Improvements in or relating to the Frames of Umbrellas and Parasols, and the Fixing of Trade and other Marks thereto.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Aug., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 28th Dec., 1894-Accepted, 9th Feb., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to the Frames of Umbrellas and Parasols,
and the Fixing of Trade and other Marks thereto.
I, SAMUEL LEAROYD, of Sherwood House, Huddersfield, in the County of York,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to the frames of umbrellas, parasols and sunshades and has
for its object to provide a novel mode of marking the same with the name or trade
mark of the maker, or a name or mark indicating the particular make, or with
a private mark, name, initials, monogram or crest of the owner in such a manner
that the mark can be seen when the umbrella, parasol or sunshade is closed and
folded.
It has for many years past been regarded as of great importance that by some
method the name or trade mark, or both, of makers of umbrellas, parasols and sun-
shades (which are hereafter comprehensively spoken of as umbrellas) and of the
stretchers and ribs thereof should be affixed thereto to indicate the make or maker
of the article and to ensure the purchaser obtaining the manufacture of a particular
maker. These marks have sometimes been affixed by caps or patches made of
cambric or other soft and pliable material placed at the top of the umbrella inside
the cover, and kept in position by the stick passing through it.
In other cases the mark or name has been affixed to the stretchers or ribs by
pieces of metal embossed or otherwise marked being wrapped round them or by the
mark or name being placed in or upon the rib or stretcher. In these cases and in
all others the mark has been placed in the inside of the umbrella and hid from view
and it has been essential to open the umbrella in order to discover the name or
trade mark of the particular maker, or the make of the article. This involves
considerable labour and time and even then the names or marks are difficult to
decipher and frequently are not seen, and umbrellas are frequently sold upon
representations as to the maker or make without ever having been opened, and the
purchaser often misled.
There has not yet been any mode or contrivance by which the name or trade
mark of a particular maker or make of umbrella has been enabled to be marked
upon the outside of it and exhibited upon it when closed.
The object of my invention is to provide a method including mechanical devices
and otherwise whereby a name or trade mark can be affixed to the frame of the
umbrella and be seen when the umbrella is closed.
Hitherto the eye upon the rib through which the silk or other covering of the
umbrella has been sewn upon the frame has in hollow or fluted ribs been formed in
the rib at about a quarter of an inch from the tip end of the rib by fixing a piece
of wire at the lower end of the loop or eye hole then with it forming a loop and
carrying the wire upwards towards the tip end of the rib pressing the walls of the
hollow rib around it and covering the whole with a solid metal covering cap.
In lieu of this method, my invention provides for fixing the wire by suitable dies
and tools in a somewhat lower part of the rib and then carrying it upwards towards
the tip end so that the upper end of the wire may form the loop and not be carried
further towards the extreme tip end of the rib; by this method I secure that the
end of the rib beyond the loop shall be hollow instead of being occupied or filled
up with the end of the loop wire. I then by suitable dies and tools provide a cap

page_text: having a small hole or opening in it at the tip not solid as heretofore and fit or
work it on the tip end in the same manner as heretofore. I thus form a socket
hole or recess at the end of the rib through the cap and through the tip end down
to the wire loop to receive what I hereafter designate as my "trade mark pin."
In lieu of fixing the wire forming the loop or eye hole in the rib or as supple-
mental thereto my invention also provides for lengthening the loop wire and
carrying it beyond the tip end of the rib either dispensing with the usual small
knob or cap at the tip end of the rib or making a hole through this small knob or
cap leaving a projecting point upon which the head of the pin may be placed
containing the trade mark name or device, and these wires may either remain
permanently upon the rib or be torn or cut off or bent over when the pinhead or
device is removed; or this process may be reversed and the projecting wire forming
the pin of the pinhead may be carried down the rib and the loop formed with the
same wire. The loop wire may in this case be fixed as at present or it may be
fixed at a lower part of the rib or it may be fixed at the tip end behind the
projecting part of the wire and worked downwards to form the loop.
