Improvement in Bouquet Holders.
Year: 1890

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· Date of Application, 14th Feb., 1890-Accepted, 5th Apr., 1890
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in Bouquet Holders.
I, ALBERT BESCHOREN, manufacturer of 4, Reichenberger Strasse, Berlin, in the
Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire 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 :-
Hitherto bouquet holders have been made with supports to be let off, which were
fastened to the frame or paper body of the bouquet; by being spread out they obtained
a slanting position and served as holders for the bouquet. These spread out or extended
arms had the defect, that if closed and used as a handle, they caught on the paper
trimming of the bouquet and fitted badly, so that the person who held it, hurt his
hand, easily owing to the displacement of the supports.
Besides the supports required a particular arrangement to hold them and the many
thick stalks of the flowers prevented this closing from being of use.
Until now it was not known, that all these difficulties.could be avoided by using
hinged supports, whose axles converge towards each other in a star-like form and
radiate towards the centre. These supports are then no longer to be extended or
spread out from the stalks, but can be turned sideways towards the stalk and can be
turned 180° upward and the same number of degrees downward; it may be well
understood that when turning the supports, they always remain in their inclined
position towards the stalk of the bouquet.
The radial or star-like arranged axles bear the moveable arms which have already
that kind of formn, that when in a downward position, they stand out from the stalks
of the bouquet; then if turned 180° the spread out arms clasp themselves on to the
stand of the bouquet holder; these armis will then be covered by the bouquet
holder or by the lace trimming and can also, if a certain form is given, serve as
an ornament.
In order to make my invention more clear, I refer to the accompanying drawings,
in which similar letters denote similar parts throughout the several figures.
Fig. 1 shows a lace trimming, provided with the improved holder; in this figure
a tube c made of card board is employed for protecting the stalks of the bouquet
and the bent holders a are attached to this tube c by means of the axles or
hinges e e.
Fig. 2 shows a modified form of a lace trimming without the before mentioned
protecting tube.
Fig. 2 shows in a side view the details of the hinge e.
Figb shows
section of the tube c.
Fig. 2 shows a modified arrangement of the improved supports a a; here these
supports are secured to the upper cone m of the lace trimming and are hinged in e¹
to this cone m.
Fig. 3 shows in a side view a third form of a bouquet lace trimming with the
improved holder.
Fig. 4 shows in a side view the details of the hinges e in a modified construction.
a a are the moveable arms in the improved bouquet holders, and are especially
made of an elastic metal sheet, so that when placing the bouquets in the stand, these
supports owing to their elasticity give way so much that the stock of the bouquet
reaches the ground and the principal weight rests on the stock, while the supports a a
have only to keep the balance.
Naturally the arms a a may also be made stiff, so that the bouquet shall then be
Fig. 2 shows a modified arrangement of the improved supports a a; here these
supports are secured to the upper cone m of the lace trimming and are hinged in e¹
to this cone m.
Fig. 3 shows in a side view a third form of a bouquet lace trimming with the
improved holder.
Fig. 4 shows in a side view the details of the hinges e in a modified construction.
a a are the moveable arms in the improved bouquet holders, and are especially
made of an elastic metal sheet, so that when placing the bouquets in the stand, these
supports owing to their elasticity give way so much that the stock of the bouquet
reaches the ground and the principal weight rests on the stock, while the supports a a
have only to keep the balance.
Naturally the arms a a may also be made stiff, so that the bouquet shall then be
eld by these
saw only.
If the bouquet is to be carried in the hand, the arms a a are turned round their
axles e e 180° upward, the arms rest then on the lace trimming m; this can very
easily be obtained. Fig. 1 shows this position of the arms a a by a dotted line.
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page_text: The revolving arms a a can either be put on the covering tube c or on a separate
ring made of card board or metal sheet p (fig. 2) according to the changing fashion
of the paper lace trimming. In manufacturing these holders the inventor prefers to
use a special metal ring which is fastened onto the frame or paper body or to the tube c
of the bouquet.
The revolving arms a a can be arranged on the lace body m at the hinges e e
(fig. 2); the turned down arms would in that way cross each other and so form the
support.
In fig. 2 stops i are fitted to the metal ring p and they secure the arms a a, when
turned downwards against accidentally turning back.
The well known spring arrangements for fastening levers or arms in any desired
position, may be used for the described invention, especially all these arrangements
which are used in connection with cuff studs, and purse fastenings. In fig. 4 such
a fastening device is shown. The arm a made of elastic sheet metal has a hole / and
When turning the elastic arm a the same
comes over the knob n. The downward
to the metal ring p a knob n is attached.
must pass over the button n. until the hole
position of the arm a is thus secured.
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 bouquet holder having several supporting arms a each hinged on separate
axles, which converge towards the centre, in the manner as described.
2.) A bouquet holder with the bent arms a secured to the tube c or ring p of the
bouquet frame by hinges e e, arranged round the tube c or ring p, in the manner as
shown and described.
3.) A bouquet holder having several supporting arms a each hinged on separate
axles, which converge towards the centre, in connection with a fastening device for the
downward position of the arms a, in the manner as described.
Dated this 19th day of Feb.
1000
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ALBERT BESCHOREN.
By Rayner & Cassell,
Agents for the Applicant.
ALBERT BESCHOREN.
By Rayner & Cassell,
Agents for the Applicant.