Improvements in Umbrellas and Sunshades.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Jan., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 8th Oct., 1892-Accepted, 12th Nov., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Umbrellas and Sunshades.
KATHERINE HALL 295 Lord Street Southport Lancashire Spinster do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Improvements in umbrellas and sunshades whereby the umbrella or sunshade is
converted into a walking stick when not required for protection from rain or sun &c.
and this walking stick becomes the stick or support of the umbrella or sunshade
when the umbrella or sunshade is open. I accomplish this by means of a hollow
tube-case made of any suitable material to act as a walking stick and to enclose the
umbrella or sunshade.
The frame of the umbrella or sunshade (being supported when open by the
tube-case which contains it when not in use) is fixed to a wire, cord, rod or tube of
very small section sufficient to guide the runner and connect the several parts.
This wire cord, rod or tube is attached at one end to a spiral spring fixed within
the tube-case and to the other end is fixed the umbrella or sunshade which
(requiring only a wire, cord, rod or tube of very small section in lieu of the ordinary
stick) can be made to occupy very little space when closed. The spiral spring
holds the closed umbrella or sunshade within the tube so that it is necessary to
pull against the said spring to withdraw the umbrella or sunshade until the frame
is entirely clear of the tube-case, when a catch at the open end of the tube-case
engages the runner and the umbrella or sunshade, being released from the pull
against the spring, is automatically opened and ready for use the spring having
pulled back the wire, cord, rod or small tube (connecting the frame) inside the
tube-case while the catch at the open end of the tube-case has held the runner.
The tube-case has thus become practically the stick or support of the umbrella or
sunshade. For the convenience of carrying the umbrella outside the tube-case
when wet but not in use, there is an arrangement by which the umbrella falls over
the open end of the tube-case and can be easily carried in that position until dry.
Dated 8th day of January 1892.
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KATHERINE HA
HALL
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in. Umbrellas and Sunshades.
I KATHERINE HALL of 295 Lord Street, Southport, in the County of Lancaster,
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 and accompanying drawings
.
My said invention relates to improvements in umbrellas and sunshades and refers
to means whereby the umbrella or sunshade when not in use is contained or held in
a case of the shape, size and appearance of an ordinary walking stick. When
required for use the umbrella or sunshade is withdrawn and opened either auto-
matically by means of a spring or other flexible attachment connecting the umbrella
or sunshade to the stick, or by hand as preferred. The walking stick case serves
as the stalk of the umbrella when open and a specially formed catch at the ferrule
end of the stick holds and steadies the umbrella or sunshade both when in the case
and when withdrawn and opened.
The accompanying drawing sufficiently indicates the nature of my invention.
Fig. 1 is an outside view of the walking stick case having the umbrella or

page_text: Fig 2 is a section of the case showing the umbrella contained therein.
Fig. 3 shows the umbrella withdrawn and opened.
Figs. 4, 5 and 6 illustrate the construction of the catch which acts as a ferrule or
it might be the handle to the walking stick and also holds the umbrella both when
packed in the case and when withdrawn and expanded for use.
The walking stick case a may be made of any suitably light material such for
example as thin sheet metal, wood, vulcanite, papier maché or the like and constitutes
a tube closed at the top by a snap cover b and at the foot by the ferrule catch c.
The said ferrule catch c consists of two half cups d d each half cup being pivotted
at e to a fixed band surrounding the lower end of the walking stick. Each half
cup consists of an inner shell 9 g pivotted as described at e and the outer half
cup d
which embraces the inner shell and is connected thereto by a rivet h projecting
from the outer half cup d and working in a slot in the inner shell 9 so as to be
capable of revolving thereon.
The result of this arrangement is that when the outer half cups d d and the
inner shells g g coincide that is when the splitting line between lies in the same
plane for both, the half cups can be thrown apart on their hinges e (see dotted
lines Fig. 4) and the umbrella withdrawn or introduced. But when the halves are
closed and the outer half cups d d are turned round or revolved on the inner halves
or shells g g then the hinged halves cannot fall apart and the catch is bound firmly
together. The diagrams Figs. 7 and 8 will render the foregoing explanation more
clear.
For example in Fig. 7 the diagram shows the inner and outer halves as coinciding
in which case the two halves can be opened apart. In Fig. 8 the outer cup
halves d d have been revolved on the inner shells thereby locking and confining
the said inner shells so that they cannot be turned on their hinges or opened. In
short the outer half cups perform the functions of bolts to hold the catch together.
The floor of the ferrule catch c is perforated as shown to receive and hold the
checked ferrule h of the umbrella or sunshade i. When the catch c is closed upon
this check the umbrella cannot shift its position in the walking stick case, and as
the folds of the umbrella fill the case there is no rattling or noise to proclaim the
presence of anything in the walking stick. The foot of the umbrella stalk is
connected by a spring such for example as a piece of rubber j to a fixed point k
near the head of the stick.
When it is desired to open the umbrella, I twist round the catch o open the
halves, seize the ferrule of the umbrella and draw it out through the foot of the
walking stick until the tips of the ribs clear the catch.
I then close the catch and the latter bears on the runner of the umbrella. The
spring which has been extended by pulling out the umbrella now pulls the stalk
back as soon as the umbrella has been released thus opening the umbrella auto-
matically or causing it to assume the appearance shown in Fig. 3. When it is
desired to replace the umbrella in the stick I again open the catch e pull the
umbrella up until the tips of the ribs are above the catch and then thrust the
whole down into the walking stick case, closing the catch c upon the ferrule as
before.
In some instances I might dispense with the spring; and prolong the umbrella
shank up to the top of the walking stick case. The umbrella might then be
removed at either end of the stick, opened and fixed in the catch by hand. In
some cases where I use the spring I might attach the spring at the ferrule end and
place the catch at the top of the stick.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is.
1. The general arrangement, construction and combination of parts comprising
my improved combined walking stick and umbrella or sunshade substantially as
described and shown.

page_text: 2. In a combined walking stick and umbrella or sunshade of the indicated type
the catch c constructed and operating in the manner and for the purposes
substantially as herein before described and shown.
3. In a combined walking stick and umbrella or sunshade the employment of a
5 spring for the purpose of automatically opening the umbrella or sunshade, applied
and operating substantially as hereinbefore described and shown.
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E. K. DUTTON & Co.,
5, John Dalton Street, Manchester, Agents.
is 5th day of October 12
E. K. DUTTON & Co.,
5, John Dalton Street, Manchester, Agents.