Improvements in Means and Appliances for Itinerant Advertisements.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 20th May, 1892-Accepted, 25th June, 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means and Appliances for Itinerant
Advertisements.
We, STUART ROBSON, and JOSEPH NEWTON COLLINGWOOD, both of 55
and 56 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., do hereby declare the nature of our said
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 our invention is to manufacture improved forms and arrangements
of apparatus for carrying and displaying itinerant advertisements; our improve-
ments embodying advantages in regard to lightness and strength the area of
support being arranged at the waist, where the man is strongest: the greatest
disturbing force exerted against the displaying surfaces by the wind, being
successfully met by inclining the same to the wind, and grasping the frame with
both hands. Our invention also consists in the use of ordinary flat surfaces and
cylindrical and other surfaces for the display of advertisements; the cylindrical
and other surfaces being sometimes made transparent and illuminated.
And in order that our said invention may be particularly described and
ascertained, reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawings, in which
similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.
Fig. 1 is a front view, and Figs. 2 and 3 are side views, showing the application
of our invention to supports for advertisements, formed with flat surfaces."
Fig. 4 is an elevation, and Figs. 5 and 6 are plan views, showing the application
of our invention to cylindrical supports for advertisements.
Referring to Figs. 1, 2 and 3, a is the advertising board, consisting of a wooden
frame covered with canvas. 6 are upright iron rods fitting into pockets c c
formed in the waist belt d, the belt being formed of strong harness-leather.
collars or flanges fixed to the rods bb to prevent them from slipping in the
pockets c c.
e e are
In Figs. 1 and 2 the ordinary vertical position of the board a is shown; and in
Fig. 3 the method of counteracting a head wind is shown; the board a being
inclined towards the wind, and the rods 6 being grasped by the hands.
Referring to Figs. 4, 5 and 6, a' is a cylinder, consisting of a light wooden frame,
secured to the bars 66 in any suitable manner, and with or without cross stays f
(Fig. 6). The canvas or other covering may be made transparent, and a central
lamp may be fitted at g, for rendering the advertisements more conspicuous, when
required.
It is obvious that the board a (Figs. 1, 2 and 3) may be made otherwise than
rectangular; and that instead of a cylindrical form a' (Figs. 4, 5 and 6) an
elliptical, square, hexagonal or other polygonal form may be used.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. In means and appliances for displaying itinerant advertisements, the com-
bination of a belt d secured to the body, having pockets cc; rods bb provided
with collars or flanges e e; the upper ends of the rods bb being secured to the
frame of the advertisement support, and the lower ends of the same rods being held
in the pockets
cc, substantially as herein before described and illustrated by
Figs. 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings.
2. In means and appliances as aforesaid, the combination of a belt d, secured to
the body, having pockets cc; rods bb provided with collars or flanges e e; the
upper ends of the rods 66 being secured to cylindrical, elliptical, rectangular or

page_text: polygonal frames, substantially as herein before described and illustrated by
Figs. 4, 5 and 6 of the drawings.
3. The general construction, arrangement and combinations of the several and
respective parts, together forming our invention of improvements in means and
appliances for itinerant advertisements, substantially as herein before described
and illustrated by the drawings.
Dated 20th M. 1900
WILLIAM JORDAN.
120, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent.