IMPROVEMENTS IN WALKING STICK AND UMBRELLA HANDLES
Year: 1885

page_text: I, JOHN KNIGHT of N° 1 Cambridge Villas, Twickenham, in the County of
Middlesex, Solicitor, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN WALKING STICK AND UMBRELLA HANDLES " to be as
follows:-
These improvements consist in the production of sticks and handles for walking
sticks and umbrellas in which the stick and the handle is combined in one piece by
the natural growth of the stick to the form required for the finished article, the
handle not being a separate piece fixed on to the stick, or bent to the form required
by artificial means as heretofore.
For this purpose I form in the ground, in which the young trees to form the
sticks are to be grown, a series of ridges or furrows with vertical sides, or
approximately so. I then take the roots of the young trees and cut them so as
to leave a short stem springing therefrom and plant them horizontally in the sides
of the ridges or furrows, the result being that the young trees will grow up
vertically from their horizontal stems and thus form sticks or stems of which one
part is at right angles to the other part. The angle may be increased or decreased
according as the short stem which goes to form the handle of the stick is planted so
as to deviate from the horizontal plane in a greater or lesser measure.
The combined sticks and handles may also be produced in one growth, by
planting the roots and stems as hereinbefore described, and then notching such
stems so that one portion of the length of the same may be turned or bent round
to an angle (say a right angle) with the other portion of the length, in which
position the two portions are fixed and become joined together so as to form one
natural growth.
Curved parts to form curved handles may be produced in one piece with and at
the same growth as the longer portion of the stick, by setting the plants in
moveable horizontal pots or vessels and training them to form any suitable curve
by moving them as occasion may require, to or from the influence of the sun or
light, the growing end of the plant always tending in the direction of the greatest
light.
JULIUS HALL,
Agent.

page_text: I, JOHN KNIGHT of No 1 Cambridge Villas Twickenham in the County of
Middlesex Solicitor, do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN WALKING STICKS AND UMBRELLA HANDLES, to be as follows:—
These improvements consist in the production of sticks and handles for walking
sticks and umbrellas in which the stick and the handle is combined in one piece by
the natural growth of the stick to the form required for the finished article, the
handle not being a separate piece fixed on to the stick, or bent to the form required
by artificial means as heretofore.
For this purpose I form in the ground in which the young trees to form the
sticks are to be grown, a series of ridges or furrows with vertical sides, or
approximately so I then take the roots of the young trees, and cut the stem or
tree away, so as only to leave a short stem springing therefrom and plant them
horizontally in the sides of the ridges or furrows, the results being new young
trees or stems will grow up vertically from their short horizontal stems, and thus
form sticks, or stems, of which one part is as right angles to the other part.
The angle may be increased or decreased according as the short stem and root
(which goes to form the handle of the stick) is planted so as to deviate from the
horizontal plane in a greater or lesser measure.
Curved or twisted parts to form handles may be produced in one piece with and
at the same growth as the longer portion of the stick, by setting the roots with
their short horizontal stems, in moveable horizontal pots or vessels and training
the new shoots, to form any suitable curve or twist by turning the pots or vessels
as occasion may require to or from the influence of the sun or light, the growing
end of the plant always tending in the direction of the greatest light, and when
such curve, or twists are formed, by not turning the said pots or vessels round, the
growing end of the plant will take an upward direction, and thus form the longer
portion of the stick.
The combined sticks and handles may also be produced in one growth by
planting young trees as herein before described, and by notching such young trees
near thin roots, so that one portion of the length of the same, may be turned or
bent round to an angle (say at right angle) with the other portion, in which
position the two notched parts will grow or heal and become joined together, and
so form one natural growth.
Having now described the nature of my said improvements and in what manner
the same are to be produced I declare what I claim as my Invention, is
In the manner of planting and growing of young roots and trees, so as to
produce combination of sticks and handles of one natural growth as substantially
as hereinbefore described.
Dated this 30th dox of December 1885
JULIUS HALL,
Patent Agent, 90, Chancery Lane.