A New or Improved Carrier or Holder for Hats, Gloves, and Light Articles.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Sept., 1898-Accepted, 4th Mar., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Carrier or Holder for Hats, Gloves, and Light
Articles.
We, JOHN QUIGLY, Mechanic, RICHARD SIMPSON, and MATHEW ALLEN BLAIR,
Gentlemen, all of Blossburg, State of Pennsylvania, United States of America, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
porformed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
This invention relates to a portable carrier or holder and the object of the inven-
tion is to provide a device adapted to be applied to the handles of umbrellas and
canes, or in the manufacture of the handles to form part of the same, for the
purpose of holding a hat, gloves, and similar articles, and to carry letters, papers,
and railroad car tickets, and the like. Said device being provided with a spring
handle whereby it may be suspended from a hall rack or stand, or from a bicycle,
with or without its being applied to an umbrella handle or cane.
Reference being had to the accompanying drawings in which:
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the invention applied to the arm of a seat, and
to the back of the seat, in dotted lines.
Figure 2 is a perspective view of the device applied to an umbrella handle.
Figure 3 is a vertical section of the device.
Figure 4 is an elevation of a modification.
The device consists of a tube or barrel (1) having a vertical slot (2), a top end
closed by a cover (3), having a central aperture (4), an open bottom end made to
fit over the end of a cane or umbrella handle (5). An elastic band (6) having
one end secured to the tube at (7), the other end being held by a clasp (8). Said
clasp being attached to the plunger (9), by set screws (10) passed through the said
slot. A plug or anchor (11) is secured in the tube below the slot (2), and has one
end of a spiral spring (12) attached thereto, the other end of the said spring being
attached to the plunger (9). A steam (13) is secured at one end to the plunger and
projects through the aperture (4), and at the other end is provided with a suitable
knob (14) which forms a hat rest, or a suitable head to an umbrella or cane.
The top of the tube is provided with a spring handle (15), for the purpose of
hooking over the arm (16) or back (17) of a chair or seat, and when not so employed
to form a convenient handle for a cane or umbrella.
In Figure 4 is shown a carrier constructed in substantially the same manner,
except that the lower end is provided with a wire spring (18), and a like spring (19)
is secured to the top of the tube (20), while the handle (21) is made of stiff spring
wire.
The springs (18) and (19) are adapted to hold the staff of an umbrella or
cane to the tube. A cord or twine (22) is attached to the tube for carrying bundles
or articles too large to be carried by the elastic holder.
It is obvious that the stem may be drawn out to expand the elastic and tighten
it upon the articles placed between it and the tube, and when such articles are
removed the spring (12) will return the elastic to normal position.
It will be understood that the carrier may be applied to umbrellas and canes
now in use, or it may be made a part thereof in their manufacture. It may be

page_text: used independently and applied to a bicycle or other vehicles, or in other places
to carry articles of various character.
Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion & in what manner the same is to be performed we wish it to be understood
that we do not limit ourselves to any particular material, size, or shape in the
manufacture of the carrier or holder, nor do we wish to be restricted in its applica-
tion, and what we claim is :-
1-A carrier of the character described, comprising a slotted tube having a
handle, a plunger in the tube, a holder upon the outside of the tube and connected
to the plunger through said slot, a spring in the tube having one end connected to
the latter and the other end attached to the plunger and projecting upon the out-
side of the tube.
2-A carrier of the character described, comprising a slotted tube having a
spring handle, a stem projecting through the top of the tube, an elastic holder
having one end secured upon the outside of the tube and the other end connected
to the said stem upon the inside of the tube.
3-A carrier of the character described, comprising a slotted tube, a stem pro-
jecting from the tube, an elastic holder having one end secured to the tube and
the other end connected to the stem upon the inside of the tube, and a spring in
the tube connected to the latter and to the said stem.
4-The combination, with the slotted tube, and a spring handle secured thereto,
of an elastic holder upon the outside of the tube, a spring controlled plunger in
the tube to which the said holder is connected, and a stem secured to the plunger
and projecting from the tube for operating the holder, as set forth.
5 A carrier comprising a slotted tube having a spring handle, a spring on
the inside of the tube, a stem connected to the spring and the latter to the tube,
an article holder having one end connected to the stem and the other end to the
tube, and the springs upon the outside of the tube, as set forth.
Dated this 8th day of September 1898.