US444359A - Umbrella or parasol - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

J. F. JUDY & N. H. WILSON.

UMBRELLA OR PARASOL.

No. 444,359. Patented Jan. 63,1891.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN FRANK .IUDY AND NELSON HILBERT WILSON, OF IIUNTINGBURG,

INDIANA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 444,359, dated January 6, 1891.

Application filed June 28, 1890. Serial No. 357,130. (No model.)

To all w/wm it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN FRANK JUDY and NELSON HILBER'I \VILSON, of Huntingburg, in the county of Dubois and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Iinprovements in Umbrellas or Parasols; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification. 7

Our invention relates to an improvement in umbrellas or parasols; and it consists in the arrangement and construction of parts which will be fully described hereinafter.

The object of our invention is to secure the ribs and braces to the stick without the use of wires, and to so construct the parts that the ribs and braces are permanently secured in position upon the runner and top piece before they are placed in position upon the stick, and which cannot become detached until the runner and top piece are removed from the stick.

Figure 1 is a vertical sect-ionof an attachment which embodies our invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the sleeve, showing the cutaway portion. Fig. 3 is a similar View showing the sleeve placed inside of the iron. Fig. 4 is a vertical section showing the position of the sleeve in respect to the head when the ribs are being inserted.

A represents the rod or stick, and B the sleeve, which is placed in direct contact therewith and inside of the head 0, in which are formed a number of sockets D to receive the balls I upon the ends of the ribs G. The sleeve 13 is placed inside of the head and is provided with arecess 1-1. When it is desired to place a rib in the head, this sleeve is turned 'sothat the recess H will be opposite the particular socket in which the rib is to be placed, and then the rib will pass up through the recess into the socket, and then by turning the sleeve the rib is locked in place. In this manner all of the ribs are placed in the top piece and successively locked therein by the sleevebefore it is placed upon the stick. The recess H, as shown, does not extend to the topof the sleeve, so that the sleeve must be slightly raised while the ribs are being placed in position, and then by pushing the sleeve down, as shown in Fig. 1, all of the ribs are permanently locked in place. This sleeve serves to prevent the balls from becoming displaced in their socket after they have once been inserted and before the head can be applied to the rod or stick. If this sleeve were not used, a great deal of care and attention would be necessary to prevent the balls from becoming displaced from their sockets after the ribs were once attached to the head and before the head could be placed upon the rod or stick. In order to hold the ribs to the head after the balls have once been placed in their sockets, this sleeve is used. The recessed end of the sleeve is placed inside of the head, and then the recess is brought opposite to one of the sockets, so as to allow the ball upon the rib to be inserted into position, and then the sleeve is turned so as to bring the recess opposite another socket, the solid side of the sleeve serving to prevent the ball from becoming displaced. In this manner the sleeve is made to successively lock the ball upon each of the ribs in place, and then can be attached to the stick or rod by passing a pin L through the flange N upon the top of the head, the sleeve, and the stick, as shown. The braces P are attached to the runner Q in substantially the same manner. Inside of the runner is placed a second sleeve R, and which is also cut away upon one side, and which serves to lock the balls S in their sockets in the runner, as already described. The sleeve is drawn up out of the socket and the cut-away portion successively brought opposite the inner end of each socket, and then as the balls are placed in position the sleeve is turned around, so as to bring the recess or cut-away portion successively opposite the other sockets and to have the solid portion close the ends of the sockets in which the balls have already been placed. Through the inner end of the runner and the head are formed cuts or slots which extend from the sockets, and which slots allow the ribs and braces to be freely opened and closed.

By means of the construction here shown and described a very strong and durable whereby the slot is made to register with the sockets by raising and turning itfor the passage of the rib-heads, and which are locked in the sockets bya longitudinal movement of the sleeve, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

JGHN FRANK JUDY. NELSON I-IILBERT WILSON.

Witnesses:

LOUIS A. MILLER, JOSEPH DRASH.

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