US478645A - Umbrella-stand - Google Patents

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S. SQSENCENBAUGH 8a A. J. IVES.

UMBRELLA STAND.

No. 478,645. Patented July 12, 1892.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL S. SENCENBAUGH AND ALBERT J. IVES, OF AURORA, ILLINOIS.

UMBRELLA-STAND.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 478,645, dated July 12, 1892.

Application filed August 8, 1891.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, SAMUEL S. S NOEN- BAUGH and ALBERT J. IvEs, citizens of the United States, residing at Aurora, county of Kane, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Umbrella-Stands, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is aside elevation. Fig. 2 is a top view of one of the brackets. Fig. 3 is a detail, being a vertical section on line 3 3 of Fig. 2 and Fig, 4 is an enlarged detail showing the method of securing the rings in place.

The object of our invention is to provide improved devices for receiving umbrellas o r canes which will permit of their being placed in the stand compactly and in such form as to display them to the best advantage.

We accomplish our object as illustrated in the drawings and as hereinafter specified. That which we regard as new will be pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings,A indicatesabase orstand having at its center a perpendicular rod B, which is designed to support the brackets which receive the umbrellas.

0 indicates brackets, which are adapted to slide upon the rod B, being provided at their center with an opening of sufficient size to permit of the passage of the rod B. A setscrew 1) is provided, so that the brackets may be secured at any desired height upon the rod B. Any desired number of brackets C may be placed upon each stand A.

Each bracket 0 consists of a central disk D, upon which are secured rings E, as best shown in Fig. 2, which rings are of sufficient size to receive an umbrella or other article which it is desired to support upon the stand. The rings E are not attached directly to the disk B, but are trunnioned upon short arms F, which project radially from the disk D at suitablepoints and are rigidly secured to the disk. The arms F at their outer ends are provided with sockets adapted to receive trunnions G, which project from the periphery of the rings E in position to fit into the sockets upon the arms F, as best shown in Fig. 2. This construction permits of the rings being turned into an inclined position, so that when a number of umbrellas are inserted in the Serial No. 402,173. (No model.)

rings E the rings may be tipped so that the upper ends of the umbrellas will bethrown outward from the rod B. The arrangement of the umbrellas in the stand is thereby rendered much more compact.

In order to prevent the trunnions G from leaving the sockets in which they rest, each arm F is provided with a perpendicular hole H, which is placed at such a point that it will be between the ends of two opposite trunnions G when the trunnions are resting in the sockets, the trunnions upon each ring being made of such lengths that the trunnions of two adjacent rings will not meet in the sockets. A pin I, having a cap '5, is inserted into the hole H, as best shown in Fig. 4, the capt' being of such size that it will overlap the trunnions G. By this construction when the pin I is inserted in place the trunnions cannot be removed from their sockets without the withdrawal of the pin I. If desired, the pin may be made of such length that its lower end will project through the hole H, and the lower end of the pin may be bent, as shown in Fig. 4, whereby the pin will be firmly secured in place. The arms F are preferably cast integral with the disks D 5 but, if desired, they may be made separate from it and secured to it in any suitable manner.

J indicates sockets, which are placed in the disk D at suitable points and are adapted to receive the ferrules of the umbrellas or canes which may be placed in the stand. The sockets J are preferably provided with one or more small holes j, as best shown in Fig. 3. The sockets J of one bracket 0 are designed to receive the ferrules of the umbrellas or canes which may be placed in the rings of the bracket next above.

By securing the brackets upon the rod at different distances from each other the angle at which the umbrellas are supported in the stand may be made greater or less, such angle being greater when the brackets are closer together.

That which we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An umbrella-stand consisting of an upright rod and horizontal brackets secured thereupon and each composed of acentral disk D, and a series of swinging rings E, piv-,

otally mounted on the disk and supported in an approximately horizontal position to re ceive the umbrellas or canes, substantially as described.

2. An umbrella-stand consisting of an upright rod and horizontal brackets secured thereupon and each composed of a central disk having a series of sockets, and a series of rings pivotally mounted on the disk and supported in an approximately horizontal position to receive the umbrellas or canes, said rings of an upper bracket holding the umbrellas or canes, while the sockets in the disk of a lower bracket receive and retain the ferruled ends of the umbrellas or canes, substantially as described.

3. In an umbrella-stand, the combination, with a rod and a disk adapted to be secured upon said rod, said disk having radial arms F, having sockets near their outer ends, of

rings E, having trunnions G, adapted to fit into the sockets in the arms F, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. In an umbrella-stand, the combination, with a rod B, disk D, adapted to be secured upon said rod, radial arms F, said arms having sockets near their outer ends, and holes

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