Improvements in Umbrellas and Parasols or Sunshades.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 16th May, 1892
Complete Specification Left. 15th Feb., 1893-Accepted, 8th Apr., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Umbrellas and Parasols or Sunshades.
I, JOHN CURRIE WALKER, of 1 Windsor Circus, Glasgow, in the County of
Lanark, North Britain, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows, that is to say :-
My said invention has for its object to apply in the making of umbrellas and
parasols or sunshades, an improved construction such as will allow of different
covers with their ribs and parts connected therewith being attached to or detached
from the sticks easily and quickly. Thus if one has a preferred stick an umbrella
cover or a sunshade cover may be put upon it whenever desired.
In carrying out the invention the ring upon which the ribs are jointed is made
with or fixed on an elongated tubular part fitted to slide upon the stick, and when
in position on the stick is secured by a split pin or any convenient device. The
notch catches for retaining the runner in the opened or closed position may be
arranged as usual; but instead of the stop pin or pins usually fixed in the stick to
prevent the runner being moved beyond the opened position too near the end of
the stick a movable catch is provided which may be an extension of the upper notch
catch, the wire of which it is formed lying partly in a groove in the stick.
Dated this Flourtaonth der of Mer 1892
EDMUND HUNT,
Applicant's Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Umbrellas and Parasols or Sunshades.
I, JOHN CURRIE WALKER, of 15 Windsor Circus, 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
ascertained in and by the following statement, that is to say :-
My said invention has for its object to apply in the making of umbrellas and
parasols or sunshades, an improved construction such as will allow of different
covers with their ribs and parts connected therewith being attached to or detached
from the sticks easily and quickly. Thus, if one has a preferred stick, an umbrella
cover or a sunshade cover may be put upon it whenever desired.
In carrying out the invention, the ring upon which the ribs are jointed is made
with a tubular part fitted to slide upon the stick, and when in position on the stick,
is secured by a split pin or other convenient device. Instead of the stop pin or pins
usually fixed in the stick to prevent the runner being moved beyond the opened
position too near the end of the stick, a catch is provided which may be an extension
of the ordinary upper notch catch, the wire of which it is formed lying partly in a
groove in the stick.
And in order that my said invention and the manner of performing the same may
be properly understood, I hereunto append a sheet of explanatory drawings, to be
hereinafter referred to, and showing an example of my improved umbrella or
parasol.
Figure, 1, is an elevation of part of my improved umbrella or parasol ;
Figure, 2, is a sectional elevation, as at right angles to Figure, 1, of the umbrella
stick; and
Figures, 3, and, 4, are respectively a vertical section and an inverted plan of the
tubular part and ring upon which the ribs are jointed.

page_text: In these drawings the same reference letters are used to mark the same or like
parts wherever they are repeated.
In carrying out the invention, the grooved ring, A, upon which the ribs are
jointed is made with an elongated tubular part, A 1, fitted to slide upon the stick, B,
and which when in position on the stick is secured by a split pin, C. The split
pin, C, is attached to a staple, D, formed on the part, A, by a chain, E, to prevent
its being mislaid.
A hole, F, for the pin, C, is made through the stick, and through a ferrule or
thimble, G, which is fixed on the stick. The ferrule, G, has a bead, H, formed
on its lower edge which prevents the part, A 1, from being pushed too far along
the stick.
A small pin, J, fixed in the ferrule, G, engages with a notch, K, in the inside of
the tubular part, A 1, and acts as a guide in putting the tubular part, A 1, in its
proper position so that the holes in it for the pin, C, may coincide with those
through the stick.
A movable catch, M, prevents the runner from being moved beyond the opened
position, this catch being in one piece with, and an extension of the upper notch
catch, N, the wire of which it is formed lying partly in a groove, P, in the stick,
which groove has a closing piece, R, fixed in between the catches, M, and, N.
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 combination and arrangement of parts constituting the improved umbrella,
parasol, or sunshade, substantially as herein before described, and as shown on the
accompanying drawings.
2. In umbrellas and parasols or sunshades, making the ring to which the ribs are
jointed detachable from the stick combined with a removable fixing device, and
forming the stop or catch for the runner on an extension of the wire of the upper
notch catch, substantially as herein before described.
Dated this Fourteenth day of February 1893.
EDMUND HUNT,
Applicant's Agent.