Improvements in Fittings for Displaying Umbrellas, Walking Sticks, or other similar Articles.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Sept., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 24th Oct., 1891-Accepted, 28th Nov., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fittings for Displaying Umbrellas, Walking Sticks,
or other similar Articles.
I THOMAS JOHNSON, of 222 Wolverhampton Street, Dudley, Worcestershire,
Hosier, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in fittings for displaying umbrellas,
walking sticks, or other similar articles, but more particularly the former.
At the present a clip spring or what may be termed a double loop device is used
into which the bottom end of the umbrella is passed and secured, such loop being
in suitable
also provided with a hook, by which the whole may then be hung up
position for view.
any
This loop consists of a piece of metal (somewhat stripwise) having at a littlé
distance apart two holes a little larger than the ends of the umbrellas sticks.
Between these two holes the metal is somewhat springy and is bent so that the
plane of the two holes are nominally at about right angles to each other. In using
these holders, the stick of the umbrella is first passed or threaded into the first of
these holes, and then into the other, which, in so doing tends to straighten the said
holder, and thus holds the umbrella firmly so that it may be suspended by the before-
mentioned hook formed upon the holder.
In attaching and detaching these holders however, there is a great liability to
scratch and thereby damage the said sticks, by reason of the metallic edges of the
holes, and it is to obviate this defect that I have made this my improvement. It
consists in covering or combining with the said holes a coating of india rubber,
so that such parts appear as an india rubber ring having an internal ring of
metal, by which all metallic contact with the article is avoided. To effect this
properly I find it best to first cut out the metallic portion, and then mould the
india rubber portion direct on to the metallic ring, and completely encircling
such parts.
Preferably these holders are made to hang by means of the hook aforesaid,
but they may if desired be grouped into a stand, and in some cases instead of
there being two holes, one of such holes may only be used, in which case the
hook part would be made of stronger metal (unyielding) and bent angularwise to
the hole.
Dated this 20th daT of Sentember 1891.
CHARLES T. POWELL,
Applicant's Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
5 Improvements in Fittings for Displaying Umbrellas, Walking Sticks,
or other similar Articles.
I THOMAS JOHNSON, of 222 Wolverhampton Street, Dudley, Worcestershire
Hosier, 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
O the following statement :-
This invention relates to improvements in fittings. for displaying umbrellas,
walking sticks, or other similar articles, but more particularly the former.
At the present time, a clip spring or what may be termed a double loop device

page_text: is used into which the bottom end of the umbrella is passed and secured, such loo
being also provided with a hook, by which the whole may then be hung up in any
suitable position for view.
This loop consists of a piece. of metal (somewhat stripwise) having at a little
distance apart, two holes a little larger than the ends of, the umbrellas sticks.
Between these two holes the metal is somewhat springy and is bent so that the
plane of the two holes are nominally at about right angles to each other. In using
these holders the stick of the umbrella is first, passed or threaded into the first of
these holes and then into the other, which, in so doing tends to straighten the said
holder and thus holds the umbrella firmly so that it may be suspended by the before-
mentioned hook formed upon the holder.
In attaching and detaching these holders however, there is a great liability to
scratch and thereby damage the said sticks, by reason of the metallic edges of
the holes, and it is to obviate this defect that I have made this my improvement.
It consists in covering or combining with the said hole a coating of india rubber,
so that such parts appear as an india rubber ring having an internal ring of
metal, by which all metallic contact with the article is avoided. To effect this
properly I find it best to first cut out the metallic portion, and then mould the
india rubber portion direct, on to the metallic ring, and completely encircling
such parts.
In order to more particularly describe how this my invention is to be carried out
I have hereunto appended an illustrative sheet of drawings upon which are figures
and numbers of reference, similar numbers of reference, referring throughout the
several views to the same thing or part; and in which;
Fig. 1, is a front view and Fig. 2, a side view of the kind of holder at present in
use, and which now forms the basis of this
my invention.
Fig. 3, is a front view and Fig. 4, a side view of the holder as made according to
this my invention.
Fig. 5, is a sectional view at A-B, and Fig. 6, a similar sectional view at C—D,
of Fig. 4.
Fig. 7, shows the application of the holder to the supporting of the umbrella.
As already intimated Figs. 1 & 2, illustrate what has been already in use for
this object which consists of a spring clip device, stamped or cut from a piece of
sheet metal. 1, is the hook having in its extended length the two rings or
loops 2, 2, having the length of strip 3, connecting them together, this part 3,
serving also as a spring, tending to bring the loops into a straight line as seen
in Fig. 2. The interior of the holes 4, 4, may be eyeletted as shown at 5, in
order to strengthen such parts, or otherwise lessen the evil of having a rough
cutting edge therein, or, in some cases, I may dispense with such eyelet.
According to this my invention I now take this double loop device, and cover or
combine with the said hole, or speaking more correctly, the loops 2, 2, a coating of
india rubber, 6, 6, which completely encircles the aforesaid metallic loops 2, 2; so
that such parts appear externally as india rubber rings. To effect this properly I
find it best to first cut out the metallic portions 2, 2, &c., and then mould the india
rubber portion direct on to the metallic ring as shown.
In Figs. 3 & 4, I have also shown how this dividing strip 3, may be utilized to
accommodate the attachment of a price or advertisement ticket, in which the
ticket 7, is passed under the portions 8, 8, which are slitted and pushed upwards
from the strip.
In Fig. 7, it will be seen that in use, the two loops assume a position approximately
that of being at right angles to each other.
Preferably those holders are made to hang by means of the hook aforesaid, but
they may if desired be grouped into a stand, and in some cases instead of there
being two holes, one of such holes may only be used, in which case the hook
part would be made of stronger metal (unyielding) and bent angularwise to
the hole.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
In fittings for displaying umbrellas, walking sticks, or other similar articles, the
combination with a holder having one or more loops 2, 2, of the completely encircling
rings of india rubber 6, 6, substantially as set forth and illustrated.
Dated this 23rd day of October 1891.
CHARLES T. POWELL,
12, Cherry Street, Birmingham, Applicant's Agent.