It is obvious that the holder, A, instead of being circular may be square or of
any other configuration.
The bracket may have but one holder, or may have (wo or more upon ode stem,
as shown in Figures 3 and 5.

page_text: Instead of having the ring or holder of cast metal, I find it better to take a wire
ring and cast the stem upon one side of it as shown in Figures 4 and 5 in the same
manner as it is cast upon the head of the screw. The screw and the ring are thus
united to the stem rigidly and inseparably.
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The ring and stem serve as a handle and screw driver whereby the bracket may
be fastened to the wall by means of the screw without the aid of other tools.
A slight bend in the wire, as at d, affords an anchorage to prevent any possible
slipping of the ring.
The bracket may be screwed to the wall or mounted upon a frame.
I am aware that the casting of a screw in a metal holder is old,—notably in
clothes hooks, and I do not claim such as my invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to
me by my foreign correspondent I declare that what I claim is :-
1. An umbrella holder consisting of one or more brackets each of which is
formed with a ring, a stem and a screw, one end of the stem being cast around the
head of the screw and the other end formed with a ring, the whole forming one
rigid piece whereby the bracket may be screwed to the wall or other support
without the use of other tools, substantially as described.
2. An umbrella holder consisting of a bracket composed of a wire ring, a stem
of cast metal and a screw, the stem being cast around the head of the screw and
around the side of the ring so that the three parts are rigidly united and tho bracket
may be serowed to a suitable support without the aid of other tools, substantially
as described,
3. An umbrella holder composed of two brackets each formed with a stem of
cast metal one end of which is cast around the head of a screw and the other end
formed with a ring, the whole forming one rigid piece, in combination with a drip
cup, substantially as described.