US563863A - Umbrella-case - Google Patents

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GEORGE K. LLOYD, OF BROOKLYN, NEWv YORK.

UMBRELLA-CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Fatent No. 563,863, dated July 14, 1896.

Application filed February ZS. 1895. Serial No. 539,446. (No modela To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, GEORGE K. LLOYD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain nenr and useful Improvements in Umbrella-Cases; and I 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 appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in cases for umbrellas.

The object of my invention is to provide a case which can `be used as a case or a Walking-staff, either when it contains the un1- brella or when empty, and which is specially adapted for receiving ordinary umbrellas with different styles of handles.

A further object of my invention is to ren- -der the case collapsible, so that it may be carried in the pocket, if desired, when not in use.

The invention will iirst be described in connection with the accompanying drawings, and then particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is alongitudinal sectional View of a case embodying my invention with an umbrella inclosed. Fig. 2 is a similar View of' a collapsible case in its open position. 3 is a similar View of the same in its closed position. Fig. 4c is a similar view of another modification of :my invention. Figs. 5, G, and 7 are detail views.

Referring to the drawings, A is a tubular case, made of any suitable material, such as metal, paper, wood, or rubber, and closed at its lower end. The interior diameter of the tubular case is sufficient to receive an um brella when rolled up tightly, no special construction or form of umbrella being necessary. The upper end of the tubular case is preferably threaded interiorly, as at a, to receive a threaded portion b of a head B, which is divided longitudinally into two parts b' b2, as shown in Fig. 6, one of the parts being provided With a projection, such as a pin b3, Fig. 6, or a chime h", Fig. a, While the corresponding part is provided Wi th a recess to receive such projection, as the pin-hole h5, Fig. G, or the groove h6, Fig. 4, whereby the two parts b l)Q areheld iirmly together when the threaded portion b is screwed into the upper end of the case A. By this construction it becomes possible to construct various forms of heads adapted to receive the various shapes of handles noW on the market. For instance, in Fig. l I have shown a head containing an umbrella-handle C, which is in the shape of a knob, While in Fig. 5 I have shown a head adapted to contain one With a hook-shaped handle. In the same Way the head may be constructed to receive a handle in the form of a ring, as shown in Fig. 7. Furthermore, a tubular case may be provided with a plurality of interchangeable heads of various forms, so that it will be possible to carry umbrellas with various shapes of handles, as desired, or such case may be provided with one head for use with a particular form of umbrella.

The distinctive feature of the head illustrated and described herein consists in the fact that it is hollow and sectional, and the plane of division of the sections intersects the area included by the lower end of the head, whereby the two sections are held together by the upper end of the tubular case. In this Way it is only necessary to remove the head `from the case in order to take the sections apart, whereupon an umbrella may be inserted in the tubular case, the sections of the head placed together, so as to surround the umbrella handle, and the said head screwed or otherwise secured to the case.

The head B of the case may be made of any suitable material, but preferably of metal.

These disadvantages are avoided by my construction, since any ordinary close-rolling umbrella, such as are common on the market, may be inserted in the improved case designed by me, and, if desired, the umbrella and case may be each used separately, the latter serving then merely as a cane. Moreover, when one umbrella is Worn out, the case maybe employed With any other umbrella, the case being durable and lasting indetlnitely.

In Figs. 2 and 3 I have shown a modified form of my invention wherein the tubular IOO case is made "in telescopic form, the Various sections being threaded together', so that, by unserewing the sections, they can be slid one within the other7 as will be clear from Fig. 3, which shows the ease in its closed form.

In Fig. 4L I have shown another modification of the collapsible ease, wherein the sections are telescopic,` but are not threaded together, being held in their extended position by the umbrella within the case.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination, with a tubular case, of a hollow head removably secured to the case7 said head consisting of two half-sections whose plane of division is paralled to the length of the tubular ease, substantially as described7 and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, witha tubular case7 of a hollow head threaded into the tubular case, said head consisting of two half-sections whose plane of vdivision is parallel to the length of the tubular ease, substantially as described. and for the purpose set forth.

8. The combination, with a tubular case, of a hollow sectional head threaded into the tubular case, `the plane of division of said sections intersecting` the area inclosed by the threaded end, one section having a projection extending into a recess in the other section, substantially set forth.

4. The combination, with a tubular case, formed of telescopic sections threaded :ogether, of 'a sectional head threaded into said case, the line of division of said sections heing in a plane which intersects the area included by the lower threaded end of the head, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination, with a tubular case formed of telescopic sections threaded 7ogether, of a hollow sectional head threaded into said ease, the plane of division of said sections intersecting the area inclosed by the lower threaded end of the head, substantially as set forth.

G. The combination, with a tubular case formed of telescopic sections threaded to gether, of a hollow sectional head threaded into the tubular case, the plane of division of said sections intersecting the area in closed by the threaded end7 one section having a projection extending; into a recess in the other section, substantially as set forth.

ln testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE K. LLOYD.

Vitnesses:

HENRY B. SALISBURY, CHARLES. IIARFT.

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