improvements in or relating to the Couston R Parasols, and other like Shades, Screens, or Guards.
Year: 1886

page_text: improvements in or relating to the Couston R
Parasols, and other like Shades, Screens, or Guards.
We, THURE AUGUST CLASSON, Gentleman, of Piteå, Sweden, and JOHN HAMPSON,
Stone Merchant, of Tooley Street, in the County of Surrey, do hereby declare
the nature of the said 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 or relating to the construction of
Umbrellas, Parasols, and other like Shades, screens or guards, and its object is to
combine in one article, a walking stick, with an umbrella, parasol or other like
covering, shade, screen or guard (hereinafter intended to be comprehended where
the words "umbrella or "umbrella part" alone occur) in such a manner as that
the stick can be used both as the stick or supporting part of the umbrella part, and
also as a case for containing such umbrella part and all its usual or necessary
attachments for opening and closing it and keeping it open or closed, and can in
such latter event be used in an ordinary manner as a walking stick.
To this end, the Invention consists essentially in constructing the said stick or
handle of a tubular or hollow formation so that it will serve as a case for the
umbrella part and its attachments when rolled or wrapped together and inserted
thereinto, and in adapting the hollowed stick at the one end with a removable cap
or handle and at the other end with a removable protecting ferrule and part adapted
to receive the inner end of a shortened centre supporting part of the umbrella;
and in constructing the umbrella with such a shortened centre supporting part
adapted to be applied to the said end of the stick in such a manner as to be
retained thereby, such centre supporting part carrying the upper notched piece to
which the inner ends of the ribs are connected, and being of a tubular formation
and provided with an inner rod carrying the runner to which the inner ends of the
stretchers are applied, the parts being so constructed as that when the inner and
of the said shortened centre supporting part of the umbrella is inserted into the
proper end of the said stick and such parts are pressed against a resistance offered
to the outer end of the said inner rod the parts are so operated on as that the
umbrella is opened, and all its parts are caused to assume their desired relative
positions, and the stick and umbrella then conjointly serve the purposes of an
ordinary umbrella.

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An advantageous modification of carrying the Invention into effect is illustrated
on the accompanying drawings; in which Fig. 1. represents a detached view of the
umbrella part and its attachments in a closed position; Fig. 2. represents the
same in an opened position and as adapted to the stick for use as an umbrella;
and Fig. 3. represents (on a smaller scale) the umbrella part and attachments
contained by the stick, which latter can then be used as an ordinary walking
stick.
1. represents the stick, which may be made of thin metal, papier-mâche, wood,
The stick is
or other suitable material, and of a length convenient to the user.
made of a hollowed formation for a length approximately equal to that of the
umbrella part and attachments when closed up, and is adapted with a removable
screw cap or handle, 2. at its larger end, and at its smaller end the stick is adapted
with a removable ferrule 3. (which can be inserted into the cap, 2. see Fig. 2. when
removed from the stick) and is recessed, as at, 4, to receive and retain the inner
end of the tubular centre supporting part, 5, of the umbrella attachment, and is
stopped across at the part, 6.
The umbrella attachment is adapted with a tubular centre supporting part, 5,
the lower end of which is adapted to fit into the recess, 4, in the end of the stick,
and is provided with a spring catch, 7, which slips into the recess, 4, and retains
the stick and umbrella attachment in connection as an umbrella; the catch, 7, and
a stop piece, 8, (adapted to the part, 5,) and the stopped part, 6, and a finger
button, 9, (adapted to the catch, 7,) all serving for retaining the said parts (1,5,)
in their desired relative positions.
The upper end of the part, 5, carries the upper notched piece, 10, which carries
the inner ends of the ribs, 11, and is kept in position by a screw piece, 12, or by
other suitable means.
The part, 5, is formed with a longitudinal slot, 13, and is provided with an
inner rod, 14, connected to the runner, 15, which carries the inner ends of the
stretchers, 16, and is adapted with guide pins, 17, capable of travelling in the
alot, 13, and which prevent the runner from turning round and cause it to keep its
desired position relatively to the notched piece, 10, so that the ribs and stretchers,
will properly radiate. The length of the inner rod, 14, a little exceeds the distance
from the lower end of the runner, 15, (when the umbrella part is fully opened), to
the outer end of the tube, 5.
When the parts are in use as an umbrella, they assume the relative positions
delineated in Fig. 2, and the umbrella attachment can either be capable of rotating
in the end of the stick, or it may be prevented from so doing by causing the stop, 8,
to engage in a slot in the end of the stick, as dotted; a spring catch may, if
required, also be adapted for retaining the runner in the position delineated in
Fig. 2, until it is required to close up the umbrella, when the umbrella can be
removed from the stick, upon pressing the button or knob, 9, and withdrawing
the umbrella, and the umbrella can be closed up by simply pushing the runner
towards the notched piece, 10, and releasing it from a catch if retained thereby ;
and when the umbrella is removed and closed up it is wrapped round in a usual
manner, and preferably put into an ordinary silk or other like case, and is then
inserted into the hollow stick in the manner represented in Fig. 3; and upon the
ferrule and cap being applied to the stick the latter may then be used as a walking
stick.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is :-
In umbrellas, parasols, and other like shades, screens or guards.
1. The combination of a stick adapted as a case for containing the umbrella part
and attachments, and as a stick for supporting such umbrella part and attachments
when required for use, with an umbrella part and attachments consisting of a centre
supporting part composed of a tube and inner rod adapted with means of carrying

page_text: the ribs and stretchers and of sliding relatively to each other and with means of
securing the umbrella part and attachments to the said tubular stick, all sub-
stantially as herein before described.
2. The application of a stick or supporting part hollowed for the reception of
the umbrella part and attachments when not required for use, and provided with
removable caps or a handle and ferrule, and adapted at the one end for the
reception of the umbrella part and attachments when required for use, and formed
so as to support and retain the same, substantially as herein before described.
3. The application and use in combination, of the central tubular supporting part
of the umbrella adapted with means for securing it to the stick, and with a notched
piece for carrying the ribs, with an inner rod adapted with a runner for carrying
the stretchers; the tube being slotted and the runner so provided as to cause the
tube and rod to slide in the desired direction and into the desired positions in
relation to each other, substantially as hereinbefore described.
Dated this 20th day of Antahan 1000
DAY, DAVIES & HUNT,
321, High Holborn, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicants.