Improvements in Supports or Holders for Displaying or Exhibiting Bouquets, Wreaths, Crosses, and other Floricultural Products.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Mar., 1895-Accepted, 4th May, 1895
VUMI DELL
Improvements in Supports or Holders for Displaying or Exhibiting
Bouquets, Wreaths, Crosses, and other Floricultural Products.
We, CONSTANT EDWARD OSMAN, of 132, Commercial Street, London, E.,
Horticultural Merchaut, JOHN CALAM and ROBERT CALAM both of The
Nurseries, Heath, Wakefield, in the County of York, Florists, 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 :-
This invention relates to improvements in supporte or holders for displaying or
exhibiting bouquets, wreaths, crosses and other floricultual products.
According to our invention we provide an adjustable support or holder that shall
be capable of exhibiting such floricultural products as bouquets, wreaths, crosses and
other memorial floral designs in any desired position and in the most effective
manner, said support or holder being more especially adapted for use in shop
windows floral exhibitions or other places open to public inspection.
In order that our said invention may be clearly understood and readily carried
into effect we will describe the satne more fully with reference to the accompanying
drawings in which :-
Figure 1. is an elevation and Figure 2. a vertical section showing the support or
holder as it appears when intended for exhibiting a bouquet.
Figure 3. is a front view of the upper portion of Figure 1.
Figure 4. is a detached view of a hook-like appendage which is capable of
replacing the bouquet-bolder shewn in the preceding figures, when it is desired to
exhibit such floral products as wreaths, crosses & other memorial floral designs.
Figures 5. and 6. shew a modified construction of the bouquet-holder c having
lateral pivoted arms for use in supporting a velvet or other curtain at the rear of
the holder; Figure 5. being a plan with the arms closed and Figure 6. a similar
view with the arms open and partially extended.
Figure 7. is a plan of a rod capable of serving the same purpose as the pivoted
arms in the preceding figure.
Referring first to Figures 1. to 4. a is a tubular pillar which at its lower end is
screwed or otherwise fitted into a comparatively heavy base a. b is a rod or tube
which is capable of sliding telescopically within the said pillar a and is adapted to
be retained in any desired extended position by means of the set-screw a³. The
inner extremity of this rod or tube is provided with a flange or projecting
portion which by coming against the rim a of the cap a prevents said rod or
tube from being accidentally withdrawn entirely from the pillar a.
The upper end of the rod or tube b is provided with a head which is bifurcated
as clearly scen at Figure 3. for the reception of a lug c with which the bouquet-
holder o is provided. One of the bifurcated portions of the head is formed with
a hole extending completely through it, while the hole in the other portion extends
only partially therethrough. The said lug c is also formed with a hole so that
when the set-screw d is in place and sufficiently tightened up the bifurcated
portions are caused to firmly nip said lug and thereby retain it together with the
bouquet-holder in any angular position to which said bouquet-holder may have
been previously set. By these means a pivotal joint is produced which will enable
the bouquet-holder to be readily adjusted into any requisite position in a vertical:
plano while the rod or tube b being capable of easy movement within the pillar a

page_text: when its set-screw a³ is loosened.permits of the holdor being rotated into any
desired position in a horizontal plane.
The bouquet holder is composed of a truncated conical tube having a trumpet
mouth and is slit or divided longitudinally as best seen at Figures 1. and 2. o' is a
ring surrounding the said bouquet-holder and capable of sliding to and fro thereon
so that when a bouquet is inserted into said holder it can be readily affixed
therein by sliding the ring c towards the mouth of the said holder and thereby
enusing it to contract and grasp the stem of the bouquet.
e is a hook-like attachment having a lug e corresponding in shape and size to the
luge of the bouquet holder so that when desired this hook-like attachment can be
used to replace the bouquet-holder and thus serve to support a wreath or cross for
example.
Referring to Figures 5. and 6. the bouquet-bolder is here provided with a pair
of pivoted or hinged lateral arms which are capable of being turned into a
position at right angles to said holder as seen at Figure 6. These arms are also
furnished with telescopic (or articulated) rods so that the length of said lateral
arms can be increased. When in this position a velvet or other curtain or
"banner
provided with rings at its upper edge can be readily connected to said arms and
then serves as a background to give additional effectiveness to the appearance
of the bouquet supported by the holder.
"
In the arrangement shewn at Figure 7. a detachable rod having a lug f¹ is
employed instead of the lateral arms o said lug being adapted to enter between the
lug on the bouquet-holder and the bifurcated head b, in which position in can be
firmly retained by the set screw d.
We do not confine ourselves to the use only of the bouquet holder and the hook-
like attachment as we can if found advantageous employ other attachments
of different shape to suit the particular articlo that is to be supported and
exhibited.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. A support or holder consisting of a tubular pillar having a base and adapted
to receive a telescopically sliding rod or tube provided near its upper end with a
detachable and adjustable attachment substantially as described and for the
purpose specified.
2. The combination of a tubular pillar having a base; of a telescopic rod or tube
sliding in said pillar; of a bifurcated head carried by said telescopic rod; and of a
detachable and adjustable device capable of attachment to said bifurcated head
substantially as described and for the purpose specified.
3. Our improvements in supports or holders for displaying or exhibiting bouquets
wreaths, crosses, and other floricultural products substantially as described with
reference to the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 1st day of March 1895.
MELLERSH-JACKSON,
WM.
75, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicants.