A Combined Window Sill and Flower Box.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Jan., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 30th Sept., 1896-Accepted, 7th Nov., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Combined Window Sill and Flower Box.
1, JOHN PATON, 299 Shields Road, Pollokshields, in the City of Glasgow,
Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object to provide a Hower box or like receptacle in
combination with a window sill so as to form part of the wall of the huse or
structure, the flower box being preferably of an ornate character in front and
designed to form an unbroken continuation of a cornice extending along the wall.
The flower box is composed of a trough-like slab of terra-cotta or other ware or
material either made in a single piece with closed ends or of several parts suitably
jointed together; and it is built into the outside course of brickwork or masonry
of the wall under the window so as to project therefrom more or less and form if so
desired a continuation of a cornice or like ornamentation of the wall. It is retained
in place by the window sill which may either be in a piece or in several parts and
is formed with an overhanging lip or flange extending over the inner side of the
box; and being thus under the level of the sill the plants placed in it offer no
obstruction to the view from the window. Suitable drain holes are provided and
have their outlets beyond a lip which ensures that any drip will fall clear of the
wall.
Dated this 21st day of December 1895
WALLACE FAIRWEATHER,
Chartered Patent Agent,
62 St. Vincent. Street, Glasgow, Agent for the Applicant.
A Combined Window Sill and Flower Box.
I, JOHN PATON, 299 Shields Road, Pollokshields, in the City of Glasgow,
Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention aud in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
This invention has for its object to provide a Hower box or like receptacle:
in combination with a window sill so as to form part of the wall of the house
or other structure, the flower box being preferably of an ornate character in
front and designed to form an unbroken continuation of a cornice extending along
the wall.
As illustrated by the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 of which is a front elevation,.
and Fig. 2 a transverse vertical section, the flower box is composed of a trough-
like slab A of terra-cotta or other ware or material either made in a single piece
with closed ends or of several parts suitably jointed together; and it is built
into the outside course of brickwork or masonry of the wall B under the window C
so as to project therefrom more or less and form if so desire a continuation of a
cornice D or like ornamentation of the wall. It is retained in place by the window
sill E which may either be in a piece or in several parts and is formed with an

page_text: overhanging lip or flange e extending over the inner side of the box, and the
box A being thus under the level of the sill E, the plants placed in it offer no
obstruction to the view from the window C. Suitable drain holes a are provided
and have their outlets beyond a lip a' formed on the box A, which ensures that any
drip will fall clear of the wall.
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 :-
The combination with a window sill of a flower box or like receptacle built therein
to form part of the wall of the house or other structure, substantially as described.
Dated this 29th day of September 1896.
WALLACE FAIRWEATHER,
Of the Firm of Cruikshank & Fairweather,
Chartered Patent Agents,
62 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Agent for the Applicant.
WALLACE FAIRWEATHER,
Of the Firm of Cruikshank & Fairweather,
Chartered Patent Agents,
62 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Agent for the Applicant.