An Improved Apparatus for Displaying Advertisements.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Nov., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 21st Aug., 1890-Accepted, 18th Oct., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Apparatus for Displaying Advertisements.
I, ARTHUR: MANARD HUBNER, of 36, Portland Crescent, Leels in the County of
York, Entertainment Manager, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention has reference to an improved apparatus for displaying advertise-
ments and consists of a light metallic framework, parts of which are padded for resting
upon a man's shoulders for being carried by him, these parts extend downwards so as
to take a firm grip of his body to which they are held by a strap or belt surrounding
him. Extending upwards from the shoulder parts are rods to which is attached a
rectangular or other suitable canvas covered frame on either side of which placards or
advertisements can be attached. To the abovenamed rods above the shoulder parts
are attached other rods, these are turned downwards behind the man's shoulders and
carry a similar but smaller frame or tablet for carrying advertisements. This tablet
may be of thin metal or may be a canvas covered frame, and forms a protection to
the man's back in rough weather.
The overhead canvas covered frame may be modified so as to carry a revolving
wheel or frame to which may be attached świnging tablets so arranged that during
their rotation their sides, to which advertisements may be attached, are always in a
vertical plane or thereabout, something after the fashion of feathering paddles. Or a
rotating frame on a vertical axis and provided with a number of suitably mounted
vertical vanes for displaying advertisements may be used. On the axis of each of the
said revolving frames I mount a pulley, and at the lower end of one or more of the
parts above referred to for gripping the man's body I mount a corresponding pulley
with means for turning the same by the carrier of the apparatus, from this pulley by
means of an endless cord or strap or equivalent means motion imparted to the pulley
on the respective axis (vertical or horizontal) as the case may be of the revolving
frame..
Doted this 22nd day of November 1889
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Apparatus for Displaying Advertisements.
1, ARTHUR MANARD HUBNER, of 36 Portland Crescent, Leeds, in the County of
York, 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 has reference to an improved apparatus for displaying advertisements
and which comprises a light metallic framework having parts padded to rest upon a
man's shoulders so that he may carry the apparatus comfortably, and parts that extend
downward so as to take a firm hold of his body to which they are held by a strap or
belt surrounding him. Extending upward from the shoulder parts are rods to which
is attached a rectangular or other suitable canvas covered frame, on either side of
which placards or advertisements can be affixed. To the said rods above the shoulder
parts are attached other rods, these are turned downward behind the man's shoulders
and carry a similar but smaller frame or tablet for advertisements.
This tablet may be of thin metal or may be a canvas covered frame and forms a
protection to the man's back in rough weather.
The overhead portion of the apparatus may be modified by substitution of a rotary
frame to which may be attached swinging tablets so arranged that during their rotation
the surfaces to which advertisements are affixed will always be in a vertical plane or

page_text: thereabout, something after the fashion of feathering paddles. Or a frame rotatory on
a vertical axis and provided with a number of suitably mounted vertical vanes or
surfaces for displaying advertisements may be used. In each case on the revolving
frame there is a pulley and at the lower part of the apparatus there is a shaft with
another pulley which can thus be turned by the carrier, motion from one pulley to the
other being communicated by an endless cord or strap or equivalent means.
Referring to the annexed drawings,
Fig. 1. is a front elevation and Fig. 2. a back elevation of my improved apparatus
for displaying advertisements. In these views it is shown attached to and carried by
a man.
Fig. 3. is a side elevation of the apparatus alone. a, a, are metal straps that pass
from the man's waist at the front upward and over his shoulders and downward at
the back, b, is padding inside the straps a, in order that the apparatus may rest
comfortably on the man's shoulders. c, is a leather or other pliable belt for fixing the
apparatus to the man, d, d, are rods springing from the said straps a, at the shoulders
and either have attached to them or themselves form the frame e, which is covered with
canvas or other suitable material upon which advertisements can be mounted. ff, are
attachments to the rods d, d, or they might be applied to some convenient part of the
straps a. To these attachments are fixed another frame or tablet g, for displaying
advertisements behind the back of the person who carries the apparatus. This
arrangement is such that the said person's hands will be left at liberty for distributing
hand bills.
The dotted lines 1, 1, indicate a modified construction of the frame e,-that is to
say; a double form adapted to receive a light or lights between its two exposed faces
so that they can be illuminated when being paraded in the dark, see Figs. 6. and 7.
which shew such an arrangement more clearly.
Fig. 4. shows in front elevation an arrangement of the apparatus in which the upper
part or frame e, is provided with a rotary frame comprising arms e' radiating from
pivots or axles that are mounted on the frame e, and rods ', which connect together
the two sets of arms. On the said rods 'there are hung swinging tablets or parts h, h.
On one of the pivots or axles of the frame e, is a pulley i, that receives motion by an
endless cord or strap j, from a pulley j, mounted on the shaft k, which is carried in
bearings 1, 1, in the metal shoulder straps a, a. On the shaft k, is a handle m, that
can be turned by the carrier.
Fig. 5. is a side elevation of this arrangement shewing the tablets h, h, h, depending
from the rods ', that connect the two sets of arms e¹. The tablets h, h, h, may have
advertisements on both sides thereof and are hung upon the rods ', each by a pair of
jointed hooks capable of being closed and secured upon the said rods ', by a thumb-
screw or otherwise, and on the removal of the latter the said hooks can be opened
when it is desired to change a tablet. Or a single tablet 2 may be employed, mounted
about its centre on a horizontal axis and rotated as above described.
Fig. 6. shews in front elevation the apparatus as arranged with the advertising
tablets h, mounted upon and capable of turning about a vertical axis or rod o, and
adapted to be rotated by the carrier in a similar manner to that described with reference
to Figs. 4. and 5, motion from the shaft k, being imparted to the frame that carries
the tablets, by an endless cord or strap j' which passes around the pulley j, on shaft k,
over two guide pulleys mounted above, and around the pulley i, which is fixed to
the rotary frame.
Fig. 7. is a plan in part of Fig. 6. within the rotary frame e¹ (as in Fig. 3.) lights
may be placed as shewn for illuminating the advertisements exhibited. The mechanism
above described for rotating the frame e may in some cases be dispensed with and the
position of the said frame or hollow box be adjusted by hand.
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
claim is
My improved apparatus for displaying advertisements comprising parts such as those

page_text: marked a, adapted to embrace the shoulders and body of a man and having pads or
cushions, rods d, d, and a frame such as e, Figs. 1. 2. and 3. with suitable covering or
tablet or tablets to which advertisements can be applied, and a second frame or tablet
such as g, or with rotatable tablets or parts to which advertisements can be applied as
described with reference to the examples illustrated in Figs. 4. and 5. and in
Figs. 6. and 7. respectively whether or not adapted as described to display illuminated
advertisements.
Dated this 19th day of August 1890.
THOMAS EDWIN CRAVEN, F.I.P.A.,
24, Victoria Chambers, Leeds, Agent for the Applicant.