Or I form a socket or hole in the rib and place my trade mark pin so that it
may run parallel with the end of the loop wire and thus permit of the loop being
formed as at present, the cap at the tip end being made hollow so as to allow of
the pin of the trade mark pin head passing through it.
I also in some instances adopt either of these methods by means of a cap to the
rib having a hole or cavity within it, or dispense with the cap entirely and finish off
the end of the tip in any desired manner.
I also in some instances secure the same result both with fluted and with solid
ribs by drilling holes therein either before or after the hardening process, or by
making a recess therein in any other method to receive the trade mark pin therein.
Such trade mark pin may be affixed to one or more of the ribs or to the rib only
which will indicate where any internal mark may be found.
The pin of the trade mark pin may be either of hard or soft metal and may be
either permanent or removable. It may be fixed either by pressure to the sides of
the hole or recess, it may be straight or conical, and it may be fixed with cement
or by a screw or otherwise as desired.
The head of the trade mark pin may be of metal, tin or other foil, vulcanite,
composition, xylonite, ivory composition, or any other suitable material. It may
be formed in any shape and may either form a crown to the tip end of the rib or
may be bent round it or made to enclose it wholly or partially or it may be made
with a head and collar of the same or varying materials. It may have engraved,
embossed, printed or marked upon it either the trade mark, trade name or mark of
the maker or the name, initials, monogram or crest of the owner.
Another mode of effecting my invention is as follows I attach to one or more of
the exposed tip ends of the ribs by means of suitable tools dies and presses and by
means of the said hole or socket or otherwise a thimble or cap or capsule which I
press round or otherwise attach to the tip end of the rib or ribs with or without
the aid of the said hole or socket. These thimble caps or capsules as also my trade
mark pin heads may either cover the tip end of the rib or ribs, or may have a
cavity or hollow part scooped out into which the tip end of the rib may fall or may
be wrapped round or bent over or around the tip end or be open at the end, or such
caps or capsules may consist of tubes cut into suitable sections, or they may consist
of a crown with or without a collar round the tip end, but I prefer the thimble
shape.
do not confine myself to the head of the pin being placed at the top of or right
angles with the needle or pointed end of the pin, such pin or the head thereof may
either be bent over or be constructed at any angle to the head so as to allow of the
head of the pin being placed at the side of the tip end of the rib or parallel with it
and either terminating with the end of the tip end of the rib or extending beyond it.
This course might prove more convenient and more neat and sightly when the head
of the pin is of an oval or oblong shape or design.
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page_text: The head of the pin may also be so fastened to the tip end of the rib by the head
or cap, however constructed, being wholly or partially fixed by the ends of it
passing through the hole in the tip end made for the purpose of sewing on the
material to the frame, such hole being made of suitable size form and position for
this purpose. This thimble, cap or capsule as also my trade mark pin head may
be made and constructed of metal, tin or other foil, or of paper, papier maché, glass,
cement, vulcanite, wood, celluloid xylonite or other suitable material.
The name or trade mark may be either embossed or painted or printed or im-
pressed or marked in any other manner. Such trade mark or name may be
embossed or printed or otherwise marked upon the material or trade mark pinhead
before it is placed upon the tip end of the rib or by the same tool or die by which
the thimble, cap or capsule or trade mark pinhead is fixed, and in the same
process, or by an independent and special process.
The thimbles, capsules or caps or trade mark pin heads may be either plain or
of any colour or colours, or may be gold or silver or bronze or other gilt or a
combination of any or all of them.
