IMPROVEMENTS IN WALKING-STICK UMBRELLAS, APPLICABLE ALSO TO PARASOLS
Year: 1853

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Restell, of the Strand, in the City of
Westminster, Chronometer Maker, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Restell
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 9th July 1858.
THOMAS RESTELL, of the Strand, in the City of Westminster,
Chronometer Maker, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN WALKING-STICK UMBRELLAS, APPLICABLE ALSO
TO PARASOLS," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in the formation of an umbrella which may
also be used as a walking stick.
The construction of the umbrella is of the ordinary description,
excepting that each end of the stick part is alike, and formed to within
a small portion of their extremities with threads of a screw and square
shoulders. One end of the stick part is made longer than the other.
When the apparatus is used as an umbrella the longer end forms the

page_text: handle. When used as a stick the umbrella is closed and covered
with an outer case made of a metal tube, or it may be made of a tube
of vulcanized india-rubber, or any other suitable material.
One end of this case is closed by means of a knob or handle of any
device that may be desired, which is free to turn round, so that the
inner portion having a thread cut upon it equal to the thread on each
end of the stick, shall, when the case is passed over the closed umbrella,
and the knob turned so as to bring the threads of the screws together,
render the two parts firm, and prevent the case from being drawn off.
When it is desired to use the umbrella the outer case is taken .off by
turning the knob in the reverse direction.
The umbrella is then opened, and the case is caused to slide over the
stick of the umbrella until the knob is brought into contact with the
screw, when it is fastened as before described.
. In this case that part of the stick which formed the point when
used for walking now becomes the handle, the umbrella being reversed.
Instead of using a screw at each end, a bayonet joint or any other
similar contrivance may be used, taking care that the knob shall be
made to suit such an arrangement.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Thomas Restell in the Great Seal Patent Office,
on the 9th January 1854.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME,- I,
THOMAS RESTELL, of the Strand, in the City of Westminster, Chrono-
meter Maker, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Ninth day of July, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, in the seventeenth
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto me, the said Thomas Restell, Her special licence that I,
the said Thomas Restell, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or
such others as I, the said Thomas Restell, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time

page_text: to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed,
should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands,
and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN WALKING-STICK
UMBRELLAS, APPLICABLE ALSO TO PARASOLS," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said Thomas Restell, by an instrument in writing
under my hand and seal, should particularly describe and ascertain
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was
to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal
Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after
the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Thomas Restell, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement thereof, reference being had to the Drawings
hereunto annexed, that is to say:
My Invention consists in the formation of an umbrella which may
be used also as a walking stick, and throughout this Specification where
I use the word umbrella I refer also to parasols. The construction of
the umbrella is of the ordinary description, excepting that in some
cases I form each end of the stick part alike, and cut the thread of a
screw upon a small portion of their extremities. One end of the stick
part is made longer than the other, and forms the handle of the
umbrella when the apparatus is used as such. When used as a stick
the umbrella is closed, and covered with an outer case made of a metal
tube, or it may be made of a tube of vulcanized india-rubber, or any
other suitable material. One end of this case is closed with a knob
or a handle of any device that may be desired, which is free to turn
round, so that the inner portion having a thread cut upon it corre-
sponding to the thread on each end of the stick shall, when the case is
passed over the closed umbrella, and the handle turned so as to bring
the threads of the screws together, render the two parts firm, and pre-
vent the case from being drawn off. When it is desired to use the
umbrella the outer case is taken off by turning the handle in the
reverse direction.
The umbrella is then opened, and the case is

page_text: caused to slide over the stick of the umbrella until the handle is
brought into contact with the screw, when it is fastened as before
described. In this case that part of the stick which formed the point
when used for walking now becomes the handle, the umbrella being
reversed. Instead of using a screw at each end, a bayonet joint or
any other similar and suitable contrivance may be used, taking care
that the handle be made to suit such an arrangement.
In the Drawings hereunto annexed I have shewn the various methods
I adopt for carrying my Invention into effect. Figure 1, represents
this apparatus when used as a walking stick. Figure 2, is a section of
Figure 1 and Figure 3, is a section of it, showing it employed as an
umbrella. Figures 4, to 18, are detail views upon an enlarged scale
of the different parts. A, A, is an outer case formed of a metal tube,
the exterior of which is painted to represent any particular wood or
material. The upper end of this tube terminates in the handle B,
separately represented in the exterior view in Figure 4, and section in
Figure 5. This handle is free to turn round upon the end of the stick,
but at the same time is prevented from being detached therefrom by
means of a pin a, which is passed through the beading b, and projects
on the inside into a groove c, formed in a ferrule C, soldered or other-
wise secured to the end of the stick. Figures 6, and 7, are respectively
exterior view and section of this ferrule C, shewn detached. The
interior of the handle has tapped in it the thread of a screw d. D, is
an umbrella of the ordinary construction, the stick E, of which is
secured at its lower end to a tube or solid piece F, of rather a smaller
diameter than the case A, in order that the case may be enabled to
slide freely over it when it is desired to use the apparatus as an
umbrella. G, is a metal cap, separately represented in Figures 8, and 9,
which is passed over the point of the stick E, of the umbrella, and is
prevented from coming off by a pin e. This cap G, has cut upon it
screw, d, in the handle, and
a screw thread f, corresponding to the
has also projecting from it a pin f', which takes into a series
of notches or teeth g, upon the inside of the ferrule C, when the
umbrella is passed up into the inside of the case A, whereby the
piece G, is held while the handle B, is being turned in order to

page_text: bring the screws d, and f, together, and thereby to hold these parts
firm, and prevent the case from becoming detached until desired, when
it is necessary to turn the handle B, in the reverse direction to release the
screws d; and f. The lower portion of the tube F, has secured to it a
cap H, separately shewn in Figures 10, and 11, which is provided
with a screw h, and projecting pin i, similar to those on the, cap' G.
When it is desired to use this apparatus as an umbrella the handle B,
is turned so as to release the screws d, and f, which permits of the
umbrella being withdrawn from the case A. The umbrella is then
opened by pushing up the runner I, as shewn in Figure 3. The case
A, is then reversed and passed over the tube F, and stick E, until the
projecting pin i, takes into the notches or teeth g, on the inside of the
ferrule C, when the handle B, is turned, which brings the screws d,
and h, together, and thereby renders these parts secure. K, is a slide
upon the stick E, the diameter of which is equal to the interior of the
case A. Figures 19, and 13, are respectively exterior view and section
of this slide, the object of which is to render the upper part of the stick
firm within the case A. The interior of this slide is formed with a
groove 7, in which is inserted a small spring or packing of leather or
other suitable material in order to prevent it slipping down the stick E,
when once placed in its proper position, (as represented in Figure 3,)
which is obtained by sliding it up the stick to a point near the runner I,
when the umbrella is opened, and previously to passing the case A,
over the stick, after which it is brought down to within the interior of
the case, whereby the stick E, is prevented from shaking. When
the umbrella is closed this slide is brought down to the position shewn
in Figure 2. Figure 14, represents a modification of the preceding
arrangement, in which, for cheapness, I use an inferior metal casc A,
and cover it with a second case of a woven material, secured at one
end to the knob or handle B, and at its lower end by means of an
elastic ring which is passed over a projecting beading m, upon the tube
or solid piece F. I also dispense with the cap H, and screw h, and
connect the case A, to the stick of the umbrella when the apparatus is
used as such by means of a strip of an clastic material, which is secured
at one end to the stick E, above the runner I, and has a loop formed

page_text: in its lower end which is passed over a stud or button on the exterior
of the case A. Figure 15, is a further modification, in which the metal
tube A, is entirely dispensed with, and a cover of an elastic or a woven
material alone is used, which is secured, when the apparatus is used as
a walking stick, by an elastic ring passed over a projecting rim on the
-point of the umbrella stick. When it is desired to use the umbrella
the cover is released from the rim and drawn down upon the handle,
which admits of the umbrella being put up; the cover is then slipped up
the stick, and may be retained by means of a strip of elastic material
similar to that described in reference to Figure 14. By this arrange-
ment it is not necessary to reverse the umbrella, or to disengage it from
the handle B.
And having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in
what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I claim,―
The several methods of constructing walking-stick umbrellas, ap-
plicable also to parasols, as herein-before described and represented in
the Drawings hereunto annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Restell, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Ninth day of January, One thousand
eight hundred-and fifty-four.
THOMAS RESTELL. (L.S.)
THOMAS RESTELL. (L.S.)