An Improved Stand or Support for Viewing Processions and the like applicable also for other purposes.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Jan., 1898-Accepted, 28th May, 1898
An Improved Stand or Support for Viewing Processions and the like,
applicable also for other purposes.
ABRAHAM RUST, Clerk in Holy Orders, Sundon Vicarage, Dunstable, Bedfordshire
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:-
This invention relates to an improved stand or support by means of which a
spectator can raise himself to a convenient height for viewing procession scenery
or distant objects, the stand being also applicable for use as a walking-stick,
umbrella or other useful article as hereinafter described.
The invention consists of a number of rods or tubes preferably made to fit or
telescope into one another so that by altering their position and arrangement
they may be made to form several useful articles or implements the whole however
forming a compact and portable combination that can be conveniently carried and
used as a walking-stick.
The invention is illustrated in the accompanying sheet of drawings in which
Figures 1 to 4 show applications of the invention according to one modification
while,
Figures 5 to 7 show applications according to a second modification.
In Figure 1 of the drawings the stand or support is shown in its closed or packed
form in which it is specially applicable for use as a walking stick and consists
of a tube A preferably of thin metal into which slides another tube or rod B
also preferably of metal having shoulders C C about the centre thereof and a short
solid and preferably pointed rod I sliding into one end of the tube B as shown. The
top of the outer tube A. is formed as a clasp A¹ so as to grip à telescope or a
receptacle E which may serve as a handle. A screw clamp F or other device
fixes the tube B securely in any position within the tube D.
If it is desired to use the walking stick as a support for sightseeing it is
arranged as in Figure 2, the short rod D being withdrawn from the extremity
of the tube B and inserted in a transverse hole therein, to form a support for
the feet of the sightseer who by leaning against a wall and firmly grasping the
handle E is enabled to raise himself above the surrounding crowd and to maintain
that position by the handle, telescope or receptacle resting against the legs. In
this arrangement the tube B can be extended to suit the convenience of the user.
Figure 3 illustrates the application of the invention to a stool, the tube B
being withdrawn from the tube A and placed in the clasp A¹ and the short rod D
inserted through a hole in both rods to lock them in position as illustrated.
Figure 4 shows the stand or support in its extended position to be used as
a crutch, the tube B being drawn out from the tube A as far as possible and the
rod D being fixed into the extreme end thereof. This arrangement also forms a
suitable stand for a telescope, camera or the like; and by fixing the rod D in an
inclined hole D' a convenient pick or crook is provided.
The modification of the invention as illustrated in Figures 5, 6, and 7 differs

page_text: from that herein before described in that an umbrella G is substituted for the
tube B of the previous modification.
Two tubes H and I, sliding one in the other form the handle when screwed or
otherwise fitted on to the stem part carrying the umbrella as shown in Figure 5,
but when fitted on opposite ends as shown in Figure 6 and a rod D inserted
through one of them a stand or support is formed similar to those shown re-
spectively in Figures 2 and 4, whilst when fitted as shown in Figure 7 a stool is
formed similar to that shewn in Figure 3.
It is to be understood that I do not confine myself to the exact construction
shown and described as many modifications in detail could be applied without
departing from the subject of my invention for instance in place of the telescope E,
a receptacle for a smoker's outfit, toilet articles or stimulant flask could be sub-
stituted, or the main tube A could be used for a similar purpose and the rod D
could be shaped to form any convenient tool such as a screw-driver, knife or saw.
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:
(1) The combined stand or support applicable also for other purposes as herein-
before described with reference to Figure 1 to 4 of the accompanying drawings.
(2) The combined stand or support applicable also for other purposes as herein-
before described with reference to Figures 5 to 7 of the accompanying drawings.
n
1000
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents.
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents.