Improvements in Umbrella Furniture.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Apr., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 25th Feb., 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 30th Mar., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Umbrella Furniture.
I, JOHN WEEKS of Tabard Works Glengall Road Peckham in the County of Surrey
Umbrella Furniture Maker do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
In umbrella ribs of a U section or ✓ section or double U or double V section
or the like I flatten down the section or the flanges thereof so that the flat is fair
or parallel with the cover in the places where the latter has to be sewn on and also
if desired in the places whore the ribs lio against the runner notch at the stretcher
ends or eyes, so that the umbrella is reduced in size at this place. Another mode of
facilitating the sewing on of the cover is by recessing or bulging in the rib from the
outside at these places and piercing it with two holes through which I pass a fine
piece of wire bent into a small loop on the outer side of the rib but lying in the
recess while the ends of the wire are turned back on the inside of the rib. The wire
loop serves for sewing on the cover. To strengthen the lower ends of U shaped or
similar stretchers and improving the appearance I bend together the flanges at this
place, into a more or less tubular form and flatten down the very end which forms
the eye for attaching to the runner. I improve the runner notch by making it of a
bell mouth shape and attach it to the barrel-part of the runner by brazing or by
preference by forming the notch with an inner annular recess into which I spin or
otherwise expand the end of the runner barrel.
JOHN WEEKS.
By Jensen & Son,
77, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Patent Agents.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Umbrella Furniture.
1, JOHN WEEKS late of Tabard Works Glengall Road but now of 89 Hill Street
Peckham in the County of Surrey Umbrella Furniture Maker 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 :-
In umbrella ribs of a U section or V section or double U or double V section or
the like I flatten down the section or flanges thereof so that the flat is fair or parallel
with the cover in the places where the latter has to be sewn on It will be noted
that no metal is cut away from the rib.
Figure 1 of the accompanying enlarged views is a cross section of a U shaped rib A,
the dotted lines showing the rib in its original form, and the full lines in its flattened
down form.
I carry out the same principle as regards the places where the ribs.lie against the
runner notch to which the stretcher ends or eyes are jointed, so that the umbrella is
reduced in size at this place.
Figure 2 is a plan view upon the interior side of a U shaped stretcher and Figure 3
a cross section on line XX at this place. The two sides of the rib A are flattened
down and the rib at the same time slightly widened or bulged out as shown at A'
whereby room is made for the entry of the lower part of the web B of the double U
or T shaped stretcher; the flattened rib will thus lie close upon the runner notch.
To strengthen the lower ends of the U shaped or similar stretchers and ribs and
improving the appearance I bend together the flanges at this place into a more or less
tubular form and flatten down the very end which forms the eye for attaching to the
.runner.
Figure 4 is a plan view upon the interior side of a U shaped stretcher or rib B,
figure 5 a cross section on line Y Y and figure 6 a side view. It is bent together into
a tubular form as shown in figure 5 and at B¹ figure 4, and flattened down at the
very end as shown at B' figure 4.
I improve the runner notch by making it of a bell mouth shape and attach it to the
barrel part of the runner by brazing.
Figure 7 is a longitudinal section of such a runner having a bellmouth shaped notch
part C brazed onto the barrel part D.
I prefer however as shown in the longitudinal section figure 8 to attach the notch
part C to the barrel part D by forming the notch part C with an annular recess C¹
into which I spin or otherwise expand the end of the barrel part D of the runner.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my suid inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
claim is:-
First Flattening down the sides of a rib of a U section, V section, double U section
or the like at the places where the cover has to be sewn on so as to be fair or parallel
therewith substantially as set forth.

page_text: Second-Flattening down and slightly bulging out the sides of a rib of a U
section V section double U section or the like at the place where it lies against the
runner notch and so as to permit the rib and stretcher to lie close upon the notch
substantially as set forth.
Third Bending together into a more or less tubular form the lower end of a
U shaped or similar stretcher and rib near the flattened joint end substantially as
set forth.
Fourth-The improved constructions of rib and stretcher shown on the drawing.
Fifth The improved form and construction of runner substantially as described
and shown.
Dated this 25th day of February 1889.
JOHN WEEKS.
By Jensen & Son,
77, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Patent Agents.