IMPROVEMENTS IN FITTING UP SHOPS, OFFICES, AND OTHER LIKE PLACES AND SHOP FRONTS
Year: 1854

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Wainwright, of Birkenhead, in the County of
Chester, Surgeon Dentist, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN FITTING
UP SHOPS, OFFICES, AND OTHER LIKE PLACES AND SHOP FRONTS."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Wainwright at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
30th October 1854.
I, JOHN WAINWRIGHT, of Birkenhead, in the County of Chester, Surgeon
Dentist, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN FITTING UP SHOPS, OFFICES, AND OTHER LIKE PLACES AND SHOP FRONTS," to be
as follows:-
My Invention consists in forming panels of glass which are to be substituted
for the ordinary panels as at present used in fitting up shops and offices. The
plates of glass are to be held in place between rims of brass secured by screws.
For the fronts of shops I employ two thicknesses of glass, between which
show cards or delicate goods liable to injury from dust may safely be exposed
to view. This construction will apply equally to the interior fittings. Where
one thickness of glass only is used, I insert ornamental and other show cards,

page_text: or write on the glass itself the names of articles on sale. The show cards can
be renewed at any time, and the cards which now lic about shops, hiding
gouds, or being otherwise in the way, would be an ornamental relief to the
counter or door, and my plan would more conspicuously display the cards
themselves.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said John Wainwright in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
26th April 1855.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
WAINWRIGHT, of Birkenhead, in the County of Chester, Surgeon Dentist, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing, date the Thirtieth day of October, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, in the eighteenth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said John Wainwright, Her special licence that I, the said John Wainwright,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I; the said John
Wainwright, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time
agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
during the term thercin expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exer-
cise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
FITTING UP SHOPS, OFFICES, AND OTHER LIKE PLACES AND SHOP FRONTS," upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said John Wainwright, by an instrument
in writing under my hand and seal, should particularly describe and ascertain
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be
performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office
within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said.
Letters Patent.
.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John Wainwright, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement
thereof, that is to say:-
My Invention consists in forming panels, pillars, and pilasters of glass, which
are to be substituted for the ordinary panels, pillars, and pilasters as at present

page_text: used in fitting up the interior of shops and offices. The plates of glass com-
posing the panels, pillars, and pilasters are to be held in place between rims
of brass or other suitable material, secured by screws or other fastenings. For
the fronts of shops I employ two thicknesses of glass, between which shew
cards or delicate goods liable to injury from dust or other causes may safely be
exposed to view. This construction will equally apply to the interior fittings.
Where one thickness of glass only is used, I introduce ornamental and other
shew cards behind it, or write on the glass itself the names of articles on sale.
The shew cards can be renewed at any time, and the cards which now lic
about shops, hiding goods, or being otherwise in the way, would be an orna-
mental relief to the counter or door, and my plan would more conspicuously
display the cards themselves.
And having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is,-
First, the employment of panels, pillars, and pilasters of glass in fitting up
the interior of shops, offices, and other like places for the purpose of exhibiting
shew cards, as herein-before explained.
Second, the employment of double panels of glass in fitting up shop fronts
and doors for the purpose of exhibiting shew cards and goods, as herein-before
explained.
And, third, the employment of double panels of glass in fitting up the interior
of shops, offices, and other like places, for the purpose of exhibiting shew cards
and goods, as herein-before explained.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Wainwright, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-fifth day of April, One thousand eight
hundred and fifty-five.
JOHN WAINWRIGHT.
(L.S.)