Improvements in the Construction of Flower Holders or Supports.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Sent., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 20th June, 1889-Accepted. 20th July. 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Flower Holders or Supports.
I, WALTER GEORGE PARKIN of Fargate, Sheffield in the County of York Glass
and China Merchant do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in the construction of wire work of any
metal or material, cut flower holders or supports and has for its object, first to form a
wire work holder that shall enable the cut flowers to be better arranged and supported
when placed in a flower glass or vase or other receptacle, than is the case with wire
supports as now constructed, secondly, to enable such wire work supports to be
compressed to a certain extent so as to correspond with the shape or size of the mouth
or opening into the vase or other vessel into which it is desired to be placed, and
thirdly to make such holders very convenient for holding damp moss for the insertion
of cut flowers.
The chief feature of my invention in the construction of the wire work flower
holders, is the arrangement of the wire work so as to form an upper and a lower layer
of wire mesh at some little distance from each other, so that the stems of the
flowers will be caught or held at two different points instead of one, the result being
that instead of the blooms or flowers (which in most cases are the heaviest part)
tipping up, and falling forward (thus disarranging and spoling the group) they are
held in a position which shows them to the best advantage.
I carry out one arrangement of my invention by making the wire work in the
shape of a ball, of any desired size to suit various sizes of vessels, and I prefer to
arrange the wire diagonally, so that the ball may be clastic and compressible, to enable
it to be squeezed into and fit the irregular shaped openings of vessel; the meshes
therefore in the top half of the ball support the stem near the heads of the flowers,
and the meshes in the bottom half support the lower end of the stem.
I also make various shapes of wire work flower holders of double, (or upper and
lower), mesh, such as tubular, or partly tubular, which may be formed into circles or
other shapes, as may be required for table decoration, or to encircle or support dishes,
or other receptacles for fruit, etcetera.
Such tubular or semi-tubular wire work holders, may be filled with damp moss into
which the flower stems are inserted.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Flower Holders or Supports.
I, WALTER GEORGE PARKIN of Fargate, Sheffield, in the County of York, Glass
and China Merchant 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 improvements in the construction of wire work holders
or supports for cut flowers, the objects being first, to construct a wire work holder
that shall enable cut flowers to be arranged and supported in a more effective manner
in flower glasses or vases than with the wire supports as now constructed; secondly
to enable such wire work supports to be compressed to a certain extent, and so to
assimilate, and be fitted to the various shapes and sizes of vases or other vessels into

page_text: which it is desired to place them; and thirdly to make a convenient holder for damp
moss for the insertion of cut flowers.
The annexed sheet of drawings represents two methods of carrying the invention
into effect.
Fig. 1, represents a spherical wirework holder, suitable for placing in the mouth of
ordinary flower glasses."
Fig. 2, represents a form of wirework holder suitable for holding moss into which
cut flowers may be inserted.
The chief feature of my invention, by which the objects beforementioned are
attained, is in the arrangement of the wirework so as to form an upper and a lower.
layer of wire meshes at some little distance from each other, so that the stems of the
flowers will be caught and held at two different points instead of one only, the result
being that the various flowers are held and supported in erect positions in which they
can be seen to the best advantage instead of falling forward as they usually do, when
placed through the ordinary single wirework holders.
One of the most useful forms of holder is shown in Fig. 1, being a ball or sphere,
they may be made any size, and the wire may be of any desired gange and of any.
suitable material.
I arrange the coils of the wire, so that the ball shaped holder may be elastic and
compressible, to enable it to be squeezed into and conform to the irregular shaped
openings of many flower vases or vessels, when thus placed, flowers arranged in the
holder are supported under the heads or thereabouts, by the upper meshes of the,
wirework, and the lower end of the stalk is held by the under meshes, as shown.
Various shapes of such wirework flower holders may be constructed, having an
upper and a lower arrangement of mesh work, for the various requirements of table
decoration, such for example as to encircle or even to support dishes or other
receptacles for pastry, fruit or the like, one being illustrated in Fig. 2, on the sheet
of drawings.
This holder is of an annular or ring-shape configuration, and tubular or partly
tubular construction, having an upper and lower network of wire; it is intended to
be filled with damp moss and to encircle some fruit stand, candlestick or other like
article on the table, and to hold cut flowers.
It is evident that the configuration of holders made according to my invention may
be greatly varied, and therefore I do not bind myself to any particular shape, those
shown in the drawings being merely given as examples.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same may be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1-A wirework flower holder so constructed as to have an upper and lower layer
of meshes for the purpose specified, and substantially as herein before described.
2-An elastic wirework flower holder that can by compression, be made to assimilate
to the shape or size of a flower vase or like vessel, and having an upper and lower
mesh, substantially as described and as shown in Fig. 1.
3-An annular or ring shaped wirework flower holder, arranged to hold damp
moss or the like for the insertion of cut flowers, substantially as hereinbefore
described and as shown in Fig. 2.
Dated the 19th day of June 1889
ROBT. F. DRURY, Fel. Inst. P.A.,
Bank Buildings, George Street, Sheffield. Agent for Applicant.