Improvements in or connected with Banners or the like.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Oct., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 23rd July, 1895-Accepted, 24th Aug., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Banners or the like.
I, CHARLES MATTHEWS 142 Frederick Street, Hartlepool, County Durham,
Machinist, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
My invention relates to improvements in, or connected with banners or the like,
and consists in providing means whereby such banners or the like can be more
conveniently and easily carried than heretofore.
In carrying my invention into practice, I provide a square or other frame
consisting preferably of four wooden bars pivotally connected at their ends, and a
cross-piece likewise pivotally connected at its extremities to two of the said bars.
A second cross-piece is provided, which is pivoted to the frame in such a manner
as to bi-sect the first-named cross-piece, to which it is also pivoted this second
cross-piece being provided with an extended portion or horizontally projecting
handle by means of which the parts composing the frame may be moved out of
their parallel position, so as to diminish the width of such frame as occasion
requires it.
Sockets are provided in two of the parallel frame-pieces into which the poles
supporting the banner or the like are placed, the lower ends of the guy-ropes being
attached to the four corners of the frame. Thumb-screws or their equivalent are
provided at the said corners for the purpose of tightening the guy-ropes.
Four or more downwardly projecting pieces may be provided upon the frame, to
act as legs or standards when the frame is placed upon the ground.
Dated this 23rd day of October 1894.
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23, Coleman Street, London, Agents for the Applicant.
I CHARLES MATTHEWS, of 142, Frederick Street, Hartlepool, County Durham,
Machinist, 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 improvements in, or connected with banners or the like,
and has for its object to provide means whereby such banners or the like can be
more conveniently and easily carried than heretofore was possible.
To more fully explain the invention, and to enable same to be readily carried
into practical effect, I have made reference to it upon the accompanying sheet of
illustrative drawings, wherein-
Fig. 1 is a plan, and
Fig. 2 a side elevation of the invention.
Referring to the drawings, I provide a frame, preferably of a square or similar
shape, consisting of four wooden or other bars a a', pivoted at each of the four

page_text: Connecting this frame a a¹, is a central cross-barb which is likewise pivoted at
or near its extremities by the pivots to the sides a of the said frame, a similar
cross-bar c being placed transversely upon, and pivoted to the bar bat c', this
second cross-bar being also pivoted to the sides a¹ of the frame, at c².
One end of the cross-bar c may be extended beyond the sides a' of the frame, to
form a handle for the purpose of laterally adjusting the said frame, or moving the
parts comprising same, out of their right-angled and parallel positions, in order to
diminish the width of said frame, to enable same to pass through narrow gateways,
or around corners or the like.
Sockets d of any suitable form are provided in or upon the sides of the frame, to
receive the butts of the banner-poles or their equivalent d', the lower extremities
of the guy-ropes e being attached to eyes or the like e' at the four corners of the
frame, suitable well known adjusting or tautening means such as those shewn at fl
being provided, for the purpose of tightening said guy-ropes when necessary.
Legs g may be provided upon the underside of the frame, preferably at the four
corners thereof, to support the frame when same is placed upon the ground.
Portions of the under-side of the above described frame may be padded if
desirable, as at h, to obviate chafing of the bearers' shoulders should they elect to
carry the frame directly upon same, but the frame may be so carried without
departing from the spirit of my invention as to allow of such frame being borne
with the aid of straps passing around the bearers' shoulders and attached to the
frame, or in any other convenient manner.
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. The improvements in, or connected with banners or the like, substantially as
described and shewn.
2. In means for use in carrying banners or the like, the pivoted frame capable of
being moved out of the parallel to diminish its width, substantially as specified, and
as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 22nd day of July 1895.
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23, Coleman Street, E.C., Agents for the Applicant.