IMPROVEMENTS IN OR APPLICABLE TO UMBRELLAS AND PARASOLS.
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Robert Busby Avery of the City of Manchester in the
County of Lancaster for an invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN OR APPLICABLE
TO UMBRELLAS AND PARASOLS.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Robert Busby Avery at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 17th June 1882.
ROBERT BUSBY AVERY of the City of Manchester in the County of Lancaster
"IMPROVEMENTS IN OR APPLICABLE TO UMBRELLAS AND PARASOLS "
The object of this Invention is to improve upon the india rubber or elastic ring
or metallic aliding fasteners now used for holding the tips of the ribs of the umbrella
or parasol close to the stick and which have hitherto proved so awkward and
inconvenient to manipulate.
In carrying out my Invention I employ by preference a metallic ring which is
secured to a suitable loop or eye at or about the position on the stick where the tips
of the ribs extend to. This metallic ring being capable of falling over and enclosing
the tips of the ribs when the ribs are grasped by the hands of the user and so pressed
towards the stick and without necessarily touching such ring whilst to remove
such ring for the purpose of opening the umbrella it is only necessary to grasp the
ribs again and to hold the umbrella in such a position as to allow the ring to fall
away from the tips when such ring remains suspended from the loop or eye.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Lettors Patent filed by
the said Robert Busby Avery in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
16th December 1882.
ROBERT BUSBY AVERY of the City of Manchester in the County of Lancaster
"IMPROVEMENTS IN OR APPLICABLE TO UMBRELLAS AND PARASOLS."
The object of this invention is to improve upon the india rubber or metallic
sliding fasteners now used for holding the tips of the ribs of the umbrella or parasol
close to the stick and which have hitherto proved so awkward and inconvenient to
manipulate.
In carrying out my invention I employ by preference a metallic ring which is
secured to a suitable loop or eye at or about the position on the stick where the
tips of the ribs extend to, and as hereinaftor explained.
And in order that this my said Invention may be the more readily understood
and carried into practical effect I have hereunto annexed a Drawing illustrative of
my invention and will now proceed to describe the same with the assistance of the
letters of reference marked thereon.
Figs 1 and 2 each represent a portion of an umbrella having my improvements
applied thereto.
Fig 3 represents a plan view of the ring and its loop attachment.
In all the views A is the stick and B B are the tips of the ribs of the umbrella.
C is my improved metallic or other ring for securing the tips of the ribs of the
umbrella. This ring C is linked to a suitable loop or eye D which is secured in
turn to the stick A by means of a band of metal E
In Fig 1 the ring C is shewn in position upon the tips of the ribs, whilst in
Fig 2 it is shewn as released therefrom.
It will be obvious that this ring C is capable of falling over and enclosing the
tips of the ribs when the ribs are grasped by the hand of the user and so pressed
toward the stick and without necessarily touching such ring and that as soon as
the hand is removed the springing out of the ribs against the ring serves to secure
the same in position as illustrated in Fig 1.
To remove the ring C for the purpose of opening the umbrella it is only necessary
to grasp the ribs again and to hold the umbrella in such a position say with the
handle downwards as to allow the ring C to fall away from the tips as illustrated
in Fig. 2 when such ring remains suspended from the loop or eye D.
I wish it to be understood that I do not confine myself to the mode of securing
the loop or eye D to the stick by a band of metal as illustrated as it will be obvious
that there are many other methods of affixing the same in position nor do I claim
the use of a ring save and except in the manner hereinbefore described.
Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of this my said
invention together with the best methods with which I am acquainted for carrying
the same into practical effect I wish it to be understood that I claim.
The use and application of a metallic or other ring when mounted upon the stick
of an umbrella or parasol and operating substantially as and for the purpose
berein before described and illustrated on the accompanying Drawing.
In witness whereof I the said Robert Busby Avery have hereunto set my hand
and seal this Fifteenth day of December in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and eighty two