US1068376A - Folding umbrella. - Google Patents

Description

A. WEBER.

FOLDING UMBRELLA.

APPLIUATIUN FILED DBO. 1910,

Patented July 22, 1913.

ALBERT WEBER, F UNION, NEW YORK.

FOLDING UMBR'IEH'JLA.v

Speccaton of Letters Patent. Patented July 22, .1913- Application filed December 6, 1910.. Serial No. 595,908.

To all iti/wm. t may concern Be it known that I, ALBERT VEBER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Union, in the county of Broome and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Folding Umbrellas, of

, which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to folding um-A brellas, and the object of the invention is to provide an umbrella traine which may be'easily and quickly collapsed in order that the same may be folded into a small bundle and whereby the umbrella may be carried in the pocket. of the owner or packed within a trunk or satchel when desired.

lli/lith the above and other objects in view Y which wili appear as the description progresses, the invention resides in the novel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view showing the device -in its raised position.

2 is a similar view illustrating the de- I vice in its collapsed or folded position. Fig;

is a detail sectional view ot the slide. Fig. is a similar view of the portion ot one or" the sectional brace members. Fig. 5 is a view of the joint connecting the sec- 'ii ribs. Fig. (i a plan view of the Ak tri/fm which the joint is struck. Fig. a z vec-tive View of the hinge member connecting the inner rib section with the outer brace section.

is to be unffierstood that. the cover of lla is secured to the trame in the oramai-y manner4` the cover, being of tlexible material, does not interfere with the operation of any of the parts. It is omitted i the drawing in order that the frameto which the inyention appertains,

more clearly illustrated.

aceoinpa ying drawings, the nu- 1 designates the stati of the umbrella. The. 1 is iornied of a plurality of tubular members. and in the showing illustrated in the drawing the said statt comprises an upper section :2 which is slidably mounted in a second section 3, while connected with the lower extremity of the said section 3 is a hollow handle 1. T he lower no1-tion ci the member 3 is cliset or provided with an annular rib 5, while directly above the said rib the section isthreaded as at 6. ',he handle 4 is formed with an offset shouider the latter adapted to engage with the rib 5 .of the section 3, and the hollow handle is formed with threads 8 above the said shoulder 7, the threads adapted to coact with the threadss of the member 3. By this arrangement it will be noted that upon grasping the member 3 and rotating the handle 4e, so as to bring threads Iout of engagement with the threads of the member 3, the said member may be easily and quickly telescoped within the hollow handle 4. The lower extremity of the upper staff section 2 is formed with an annular rib 9 and the said rib is adapted to coact with the shoulder l() formed adjacentthe upper extremity of the st-aii" section 3.' The hollow section 2 is formed upon its opposite faces andrv at a proper distance from each other with suitable openings 11 vand '12. Both of these openings are adapted to receive the outwardly projecting portions of spring catches 13 and 14. The catch 13 is adapted tol engage with the upper end of the section 3 when lthe sectional staff is in its spread position asy illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings. The spring catch 14 is adapted to sustainthe slide of the device in a manner which will presently be set forth.

integrally formed upon or otherwise connected. with the open top of the stati secr tion 2 is the top notch 15 of the device. Pivotaliy secured withinthe spaced depressions provided by the notch are the inner rib sections 16 of the cover support. These rib sections are of the ordinary formation and are provided, adjacenttheir extremities with the joints 17. These joints 17 are constructed of a single piece of tiattened materialand are bent to have their body portions of a substantially cross sectional U shape. The said extremities of the connecting portions of the U- shaped bodies are cut away as designated by the numerals 18 and pivotally connect-ed .to the `sides of the joints between the 'said cut away portions 18 and opposite the pivotal connection of thesaid joints with the members 16, are the outer rib sections 19.

It will be noted that the top or-connecting portion of the joints 17 is arranged so that the downwardly extending portions of each of the -rib sections will contact the saine, when the umbrella is in its open position as illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings, and that the side walls contacting the sides oi' the said ribs will be tightly engaged by the sides of the said joints, and thus producing 25 braces 24.

a strong and etfective jointure ofthe sebioffis Y I 6 and 19` It will bemfurther noted that the cut-away portions 18 of the connecting,mem-v 'ber provide U-shaped slots', the inneredges of which are adapted to'engage the rib sections 16 and 19When oldedso as to hold said sections in-proper spaced relation.

.Mounted upon the stati", is a slide 20.4

.This slide 20iis constri'ieted-ot-iesilient mal0 terial and comprises a substantially. ellipsoid formation, the saine being formed.' with a plurality of longitudinally extending slits extending toward 'the enlarged' center thereof from each of its reduced ends. The said reduced ends are each' formed with a flaring mouth 21, so that Vthe said slide may readily pass from one of the staff sections to the other and to tightly engage each or both of the said stall sections. The cent-rally enlarge'd or bulging portion of theslide 20 is formed with the lower notch 22 fof the umbrella and pivotally connected between the depressions of the said notch are they inner and shorter members 23 of the sectional The' outer sections 525 of the braces .2st are hingedly connected with the' sections 23 through the medium 'of rule joints 26. By this arrangement. the .sections may be broken in only one direction and :iO-tbattoward the stall' the umbrella; The

outer extremities of the sections 25 are pivot:1ll`y connectedto the inner rib menbel'fl through the medium; of hinge joints 27.

- Each of the hinge joints S27-is formed of a single strip ofsuitableinaterial,'the same comprising a substantially U-shaped body portion which is adapted to overlie the'cross Asectional U-shaped member 16.. The inner .or free edges of the member 27 are each bent 4o inwardly vto provide `what may betermed ways :28, the same 'adapted'A to engage the inner sides and edges of the cross sectional U-shapedmember16- The numeral 29 designates the removable tip 'of the unfi'brella. This tip'has its lower extremity constructed of some suitable ilexif ble material, the same being 'slitted so as A,to be eilectively sustained within the open the ribs adjacent the top notch 15 of the def-:1 vice.

When it is desired to 'collapse the frame tothe position illustrated in Fig. 2, thesec# tion 3 is lirst telescoped within the handle 4 as previously described. rIhe spring catch 13'is pressed Wit-hin the hollow staatl vsec-j' tien to allow the said section to collapse within the section 3. The sections 23 and 25 of the brace Qd are broken at their hinges 26,' vand the slideis forced upwardlyv until after 'the same has passed the spring` catch 14 which contacts and sustainsthelower edge thereof. The outer rib sections 19ers then folded as illustrated in the said 1F`ig. 2 'of the drawings andthe covering, not shown,

-is received within the space between the ' rib sections 16 and 19. l

Having thus fully described the invention, What'I claim as new, is s n A foldingumbrella comprising a pluralityol" telescopic sect-ions, each decreasing .iii diameter and provided witlrribs and braces y for said ribs, of a slide constructed from a single piece-of resilient' material having an enlarged central fportion spacedl from said sections and `converging opposite end por?" tions slit through their length and normally disposed in contact-ing engagement with said sections, and apertured lugs formed integrally with said central portion and adapted to connect the braces of said ribs for .the purpose specified. d

in presence oftwo witnessl ALBERT WEBER.

In testimony whereof I ailixmy signature 9.ol

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