An Improvement in Gits for Umbrellas and Parasols.
Year: 1891

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Gits for Umbrellas and Parasols.
I, JAMES WILLIS, of Rosendale, Bournemouth, in the County of Hants,
Gentleman, 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 :--
The git which is fixed on to the rib of an umbrella or parasol to form one
member of the joint for the stretcher, is usually a narrow piece of metal bent
to U shape embracing the back of the rib and having the end of the stretcher
pinned to its projecting limbs which sometimes are folded over to double thickness.
This git is liable to be twisted and the fixing of the git often tends to weaken the
rib, which is thus rendered liable to become broken close to the git. My invention
relates to the construction and fixing of a git in such a manner as to ensure its
firm hold to the rib and to relieve the rib of the strain which tends to break it at
the git. For this purpose, I make and fix the git as I shall describe, referring to
the accompanying drawings which show a git according to my invention, for the
sake of clearness, to a greatly enlarged scale.
Fig. 1 is a transverse section and Fig. 2 is a part plan of the strip of
steel or other suitable metal for making the blanks of gits according to my
invention.
Fig. 3 is a plan of the blank.
Fig. 4 is a section of the rib and git at the middle of its length.
Fig. 5 is a section near one end of the git.
Fig. 6 is a plan of part of the rib with the git fixed thereon.
The strip of metal from which the blanks are made has, as shewn in Figs. 1 and 2,
a thickened part a on each side of the middle b which is thinner. From this strip
I punch a blank as shewn in Fig. 3 having a rounded ear con each side in the
middle of its length and smaller ears dat each corner, which are reduced in
thickness. This blank is bent to U form so as to embrace the back of the rib
with the two cars c projecting beyond the edges of the rib as shewn in Fig. 4, the
shoulders of the thicker parts e lying closely on these edges. The cars d are bent
over and inwards as shewn in Fig. 5 with such force as to take a firm grip of the
rib r.
The stretcher is then jointed to the middle ears cc of the git in the usual
way. In this manner the git is fixed to the rib without in any way affecting the
form or substance of the rib itself, which receives support at the ends of the
elongated git, relieving it from all tendency to break near the joint of the stretcher.
Although I have described the ears c as being in the middle of the git, obviously
they might, if desired, be nearer to the one end.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of. this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what. I
claim is:
A git for an umbrella or parasol consisting of a piece of metal strip thickened
at its sides cut to present on each side, at or near the middle a rounded
ear for the stretcher joint and at the ends two ears for fixing, and bent
to U shape embracing the back of the rib within which its fixing ears are
bent down.
Dated this 28th day of November 1891
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.