An Improved Method of and Means for Attaching Covers of Umbrellas, Sunshades, and the like to their Ribs.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 26th June, 1896-Accepted, 1st Aug., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Method of and Means for Attaching Covers of
Umbrellas, Sunshades, and the like to their Ribs.
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I, WILLIAM PARR, 20, Cavendish Road, Birkdale, Southport, Hydropathic
Bath Manager, 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 invention is to afford a means of securing the covers of
umbrellas, sunshades and the like to the ends of the ribs without the use of
stitching and in carrying out my invention I proceed in or in about the following
manner, that is to say, I take a piece of metal similar to a b c, Fig. 1 of the
accompanying drawing, when seen on the flat. This piece of metal is provided
with points (preferably four in number) similar to de fg, which can be bent up at
right angles to the plane of the pieces of metal a b c, the two ends a b being also
curved up slightly from the plane of a b c, as shown isometrically in Fig. 2. The
appliance is used as follows:-First of all the points d e f g are passed through the
cover from the outside to the underside in such manner that the pins de pass
through the hem at the point where the cover is to be secured to the ribs, the
other two points f & g passing through the cover so that one is on each side of the
seam. (See Fig. 3.) The points de ƒ and g are then pressed down toward each
other so as to retain the cover between them and the part hc as shewn in Fig. 3
where i is the hem of the cover and j the seam. The appliance having been thus
secured to the cover, is fastened to the rib in the following manner. At that point
of the end of the rib k (Fig. 4) to which the cover is usually stitched I provide
(instead of the usual hole, and preferably on the underside of the rib) a slot, notch,
groove or the like 7 (Fig. 4) sufficiently deep and wide to receive the ends ab of
the appliance. The cover, appliance and rib are then brought together and the
curved ends a and b pressed round the rib, and into the groove or the like as
shown on the underside in Fig. 5. Fig. 6 shows a top view of the cover, appliance
and rib when the whole are fastened together.
The appliance can be secured easily and quickly both to the cover, and rib by
means of a pair of pliers or small hammer and will cause great saving of time as
compared with the present method of attachment by sewing besides being much
more secure. It will also have a neater appearance and will be a protection to the
parts of the umbrella which soon become worn and frayed by the use of india-
rubber rings and ordinary wear. The appliance can be made in various designs
and colors to suit the cover.
I do not confine myself to the precise shape, configuration, relative proportions,
numbers, or dispositions of the parts described in the specification or exemplified in
the accompanying drawing, as any or all of them may be varied without departing
from the spirit of my invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A clip for attaching the covers of umbrellas sunshades, and the like to their
ribs and consisting essentially of a T shaped piece of material, the vertical part of
the said piece being provided with points for passing through the cover along the
seams, and the horizontal parts being bent round so as to embrace the end of the

page_text: rib, the whole substantially as described in the above specification and exemplified
in the accompanying drawings.
2. The method of and means for attaching covers of umbrellas, sunshades, and
the like to their ribs, the whole provided for and carried out substantially as
described in the above specification and exemplified in the accompanying
drawings.
Dated this 18th day of June 1896.
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23, Coleman Street, London, E.C., Agents for the Applicant.