Improvements in Holders for Umbrellas and the like.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Aug., 1892-Accepted, 24th Sept., 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Holders for Umbrellas and the like.
1, JAMES GOODWIN of 35 and 36 Hosier Lane, West Smithfield, in the City of
London, Drapers' Stand Manufacturer, 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 this invention is to hold umbrellas and the like for exhibition
purposes as in shops and the like, the umbrellas forming their own stand and
being secured by the holder against falling. The invention takes the form of a
particularly shaped ring or band adapted to receive any suitable number of
umbrellas, and will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings,
in which :-
and
Figure 1 is a view of a ring or holder adapted to contain three umbrellas,
Figure 2 represents a similar ring or holder adapted to contain five umbrellas,
Figure 3 represents three umbrellas in the position they would take when placed
in the holder.
The holder itself consists of the ring or band A shaped into portions of a number
of circles or other shaped recesses B smaller than the diameter of the ring the
number varying according to the number of umbrellas to be supported. In Figure 1
the holder is adapted to contain three umbrellas and would be the same holder
illustrated in Figure 3 from which view it will be seen that the umbrellas are
placed in the holder each one occupying its respective recess and are crossed so as
to form a tripod, the umbrellas thus supporting themselves and owing to those
portions of the circles B which would meet at the centre of the ring A being
removed the umbrellas bear against and mutually support each other and are thus
saved from falling down or allowing the holder to fall down.
The holder may be made of any suitable material conveniently cast metal and
may be shallow or deep as desired, the cross section of the ring preferably showing
about the same thickness in both directions. If a greater surface was required to
bear upon the umbrellas each part ring B would conveniently take the form of a
portion of a tube of a length corresponding to the amount of bearing required upon
the umbrella, and each tube being placed at the appropriate angle. The ring as
above described however is found to give excellent results.
It will be understood that the shape of the ring or band may vary as required
and that I do not bind myself to employing only the forms shown in the drawings ;
for example I may make the band square (in which form it would conveniently
support four umbrellas) instead of circular, or where it is desired to support a
number of umbrellas in line I may make it in the form of an elongated band having
short ends and long sides, the umbrellas crossing and supporting each other in the
manner previously described. In all these cases the "
open centre would be used
as even with the elongated band just mentioned there would be no portion of the
band between the umbrellas.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I am aware that a
holder of this nature is already in use, but in that case the circles B are complete,
the centre of the ring A being entirely filled up and I find that owing to this
arrangement preventing the umbrellas from touching one another the result
obtained is not as good as with the open circles set forth in this Specification. I

page_text: however make no claim to a holder of this description with the complete rings;
what I claim is
1. A holder for umbrellas and the like consisting of a ring or band such as A
having a number of part circles or other shaped recesses such as B corresponding
with the number of umbrellas or the 'like'to be supported and having an open centre
substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
2. The holder for umbrellas and the like substantially as described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings..
Dated this 20th day of August 1892
JAMES
GOODWIN,
W. P. Thompson & Boult,
Agents for the Applicant.