US1290290A

US1290290A - Umbrella-stand.

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Publication number: US1290290A
Application number: US13531116A
Authority: US
Inventors: George W Morio Jr
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1916-12-06
Filing date: 1916-12-06
Publication date: 1919-01-07
Anticipated expiration: 1936-01-07

Description

G. W. MOMO, in.

UMBRELLA STAND.

APPLICATION man 1220.6. 1916.

' Pmtentefl Jan. 7, 1919.

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UMBRELLA-STAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 7, 1919.

Application filed necember 6, 1916. Serial 1510.135311.

To all whom it may concern: i a

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. Monro, J r.,

a citizen of the United States, and resident of the city of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have no vented a certain new and useful Umbrella- Stand, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to umbrella stands, and particularly to the type known as collapsible stands, and the principal ob ect of my invention is to provide a simpllfied, inexpensive, and improved umbrella stand of this type that may be quickly and conveniently set up for use, and which may be readily and conveniently rendered inoperative, when not in use, and converted into a collapsed compact form to occupy but a small volume of space.

Other objects and advantages will hereinafter appear.

1n the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a general perspective v1ew of the umbrella stand, as it appears when set up in operative state.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentarysectional slde elevation of the umbrella stand shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the umbrella stand, showing it in collapsed form, with its parts folded in inoperative state.

A shallow elongated tray 1 of sheet metal, adapted to contain drip-water, is provided with suitable bumpers 2 and a plug 3, held by a chain 4, that closes an opening 5 for letting out accumulated drip water withln the tray. At each end of the tray 1 is located a support 6 that is secured to hinges 7 fixed to the tray-bottom 8 near its intersection with the end-walls 9, whereby each support 6 is capable of being swung about its hinges 7 from an upright position, shown in Figs. 1, 2, to a horizontal position against the tray-bottom 8, as shown in Fig. 3. To each upright 6 is secured a pair of anglestrips 10 that serve as brackets upon which may be placed a pair of positioning racks 11 in the manner shown in Figs. 1, 2. The racks 11 are maintained firmly in place, against longitudinal and lateral displacement, by means of tubular portions 12 at the ends thereof fitting over upstanding pins 13 projecting from the brackets 10. Said racks retain the supports 6 in upright state against swinging toward the interior of the tray 1, and the supports are firmly held against swinging outwardly by leaning against the end-walls 9 of the tray. Each rack 11 comprises a rectangular frame 14, subdivided into a plurality of small squares 15, by bars 16 extending longitudinally thereof and cross-bars 17 extending right angularly to the bars 16. When therefore it is desired to place a number of umbrellas into the stand they may be all readily and conveniently positioned therein by means of passing each umbrella vertically downwardly through a square 15 of the upper rack 11 and through an alined square 15 of the lower rack, the lower rack 11 thus holding the base of each umbrella in position upon the trayfloor 8 and the upper rack positioning the umbrella in upright state.

To setup the umbrella stand ready for use as shown in F ig. 1, it merely requires swinging the supports 6 to their upright position andplacing the racks 11 upon their brackets 10 in operative state. When not in use the stand may be conveniently rendered inoperativeand entirely converted into compact collapsed form, shown in Fig. 3, by merely removing the racks 11 from thebrackets 10, folding the supports 6 into the interior of the tray 1, and placing said racks within said tray on top of the folded supports 6. After thus collapsing the umbrella stand it occupies no more room or gross volume than the tray solely, and the entire stand may be therefore placed out of the way in any convenient location by positioning the tray upon its end-wall 9 or its side-wall 18. All of the parts of the umbrella-stand are preferably made of metal, and the stand can be manufactured easily and economically.

Variations may be resorted to within the scope of the invention. I

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1.'An umbrella stand having the combi nation of a base-tray adapted to collect dripwater, a pair of supports each of which is. hinged to the interior of said tray at the junction of the bottom and a side thereof to prevent disconnection of said supports and tray and afford a firm base for the stand, each. of said supports having a pair of sustaining devices, and a pair of removable positioning racks each adapted to be maintained in place on said supports by resting on a sustaining device of each of said supports and both of said racks being adapted to coact jointly to retain umbrellas in vertical position within the stand.

An umbrella stand having the combination of a tray, supports hinged to the interior of said tray to prevent disconnection of said tray and supports and afford a firm base for the stand, sustaining devices on said supports, and removable positioning racks each of which is adapted to be maintained in place on said supports by resting on a sustaining device of each of said supports and both of 'saidracksbeing adapted to coact jointly to retain umbrellas in a vertical position Within the stand.

Signed at the city of New York, in the county of New York, and State of New York this 2nd day of December A. D. 1916.

GEORGE W. MORIO, JR;

Witnesses:

CHAS. W. LA Bun, B. ROMAN.

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