Improvements in Attaching Trade Marks and Labels to the Frames of Umbrellas and Parasols.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Aug., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 26th Apr., 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 1st June, 1889
Improvements in Attaching Trade Marks and Labels to the Frames
of Umbrellas and Parasols.
I WILLIAM HOLLAND of the firm of Cox Brothers and Holland of Percy Road
Greet in the County of Worcester Manufacturers do hereby declare the nature of
this Invention to be as follows:-
My invention has reference to the frames of umbrellas and parasols known as
paragon or trough frames and ny said invention consists of the improvements
herein after described in attaching trade marks and labels to the ribs and stretchers of
the said paragon or trough frames.
I will describe my invention in connection with a paragon rib.
On the outer or convex side of the middle of the rib (or other part where the
trade mark or label is to be attached) I fix a short piece of paragon or hollow
wire of the same sectional figure as the paragon rib but of such a size that it will
fit closely on the outside of the paragon rib its edges being situated level with or
slightly above the edges of the said rib. The said piece of Paragon wire having
been placed on the outside of the paragon rib the said piece of wire is fixed to the
said rib by closing the ends of its sides upon the sides of the rib. The sides of
the rib where the closely fitting paragon wire is fixed to it are thereby contracted
thus forming in the middle or other part of the paragon rib a box or recess of the
same width as the rib and having contracted or curved ends for receiving the trade
mark or label. The trade mark or label may either be attached by glue or other
cement to the bottom of the box or recess in the rib thus made or the box or recess may
be partly filled with a false bottom so as to raise the trade mark or label fixed to it
nearly to the level of the edges of the box or recess in the rib. The trade mark or
label being fixed below the level of the open trough of the rib is prevented from being
accidentally removed or injured.
Or the raised bottom of the box or recess in the paragon rib for receiving the trade
mark or label may be made in one piece with the attached piece of paragon wire
secured on the outside of the rib.

page_text: In this case the edges of the sides or walls of the piece of paragon wire extend a
short distance above the edges of the paragon rib and are pressed inwards and down-
wards and meet at the middle of the paragon rib so as to form a concave raised
bottom to the box or recess in the rib a little below the top of the said box or recess
on which concave raised bottom the trade mark or label is attached.
Dated this 10th day of August 1888
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicant.
of Umbrellas and Parasols.
I WILLIAM HOLLAND of the firm of Cox Brothers and Holland of Percy Road,
Greet in the County of Worcester, Manufacturers do hereby declare the nature of
my 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 has reference to the frames of umbrellas and parasols known as
Paragon or trough frames and my said invention consists of the improvements herein-
after described in attaching trade marks and labels to the ribs and stretchers of the
said paragon or trough frames.
I will describe my invention in connection with a paragon rib.
On the outer or convex side of the middle of the rib (or other part where the trade
mark or label is to be attached) I fix a short piece of paragon or hollow wire of the
same sectional figure as the paragon rib but of such a size that it will fit closely on
the outside of the paragon rib, its edges being situated level with or slightly above the
edges of the said rib. The said piece of paragon wire having been placed on the out-
side of the paragon rib the said piece of wire is fixed to the said rib by closing the
ends of its sides upon the sides of the rib. The sides of the rib where the closely
fitting paragon wire is fixed to it are thereby contracted thus forming in the middle
or other part of the paragon rib a box or recess of the same width as the rib and
having contracted or curved ends for receiving the trade mark or label.
The trade mark or label may either be attached by glue or other cement to the
bottom of the box or recess in the rib thus made; or the box or recess may be partly
filled with a false bottom so as to raise the trade mark or label fixed to it nearly to the
level of the edges of the box or recess in the rib.
The trade mark or label being fixed below the level of the open trough of the rib
is prevented from being accidentally removed or injured.

