An Improved Identification Device for Umbrellas and the like, applicable also to Walking Sticks and Canes.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Nov., 1894-Accepted, 15th Dec.. 1894
An Improved Identification Device for Umbrellas and the like,
applicable also to Walking Sticks and Canes.
I, JOHN SIDNEY MARTIN of 23 High Street South Norwood, Surrey, General
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 :-
The object of my present invention is to produce umbrellas and the like,
possessing as an inherent structural feature, a means for identifying their ownership
with a view to their being returned by the finder, to the rightful owner.
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My invention is devised primarily in connection with umbrellas, large numbers
of which become "lost" through being left, in the hurry of travelling or
through absent mindedness &c.,-in vehicles, places of public resort, dwellings
and so forth; and, in order that my invention may the better be understood, I
have appended the accompanying sheet of drawings illustrative thereof. In
accordance with my improvements, I locate and arrange the identifying device at
and in connection with, and utilise, the vertically sliding socket piece or "runner," a
of an umbrella, with the usual cap 6 to which the "stretchers are articulated.
In the drawings, I have shewn two methods of carrying out my invention,
which I will separately, describe. Under one mode of procedure Figures 1 to 3,
the barrel of the "runner is formed, as shewn at c with a slight depression or
sunk surface to which is attached a paper or other slip with the name, address &c.
of owner written or printed thereon. The depression aforesaid, at c, being but shallow,
would not interfere with the free working of the "runner," on the umbrella
stick. A curved cover plate d is employed which travels in grooves or guides e, f at
the top and bottom of the "runner" having stops e, at end of segmental path
of travel. In Figure 1, which is a longitudinal elevational view, the depression c
is covered by the plate d, provided as shewn, with thumb catch g. To ascertain
name and address of owner, it is only necessary to apply the thumb nail to the
catch g of the curved cover plate d, whereupon the latter will travel round the
segmental recesses or guides e, f, and so unfold or disclose the ownership
announcement at c, as shewn Figure 2. Figure 3 being a horizontal section taken
on line 1, 2, Figure 1. The outer surface of cover plate d might bear upon it
some indication or notification of the utility of my improved identifying device.
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Figures 4, 5 and 6, illustrate a second and very useful and advantageous way
of carrying out my invention. Under this mode of procedure the label bearing
on it the notification of ownership is applied to the inside of spring hinged
cover or shutter d. Figure 4 shews a longitudinal elevational view of the device,
under this arrangement, when closed, and Figure 5 a corresponding view with the
cover or shutter d opened by application of say thumb nail to the catch g.
Figure 6 being horizontal section taken on line 3, 4, Figure 4. Any convenient
arrangement of spring may be adopted such as h (Figs. 4 & 6) i, i, being the pivots
of hinged cover or shutter d, the outer surface of which, may as in the first
described arrangement, bear upon it a notification of the purpose of utility served
by my improved device.
If desired, my identification device might also be used in connection with walking
sticks and canes, by forming same with a surrounding socket or tube piece at the
top or handle end of the stick or cane, which would take the place of the umbrella
runner a in the drawings, the other parts of the device being the same as
already described in reference to umbrellas.
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page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what [
claim is
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First. The improved identification device for umbrellas, and the like, applicable
also to walking sticks and canes, substantially as herein set forth.
Second. In an identification device for umbrellas and the like, the "runner," a,
cover plate d and accessory parts substantially as and for the purposes herein set
forth, and shewn, Figures 1 to 3.
Third. In an identification device for umbrellas and the like, the runner a,
spring hinged cover plate or shutter d and accessory parts substantially as and
for the purposes herein set forth, and shewn, Figures 4 to 6.
Dated this 8th day of November 1894.
V. LAZARUS,
1, Furnival Street, Holborn, E.C., Agent for Applicant.