US1768969A - Umbrella and parasol - Google Patents

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July 1, 1930. M. ALLAND UMBRELLA AND PARASOL Filed June 18, 1929 Patented July 1, 1930.

PATENT OFFICE MAURICE ALLAND, or ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY UMBRELLA AND rnaason Application filed .Tune 18,

The object has been to provide improvements in umbrellas and parasols broadly, but more specifically in the handle structure, and its relation to theribs which sup- I port the cover. i

Numerous attempts have been made to provide in an umbrella or parasol a suitable means'for holding the free end portions of the ribs in close proximity to the handle when the device is in closed position,vbut the fact that few if any of those heretofore devised have come into use to anyv great extent or for any extended length of time indicates that they have not proved to be an entire success. 7 Y I Furthermore, in conformity with various developments in feminine styles, there has developed a need for a device for not only retaining the free ends of the ribs in closed position, but one which is also'operabl'e to maintain in'such ends a uniformly partially extended position, sothat when the umbrella or parasol is on display, or when it is closed and is being used during a stroll, the appearance of the same is greatly enhanced over that which presents when either closed but loosely, or when the rib ends are bound tightly against'the staff.

An object of the invention therefore has 3 been to provide a construction in which these highly desirable features are embodied, and at the same time one which is inexpensive to manufacture, is not readily liable to become disarranged or out of order, and 3 which is most efficient in the performance of its function.

With these and other objects in mind, the present invention comprises further details of construction and operation which are fully brought out'in the following description when read in conjunction with them:- companying drawingsin which Fig. l is a side elevation of a parasol 1n WlllCll one form of the invention is embodied, the same 4 being shown partly in section; Fig. 21s an enlarged section of thesectioned portion of Fig. 1 butin a different pos1t1on; and F g. 3 is a sectional view similar to Fig, 2, but illustrating a modified form of the 1nvent1on.

. Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, an umbrella or 1929. Serial No. 371,759.

parasol is shown as comprising a staff 1, carrying a ferrule 2, from which protrudes a, threaded stud 3. To this stud is secured in threaded engagement a staff extension ele ment 4E, provided upon its outer surface with suitable relatively coarse and preferably square threads, beyond which the free end portion of said element is reduced and threaded at 5 to receive and operatively connect with said staff a handle 6 of any suitable size, shape and material.

Rotatably mounted upon the threaded element 4 is a transversely extending partition 7, having a threaded aperture 8, through which said element extends, said partition extending transversely of and closing one end ofa cylindrical member 9, which spirally receives in telescopic association the adjacent end portion of the handle 6. Upon the opposite side of said partition to said member, said partition is preferably integrally connected with a radially outwardly flaring disc or skirt 10, which terminates at its periphery in a preferably cylindrical flange 11 I i I Said disc or skirt 10 is providedinwardly with a substantially unbroken or regular conical surface 12, which radially outwardly is provided with a circumferentially extending groove 1a, preferably adjacent to the flange '11.

I In the operation of this device, the partitioned element 9 is adjusted upon the thread. ed staff extension 4 so that the free end portions 15 of the usual ribs 16 enter and are retained against radial dislodgment within the groove 14, the fabric of the umbrella or parasol cover 17 being free to hang'loosely outwardly in uniform relation about the staff 1, substantially as shown in Fig. 1.

If a different or more closed arrangement of the ribs and cover is desired, the element 9 is rotated upon the staff extension disinfficientlyto release the rib ends 15 from withi in the groove 14, so that said ribs may be contraoted'into engagement with-the conical surface 12 of 'the disc or skirt 10. Immediately thereafter the element 9 may be rotated in the reverse direction, thereby forcing said ribs to be contracted radially inwardly towards and closely about the staff 1, until the ends 15 are received within and retained by the radially outer limits of the concaved recess 13. It will also be noted that in this form of the device, the element 9 when longitudinally withdrawn upon said staff extension slides over the adjacent end of the handle 6, and when it slides in the opposite direction upon said extension is arrested in movement before its leaves the proximity of said handle, so that there is at no time a gap between said element and said handle, as shown in Fig. 2.

Referring to Fig. 3, the modified embodiment is shown as comprising an umbrella or parasol represented by a staff 20, surrounded by ribs 21, to which is secured the usual fabric 22, said ribs having the well-known type of enlarged terminal portions 23. Into 2 the free end portion of said stafi 20 is permanently secured in any; suitable manner the reduced end portion 2 of an extension member 25, the outer surface of which is provided with relatively coarse square threads, beyond which said member is reduced at 26 and permanently secured in any suitable manner into a handle 27, which may be of any size, shape, or material.

Rotatably mounted upon the threaded surface of the extension member 25 is the transversely extending partition 28 of a cylindrical member 29, which in one extreme position moves telescopically over the adjacent portion of the handle 27, while'in its other position its longitudinal movement is limited when it forms a substantial continuation of the surface of said handle, but without leavf ing an appreciable gap between them. From the opposite side of the partition 28, the member 29 merges into a preferably cylindrical flange 30, which, as shown in Fig. 3,

operates to receive, surround and secure the terminii 23 of the ribs 21, to prevent said ribs from moving radially outwardly and the umbrella opening when such is not desired. The outer surfaces of both of the cylindrical members 9 and 29, hereinbefore described, may be provided with finger'engaging irregularities 31' of any suitable spacing, shape and arrangement.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is r 1. An umbrella including a staff having ribs and handle attached, in combination with an element slidable upon said staff with respect to said ribs, and operative to ends of the ribs either in a contracted or in a partially extended relation.

3. An umbrella including a staff having ribs and handle attached, in combination with an element slidable upon said staff and overhanging said handle, said element being provided with a radially inwardly positioned recess and with a radially outwardly positioned peripheral groove, either .said recess or said groove being adapted to receive and retain the ends of the ribs in fully 1closed or partially open position, selective- 4. An umbrella including a staff having ribs and handle attached, in combination with an element slidable upon said staff and overhanging said handle, saidelement being provided with a radially inwardly positioned recess and with a radially outwardly positioned peripheral groove connected by a substantially vconical surface, said groove being adapted to receiveand retain the ends of said ribs in partially open-position, and when released from said groove said ribs in engagement with said surface being forced radially inwardly towards said recess, as said element is moved longitudinally toward said rib ends upon said staff.

5. An umbrella including a staff having ribs and handle attached, in combination with a disc having a conical surface and movable longitudinally upon said staff, said surface being engageable with the 'rib ends and operative to propel them radially inwardly towards closed position.

v6. An umbrella including a staff having ribs and handle attached, in combination with a disc having a conical surface and movable longitudinally upon said staff, said surface upon engaging the rib ends operatmg to propel them radially inwardly towards closedposition, and said surface merging radially outwardly into a periph eral groove adapted to receive and operative to then retain said rib ends in partially open posltion,

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature.

' MAURICE ALLAND.

retain the ends of said ribs either in a con- -tracted orin a partially extended relation.

2. An umbrella including a staff having ribs and handle attached, in combination with an element slidable upon said staff and overhanging said handle, said element being provided with means operative to retain the

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