Improvements in Memorial Wreath Cases or Covers.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, Oth Jan., 4699
Complete Specification Left, 5th Oct., 1899-Accepted, 6th Jan., "1500
Date Appiication, OCH Jal., 1
Complete Specification Left, 5th Oct., 1899-Accepted, 6th Jan., 1600
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Memorial Wreath Cases or Covers....
We, JOSEPH LAMBERT, of 48, Windsor Road, Southport, in the County of
Lancaster, Traveller, and GEORGE CHATFIELD, of 15, West Bar, Sheffield, in the
County of York, Florist, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
follows:-
The improvements consist in having springs attached to a rimmed glass shadė
whether moulded glass or blown glass, in which a pierced ball is made to move
perpendicularly according to the pressure of the springs against the underside
or bottom of the stand which it thereby attaches, thus preventing the wind from
blowing off the shade from the stand and further, the improvements consist in
having slots and round holes, made in the stand to correspond with the position
of the springs attached to the rim of the glass shade, so that by inserting the
springs with the balls attached, into the round holes of the stand, in the position
allotted to them, then, by a partial revolution of the shade as far as the slots
connected with the round holes, will allow them to go home, the shade thereby
becomes fixed to the stand, which may be made of any metal or any other
material and in shape may be either round, square hexagonal, octagonal or of
any other shape and whether with a flange or without, whether with letters
embossed upon or engraved in the stand, whether with a moulding or without,
whether solid or hollow, and any further improvement of the same principle
of fixing a rimmed shade to a stand, the same not being a hinge, nor any modifi-
cation of a hinge.
Dated this Fifth day of January 1899.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Memorial Wreath Cases or Covers.
We, JOSEPH LAMBERT, of No. 9, Westmoreland Road (late of No. 48, Windsor.
Road), Southport, in the County of Lancaster, Traveller, and GEORGE CHATFIELD,
of No. 15, West Bar, Sheffield, in the County of York, Florist, 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 relates to memorial wreath cases or covers such as are displayed
on tombs monuments or graves erected in cemeteries to the memory of the dead.
It will be understood from the following description, reference being had to the
accompanying drawings in which:
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the stand and cover separated from each
We, JOSEPH LAMBERT, of No. 9, Westmoreland Road (late of No. 48, Windsor.
Road), Southport, in the County of Lancaster, Traveller, and GEORGE CHATFIELD,
of No. 15, West Bar, Sheffield, in the County of York, Florist, 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 relates to memorial wreath cases or covers such as are displayed
on tombs monuments or graves erected in cemeteries to the memory of the dead.
It will be understood from the following description, reference being had to the
accompanying drawings in which:
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the stand and cover separated from each

page_text: Referring to these figures, A is the stand having the raised portion B on
which the memorial wreath is placed, C the transparent glass cover or shade
which protects the memorial wreath from the weather or from injury.
It has a metallic rim all round the bottom edge. D are springs
formed as stems attached to and projecting vertically from the metallic
rim of the glass. E pierced balls mounted thereon and F slots in the stand.
These slots have a round hole at one end large enough to enable the balls at end
of springs or stems to pass through, but the remaining portion of each slot
is only just wide enough to receive the stems D. Each stem and ball is so located
relatively to the slots as to enable them to enter when the cover is placed on the
frame. The pierced ball may be made to move perpendicularly to allow for vary-
ing thicknesses of stands, or pressure of the springs should they not fit the slots
accurately. In most cases, however, this sliding of the balls on the stems is
unnecessary, and therefore we have shown them in the accompanying drawings
as fixed to the stems. It is obvious also that the stems may be made rigid
instead of springy if desired.
In use, the glass cover is placed on the stand, and the springs or stems with
the balls attached passed through the round holes in the slots, said stems being
long enough to admit of the balls going right through the slots to below the
underside of the stand as shown in Figure 2. The shade is then given a partial
rotation so that the stems enter the narrow part of the slots, and the balls being
on the under side and of a larger diameter than the width of the slots, the cover
is locked to the stand and thus cannot be blown off, or become accidentally
separated from the stand as has been liable to take place hitherto.
The stand is by preference made of cast iron or other suitable material which
is sufficiently heavy to enable it to form a foundation for the glass cover, and
prevent it being accidentally turned over. Furthermore the stand can be square
as shown or round, hexagonal, octagonal or any other suitable shape.
In this describing our invention, we wish it to be understood that we do not
confine ourselves to the exact details set forth, as these may be varied without
departing from the nature of the invention, the main feature of our invention
being to enable the glass cover to be fastened to the stand, or to enable it to be
disconnected therefrom and bodily lifted off so that it can be entirely removed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:-
1. In memorial wreath cases such as are displayed on graves, tombs or
monuments, erected in cemeteries to the memory of the dead, attaching the
glass cover, which protects the memorial wreath from injury, to the stand or
base by means of a fastening device, so arranged that it cannot be blown off or
become accidentally separated from the stand, while enabling the glass cover to
be instantly disconnected from the stand and removed bodily when required,
substantially as described.
2. In memorial wreath cases, providing the glass cover with projecting ball-
headed springs or stems, and the base or stand on which it is mounted with
corresponding slots enlarged at one end to receive the ball-heads but narrowed
during the remainder of their length, whereby if the cover be placed on the
stand so that the ball-heads will pass through the. nlarged ends in the slots,
and the shade be then given. a turn, the stems will enter the narrow part of the
slots, while the heads being larger will lock the cor firmly on the base so that
it cannot be accidentally separated, substantially a. set forth.
Da
1000
OSEPH LAMBERT.
EORGE CHATFIELD.