An Improved Convertible Stick and Umbrella.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Dec., 1889-Accepted, 1st Feb., 1890
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Convertible Stick and Umbrella.
I, ALFRED PICHLER, Engineer of Munich in the Kingdom of Bavaria and German
Empire do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same
s to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
This invention has for its object the construction of a stick which can be immediately
converted into an umbrella. The stick is suitable for tourists, sportsmen, husbandmen,
in short for all such persons as are liable to be exposed to sudden changes of
weather.
The arrangement of the stick is presented in the accompanying drawings, whereon
Fig. 1 shows in section the stick with enclosed umbrella frame,
Fig. 1 is an enlarged view of the upper part of the stick piece with handle,
Fig. 1 is a cross section on the line x-x, fig. 1.
Fig. 2 is a side view of the convertible stick. The dotted lines denote the umbrella
closed; the full lines, the umbrella spread out.
Fig. 3 is a vertical section of part of the stick with the arrangement for fixing at
the end of the inner tube.
Fig. 4 represents the same part in horizontal section.
Fig. 5 is a side view of the mounting plate with relative spike.
Fig. 6 is a top view of the mounting plate with opening for the spike to be
screwed in.
Fig. 7 is a side view of the holding ring.
Fig. 8 is a side view of the same shown as catching the pins on the stick and on
the segment-like flaps which carry the umbrella spokes.
Fig. 9 is a horizontal section, through the stick tube and the holding ring with its
segment-like flaps.
Fig. 10 is an underneath view showing the contained umbrella frame with flaps
folded back.
The convertible stick a consists of a cylindrical and a conical part. The cylindrical
part is hollowed out lengthwise and has at its upper end a screw threading 6 to receive
the screw joint on the handle c; the conical part is massive and is provided at its end.
with screw threading for the spike d which is capable of being screwed on and off.
In the handle c there is a small recess as shown at fig. 1 of the size of the spike d
which serves to facilitate the screwing on and off of the latter. There is also on the
conical part immediately above the hollowed out part of the cylindrical part, a cross
bore figs. 3 and 4 in which is enclosed, in a casing g, the fixing or spring bolt i
actuated by a spiral spring or its equivalent. The ribbed ring k which has a slit for
the spring bolt i to pass through fits over and covers the bore f.
Each
The hollow in the stick receives the umbrella frame which consists of, preferably,
six spokes m with cross spokes n, as in other umbrellas. Two spokes are each in turn
fixed to a segment-like flap o which can be folded back by means of hinges and which
fits the outer round of the stick. The flaps are lined, on the inner side, with felt for
the purpose of preventing damage to the polish through sliding on the stick.
of these flaps possesses also a pin or knob p which fits into a bayonet-like slit on the
upper side of the holding ring q. This holding ring, which slides on the stick, a, has,
on its under side, two more such slits but made in an opposite direction to the
afore-mentioned slits which receive two pins p' at the upper end of the stick a itself,
and which are for the purpose of fixing the holding ring close to the handle of the
stick while it is not being used as an umbrella. The six spokes m are jointed at the
one end to a mounting plate t having an openings (see figs. 5 and 6).

page_text: The conversion of the stick to an umbrella is effected in the following manner-
The handle c is screwed off and, by means of the recess in its end, the spike d on
the umbrella frame, which should not be covered with too thick stuff, is taken out and
along with the mounting plate t is set upon the point of the stick cone. The spike d
is then along with the plate k screwed on to the stick tube. The spokes now banging
down on the stick are, after the flaps o have been folded round, fixed with the latter
in the holding ring 9 (fig. 9). The ring g is now slid upwards along the stick so that
the umbrella is spread out and then, when the end of the cylindrical part of the stick
is reached, the ring is fixed in position by means of the spring bolt i. To change
the umbrella back to a stick again the action is simply reversed.
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. A stick which can be immediately changed to an umbrella, consisting of a
hollowed out cylindrical part provided with a handle c which can be screwed off, and
the massive conical part with screw spike d and cross bore f said cross bore f
containing the fixing bolt i actuated by a spring ; in combination with a holding
ring 9 provided at its upper and lower ends with bayonet-like lits and r², and with
an umbrella frame provided with a mounting plate t with openings, the cross spokes
of said frame, with their folding segment-like flaps o covered with felt on the inner
side being fastened to the holding ring 9 by means of the pins p, substantially as
described and shown on the drawings annexed.
Dated this 17th dor of December 1980
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H. D. FITZPATRICK,
70, Wellington Street, Glasgow, Applicant's Agent.