Improvements in and connected with Walking Sticks, especially adapted for Gamekeepers.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Aug., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 2nd May, 1892-Accepted, 4th June, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Walking Sticks, especially
adapted for Gamekeepers.
1, JOHN JACOB HOLTZAPFFEL of 64 Charing Cross London in the County
of Middlesex Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:
This invention has for its object a stick that shall be portable and strong and
combine the several useful purposes of protecting the person and clothing of the
user when crossing barbed wire fences, of a mark for indicating the presence of
dead game or articles left on a spot for subsequent collection, of a means of carry-
ing a whistle for signalling or a knife, or à cartridge extractor or other small
article, and as an unbreakable and yet light and convenient walking stick and
defensive weapon.
In order to accomplish this, I take a piece of thin sheet iron or steel or other
convenient material, of suitable length and usually tapering from the end to which
the handle is attached, and I bend this strip of metal, hereafter called a stick,
longitudinally throughout its length, down the middle, until its sides stand at an
angle of 90° or thereabouts forming its section into an L shape or angle iron, and
making it stiff and unbendable. I then point the smaller end either as a simple
point, or a bayonet point or I twist the end into a screwlike point. At the wider
end of the stick and usually at right angles to it, I attach the handle also made of
iron or steel or other convenient material, by means of rivets or some convenient
method. The handle may be formed into a whistle, or being made hollow may
contain a whistle which may be screwed or fitted into it, or the open end being
closed by a cover it may serve as a convenient receptacle for a knife, cartridge
extractor, or any other small article. I usually paint enamel or japan, the handle
and upper end of the stick with some conspicuous color that is readily seen at a
distance, so that when it is struck into the ground and left as a mark, it may be
recovered without difficulty. It will be apparent that the stick need only be made
of very thin material and its weight may be little more than that of an average
walking stick, so that its strength and lightness make it convenient for tourists,
gamekeepers, sportsmen and others and for general use in the country, especially
for laying along barbed wire fences to avoid injury to the person or clothes when
climbing or stepping over them.
Dated this 7th day of August 1891
JOHN JACOB HOLTZAPFFEL.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Walking Sticks, especially
adapted for Gamekeepers.
I, JOHN JACOB Holtzapffel of 64 Charing Cross London Engineer 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 :-
This invention has for its object a stick that shall be portable and strong and
shall serve several useful purposes for tourists sportsmen and gamekeepers and for
general use in the country. It is particularly constructed to be of use for pro-
tecting the person and clothes of the user from injury when crossing or climbing
over barbed wire fences, for a gamekeeper's mark for indicating the presence of
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page_text: dead game or other articles left for subsequent collection, and for a means of
carrying a whistle for signalling, a knife or à cartridge extractor or other small
object, and as a weapon of defence.
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In order that it may fulfil these several purposes, and yet be an unbreakable and
light and convenient walking stick, I take a piece of thin sheet iron or steel or
other convenient material, preferably metal, of convenient length and usually
slightly tapering from the end to which the handle is attached and I bend this
strip, hereafter called "the stick longitudinally throughout its length, down the
centre, until its sides stand at an angle of 90° or thereabouts forming its section
into an shape or angle iron, and making it stiff and unbendable. I then form
the smaller end of the stick as a blunt bayonet point which I strengthen by
inserting a piece of metal inside which may be attached by rivets, brazing oi
welding or I simply point the end of the stick and omit this strengthening piece or
I twist the end into a screwlike point. At the wider and upper end of the stick,
and usually at right angles to it. attach the handle, also of iron or steel or other
convenient material, by rivets brazing or welding. The handle being made hollow
or of a tubular form may itself be formed into a whistle or it may contain a
whistle, screwed or fitted into it, or at times I close the end of the handle, by a
cover and it serves as a convenient receptacle for a knife, cartridge extractor,
matches or any other small articles.
A reference to the drawings (in which like letters represent like parts) will
help to explain the construction of my invention.
Figure 1 is a side elevation and Figure 2 a plan of the stick a, b, showing the
end, pointed and strengthened within by a piece of metal c,-at the other end d,
is the handle, attached to the stick by rivets, brazing or welding and containing a
whistle e.
Figure 3 is an end elevation showing one method of attaching the handle d, by
two wings or flanges, but I do not confine myself to this particular method of
attaching the handle, which may be fixed to the stick in any convenient manner,
and the handle may be a knob or of any other form if desired.
Figure 4 is an alternative method of forming the point c, by means of a piece of
metal of screw like form rivetted or otherwise attached to the stick a, b.
Figure 5, shows the point of the stick itself twisted into a screw form and
Figure 6 the end of the stick simply pointed, in cach case without any
strengthening piece.
1 usually paint, enamel or japan the stick, making the upper end and the handle
of some conspicuous color that can be readily seen at a distance, so that when the
stick is left as a mark it may be easily found and recovered.
I find it is necessary
to use only very thin material, and I can reduce the weight of my stick to that of
an average walking stick, so that its strength and lightness make it convenient for
general use in the country and of great value to gamekeepers, sportsmen and others
especially for laying along barbed wire fences, when the stick is held with the
handle uppermost and the inclined sides form a channel within which the barbed
wire lies, and is covered, and prevented from doing injury to the person or clothes
of the user when he is climbing or crossing over such fences.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed. I declare that what [
claim is
The construction and use of a walking stick for the purposes and in manner
substantially as above described.
Dated this Second day of May 1892.