Improvements in or relating to Sticks for Umbrellas, Parasols, and. the like.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 1st May, 1897
Complete Specification loft 24th Jan 1898 Accepted 12th Mar 1898
Date of Application, 1st May, 1897
Complete Specification Left 24th Jan 1898 Accepted 12th Mar. 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Sticks for Umbrellas, Parasols, and.
the like.
I, FREDERICK DIGHTON STAMMERS, of "Tintagel," Chesterton Road, Cambridge,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
In consequence of the numerous varieties existing in the sticks of umbrellas &
parasols walking sticks &c. whether composed of metal or any other material, it has
become necessary to affix to these articles a distinguishing mark or marks, such
as e.g., a name; whereby the productions of particular manufacturers may be easily
identified, & the public & others thus provided with a convenient means of
readily ascertaining the character of the articles referred to. This invention
relates to the affixing of such a mark or marks to the articles named for the
purpose of effecting the foregoing object; & consists in forming in the surface
of the material itself of which the article to be so marked is composed, a receptacle
or cavity for the mark aforementioned: & inserting therein a label bearing
the particular mark or else either embossing or impressing the mark upon the base
of the cavity & directly in the substance of which the stick to be so marked is
made.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Sticks for Umbrellas, Parasols, and
the like.
I, FREDERICK DIGHTON STAMMERS, of "Tintagel," Chesterton Road, Cambridge,
Gentleman, 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:-
In consequence of the numerous varieties in the sticks of umbrellas and parasols
walking sticks and the like, hereinafter known as sticks, whether composed of
metal or any other material, it has become necessary to affix to these articles
a distinguishing mark or marks: Such as, for example, a name; whereby the
aforesaid articles and the productions of particular manufacturers may be easily
identified, and the public and others thus provided with a convenient means of
readily ascertaining the character of the articles referred to. My invention
relates to the affixing of such a mark or marks to the articles named, for the purpose
of effecting the foregoing objects, and consists in forming in the surface of the

page_text: material itself of which the article to be so marked is composed, a receptacle or
cavity for the mark aforementioned, and inserting therein a label bearing the
particular mark or name; or else, either embossing or impressing, or otherwise
constructing the mark or name in, or upon the base of the cavity, and directly in
the substance of which the article to be so marked is made. The cavity herein
referred to may be constructed by any convenient known means; and likewise
the label employed may be adhesive, or it may be of any desired material,
and affixed to the cavity or receptacle provided, by any suitable known method;
so also, the cavity and the label may be of any desired shape, form or configura-
tion, and in the case of the cavity being so constructed, a label adhesive or
otherwise, or mark or name, impressed or embossed or otherwise constructed in
or upon the base of the cavity may be dispensed with; and then the means of
identification herein referred to, will consist in the particular pattern or design
according to which the cavity or receptacle is constructed.
Further, the cavity or receptacle in the various forms as already described, or
otherwise, may be constructed in or upon any desired part of the stick; for
example, in the case of umbrellas, parasols and the like, (hereinafter known as
umbrellas) in that portion of the stick between the part of the umbrella known as
the top-notch, and the ferrule end; moreover, in this particular connection, the
cavity may be dispensed with, and the mark or marks may be at once transferred
to the stick by any suitable & convenient known means; in either or both of
which cases the mark will serve as an entirely novel external means whereby the
particular manufacture may be identified; and at the same time, the character of
the mark is such as to preclude any objection on the ground of impracticability.
cost of construction unsightliness and so forth.
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 construction of a receptacle or cavity in or upon the articles herein referred
to, and for the objects herein described.
2. A receptacle or cavity in or upon the articles herein referred to, and containing
a label adhesive or otherwise, for the purpose of exhibiting a trade mark or trade
name, or other means, whereby a particular article or manufacture may be identi-
fied.
3. A receptacle or cavity bearing a trade mark or trade name or other means
of identification, constructed in, or upon, the base of such receptacle or cavity in
the articles herein referred to.
4. A receptacle or cavity with a label, trade mark, or trade name, or mark, or
name whatsoever, constructed in or upon that portion of an umbrella stick between
the part of the umbrella known as the top-notch, and the ferrule end.
5. An umbrella stick as herein referred to bearing any trade mark or trade
name or mark or name whatsoever affixed by adhesion, or otherwise transferred to,
or constructed upon that portion of the umbrella stick between the part of the
umbrella known as the top-notch, and the ferrule end.
Dated this Twentieth day of January 1898.
FREDERICK DIGHTON STAMMERS.