I do not confine myself to any kind of material or to any degree of softness or
hardness of any foil or other material that may be used for either the caps or
capsules or trade mark pinheads. It has however become the practice for the
frames or stretchers or ribs of superior umbrellas when the cover is worn out to be
collected and used again in the manufacture of inferior umbrellas and in order to
avoid the trade marks or names applied according to my invention being thus
improperly applied, or being taken off superior umbrellas and applied to inferior
ones or others, I include in my invention the use of thin soft foil and other soft
and brittle or easily breakable materials for the construction of the thimbles, caps
or capsules and trade mark pinheads and which could not without difficulty be
removed without destroying or defacing them. I also with this object sometimes
so fix the trade mark pinheads or capsules with such cement or other fastening
that when the umbrella has been exposed to damp or comes to be used the material
shall lose its adhesion and thus set the trade mark free and thus secure the removal
of the mark or distinction, or it may be so fastened and with such materials as to
allow of it being removed by the seller or the buyer of the umbrella without
materially affecting the appearance of the umbrella.
There is a double advantage in the use of this thin or soft foil or other soft
material. The main object is to secure the mark or name shall remain on the
umbrella until it is sold, and the continuance of it in the hands of the wearer is not
so material.
There may also be objection on the part of the wearer to a trade mark or trade
name remaining exposed upon the umbrella whilst in use. By the use of the soft
thin foil or other soft material this difficulty is overcome and the thimble, cap or
capsule or the trade mark pinhead can after the sale of the umbrella be easily
torn off or removed and the umbrella will then have no external trade mark or
name appearing upon it.
On the other hand it may be that purchasers may desire the name or mark to
remain permanently upon the umbrella. This end can be secured by the use of a
harder metal or other harder material, and my contrivance can be applied to all
the ribs or it may be applied as before stated to one tip end only. The trade mark
or name may be indicated by the particular form or shape or design of the
thimble cap or capsule or trade mark pinhead or by using particular colours or
tints in the metal or other material to form any particular design or trade mark.
Such name or trade mark may be impressed or printed on the sides or collar of
the thimble cap or capsule or trade mark pinhead or on the flattened or curved
end, or upon both, or the trade mark may be impressed or printed on one, and the
name on the other. The thimble cap or capsule or trade mark pinhead may be
conical in shape, narrow where affixed to the tip end and widening so as to afford
a larger surface upon which to place the trade mark or name, or it may be folded
down or around the top end and wholly or partially enclose it or form a collar

page_text: around it, but I do not confine myself to any particular size or form or shape or
method of enclosing or folding it.
My invention also has for its object as before stated a method by which the
name, crest or initials or monogram of the owner can be secured and fixed
upon an umbrella.
Hitherto such names have either been written on a tape
and sewn or fastened on the umbrella or engraved upon a plate or put upon the
stick.
By my invention the name or initials or crest can be engraved embossed or
printed upon one of the thimble caps or capsules or trade mark pinheads as above
described.
I sometimes without making any addition to the tip end of the rib or adding any
cap or capsule thereto, spread out or open or nip in the tip end of the rib between
the loop or eye hole and the extreme tip end, and there insert any trade mark name
or design in the manner in which the same has hitherto been effected in the inside
portion of the embrella to which I do not make any claim, what my invention
contemplates being to make such mark where the same can be seen when the
umbrella is closed.
Dated this 22nd day of August 1894.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in or relating to the Frames of Umbrellas and Parasols,
and the Fixing of Trade and other Marks thereto.
I, SAMUEL LEAROYD, of Sherwood House, Huddersfield, in the County of
Yoik, 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 novel mode of marking the frames of umbrellas,
parasols and sunshades with the name or trade mark of the maker, or with a name
or mark indicating the particular make, or with a private mark, name, initials,
monogram or crest of the owner in such a manner that the mark can when desired
be seen when the umbrella parasol or sunshade is closed and folded.
It has for many years past been regarded as of great importance that by some
method the name or trade mark, or both, of makers of umbrellas, parasols and
sunshades (which are hereafter comprehensively spoken of as umbrellas) or of the
frames thereof should be affixed thereto to indicate the make or maker of the
article and to ensure the purchaser obtaining the manufacture of a particular maker.
