Improvements in the Construction of Umbrellas and Parasols.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Dec., 1891-Accepted, 9th Jan., 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Umbrellas and Parasols.
I ARTHUR REGINALD PEPPIN of Maintongoon, Mansfield, in the Colony of
Victoria, Miner, 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 the construction of umbrellas and
parasols so as to render the same adjustable as hereinafter described in which the
central sleeve guide or runner (usually in the form of a ring) working up and down
the handle of the umbrella or parasol is made to curve around the handle in the
shape of a horseshoe having the ordinary series of projections or teeth on its outer
surface to which ordinary spreaders or supports are attached by means of a double
wire tie secured through two small holes at each side of the sleeve or runner the
spreaders connecting in the ordinary manner with the ribs of the umbrella or
parasol. To the arms of the runner is pivoted by pin connection a bifurcated
spreader shaped like a tuning fork the shank at its termination being pivotted in
the ordinary way to a rib of the umbrella or parasol. The under edge of said
bifurcated portion of the last named spreader is notched so as to form a ratchet for
adjusting and securing the handle in the required position as hereinafter
described.
The runner and fork together form an oblong slot in which the stick lies, the
right hand end of which bars against the stick and travels up the same in the
ordinary way until it compresses and passes over the ordinary wire sustaining
spring, which spring, on its being again released, protrudes from the stick and
supports the runner retaining the umbrella open to its full extent. The umbrella
being opened fully the runner is released by a slight upward pressure, when
the handle may be. drawn laterally along the slot out of its perpendicular
position the spring in the handle working in the ratchet aforesaid thereby
retaining the handle or stick at the requisite angle. The object of the said
invention is to enable a person to readily adjust and secure the same so that the
top of the umbrella may be fixed at any desired angle or tilt without materially
altering the vertical position of the handle when grasped by the hand. For
instance to present the umbrella at a convenient angle when walking against the
wind or a beating rain so as to afford the most complete shelter without the need
of altering the position of the whole umbrella to attain which result with the
ordinarily constructed umbrella in a strong wind necessitates the lowering of the
handle of the umbrella to an angle with the body of perhaps forty five degrees
often in strong wind requiring the use of both hands.
In order that my invention may be more perfectly understood reference may now
be made to the accompanying drawings
Figure 1 shews the umbrella canted or thrown out of the centre, the handle or
stick being held to the left of the centre by the ratchet and spring.
Figure 2 shews the umbrella open or expanded to its full extent, the handle or
stick in its true vertical position.
Figure 3 shews plan of the sleeve-guide and bifurcated slot before described.
Figure 4 shews the sleeve-guide or runner with the wire-tie securing the ordinary
spreaders or supports through holes in ends of sleeve-guide.
In these figures, A is the bifurcated slot pivotted at A' to the sleeve-guide or
runner B, the reverse end or shank being attached in the usual manner to the rib
at C. D are the notches for engagement with ordinary upper retention-spring in
handle or stick. F in Figure 4 shews wire and method of securing the spreaders to
the sleeve-guide or runner.

page_text: The material used throughout will be that ordinarily used in the trade in the
manufacture of umbrellas or parasols. The sleeve-guide and slot may be fitted to
work either to the right or left of the handle. The above drawings shew the same
working to the left.
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 I
claim is
1. The construction of umbrellas and parasols with the handle movable laterally
in the sleeve-guide or runner rendering the top or covering of the umbrella or
parasol adjustable to a given angle without materially altering the vertical position
of the handle.
2. The bifurcated slot A fork-shaped and pivotted to the rib notched along its
under edge (for engagement with the spring) and the sleeve-guide or runner B
pivotted together at A¹ and forming an oval slot for the reception of the handle as
before described combined and used in the construction of adjustable umbrellas
and parasols as before described and as shewn in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 30th day of October 1891.
Witness,
J. BEAR,
Patent Agent, &c., Melbourne.
ARTHUR REGINALD PEPPIN.
Abel & Imray,
Agents for the Applicant.