page_text: Or the raised bottom of the box or recess in the paragon rib for receiving the trade
mark or label may be made in one piece with the attached piece of paragon wire
secured on the outside of the rib.
In this case the edges of the sides or walls of the piece of paragon wire extend a
short distance above the edges of the paragon rib and are pressed inwards and
downwards and meet at the middle of the paragon rib so as to form a concave
raised bottom to the box or recess in the rib a little below the top of the said box or
recess on which concave raised bottom the trade mark or label is attached.
I will now proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying Drawing the
manner in which my invention is to be performed.
Figure 1 represents in side elevation, plan and cross section a portion of a paragon
rib (or stretcher) drawn to a large scale prepared to receive a Trade Mark or label
according to my invention and Figure 2 represents the same in plan and cross section
after a Trade Mark or Label has been attached to it.
a is the paragon or hollow rib (or stretcher) and ò is the short piece of paragon
or trough shaped wire or piece of sheet metal (shown separately in Figure 3)
fitted closely on the outside of the said rib a and fixed thereto by closing the ends of
its sides at c, c upon the sides of the rib a. It will be seen by referring to the
Drawing that the edges of the outer trough 6 are situated slightly above the edges
of the rib a so as to form between the inner rib a and the outer trough piece ba
box or recess of a shape and size suitable to receive the Trade Mark or label d. The
part of the rib a to the sides of which the trough piece 6 is attached is fashioned
before the piece b is attached to it in the manner hereinafter described to form the
bottom or seat e of the box, the bottom or seat e being situated a short distance below
the edges of the open trough piece b fixed on the rib. The trade mark or label d is
fixed on the bottom or seat e and between the sides and curved ends of the trough
piece by glue or other cement such as a solution of shellac in spirits of wine.
It will be seen by reference to the section of Figure 2 that the trade mark or label
fixed in the box of the rib or stretcher is situated below the level of the open
trough piece b so that the Trade mark or label is prevented from being accidentally
removed or injured.
The trough piece b represented in Figure 3 may either be cut from hollow or
paragon wire or made from sheet metal blanks raised by dies into the trough form
shown.
In making the sunken bottom or seat e on the rib or stretcher, on which bottom or
seat the Trade mark or label rests, I proceed in the manner represented in Figures 4
and 5. That is to say, at the part of the rib or stretcher where the Trade Mark or
label is to be attached I bend inwards the sides of the said rib or stretcher and
bring their edges nearly together so as to give to the rib or stretcher at that part
a nearly circular figure in cross section as seen in Figure 4 and by a subsequent
operation I further curve the bent-in parts and somewhat flatten them as seen in
Figure 5 so as to form a seat for the trade mark or label when the trough piece b
has been connected to the outside of the rib or stretcher as before described and
illustrated.
I do not limit myself to forming the seat of the box or case on the rib or stretcher
for the label or Trade mark to rest upon in the way just described as it may be made
in other ways, For example the bottom of the box or case formed by the combination
of the outer trough piece b with the rib or stretcher may be formed by partly filling
the open rib or stretcher with a false bottom so as to raise the Trade mark or label
nearly to the level of the edges of the box or case formed by the outer trough piece b;
or the bottom or seat for the trade mark may be made in one piece with the outer
trough piece. The last described modification is represented in Figures 6, 7 and 8.
In this modification I raise from a sheet metal blank a trough piece of the form
represented in the cross section in Figure 6 and marked b 62, 63 and placing it on the
outside of the rib or stretcher a I bend and press the edges 62, 62 of the trough piece
inwards and downwards and cause them to meet at the middle of the top of the rib
or stretcher as represented in plan in Figure 7 and cross section in Figure 8. The

page_text: part of the trough piece is thereby closed on the outside of the rib or stretcher and
from the parts 62, 62 a concave raised bottom or seat is made to the rib or stretcher
to which concave bottom or seat the trade mark or label d is attached.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion, and the manner in which the same is to be performed I declare that 1 claim
as my invention of "Improvements in attaching trade marks and labels to the frames
of unbrellas and parasols
Attaching trade marks or labels to the paragon or trough shaped frames of umbrellas
and parasols by combining with and fixing to the outside of that part of the rib or
stretcher at which the trade mark or label is to be attached a short trough shaped
piece of wire or sheet metal so as to form a box or case and forming a seat or bottom
to the said box or case a little below the level of the edges of the said trough shaped
piece for the trade mark or label to rest upon substantially in the several ways herein-
before described and illustrated in the accompanying Drawing.
Dated the Twenty fourth day of April 1889.