These marks have sometimes been affixed by caps or patches made of cambric or
other soft and pliable material placed at the top of the umbrella inside the cover,
and kept in position by the stick passing through it. In other cases the mark or name
has been affixed to the frame by pieces of metal embossed or otherwise marked
being wrapped round or placed in or upon the frame. In these and in all other
cases the mark has always been placed in the inside of the umbrella and hid from
view except when the umbrella is opeu. It has therefore been necessary to open
the umbrella in order to discover the name or trade mark of the particular maker,
or the make of the umbrella. This involves considerable labour and time and even
then the names or marks are difficult to decipher and frequently are not seen, and
umbrellas are often sold upon representations as to the maker or make without ever
having been opened and the purchaser is thereby sometimes misled.
One of the objects of my invention is to provide a method including mechanical
devices and other means whereby a name or trade mark can be affixed to the frame
of the umbrella and be seen when the umbrella is closed,

page_text: Hitherto the loop upon the rib through which the cover of the umbrella has
been sewn and thereby attached to the frame has in hollow or fluted ribs been
formed in the rib at about a quarter of an inch from the tip end of the rib by
fixing a piece of wire in the rib then with it forming a loop and carrying the wire
upwards towards the tip end of the rib pressing the walls of the hollow rib around
it and covering the whole with a solid metal covering cap.
In lieu of this method, my invention provides for fixing the wire by suitable dies
and tools in a part of the rib somewhat further from the tip end and then carrying
it towards the tip end so that the extreme end of the wire may form the loop and
not be carried further towards the tip end of the rib; by this method I secure that
the end of the rib beyond the loop shall be hollow instead of being occupied or
filled up with the end of the loop wire.
Referring to the drawings,
Figure 1 shows in side and front elevation a portion of a rib and illustrates the
method of fixing the wire as heretofore adopted; the wire in these views is only
partially fixed.
Figure 2 shows similar views of the tip end complete.
Figure 3 shows in central longitudinal section, and front elevation the tip end of
a rib illustrating the method of fixing the wire according to my said invention so as
to provide the hole or socket in the rib.
A is the rib, B is the loop wire, C is the socket in the end of the rib. By
suitable dies and tools I provide a cap of copper or other metal having a small hole
or opening in it, or a ring of wire, and fit or work it on the tip end in the same
manner as heretofore. I thus form a socket hole or recess at the end of the rib
through the cap and through the tip end down to the wire loop to receive what I
hereafter designate as my "trade mark pin or tablet."
Figure 4 shows in side elevation and plan the solid cap as heretofore used, and
Figure 5 shows in side elevation, central section and plan the hollow cap which
I use according to my invention. I sometimes use a simple ring as shown in
Figure 54.
In lieu of fixing the wire forming the loop or eye hole in the rib or as supple-
mental thereto as above described I sometimes lengthen the loop wire and carry it
beyond the tip end of the rib, either dispensing with the usual small knob or cap
at the tip end of the rib or making a hole through this small knob or cap and
leaving a projecting point of wire upon which the head of the pin or tablet
containing the trade mark name or device may be placed. The projecting point of
wire may either remain permanently upon the rib or be torn or cut off or bent
over when the pin head or tablet is removed.
Figure 6 shows in side and front elevation the tip end of a rib so constructed.
B¹ indicates the projecting point of wire or wires.
This process may be reversed and the wire forming the pin of the pinhead or
tablet may be carried down the rib and the loop or eye hole formed with the same
wire. The loop wire may in this case be fixed as at present or it may be fixed at a
lower part of the rib, or it may be fixed at the tip end behind the projecting part
of the wire and worked downwards to form the loop.
Or I form a socket or hole in the rib and place my trade mark pin or tablet so
that it may be placed in the rib parallel with the end of the loop wire and thus
permit of the loop being formed as at present, the cap at the tip end being
either dispensed with or made hollow so as to allow of the pin or tablet passing
through it.
