US397172A - Elizabeth dean - Google Patents

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B. DEAN.

- SUNSHADE.

No.- 397,1'72. Patented Feb, 5, 1889.

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ELIZABETH DEAN, ()F HASTINGS, COUNTY OF SUSSEX, ENGLAND.

SUNSHADE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 397,172, dated February 5, 1889.

Application filed August 21, 1888. Serial No. 283,304. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELIZABETH DEAN, widow, a subject of Her Majesty, the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at 3 Grove Road, Hastings, in the county of Sussex, England, have invented new and useful 5 cover I) hollow, by stretching it across the top improvements in shades or covers for affording protection from sun and rain and means for attaching same to the person, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in shades or covers more especially intended for use in tropical. climates for affording protection from sunstroke and also rain, its chief object being to provide a sunshade which will effectually protect the person and at the same time leave the hands of the wearer free for action.

According to my inventionl employ a light frame of any suitable shape, size, and material, prefcrably constructed of bamboo or cane, which supports a cover of silk, linen, or other suitable material, a dependent screen or puggaree being provided at the back, if desired. To this frame are hinged or otherwise connected light rods or supports which rest upon the shoulders of the wearer and are suitably attached to the person by straps, the sunshade being thus supported above the head without requiring the assistance of the wearers hands, which are left perfectly free.

hen not in use, the supporting-rods may,

if hinged to the framing, be, together with their straps, compactly folded back upon the shade or cover and the article readily carried, and, if desired, the frame-Work of the cover may also be constructed after the fashion of an umbrella, so as to admit of its being, together with the cover, packed or folded into a smaller compass, suitable means being provided for keeping it extended when in use.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of myimproved sunshade for protection of the person when in an upright position, the silk or other covering material for the top being removed. Fig. 2 is a front view in section taken along the line 1 2 in Fig. 1, but showing the frame stuffed. Fig. 3 shows the sunshade complete attached to the person.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts in all the figures. a is the frame-work, preferably constructed of bamboo or cane, which supports the cover I), composed of silk, linen, or other suitable material. I prefer in practice to make this and under the bottom of the light arched network c, suitably secured to the framing a, as shown in Fig 2,the hollow space thus formed being filled with cocoon silk or other suitable light material, Z), thereby affording greater protection from the suns rays; but if desired the cover may be simply stretched across the framing a. i

d is a screen or puggaree, which may be attached to the back of the framing a for protecting the wearers spine.

e e are light supporting-rods, here shown as hinged to the framing a, the lower extremities of which are also hinged and forked, so as to form shoulder-pieces f, the ends of which are conveniently shaped to receive the attaching-strap g, which passes around the breast of the wearer and secures the sunshade in position independently of his hands, as shown in Fig. 3, the under part of the cover I) being preferably a few inches above his head, so as to permit a "free circulation of air. \Vhen the sunshade is not in use, the hinged supporting-rods e and shouldcr-pieces f may be folded back upon the frame a, thus rendering the sunshade more compact for carrying. If desired, the supporting-rods e and shoulder-pieces f may be made in one piece in lieu of being hinged; but I prefer to employ hinges for convenience of transportation,

\Vhat I claim, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent of the United States, is-

1. A sunshade supported above the Wearers head by means of supporting-rods atporting a cover of suitable n'lziterizil, l), of the tmtion of heat is more effectually prevented, Folding s 1pporting-rods e, shoulder-pieeesf, Substantially as specified.

and attaching-stmp g, eensti'i'iei'ed and. :Li'- In witness whereof I have signed my name ranged. suhsi'anilially 21s and for the purpose i in ihepresenee ()l' {we snhsei'ihing witnesses.

i). The conibiimtien, with 1he 'I'rmne (1', netwel-k c, Mtzmhed theretemnd meanssueh as a stimp i'e secure the same to the person, elf The cover I), stretched over and under such 10 net-work, and filling 11, whereby the pene- \Vil nesses:

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1f) Sou/71(million JKM'MIPI /S', London, TV. C.

\VALTER .T. SKERTEN,

Specified. i IELIZAIKE'JH DEAN.

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