Improvements in connection with Umbrellas and Walking Sticks.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Apr., 1897-Accepted, 12th June, 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in connection with Umbrellas and Walking Sticks.
1, ERNST HUGENDUBEL of 25 and 27 Hirschstrasse, Stuttgart Manufacturing
Engineer, 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 a combined umbrella and walking stick which is
distinguished by elegance of shape and facility and rigidity in use.
In the accompanying drawing a combined umbrella and walking stick such as is
the subject matter of my invention is illustrated, Fig. 1 being a vertical section of
the upper part, Fig. 2 a section through x-x of Fig. 1 and Fig. 3 is a view of the
complete article on a reduced scale. Similar letters refer to the same parts
wherever they occur.
The stick of the umbrella a is connected by a nut c with the handle so as to be
capable of turning round axially. In order to effect this the handle is made in
two parts d and d'. Attached to the stick 6 is a disc b' which carries a socket 62
for the reception of the pin e. The pin e prevents the article turning when used
as an umbrella. This result is secured by providing the end of d with a number of
holes e into some one of which the pin e falls when the article is held upright for
use as an umbrella, the pin e working freely in and out the socket and through
the disc ', but never passing entirely through the disc. Surrounding d¹ is a
sleeve internally screw threaded at the lower end f¹, by means of which the
sheath or case g of the umbrella can be connected with the handle. For this
purpose the sheath or case g (which may be made of leather or other suitable
inaterial) is provided at its upper end with a lining or bush g' the upper end of
which is threaded to screw into f¹. The lower end of g is formed into a socket g³
to receive the stop g. The lining g' causes the umbrella to take a thin elegant
shape by holding it together compactly. The lining g' and the socket g' are put
in the sheath g and covered with leather or the like so that after g is on and the
parts and g screwed together the umbrella has the appearance of a smooth
walking stick. When the article is to be used as an umbrella parts ƒ and g are
unscrewed or otherwise detached from one another, the point of the stick being held
down so that the pine may fall out of e' and not prevent from turning. The sheath
or case g together with g¹ and 9' fastened thereto can then be slipped off and put
into the user's pocket.
When the umbrella is opened and held up for use, the pin e falls into one
of the holes el in the end of d' and prevents the umbrella turning on its axis.
The length of 6 is so arranged that the tip comes in contact with othus
providing the necessary rigidity when the article is used as a walking stick.
The parts and g' may also be joined by means of a bayonet joint or other
lastening.
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 what I
claim is :-
1. A combined umbrella and walking stick, the essential features of which are
a case or sheath made of leather or other material and surrounding the umbrella.

page_text: when required by a screw threaded or other suitable junction, holes being provided
in the end of the handle for the reception of a pin free to pass into one of them at
a time through a hole provided in a disc attached to the stick of the umbrella,
close under the end of the handle, the pin being prevented from falling out
when the article is used as a walking stick by a socket closed at one end and
attached to the disc above mentioned, the whole substantially as described in the
above specification and exemplified in the accompanying drawings.
2. A combined umbrella and walking stick provided for and operating
substantially as described in the above specification and exemplified in the
accompanying drawings.
HUGHES & YOUNG,
Agents.