Improvements in or connected with Umbrellas or Sunshades.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Jan., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 27th Oct., 1892-4ccepted. 3rd Dec., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Umbrellas or Sunshades.
I, CORNELIUS COWARD, of Didsbury, in the County of Lancaster, Buyer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
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This invention relates to umbrellas or sunshades such as are used by the natives
of India and other countries as a protection from the sun and consists essentially in
providing such with a pouch or other receptacle and in the combination therewith
of a small fan so that the two may be carried about together for use as may be
required.
In carrying out the invention I construct an umbrella or sunshade with a stick,
ribs, and cover in the usual way. To the inside of the cover I attach a small
receptacle preferably to one of the ribs and in the form of a tapered pouch or
pocket. Into this receptacle is placed a small fan of any suitable construction and
secured by means of a ring or eye which engages with a hook or by other suitable
device such as a button or flap.
Although I prefer to form the receptacle in the shape of a pocket secured near
the end of one of the ribs it may be made in other forms or the fan may be attached-
to or secured inside the umbrella by other suitable means such as by a flap or the
like which will pass round it or by suitable catches or hooks with which it will
engage, the same being attached in any suitable position inside the umbrella.
Dated this 28th day of January 1892.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
6, Bank Street, Manchester, Patent Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Umbrellas or Sunshades.
1, CORNELIUS COWARD, of Didsbury, in the County of Lancaster, Buyer, 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 umbrellas or sunshades such as are used by the natives
of India and other countries as a protection from the sun and consists essentially in
providing such with a pouch or other receptacle or fan holder and in the combina-
tion therewith of a small fan so that the two may be carried about together for use
as may be required.
The invention will be fully described with reference to the accompanying
drawings.
Fig. 1. Perspective view.
Fig. 2. Enlarged detailed view of fan attachment.
The umbrella or sunshade is constructed with the stick A, ribs B, and cover C in
the usual way and of the ordinary material.
To the inside of the umbrella I attach a small receptacle or holder D to receive
a small fan E of any suitable construction.
The receptacle or holder D is preferably in the form of a tapered pouch or
pocket such as shown and is also preferably attached to one of the ribs of the
umbrella as it can be more securely attached and is less in the way when the
umbrella is closed.
Into the receptacle or holder is placed a small fan E of any suitable dimensions

page_text: -or construction which can be easily removed and replaced. It is secured by means
of a ring or eye e attached to the fan and a hook d attached to the receptacle 1).
(or vice versa).
Although I prefer to form the receptacle or holder in the form of a pouch or
pocket attached inside the umbrella near the extremity of one of the ribs it may be
made in other forms to hold or secure.the fan in position and may take the form of
a flap or the like which will pass round: the fan or of suitable catches or hooks
which will hold or grip the fan the same being attached in any suitable position
inside the umbrella..
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
1. The combination with an umbrella of a pouch or pocket attached in the inside
thereof to one of the ribs to hold or carry a small fan substantially as described
..and shown.
2. The combination with the cover and ribs of an umbrella of a small removable
and detachable fan and of a receptacle or holder therefor attached inside the
umbrella substantially as described.
Dated this 26th day of October 1892.
:
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Manchester, Liverpool, and London, Patent Agents.