Year: 1888

page_text: I, FRANCIS HENDERSON of No. 45 South Albion Street Glasgow in the County of
Lanark North Britain Merchant do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
It relates to Memorial Wreath Cases which are usually placed upon Tombs and
burial places and has for its objects to improve their appearance and utility.
It consists 1st in furnishing memorial wreath cases with a separate supporting metal
base or pedestal which is so constructed as to be capable of attachment to the case, or
removed therefrom at pleasure, and which pedestal forms no essential part of the said
wreath case but is a supplemental base by means of which the case is raised from the
ground: 2d in furnishing a memorial wreath case with a supporting and elevating
pedestal or base which is united thereto, altho it formis no essential part of the case
itself, but is a separate, complete and distinct article from the wreath case, whether the
said elevating metal pedestal be permanently and immoveably united to the said case or
removeable therefrom at will.
The form, section, shape or ornamental configuration of the said pedestal comprises
no part of this invention.
By thus making the pedestal separate from the wreath case I am enabled to apply
it, at a very small cost to (either old or new) wreath cases which have, heretofore been
unfurnished with such useful appliances.
The means for attachment and disconnection of the said pedestal and wreath case
may be greatly varied, and consist of screws, pinching pins, wires, soft metal
tongues &c. &c.
Dalth: 4th faha 1000
JOSEPH LOCKWOOD,
263, Argyle Street, Glasgow,
Agent.

page_text: Improvements in Connection with Memorial Wreath Cases,
1, FRANCIS HENDERSON of No 45 South Albion Street Glasgow in the County of
Lanark North Britain Merchant do hereby declare the nature of this invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to supports for metal mounted, Glass Domed, Memorial
Wreath Cases which are usually placed upon Tombs and Burial places, and has for its
objects to improve the appearance and utility of such cases.
It consists of a separate detachable metal support (variously called a pedestal, base
or stool) which is so constructed as to be capable of attachment to the sole plate or
bottom of an ordinary metal bound, Glass Domed Memorial Wreath Case, or
removed therefrom at pleasure, and which pedestal or stool forms no essential part of
the wreath case itself, or of its sole plate, but is a separate article from the wreath
case (in fact a supplemental Base) by means of which the case can be raised to any
required level above the ground.
This Base may be in the form of a Ring or Collar (open in the centre) a solid Tray
(inverted) and may be made either in one piece only or of any number of pieces
united together; it may consist of a headless cone, a Tripod Stand, a Tubular Column
or any other convenient form.
This said elevating metal stool does not furnish or constitute the floor plate of (or for)
a metal mounted, Glass Domed Memorial Wreath Case.
The general outline, section, plan shape or ornamental embellishment of the said
stool or pedestal forms no essential part (except in one particular) of my invention:
the one
particular" being a sloping top which is hereafter described and shewn.
This metal support for Memorial Wreath Cases is made of sheet Tin ordinarily,
but may be made also of any suitable sheet metal or of metal cast in a mould.
By thus making the said pedestal separate from the Wreath Case and a complete
structure in itself I am enabled to apply it with the greatest ease and at a very small
cost to existing, metal bound, wreath cases (whether old ones in present use or new
ones) which have at present no such useful and embellishing appointments connected
with them.
The drawings which accompany this specification will enable my invention to be
better understood and more readily carried into effect, of which,
Fig. 1, represents a metal mounted Memorial Wreath Case of ordinary type bound
with metal and hinged to a metal sole plate.
Figs. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7 and 13 represent similar Metal Bound Memorial Wreath Cases
united to elevating metal supports of various kinds.
Figs. 8. 9. 10. 11 and 12, represent different forms of metal supports, (pedestals,
bases or stools) for elevating metal bound Memorial Wreath Cases.
Figs. 14. 15. 16 and 17, represent several simple kinds of well known mechanism,
in section, for uniting an ordinary metal bound Memorial Wreath Case to my improved
metal support A.
Similar le'ters of reference are employed throughout this specification to indicate
corresponding parts.
In order to make it more easily understood how the mechanism herein described
enables me to attain the first named object of my invention I desire to state that there
are at present in use (and circulation) large quantities of metal bound Memorial
Wreath Cases such as the one which I have shewn in Fig. 1, each of which have a
metal bound Glass Domed shade, hinged to a flat (or dished) metal sole plate, but

page_text: have not any such encircling, elevating and embellishing border, support or base as
those which are marked A upon the drawings herewith; and the first object of my
invention is the construction of a separate metal support (such as I have shewn in
Figures 8. 9. 10. 11 and 12) which can be added, in the following manner, to such
existing wreath cases, namely 1st by tightly fitting the case within a suitably formed
recess (cavity or space) for holding it firm therein, and enabling it to be removed
therefrom, with ease; or 2nd by connecting the case and its support together by
such mechanism as I have shewn in Figures 14. 15. and 16 consisting of thumb
screws, nuts & screws, cotters, soft metal tabs, tongues or wires or equivalent
mechanisin applied either as shewn or in any other convenient place so that the two
parts of the structures shewn in Figures 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7 and 13, consisting of the
Memorial Wreath Case and its support may be united by the saleman or disunited
and variously combined and transposed to suit the preferences of purchasers or
subsequent requirements with ease and simplicity; and 3rd by permanently and
immoveably uniting the case and its support by means of rivets (see Fig. 17.), solder
cement or any other means.
The particular means or mechanism which I employ for temporarily or permanently
uniting or disuniting the said wreath case and support are not things of my invention,
which (invention) consists, in so far as relates to them, in their combination with the
said cases and supports for the purposes herein defined.
The addition of such a (metal) support or pedestal to a Memorial Wreath Case,
whether the said support consists of a plain Collar, moulding, Ring, Tripod stand,
Cone pillar, Columnn, or other shaped device (whether ornamental or plain) improves the
appearance of the structure and thus effects the first object of my invention.
The accomplishment of my second object is effected by the same means as those by
which my first one is attained, namely the utilisation of existing memorial wreath
cases such as I have shewn in figure 1 and previously described in the production of
such superior articles as I have shewn in Figures 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7 and 13; and it will
be seen that this increased utility of such existing cases is due to their combination
with a (simple and inexpensive) separate metal support or pedestal in the manner, and
such as herein defined.
It will be apparent to all who have read the foregoing description that Memorial
Wreath Cases, like that shewn in figure 1, do not require to be cast aside as useless
articles if their owners desire to have the more elaborate and attractive structures
represented by figures 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7 and 13 or other similar combinations, as my
invention enables all such plain and unadorned Memorial Wreath Cases (whether they
are in use or in stock) to be improved and embellished at very small cost and in a
very simple manner. In this way I improve the utility of existing Memorial Wreath
Cases and effect my second object.
It is customary to fix at the back or underside of Memorial Wreath Cases, such as
shewn in figure 1, a wire leg or support, hinged to the underside of the metal sole
plate thereof in order that the case may be angled and tilted up, (with its sole plate
at an angle with the ground,) similarly to those shewn in figures 3. 5 and 13 herewith.
This plan is adopted very generally by makers of Memorial Wreath Cases and the
plan is shewn in connection with the patent 421288 hereafter referred to.
In order to effect this angled elevation without the aid of the aforesaid wire leg I
make some (any or all) of my metal supports in the forms shewn in Figures 3. 5. 8
and 13. In figure 8 Í have shewn a peculiar shaped ring collar which is made with
its upper and lower surfaces at an angle, one with the other, resembling a round,
wedge shaped conical section for the purpose of sloping or angling the Memorial
Wreath Case, as shewn in figures 3.5 and 13 when the case is placed upon the
support.
am aware that Marble, Stone and Baked Clay pedestals have been and are
commonly used in combination with Memorial Wreath Cases for the improvement of
their appearance and in order to raise them from the ground: I am also aware that
metal mounted, Glass Domed Memorial Wreath Cases are made with a projecting
margin to the metal sole plate thereof in connection with a British Patent No. 4212

page_text: and dated March 25th 1886. It will therefore be understood that my invention
differs from the first named (marble and other) supports for Memorial Wreath Cases
1st in respect of the material (metal) of which my memorial wreath supports are
made and 2nd in respect of the angled, sloping surface thereof as indicated in
Figures 3. 5. 8 and 13 herein and 3rd in the combination therewith of agents for
uniting & disuniting the cases and their supports: and from the projecting margin
of the metal sole plate connected with the patent above named, 1st in the fact that my
encircling base is an article entirely separate and distinct from the super-added metal
mounted Memorial Wreath Case with which it is associated, whilst the encircling
base of the said patented case is an essential and inseparable part of the metal sole
plate, thereof 2nd in the wedge shaped construction of my support, for angling and
sloping purposes, by means of which the Memorial Wreath, Flowers or other contents
of the supported case are displayed to their best advantage and 3rd in the combination
therewith of mechanism for uniting and disuniting the wreath case and stand at
pleasure, so that wreath cases which are furnished with my metal support may be
detached therefrom and sold without the support when so required or removed from
one support and united to another one of different design.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I
claim is ;
1st. A metal support (Pedestal, Base or Stool) for a Metal Mounted, Glass Domed
Memorial Wreath Case, all substantially as herein described and shewn and for
purposes specified.
2nd. A metal support (Pedestal, Base or Stool) with sloped or bevelled top as shewn
in Figures 3, 5, 8 and 13 of the accompanying drawings, for combination with
Memorial Wreath Cases, all substantially as herein described and shewn and for
purposes specified.
3rd. In connection with a Metal Mounted (or other) Glass Domed Memorial Wreath
Case the union (therewith) of a detachable. metal support, which constitutes no part
of the wreath case itself, all substantially as herein described and shewn and for the
purposes specified.
4th. In a metal bound, Glass Domed, Memorial Wreath Case, the combination
therewith of wires, tabs or tongues of soft metal cotters, Bolts, pinching pins, Thumb
screws, or equivalent mechanisin, for uniting and disuniting the said Memorial Wreath
Case, to and from, a separate metal support, all substantially as herein described and
shewn and for the purposes specified.
5th. The combination with a metal bound, Glass domed complete Memorial Wreath
Case (by addition) of a separate metal support,(pedestal, base or stool) which is rivetted,
clamped, soldered or otherwise permanently fastened to the said complete memorial
wreath case, all substantially as herein described and shewn and for the purposes
specified.
6th. In any ordinary metal bound, glass domed memorial wreath case, resembling
Figure 1 of the drawings herewith, the combination therewith of a separately
construted metal support which is added on to the said wreath case whether the two
articles be loosely or tightly fitted into each other without the intervention of any
binding or uniting mechanism, or adjustably united by mechanism which admits of
their disunion at pleasure, or permanently united by rivets, solder or other means, all
substantially as herein described and shewn and for the purposes specified.
Dated this 19th day of October 1888.