Figure 7 is a longitudinal central section of the rib illustrating this alternative
method.
I also in some instances secure the same end by means of a loose tip end having
a hole or cavity within it in the same manner as above described with reference
to the tip ends of the ribs, or dispense with the cap entirely and finish off the
end of the tip in any desired manner so as to receive and hold the trade mark pin
or tablet.

page_text: Figures 8 to 11 show different forms of tablets furnished with wires or pins for
entering the sockets in the tip ends of the ribs. E is the tablet, F is the projecting
wire or pin.
The pin of the trade mark pin or tablet may be either of hard or soft metal or
other material and may be either permanent or removable, or it may be so that it
can be broken or cut off leaving the pin in the hole or socket. It may be
fixed by pressure to the sides of the hole or recess. It may be straight or conical,
and it may be fixed with cement or by a screw on otherwise as desired.
I also secure the same end by constructing the trade mark pins or tablets by
means of claws or teeth to wrap round the end of the rib or tip end, or by wrapping
round the end of the rib without claws or teeth and either hang from it as a flag
or banner or otherwise by one or all of these methods held either with or without
the aid of the socket or hole in the rib.
Figure 12 illustrates in front and edge views a tablet in the form of a flag and
wrapped round the tip end of the rib.
Figures 13 to 25 show various forms of tablets having sockets, clamps or jaws G
to grip the tip end of the rib. The tablet may project either upward or downward
or sideways. With the exception of that shown in Figure 25 all of these tablets
are illustrated in side elevation and either front or rear elevation. Figure 21^ is
also illustrated by a plan.
Figure 14 shows one of the tablets applied to the rib.
I also in some instances secure the same result both with fluted and with solid
ribs by drilling holes therein or by making a recess therein by any other method
to receive the trade mark pin or tablet therein. Such holes or recesses may be
pierced or made in any part of the rib and either at the end or sides of it. Or the
trade mark pin or tablet may be fixed by making a slit or opening in the rib to
form a clip to hold the trade mark pin or tablet.
The trade mark pin or tablet may be fixed to one or more of the ribs or to the
rib only that will indicate where any internal mark may be found.
The trade mark pin head or tablet may be formed in any shape and may either
form a crown to the tip end of the rib, see Figure 31 for example, or may be bent
round it or made to enclose it wholly or partially or it may be made with a head
and collar of the same or varying materials. It may have engraved, embossed,
printed or marked upon it, either the name, trade mark, or trade name of the
maker, or the name, initials, monogram or crest of the owner, and it may be so
prepared as to serve the purpose of a ticket upon which the price of the umbrella
or the private mark of the dealer or both may be written.
Another mode of effecting my invention is as follows. I attach to one or more
of the exposed tip ends of the rib by means of suitable tools, dies and presses, or
by means of the said hole or socket or otherwise a thimble or cap or capsule or
head which I press round or otherwise attach to the tip end of the rib or ribs with
or without the aid of the said hole or socket, or I form such thimbles or caps or
capsules or heads and then press them over the tip end of the ribs. These thimbles,
caps, capsules or heads as also my trade mark pin heads or tablets may either
cover the tip end of the rib or ribs, or may have a cavity or hollow part scooped
out or otherwise formed into which the tip end of the rib may fall, or may be
wrapped round or bent over or around the tip end, or be open at the end, or such
caps or capsules may consist of tubes cut into suitable sections, or they may consist
of a crown with or without a collar round the tip end. Such tablets or pin beads
may be shaped or formed with dies so that the spring afforded by the material of
which they are constructed will allow of them being pushed or sprung over the tip
ends and thus held in position.
Figures 26, 27 and 28 are front and side elevations of caps or tablets constructed
in accordance with this part of my invention.
