A Combined Tobacco-pipe and Walking Cane or Stick.
Year: 1888

page_text: Cate of Application, 26th Oct., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 24th June, 1889-Accepted. 17th Aug. 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Combined Tobacco-pipe and Walking Cane or Stick.
I, GEORGE HAMPTON COURSEN, of 1017, North Calvert Street in the City of
Baltimore, State of Maryland, United States of America, Gentleman do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to a combined tabacco pipe and walking cane or stick; and
its object is to so construct the upper portion of a walking cane or stick as to form
a detachable and complete tobacco pipe wherein the bowl will constitute the handle
of the cane or stick, and the stem a portion of the staff; and a further object of the
invention is to furnish a pipe of the usual shape and either ornamental or plain
which, when the pipe and staff are united, will constitute a cano or stick in every
respect of appearance so like an ordinary walking cane or stick as to attract no special
attention and which can be used on all occasions as such.
To this end the staff of the cane or stick is made about three or four inches shorter
than usual, and is provided at its upper end with a rigidly attached collar, preferably
of metal, the periphery of which collar is usually flush with the upper face of the
staff.
The upper end of said collar is interiorly threaded, the threads being
preferably made of coarse pitch and rounded and not angular. A hollow ferrule
adapted to contain matches is screwed upon the lower end of the staff. That portion
of the cane adapted to constitute the handle is shaped and bored to form a pipe
bowl and an integral stem at or about a right angle to said bowl, the extremity of
which stem is exteriorly threaded to screw into the collar. A mouth piece is fitted
upon the stem of the pipe, in the usual manner, which mouth piece when the pipe
is coupled to the staff is concealed within the collar. The mouth of the pipe bowl
is provided with an exteriorly-threaded flange or projection upon which an interiorly
threaded-cap or cup-shaped cover is applied which cap concoals the mouth of the
pipe bowl, and the contour of the handle made essentially oval and given the
appearance of being solid.
Dated this 26th day of Andahan 1000
GEORGE H. COURSEN.
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lano, London, Patent Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Combined Tobacco-pipe and Walking Cane or Stick.
I, GEORGE HAMPTON COURSEN, of 1017 North Calvert Street, in the City of
Baltimore, State of Maryland, United States of America, Gentleman, 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:
My Invention relates to a combined tobacco pipe and walking cane or stick; and
its object is to so construct the upper portion of a walking cane or stick as to form
a detachable and complete tobacco pipe wherein the bowl will constitute the handle
of the cane or stick and the stem a portion of the staff; and a further object of the
invention is to furnish a pipe of the usual shape and either ornamental or plain
which, when the pipe and staff are united, will constitute a cane or stick in every
respect of appearance so like an ordinary walking cane or stick as to attract no
special attention and which can be used on all occasions as such.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this
Specification, in which figure 1 is a longitudinal section, through the coupled pipe and
Price 81

page_text: stick or cane; figure 2 is a side elevation of the pipe detached; and figure 3 is a
transverse section, taken on line - figure 1; Similar figures of reference indicate
corresponding parts in the several views,
The prime object of my invention is, as aforesaid, to so combine a tobacco pipe
with an ordinary walking cane or stick that the two, when coupled together, will form
a cane or stick scarcely, if at all, distinguishable from an ordinary one and wherein
the detachable pipe will be of the ordinary shape of short wooden tobacco-pipes and
resemble the same in every particular when in use. To this end, the staff 10 of the
cane or stick is made about three or four inches shorter than usual and is provided
at its upper end with a rigidly-attached collar 11 preferably of metal, the periphery
of which collar is usually flush with the upper face of the staff, as best shewn in
figure 1. The upper end of said collar is interiorly threaded, as shewn at 12, the
threads being preferably made of coarse pitch and rounded and not angular. A
hollow ferrulo 13 adapted to contain matches, is screwed upon the lower end of the
staff, as shewn in figure 1. That portion of the cane adapted to constitute the
handle 14 is shaped and bored to form a pipe bowl 15 and an integral stem 16 at
or about a right angle to said bowl, the extremity of which stem is exteriorly
threaded as at 17, to screw into the collar 11. A mouth piece 18 is fitted upon the
stem of the pipe in the usual manner, which mouth piece, when the pipe is coupled
to the staff, is concealed within the collar 11. The mouth of the pipe bowl is
provided with an exteriorly-threaded flange or projection 19 upon which an interiorly-
threaded cap or cup-shaped cover 20 is applied, which cap conceals the mouth of
the pipe-bowl, and the contour of the handle made essentially oval and given the
appearance of being solid, as shewn in figure 1.
I desire it to be distinctly understood that I do not limit myself to any particular
material in the construction of the pipe-cane head or handle, nor to any particular
shape, as the material and design of the handle or head may be varied, to suit a
multiplicity of tastes, and the screw-threads upon the stem of the pipe which
correspond with those in the collar of the staff may be of an ornamental nature, if
desired.
When it is desired to use the pipe, the cover 20 is unscrewed from the bowl and the
stem detached in similar manner from the collar in the staff.
By the foregoing construction, 1 am enabled to produce a walking cane or stick
which is neither of an unusual size nor of unusual appearance and which is strong in
every way and useful as a stick or cano and wherefrom in a moment, a well shaped
pipe may be taken for use.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A walking cane or stick having a tobacco-pipe detachably secured to the
upper end thereof, the bowl of the pipe forming the handle of the cane and the
stem of the pipe forming a portion of the staff of the cane or stick, substantially as
described.
2. The combination, with the staff of a walking cane or stick, of a tobacco-pipe
detachably secured thereto and constituting the handle of the cane or stick, substan-
tially as shewn and described.
3. The combination, with the staff of a walking cane or stick having a hollow
upper end, of a tobacco-pipe having its stem detachably secured in the hollow end
of said staff, substantially as described, whereby the bowl of the pipe is made to
form the handle and the stem of the pipe a portion of said staff, as set forth.
4. The combination, with the staff of a walking cane or stick and a collar secured
to the upper end of said staff and provided with interior threads, of a tobacco-pipe
consisting of a bowl, a stem, and a mouth-piece, the bowl and stem being integral,
said stem being provided with exterior threads corresponding with the threads of the
collar in said staff, substantially as described, whereby the pipe constitutes a head
for said staff, as set forth.

page_text: 5. The combination, with the staff of a walking cane or stick and a collar secured
to the upper end of said staff and provided with exterior rounded threads, of a
tobacco-pipe consisting of a bowl, a stem, and a mouth-piece, the bowl and stem being
integral, said stem being provided with exterior threads corresponding with the
threads on the collar of said staff, and a detachable cap or cover adapted to said
bowl, all combined substantially as shewn and described.
Dated this 24th day of June 1889
G. H. COURSEN.
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Patent Agents.