US1510961A - Umbrella runner and tip cup - Google Patents

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Oct. 7,--i924.

- J. ROSE UMBRELLA RUNNER AND TIP CUP Patented Get. 7, 1924.

'UO'H'N ROSE, UTE ATLANTIC "CITY, 'NEW JERSEY.

UMBREIJIJA RUNNER Ann TIP our.

To all whom it may r'concern:

Be it known'that I, Jon-N ROSE, a'citizen of'the Jnited States, residing at Atlantic City, in the county of Atlantic and Stateoit New Hersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Umbrella :Runners and Tip Cups, of'whioh the i'following, is=a specification.

This invention 'relates generally to unibrellas, and it relates particularly :to *combined runners and tip cups'for umbrellas.

The objecflin view ElStO provide a combined runnerand'tip cupso constructed and having the parts thereof so arranged that the 'movement o't' the runner, in addition to performing its usual functions, shall -be ca-- pabl'e'iniits sliding-movementson the rod of the umbrellamt :releasing'the runner from retention by the upper andlowercatohe iby which the umbrella is held in an open or a closed position. A further ohjectistoiprovide. in combination with 'the runner, =a"tip cup by FWlIiCh the tips of the ribs may be heldclosely :to the rod whenthe umbrella is closed,:such cup tobe capzible'of movement independently ot'the runner in order to retain or :release the rib tips without move ment of the runner, and :without operating the catch-releasing .means.

The invention'con'sistsin aico'mbined runner and tip cup having theznovel teatnresot construction and arrangement of partssubstantially a as hereinali'ter described and claimed, whereby @the --abo-v-e?speoified objects anerattained.

The pre'ferredtorm "of embodim-ent' of the invention :is iillustrated in-the: accompanying drawing, though :I do not limit myself to the specific details shown and herein described, as ;it will appear from ran understanding of the construction involved that various modifications iin the form and arrangement of the parts may be madewithout departing fromthe scope of the invention involved.

:In the drawing:

Figure 11 is a view showing porti'onsof a handle, iribs and stretch-ere ot an umbrella, the combined *runner and tip cup being shown,'in- =section, in position on the roditosecure the rib tips; I

Figure 2 is a sectional 'vi'ew,=showing"the tip cup'moved towartlthe handle of theiumbrella independently of the runner to release the rib tips, the-rib tips being shown in dotted lines. in a released position.

"Figure :is a detail sectional view, ='showmfg the tpositions :ot' the runner and lower catch when the runner and parts connected therewith are movedion' -the rod, away from the handle, to depress the catch, rendering the runner tree tobe moved on the rod to spread the umbrella iand means'of which theirimner-is retained when the "umbrella is raised, and adjacent to the handle is :a catch '4: by which the runner 'is retained when the um'brellaiis closed.

The runner is made up ofthe-crown portion 5, whiohini'ay be ot'the usual tornnand the 'slee\.*e portion 6 deceiving and slid ing on the rod, which'has in its walls slot 7 into which projects one or the other '0? the retaining catches"3hr 4, accordin-g' tothe p0- sition-ot theirunner.

' In "the embodiment of tiny invention herein shown, the end ot the sleeve extending toward the handle is provided with an abutment against which one end of a; spring for operating'atip' cup, as hereinafter. described, hears. As herein shown, thezabutment is1=in the dorm of adisk '8 having a centralopening receiving the rod, which disk may be spring for maintaining *the tip cup in its normal position, eand'the disk 8 on-the'runner. The disk 8 is retained in the cylindric'al extension ffrorn theitip cup as 'by bending the end of the "extension i inward, *torm ing alip 1 l against v hichthedisk abut-s.

