GB418477A - Improvements in or relating to cups, trophies or bowls - Google Patents

Abstract

418,477. Stud-and-socket fastenings. DAVENPORT, J., and DAVENPORT, E. J., Rockmere, Burcot, near Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. Jan. 10, 1934, No. 906. [Class 44.] A challenge cup, trophy, bowl or ornament is detachably secured to a plinth by a resilient pin and socket arrangement the pin or the socket being permanently secured within the base portion of the cup such that it does not project below the bottom thereof. The socket 19, Fig. 1, may be secured between the cup 10 and its base 11 for engagement with a split pin 17 screwed to the plinth 14 which has a boss 13 for engagement with the beaded edge 12 of the cup. Alternatively, the socket 20 may be soldered in the position shown in Fig. 2. In another embodiment a socket 25, Fig. 4, is secured to the cup as shown in Fig. 1, and has secured therein a resilient pin 24 for engagement with a socket 23 bolted to the plinth. In Fig. 5, the pin or plug 29 is secured to the base 11 and engages in a split socket 27 screwed to the plinth. In a further embodiment, the socket 30, Fig. 6, is formed by boring a sheet metal bridge having arms 31 ribbed at 32. Alternatively, the bridge may be formed by a wire ring carried by two or more arms connected at their outer ends to the base of the cup. Two or more pin and socket connections may be provided between the cup and plinth. In another embodiment, a closure disc extending across the base portion of the cup is apertured to engage a pin on the plinth. The socket may, however, be arranged above this aperture.