CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF UMBRELLAS AND PARASOLS
Year: 1808

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, MALCOLM
MCGREGOR, of Bell Yard, Carey Street, in the County of Middlesex, Musical
Instrument Maker, and WILLIAM MCFARLAND, of the Strand, in the County
of Middlesex, Umbrella Manufacturer, send greeting..
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third did, by
His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster, the Twenty-ninth day of
December, in the forty-ninth year of His reign, give and grant unto us, the
said Malcolm McGregor and William McFarland, our exors, adiñors, and
assigns, His especial licence, full power, sole privilege and authority, that we,
the said Malcolm McGregor and William McFarland, our exors, adñiors,
and assigns, should and lawfully might, during the term of years therein
mentioned, make, use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the
Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, our Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF UMBRELLAS AND PARASOLS;" in which said Letters
Patent there is contained a proviso, obliging us, the said Malcolm McGregor
and William McFarland, or one of us, by an instrument in writing under our
hands and seals, or under the hand or seal of one of us, to cause a particular
description of the nature of our said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be inrolled in His Majesty's High Court of Chancery
within one calendar month after the date of the said recited Letters Patent, as

page_text: in and by the same, relation being thereunto had, may more fully and at large
appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, we, the said
Malcolm McGregor and William M°Farland, do hereby declare that our said
Invention is described in and by the Drawings hereunto annexed, and the
following description thereof (that is to say) :-
A represents the umbrella when shut up in the case to be used as a walking
stick; B, the umbrella drawn out of the case preparatory to its being affixed
thereon; C, the umbrella with the umbrageous part extended ready for use;
D shews the umbrella, may be let down upon the case as occasion may
require.
Fig. 2 represents an umbrella when folded up for the purpose of the pocket,
or packing conveniently in a case or box.
Fig. 3. E represents a parasol with the handle shut up in the umbrageous
part; F, the handle, pulled down preparatory to the umbrageous part being
extended; G, the umbrageous part extended by pulling the runner down;
the same contains ten or more stretchens and ribs; the covering may be
mado without a seam in the quarters.
Section 1 represents the spear or tube when drawn out of the case or stick
preparatory to the runner and umbrageous part being affixed thereon. The
same may be made of various forms, as round, square, or triangular, and used
as a weapon of defence, there being a spring to prevent its running into the
case or stick when used. Umbrellas may be fixed upon sticks without a spear
or tube with a long runner.
Section 2, the manner in which the runner and umbrageous part acts
upon the spear or tube, described in section 1 by representing the runner and
one of the ribs and stretchers affixed thereon. The umbrageous part is extended
by pulling the runner down; to let it down on the case or stick it is pushed the
reverse. The bottom part of the case or stick is affixed to the part of the spear
or tube which goes through the top piece that contains the ribs. The part of
the ribs from the top piece down to where the stretchers are affixed is made
of bone, the other part to the extremity is made of steel, or any other metal
that will answer the purpose.
Section 3, the top piece that contains the ribs and top parts of the runner
and stretchers. The runner slips on the tube, represented in the top piece,
which has a cavity or chamber to receive the ends of the runner and stretchers
that they may be their proper length to bring the umbrageous part to its
Drover bitch.

page_text: Section 4, the cap which covers the top part of the silk or covering, which
contains a screw from the top part of the case or stick to fix on for the purpose
of pulling the umbrella out of the said case or stick.
Section 5, the form of the stretcher and ferrel which join the bone and steel
of the ribs. The stretchers have a small knob on the side, which acts in the
cut represented in the ferrel. When the bone and steel of the ribs are joined
there is a mortice made in the bone, the size of the cut in the ferrel, for the
knobs of the stretchers to act in; the steel part of the ribs is screwed in
the ferrel.
Section 6 represents the top piece, runner, stretcher, and one of the ribs of
Fig. 2; it acts the same as described in sections 2 and 3, with the addition
of there being a joint in the ribs; they may be affixed to sticks of different
descriptions.
Section 7 represents the top piece, handle, and one of the ribs and stretchers
of a folding umbrella, with the handle shut up over the runner, and part where
it acts upon.
Section 8, the handle, when pulled down, of the runner, and one of the ribs,
at full length.
Section 9, the runner which acts upon the part which runs into the handle.
Section 10, the part which the runner acts upon, at the bottom end of which
there is a stop to prevent its turning round or pulling out of the handle when
drawn out to its proper length; the top part of it that fixes in the top piece is
bone, or any other fit material.
Section 11, the handle which contains the runner, and part which it acts
upon, the top part of which has a cut in it where a spring may act to prevent
its running into the handle while pulling the runner to extend the umbrageous
part; the same may be prevented by placing the thumb upon the cut in the
top part of the handle, which will serve the same purpose as a spring.
Fig. 3. The sections are the same as described in sections 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
with the exception of there being no joint in the ribs. Parasols on the same
principle may be put upon sticks of different descriptions. We make the above-
described umbrellas and parasols of any other proper metals or materials.
In witness whereof, we, the said Malcom McGregor and William
MoFarland, have hereunto set our hands and seals, this Twenty-
eighth day of January, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight
hundred and nine.
MALCOLM MACGREGOR. (L.g.)
W MCFARLAND.
(t.s.)

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Twenty-eighth day of January,
in the year of our Lord 1809, the aforesaid Malcolm McGregor and William
McFarland came before our said Lord the King in His Chancery, and
acknowledged the Specification aforesaid, and all and every thing therein
contained and specified, in form above written. And also the Specification
aforesaid was stampt according to the tenor of the Statute made for that
purpose.
Inrolled the Twenty-eighth day of January, in the year of our Lord Ono
Inrolled the Twenty-eighth day of January, in the year of our Lord Ono
thousand eight hundred and nine.

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, MALCOLM
MCGREGOR, of Bell Yard, Carey Street, in the County of Middlesex, Musical
Instrument Maker, and WILLIAM MCFARLAND, of the Strand, in the County
of Middlesex, Umbrella Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third did, by
His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster, the Twenty-ninth day of
December, in the forty-ninth year of His reign, give and grant unto us, the
said Malcolm McGregor and William McFarland, our exors, adñiors, and
assigns, His especial licence, full power, sole privilege and authority, that we,
the said Malcolm McGregor and William McFarland, our exors, admors,
and assigns, should and lawfully might, during the term of years therein
mentioned, make, use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the
Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, our Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF UMBRELLAS AND PARASOLS;" in which said Letters
Patent there is contained a proviso, obliging us, the said Malcolm McGregor
and William McFarland, or one of us, by an instrument in writing under our
hands and seals, or under the hand or seal of one of us, to cause a particular
description of the nature of our said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be inrolled in His Majesty's High Court of Chancery
within one calendar month after the date of the said recited Letters Patent, as

page_text: in and by the same, relation being thereunto had, may more fully and at large
appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, we, the said
Malcolm McGregor and William M°Farland, do hereby declare that our said
Invention is described in and by the Drawings hereunto annexed, and the
following description thereof (that is to say) :-
A represents the umbrella when shut up in the case to be used as a walking
stick; B, the umbrella drawn out of the case preparatory to its being affixed
thereon; C, the umbrella with the umbrageous part extended ready for use;
D shews the umbrella, may be let down upon the case as occasion may
require.
Fig. 2 represents an umbrella when folded up for the purpose of the pocket,
or packing conveniently in a case or box.
Fig. 3. E represents a parasol with the handle shut up in the umbrageous
part; F, the handle, pulled down preparatory to the umbrageous part being
extended; G, the umbrageous part extended by pulling the runner down;
the same contains ten or more stretchens and ribs; the covering may be
mado without a scam in the quarters.
°
· Section 1 represents the spear or tube when drawn out of the case or stick
preparatory to the runner and umbrageous part being affixed thereon. The
same may be made of various forms, as round, square, or triangular, and used
as a weapon of defence, thero being a spring to prevent its running into the
case or stick when used. Umbrellas may be fixed upon sticks without a spear
or tube with a long runner.
Section 2, the manner in which the runner and umbrageous part acts
upon the spear-or-tube,-described in section 1_by_representing the runner and
one of the ribs and stretchers affixed thereon. The umbrageous part is extended
by pulling the runner down; to let it down on the case or stick it is pushed the
reverse. The bottom part of the case or stick is affixed to the part of the spear
or tube which goes through the top piece that contains the ribs. The part of
the ribs from the top piece down to where the stretchers are affixed is made
of bone, the other part to the extremity is made of steel, or any other metal
that will answer the purpose.
Section 8, the top picce that contains the ribs and top parts of the runner
and stretchers. The runner slips on the tube, represented in the top piece,
which has a cavity or chamber to receive the ends of the runner and stretchers
that they may-be-their-proper-length to bring the umbrageous part to its
Droner pitch.

page_text: Section 4, the cap which covers the top part of the silk or covering, which
contains a screw from the top part of the case or stick to fix on for the purpose
of pulling the umbrella out of the said case or stick.
Section 5, the form of the stretcher and ferrel which join the bone and steel
of the ribs. The stretchers have a small knob on the side, which acts in the
cut represented in the ferrel. When the bone and steel of the ribs are joined
there is a mortice made in the bone, the size of the cut in the ferrel, for the
knobs of the stretchers to act in; the steel part of the ribs is screwed in
the ferrel.
Section 6 represents the top piece, runner, stretcher, and one of the ribs of
Fig. 2; it acts the same as described in sections 2 and 3, with the addition
of there being a joint in the ribs; they may be affixed to sticks of different
descriptions.
Section 7 represents the top piece, handle, and one of the ribs and stretchers
of a folding umbrella, with the handle shut up over the runner, and part where
it acts upon.
Section 8, the handle, when pulled down, of the runner, and one of the ribs,
at full length.
Section 9, the runner which acts upon the part which runs into the handle.
Section 10, the part which the runner acts upon, at the bottom end of which
there is a stop to prevent its turning round or pulling out of the handle when
drawn out to its proper length; the top part of it that fixes in the top piece is
bone, or any other fit material.
Section 11, the handle which contains the runner, and part which it acts
upon, the top part of which has a cut in it where a spring may act to prevent
its running into the handle while pulling the runner to extend the umbrageous
part; the same may be prevented by placing the thumb upon the cut in the
top part of the handle, which will serve the same purpose as a spring.
Fig. 3. The sections are the same as described in sections 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
with the exception of there being no joint in the ribs. Parasols on the same
principle may be put upon sticks of different descriptions. We make the above-
described umbrellas and parasols of any other proper metals or materials.
In witness whereof, we, the said Malcom McGregor and William
McFarland, have hereunto set our hands and seals, this Twenty-
eighth day of January, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight
hundred and nine.
MALCOLM MACGREGOR. (L.E.)
W MCFARLAND.
(L.S.)

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Twenty-eighth day of January,
in the year of our Lord 1809, the aforesaid Malcolm McGregor and William
MoFarland came before our said Lord the King in His Chancery, and
acknowledged the Specification aforesaid, and all and every thing therein
contained and specified, in form above written. And also the Specification
aforesaid was stampt according to the tenor of the Statute made for that
purpose.
Inrolled the Twenty-eighth day of January, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and nine.