- The 'bottom 10 is disk-shaped and has a central :proj eeting tubular extension 12 havinganinterior?opening-eta size tofit closely to the rod which extends through it. The cup isuslidable on the sleeve 6 and, therefore, when'the umbrella? is'closed'the tip ends 19 of the ribs 18=n1ay be brought toward'the rodi-and be received and retained "by the 'inclosing riing'tormed by the flange l3 o'ftthe cup by the movement of the cup first toward the handle, allowing the positioning of the ribs, and then away from the handle to in.- close the tips of the ribs. interposed be tween the disk. 8 and the bottom 10 is a spring 14 by which the parts are normally held in the positions shown by full lines in Figure 1 of the drawing, to retain the rib tips. The spring is compressed when the cup is moved to allow the rib tips to be brought close to the rod in a position to be 'inclosed by the flange 13, or to release the tips after engagement, and acts to return the parts to their normal relative positions after such movement. v

In order that the depression of the spring catches 3 and t may be effected to free the runner to permit moving the parts of an urnbrella from an open to a closed position, or vice versa, by sliding the runner and the described attached parts on the rod means located within the extension from the cup are provided for this purpose. One form f the catch-depressing member is shown in Figures 1, i2 and 3 of the drawing, and one of a number of modified forms which may be employed is shown in Figure i. The first .consists of a cylinder 15, having abruptly tapered ends 16, arranged within the extension from the cup in such position that a sliding movement of the cup toward the handle, when the umbrella is raised. brings the inner face of the upper tapered end of the cylinder into contact with the catch 3, depressing it to free it from engagement with the runner. This movement of the releasing means allows the sliding of the runner on the rod toward the handle to close the umbrella. hen the umbrella is secured in a closed position by engagement of the catch 4t with the runner and the rib tips are retained by the flange 13. a movement first of the tip cup toward the handle will release the ribs, and then of the runner toward the tip end of the rod. releases the runner from the catch and then results in opening the umbrella, it being retained in the usual way in an open position when the runner is brought to a position to be engaged by the catch The operative parts of the catch-operating means are, as shown, spaced apart a sutlicient distance to permit movement of the tip cup to release the rib tips without bringing those parts into contact with a catch extending through the runner sleeve. Therefore. the tip cup may be moved to secure or release rib tips when the ribs are in a closed position without detaching the catch by which the runner is then held.

In the modified form of the catch-operating means shown in Figure 4 of the drawing oppositely arranged hollow conical projections 17 extend from opposite ends of the extension 9 of the tip cup into the interior thereof. The projections extend from the disk 8 and the bottom 10 respectively, and are so located that their inner faces are brought into contact with the catches 3 and ito depress them according to the position of the parts and to the direction of the slid ing movement of the runner and tip cup.

I claim:

1. An umbrella runner having an abutment, a tip cup enclosing and slidable on the runner, and a spring interposed between the abutment of the runner and the bottom of the tip cup.

An umbrella runner having a sleeve portion provided with a disk, a tip cup provided with a tubular extension and slidable on the runner, the tubular extension enclosing the disk and being provided with means for retaining the disk therein, and a spring interposed between the tip cup and the disk.

An umbrella runner having a sleeve portion provided with a disk, a tip cup slidahle on the sleeve and provided with a tubular extension receiving the disk, means for retaining the disk in the extension, and catch-operating means consisting of a cylinder having contracted ends enclosed by and retained in the extension.

4-. An umbrella runner, a tip cup slid'able on the runner and provided with a tubular extension, catch-operating means comprislug oppositely disposed inclined contact portions located in the extension, and aspring by which the catch-operating means is normally held in inoperative position.

An umbrella runner, a tip cut slidable thereon and having a. tubular extension, and catch-operating means comprising inclined contacting portions enclosed by the extensiom the inclined catch operating means being spaced apart, permitting slidinn of the tip cup on the runner without bringing them into use, and a spring ar ranged to maintain the catch -operating means normally in inoperative position.

6. An umbrella runner, a tip cup having a tubular extension.v arranged on the runner and movable therewith, and catch operating means consisting of a cylinder having contracted ends located in the extension, enclosing the runner, and connected to the tip cup.

7. An umbrella runner having a sleeve portion provided with a disk, a tip cup provided with a tubular extension receiving the disk, means for retaining the disk in the extension, catclroperating means consisting of.

a cylinder having contracted ends surrounding the runner and connected to the tip cup, and a spring interposed between the disk and the tip cup.

In testimony whereof I aliix my signature.

JOHN ROSE.

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