Improvements in Fasteners or Retainers for Umbrella or Parasol Runners.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Sept., 1891-Accepted, 3rd Oct., 1891
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fasteners or Retainers for Umbrella or Parasol
Runners.
I JOHN BENJAMIN JESSON, of the City and County of Camden, State of New
Jersey, United States of America, Machinist, do hereby declare the nature of
my 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 consists of a fastener or retainer for the runner of an umbrella or
parasol formed of a plate, and a tongue connected therewith, as hereinafter set
forth.
In the accompanying drawing
Figure 1 represents a longitudinal section of an umbrella or parasol runner-
fastener or retainer embodying my invention.
Figure 2 represents a face view thereof.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.
A, designates an umbrella stick, and B designates the fastener or retainer for
the runner, the same consisting of the plate C of metal or other suitable material,
and the tongue D, the latter having a nose E, which protrudes through an opening F
in said plate. The end of the tongue opposite to the nose is riveted to the
adjacent portion of the plate, it being noticed that said tongue is located behind
said plate.
As the tongue is continuous of the nose and held at one end, it forms a spring
for forcing out the nose and holding it in normal position.
At the end of the tongue adjacent to the nose is a lip G, which when the tongue
is in normal position abuts against the wall of the opening F, and acts as a stop so
as to limit the outward motion of the tongue at the nose end thereof.
At the end of the plate C are spurs H, which are driven into the stick for
securing the fastener thereto, said stick being also recessed or kerfed to receive the
plate and tongue and permit the inward motion of the latter.
At the base of the nose is a shoulder J, which bears against the lower wall of the
opening F, thus sustaining said nose when subjected to the downward pressure of
the runner and connected parts.
The lower end K of the tongue bears against the adjacent spur H, so as to brace
the tongue while subjected to downward strain.
It will be seen that when the nose is pressed back, the runner may pass the
fastener, and when said nose is let go, it returns to its normal position, so that
the runner may engage with the same, it being evident that for the fastening
of the runner when the umbrella or parasol is in closed position, the parts are
in reversed position, so that the flat face of the nose, which is shown at the top
of the nose in Figure 2, will face downwardly, and the runner cannot be raised
unless the nose is pressed back.
As the tongue is a separate piece from the plate, and its connection therewith
is at one end, said tongue possesses great resiliency and strength, and is caused to
retain its operative position, it being braced in the direction of the longitudinal or
vertical thrust thereon, owing to the shoulder L, and the abutment of the end K
against the spur at the end of the plate, which spur forms a shoulder with which
said end contacts.
As the end of the tongue opposite the nose abuts against the adjacent spur, the
strain, on the head due to the weight or pressure of the runner against said head is
transmitted by the tongue to said spur, so that the head and tongue are braced and
well enabled to endure the thrust or strain to which they are subjected.
It will be noticed that the plate C is wider than the tongue D, whereby the

page_text: latter is prevented from coming in contact with the walls of the recess in the stick,
or being interfered with by the warping of the same.
.
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 :-
In a fastening for an umbrella or parasol runner, a slotted plate with attaching
spurs at the ends thereof, a spring tongue connected with said plate, and a nose
carried by said tongue entering the slot of the plate, the tongue extending along
the plate on the back thereof, and having its connected end abutting against the
adjacent spur, the parts named being combined substantially as herein before
described.
Dated this 1st day of September 1891.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.