An Improvement, for Advertising Purposes, in Glass Bottles or similar Vessels.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Aug., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 19th June, 1896-Accented, 25th July, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement, for Advertising Purposes, in Glass Bottles or
similar Vessels.
I, JOHN CHALMERS, Junior, of 4 Chapel Walks, Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates particularly to the glass water bottles or vessels placed in
the smoking rooms of hotels and restaurants, and other places of public resort, and
the object of my invention is to utilize such bottles or vessels for advertising
purposes without detracting from their ornamental appearance.
I accomplish this object by leaving the body of the bottle of plain white glass
while I make the internal projection at the bottom of the bottle, commonly called
the "kick" of the bottle, of say red or other suitable colour and I engrave or
otherwise produce on the red "kick" the desired advertisement in say white.
When the bottle is full the water acts as a lens and so magnifies and brings into.
prominence the advertisement in white on the red ground.
It will be readily understood that I have only spoken of red and white by way
of illustration as any desired and suitable combination of colours could be
employed.
Again my invention may be applied to syphons, aquaria, and various other
similar receptacles for water or other liquids.
Dated this 17th day of August 1895.
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
Agents for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement, for Advertising Purposes, in Glass Bottles or
similar Vessels.
I, JOHN CHALMERS, Junior, of 4 Chapel Walks, Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Agent, 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:―
My invention relates particularly to the glass water bottles or vessels placed in
the smoking rooms of hotels and restaurants, and other places of public resort, and
the object of my invention is to utilize such bottles or vessels for advertising
purposes without detracting from their ornamental appearance.
I accomplish this object by leaving the body of the bottle of plain white glass
while I make the internal projection at the bottom of the bottle, commonly called
the "kick" of the bottle, of say red or other suitable colour and I engrave or
otherwise produce on the red "kick" the desired advertisement in say white.
When the bottle is full the water acts as a lens and so magnifies and brings into
prominence the advertisement in white on the red ground.

page_text: And in order that my invention may be fully understood and readily carried
into effect I will describe the accompanying drawing which represents a water
bottle, partly in section, made according to my invention.
a is the main portion of the bottle and b the internal projection at the bottom,
commonly called the "kick"; this portion or "kick" of the bottle I make of red
or other colour in contrast to that of the bottle; the colouring may be done in the
manufacture of the bottle, or it may be applied after manufacture and upon the
specially coloured or prepared surface of the "kick" of the bottle I engrave or
otherwise produce the advertisement, in this case the word Bovril, in white or other
colour which forms a contrast with the colour of the "kick."
When the bottle is full the water acts as a lens and so magnifies and brings into
prominence the word Bovril or other advertisement on the specially coloured or
prepared surface of the "kick" of the bottle.
It will be readily understood that I have only spoken of red and white by way
of illustration as any desired and suitable combination of colours could be
⚫employed.
Again my invention may be applied to syphons, aquaria, and various other
similar receptacles for water or other liquids.
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 :-
A glass water bottle or similar receptacle having a "kick" of one colour
provided with an advertisement in another colour substantially as herein set
:forth.
Dated this 18th day of June 1896.
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
17 St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for Applicant.