US366801A

US366801A - William h

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Publication number: US366801A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1887-07-19
Anticipated expiration: 1904-07-19

Description

Patented July 19, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIcE.

WILLIAM H. \VHARTON, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO LEONARD E. LADD, OF SAMEPLAGE.

RETAINER FOR UMBRELLA OR PARASOL RUNNERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 366,801, dated July 19, 1887.

Application filed January 7, 1887. Serial No. 223,656. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, \VILLIAM H. WHARTON, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Retainers for Umbrella or Parasol Runners, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a side elevationof a retainer for the runner of an umbrella or parasol embodying my invention, including a longitudinal section of a portion of the stick thereof. Fig. 2 represents an end view thereof.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the two figures.

My invention consists of a retainer for an umbrella or parasol runner, provided with means for securing the same to the stick without necessarily employing rivets or similar fastenings.

It also consists of means for limiting the outward motion of the head of the retainer.

Referring to the drawings, A representsthc retainer for the runner of an umbrella,consisting of the head A, shank B, back plate, 0, spurs D E, and the stops F G, all formed together in the present case of a single piece of sheet metal or other suitable material, the shank being separated from the plate 0, whereby the former may move to and from the latter. 1

The head A is at one end of the shank, and the latter is held at the opposite end by the attachment with the plate 0, whereby it is elastic in its nature, so as to yield when the head is pressed in and restore the same to its normal position for releasing or holding the runner, as the case may be, two retainers be ing employed, one for the runner when the umbrella is open, as shown in the drawings, and another for the runner when the umbrella is closed, the retainers being fitted in the stick in reversed positions.

The spur D projects from the plate 0 in the direction of the length of the same, and the spur E projects laterally therefrom, it being noticed that the spurs are at opposite ends of said plate.

In the back of the head A is a slot, H, which has at the end of one of its walls the shoulder or stop F, and projecting into said slot is the stop G, which is secured to the plate and has at its end a shoulder, G, which abuts against or interlocks with the shoulder F when the head is in position for holding the runner, the head being thereby limited in its outward motions and prevented from projecting to too great extent from the stick.

It will be seen that the retainer may be fitted in the kcrf in the stick by inserting or driving the spur D longitudinally into thewall at one end of said kert', then pressing the plate into the kert', and driving the spur E laterally into the solid part of the stick opposite to the spur 1), whereby the retainer is firmly held in position. Thchead A may now be pressed into the kerf to permit the passage of the runner, and when the head is let go it springs outwardly, owing to the shank B, and thus holds the runner.

For hollow sticks, a pin or rivet may be driven through the stick and plate 0 to prevent displacement ofthe retainer.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A retainer for the runner of an umbrella or parasol, formed of a head, an elastic shank I carrying the same, and a back plate with which said shank is connected, said plate having at one end a longitudinally-cxtcnding spur which catches longitudinally in thestick, snbstantiall y as described.

2. An umbrella or parasol retainer formed of a single piece ot' metal, having a back plate provided with both horizontal and vertical spurs, all substantially as described.

A retainer for the runner of an umbrella or parasol, consisting of a back plate having the projecting stop G, with shoulder G, a shank with head having a shoulder adapted to engage with the said shoulder G, all substantially as described.

4. The back plate with the stop G, and the head with a slot, H, and stop F, substantially as described.

, W. H. WHARTON.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIsDEnsnEIM, A. 1. GRANT.