An Improved Portable Folding Mosquito Net.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Nov., 1897-Accepted, 19th Feb., 1898
An Improved Portable Folding Mosquito Net.
I, EMILE SEGUY, of Parthenay (Deux-Sevres), in the Republic of France,
Printer, 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:
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The subject of this invention is an improved folding mosquito-net or portable
levice for securing protection from mosquitoes, adapted to be folded into an article
of small compass and weight and conveniently carried from place to place in a
portmanteau.
The mosquito-net comprises an upright, pole or stick, consisting of two separable
parts, surmounted by a frame not unlike that of an umbrella, covered with a piece
of net (or fabric of light texture) of such length as to cover either the whole body
or only the head and arms of the user while he is asleep.
The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying draw-
ing, in which
Figure 1 is a vertical section of the improved device, open, and
Figure 2, a plan thereof, while
Figure 3 shews its arrangement in position over a bed.
It consists of a pole or stick made up of two separable parts a, b, which are
connected by a metal ferrule c forming part of, or attached to the part b.
The upper part of the pole a is provided with a top notch or mount to which
are pivotted five arms e which are similarly jointed to forks f. These forks are in
their turn, linked to the socket g, forming part of or secured to a slide or runner
which is adapted to be moved along the handle a whenever it is desired to fold or
unfold the mosquito net.
The runner serves to maintain the mosquito net in the open or displayed con-
dition by resting upon a spring i, which, when the arrangement is to be closed or
folded may be pressed back into its groove in the pole or stick.
The complete system is covered over by a mosquito-net k, which is secured to
the frame in any suitable manner and is sufficiently long to cover either the head
and arms of the user only, as indicated by the crossed lines in Figure 3, or his
whole body, as marked by the single line in the same figure.
In using the mosquito-protector, before going to bed, say, it is opened and the
handle is fitted between the bedstead and the lower mattress (or palliasse) so as to
reach up to the upper or spring mattress. After having thus fixed the apparatus
in position, the user may go to bed under the net, which will effectively protect
him from mosquitoes, flies, spiders, and other insects during his sleep.
On awaking, he may remove and roll the protecting device, when it may
readily be packed in a travelling trunk or portmanteau.
It will be understood that the shapes dimensions and materials of the improved
device may be varied at will without departing from the spirit of the invention.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
A portable folding mosquito-net for travellers and tourists, mainly comprising a
pole or stick, made up of two parts, and having, placed over it, a runner or slide,
and top notch or mount which forms the centre piece of radiating arms covered
with a net adapted to keep off mosquitoes; all as hereinbefore described with
reference to the accompanying drawing.
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HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.