I do not confine myself to the head of the pin or tablet being placed at the top
of or at right angles with the needle or pointed end of the pin, such pin or tablet
may either be bent over or be constructed at any angle to the rib so as to allow of

page_text: the head of the pin or tablet being placed at the side of the tip end of the rib or
parallel with it and either terminating with the end of the tip end of the rib or
extending beyond it. This course might prove more convenient and more neat
and sightly when the head of the pin is of an oval or oblong shape or design.
The pin or tablet may also be so fastened to the rib by being wholly or partially
fixed by passing through the hole or loop made for the purpose of sewing on the
material to the frame, such hole being made of suitable size, form and position for
this purpose. I do not confine myself to any particular part of the frame to which
my pin or tablet may be attached.
Figure 29 shows a long narrow tablet having a pair of clamps or jaws Gat
each end to fit over and grip the rib and lie parallel thereto. The drawing
shows the tablet applied to a piece K of the frame.
Figure 30 shows another form of tablet that lies parallel with the rib. It has a
hole H at its upper end to pass over the cap at the tip end of the rib. The
thimble, cap or capsule or head, as also the trade mark pin or tablet may be made
and constructed of metal, tin or other foil, or of paper, papier mâché, pasteboard,
cardboard, parchment, glass, cement, composition, vulcanite, wood, celluloid,
xylonite or other suitable material.
The name or trade mark may be either embossed, stamped or painted or printed
or impressed or marked in any other manner.
Such trade mark or name may be
embossed stamped or painted or printed or otherwise marked upon the material
or trade mark pin head or tablet in sheets or otherwise before or after it is
formed or placed upon the tip end of the rib or by the same tool or die by
which the thimble, cap or capsule, head or trade mark pin head or tablet is
fixed, and in the same process, or by an independent and special process.
Figures 32 10 36 show various shapes in which such trade mark tablets may
be cut out before being formed and they may then be shaped or stamped by
suitable tools or dies and they may be cast solid or made in any other manner.
Figure 37 illustrates another form of tablet which is secured by passing the
tip end of the rib through the hole H then folding the blank along the line x, x,
then bending over the flat J to overlap the edge of the upper folded part.
Figure 38 shows a face and edge view of a blank after being stamped and
perforated at the centre ready to be passed over the cap at the tip end of the rib.
Instead of making the tablet solid as above described, I sometimes make it in
the shape of a frame or holder to receive and to contain a label or card having
the trade mark or name upon it, so as to allow of the same tablet being used for
a variety of marks.
The thimbles, capsules, caps or heads or trade mark pin heads or tablets may
be either plain or of any colour or colours, or may be gold or silver or bronze
or other gilt or a combination of any or all of them. I do not confine myself to
any kind of material or to any degree of softness or hardness of any foil or other
material that may be used for either the caps or capsules or trade mark pin heads
or tablets.
It has become the practice for the frames of superior umbrellas, when the cover
is worn out, to be collected and used again in the manufacture of inferior umbrellas
and in order to avoid the trade marks or names applied according to my invention
being improperly applied, or being taken off superior umbrellas and applied to
inferior ones or others which are not of the make indicated by the trade mark pin
or tablet, I include in my invention the use of thin soft foil and other soft or
brittle or easily breakable materials for the construction of the thimbles, caps or
capsules and trade mark pin heads or tablets and which could not without difficulty
be removed without destroying, bending or defacing them. I also with this object
sometimes so fix the trade mark pin heads or capsules with such cement or other
fastening that when the unbrella has been exposed to damp or when the pin head
or tablet is moistened the material shall lose its adhesion and the pin or tablet will
fall to pieces and thus secure the removal of the mark or distinction; or it may be

page_text: made of such materials as not to be removable without being destroyed, or so as to
allow of it being removed by the seller or the buyer of the umbrella without
affecting the appearance of the umbrella. Figures 22, 23 and 32 to 38 are illustra-
tions of the manner of constructing and fixing such trade mark pins or tablets
according to this part of my invention. The two plates composing in these
examples the trade mark pins or tablets are united only along the line marked, c
and are removable only by separating them and bending the material along the said
line. In thus opening the pin or tablet they can be so constructed that the two
parts are broken and the trade mark pin or tablet is destroyed and cannot then be
affixed to any other umbrella. To secure the same result the trade mark pin or
tablet may at the neck or junction of the two parts be composed of a soft material
which will in the removal of the pin or label from the tip end be stretched and
contorted so as to render it difficult if not impossible to refix it to any other
umbrella.
