Improvements in Umbrella Furniture.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Apr., 1898
Complete Specification Left. 31st Dec., 1898-Accepted, 18th Feb., 1899
Date of Application, ist Apr., 1990
Complete Specification Left. 31st Dec., 1898-Accepted, 18th Feb., 1899
Improvements in Umbrella Furniture.
I, EDWARD HENRY WILLIAMS, of 3, Wrexham Street, Mold, in the County
of Flint, North Wales, Draper, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in umbrella furniture and the improve-
ment consists in forming the top notch so that in case one (or more) of the ribs
of an umbrella, or parasol breaks it will not be so liable to move out of its
position and pierce the cover of the umbrella.
In making my improved top notch I form the barrel portion considerably
longer than now customary and I wire the ribs on to the notch as usual, or in
any convenient manner, and I groove the lower portion of the barrel to form a
guide for each rib, and in the case of a rib breaking the groove prevents or
tends to prevent the rib getting loose and out of its position, and as a further
safeguard I make a small flange near the top of the barrel and above the holding
wire the lower edge of which flange is preferably undercut; the object of this
flange is to hold a broken rib in position and prevent it escaping and piercing
the cover of the umbrella when it is opened.
My improved top notch may be made in two or more parts if preferred.
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
Agents for Applicant.
Improvements in Umbrella Furniture.
I, EDWARD HENRY WILLIAMS, of 3, Wrexham Street, Mold, in the County
of Flint, North Wales, Draper, 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:-
My invention relates to improvements in umbrella furniture and the improve-
ment consists in forming the top notch so that in case one (or more) of the ribs
of an umbrella, or parasol, breaks it will not be so liable to move out of its
position and pierce the cover of the umbrella.
In making my improved top notch I form the barrel portion considerably
longer than now customary and I wire the ribs on to the notch as usual, or in
any convenient manner, and I groove the lower portion of the barrel to form a
guide for each rib. In the case of a rib breaking the groove prevents or

page_text: tends to prevent the rib getting loose and out of its position, and as a further
safeguard I make a small Hange near the top of the barrel and above the holding
wire the lower edge of which flange is preferably undercut; the object of this
flange is to hold a broken rib in position and prevent it escaping and piercing
the cover of the umbrella when it is opened.
My improved top notch may be made in two or more parts if preferred.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings-
Figure 1 is an elevation, and Figure 2 a plan of the improved top notch and
barrel made in two parts, and Figure 3 is a view of the same applied to an
umbrella stick.
Figures 4, 5 and 6 are similar views to Figures 1, 2 and 3 respectively of the
improved top notch and barrel made in one piece..
Referring first to Figures 1, 2 and 3,-a designates the top notch, and 6 the
barrel, which, according to my improvements is formed with a series of grooves,
each of which forms a guide for one of the ribs c.
The ribs c are wired or otherwise connected to the top notch, and for convenience
I show only two of the ribs in Fig. 3, of which the left hand one is shown in
its proper position in the top notch; but the rib on the right hand is shown broken
from its joint and lying in its guide in the barrel 6.
The construction shown in Figs. 4, 5 and 6 differs from the preceding only in
this respect that the parts a and b are formed together or combined as one
piece.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
The combination with the top notch a, of the barrel 6 formed with a series
of guides for the ribs of an umbrella or parasol substantially as and for the
purposes herein set forth.
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
Agents for Applicant.
17, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.