There is a double advantage in the use of this thin or soft foil or other soft or
brittle or easily breakable material. The main object is to secure the mark or
name shall remain on the umbrella until it is sold, and the continuance of it in the
hands of the wearer is not so material. The pin heads or tablets are thus con-
structed as to allow of the dealer removing them without difficulty and without
injury to the umbrella and thus the objection is removed of the trade mark or trade
name remaining exposed upon the umbrella whilst in use.
On the other hand it may be that purchasers may desire the name or mark_to
remain permanently upon the umbrella. This end can be secured by the use of a
harder metal or other harder material, or by the construction of a more permanent
or durable pin head or label.
My contrivance can be applied to all the ribs or it may be applied as before
stated to one tip end only.
The trade mark or name may be indicated by the particular form or shape or
design of the thimble, cap, head or capsule or trade mark pin head or tablet or by
using particular colours or tints in the metal or other material to form any
particular design or trade mark. I also provide for modifying one or more of the
ribs by widening or shaping the same in the form of the trade mark pin head or
tablet or by making one longer than the others or of a different shape design or
form to receive or effect such trade mark or name as shown in the said several
drawings.
The name or trade mark may be impressed or printed on the sides or collar of
the thimble, cap, head or capsule or trade mark pin head or tablet or tip end or on
the flattened or curved ends or sides thereof, or upon both, or the trade mark may
be impressed or printed on one side, and the name on the other. The thimble,
cap or capsule or trade mark pin head or tablet or tip end may be conical in shape,
narrow at the tip end and widening so as to afford a larger surface upon which to
place the trade mark or name, or it may be folded down or around the tip end
and wholly or partially enclose it, or form a collar around it. I do not confine
myself to any particular size or form or shape or method of enclosing or folding it.
I am aware that all kinds of loose and ornamental tip ends have been used to
improve the appearance of umbrellas and that these have been fixed and secured in
various ways. To these I make no claim.
My invention has also for its object as before stated a method by which the
name, crest or initials or monogram of the owner can be secured and fixed upon an
umbrella. Hitherto such names have either been written on a tape and sewn or
fastened on the umbrella or engraved upon a plato or put upon the stick.
By my invention the name or initials or crest can be engraved, embossed or
printed upon one of the thimbles, caps capsules or heads, or trade mark pin heads
or tablets as above described. I am aware that carriers for holding trade names
and labels wrapped round the frames inside the umbrellas have been in use.
make no claim to these.
I

page_text: 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 I do not
claim broadly or irrespectively of my aforesaid improvements the making of a
socket in the tip end of the rib, or the making of the loop or eyehole complete in
itself or formed from a lower part of the rib, but I claim:
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1. The construction of a pin head or tablet substantially as described to be
affixed to the frame of an umbrella to exhibit a trade mark or trade name.
2. A tablet, trade label or pin head constructed and fixed to the frame of an
umbrella substantially as specified to allow of the same being removed at any time
without injury to the umbrella.
3. An umbrella frame having combined with one or more of its tips a device for
exhibiting trade mark or name, substantially as described.
4. The marking of umbrellas with the name, initials, crest or monogram of the
owner for the purpose and substantially as described.
5. The affixing of a tablet to the frames of umbrellas to contain the name,
initials, crest or monogram, or distinguishing mark of the owner for the purpose
and substantially as described.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.