US640880A - Umbrella-holder. - Google Patents

Description

. Patented Ian. 9, I900.

TO-LITNQ. WASHINGTON n c J. A. DAWSON &.-P. P. BEYERBACK.

UMBRELLA HOLDER (Application filed July 9, 1899.)

NITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

JAMES A. DAWSON AND PHILIP P. BEYERBAOK, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

UMBRELLA-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 640,880, dated January 9, 1900.

Application filed July 3, 1899- Serial No. 723,174. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern..-

Be it known that we, JAMES A. DAWsoN and PHILIP P. BEYERBAOK, citizens of the United States, residing at New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in stood from the following description and claims when taken in conjunction with the annexed drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the holder as it appears when ready for the connection of an .umbrella and application to the body of a person. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail section illustrative of the manner in which an umbrella-handle is connected to the holder. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the metallic socket designed to be used in the handle of the umbrella. Fig. is a plan view, with parts in section, of the upper end of the body of the holder. Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail section illustrating the connection of one of the shoulder-clips to the body of the holder. Fig. 6 is a detail section showing the manner in which the umbrella-holding hook is connected to the body.

Referring by letter to said drawings, A is the body of the holder, which may be and preferably is cast in one piece and is designed in use to rest at the back of the user. This body is provided at its lower end with an angular arm a, designed to support an umbrella, and is also provided adjacent to its lower end with two rearwardly-extending apertured lugs b. In these latter is journaled a spring-clip B, which is calculated to grasp the body of the user at the waist and thereby securely hold the body of the holder in its operative position. Said clip B has balls c at its ends to prevent it catching into the apparel of the user and is designed when not in use to be swung against the body A, so as to take up but a minimum amount of space.

At its upper end and on its rear side the body A is provided with two lugs d, having verticallydisposed apertures and slots 6. These lugs 61 loosely receive bushin gs f, which are flanged at their upper ends and are designed in turn to loosely receive the vertically-disposed portions g of resilient shoulder-clips O. The clips 0, as their name implies, are adapted to rest over and grasp the shoulders of the user, and thereby assist the waist-clip Bin securely holding the body A in its proper operative position. They are provided at, their free ends with eyes h or other means calculated to prevent them from catching into the clothing of the user and at their opposite ends have angular arms 1;, which engage apertured lugs j on the body A, and thereby hold them against turning.

By raising the bushi gf on the portions g of clips 0 and out of the lugs 61 the clips are released and may be swung through the slots 6 of lugs 61 and disengaged or disconnected from the lugs j. This is desirable, sinceit permits of the holder being made very compact when not in use.

When it is desired to connect the clips 0 to the body A, it is simply necessary to place the arms'i of the clips in lugs j, swing the clips up, so as to carry their portions 9 through the slots 6 into lugs (Z, and then move the bushings f down into the lugs (1, when the clips 0 will be securely connected to the body and held against turning.

It will be appreciated from the foregoing that through the medium of the waist-clip B and shoulder-clips O the body of our improved holder may be quickly and easily secured upon the body of the user and may as quickly be removed, when desired, by the user without assistance. It will also be observed that the holder when not in use may be made very compact, so as to take up'but a minimum amount of space when packed for transportation.

In adapting an umbrella for use in conjunction with our improved holder the handle D thereof is bored, as indicated by Z in Fig. 2, and in said bore an interiorly-threaded metallic socket E is arranged and held by frictional contact. This socket E has a flange at its lower endQto bear on the arm a of body A and is designed to receive and be engaged by a connecting screw F, which extends up through an aperture in the said arm aand into the socket, as best shown in Fig. 2. In this manner the handle D of an n mbrella may be quickly and securely connected to the body of the holder and may as quickly be disconnected therefrom. It will also be observed that the adaptation of the handle for connectionto the body of the holder does not in any way mar the same or detract from its finished appearance, and therefore an umbrella adapted for use in conjunction with our holder may be carried in the hand after the usual manner when desired.

The umbrella. is further connected to the body A of the holder by a pivoted hook F. This hook F is arranged adjacent to the upper end of the body and is designed when closed, as shown in Fig. 1, to hold the upper portion of the handle of the umbrella againstthe upper portion of the body and prevent it from inclining baokwardly or to either side.

By virtue of this the umbrella proper is always held over the head of the user.

As best shown in Fig. 6 of the drawings, the hook F is provided at its inner end with an enlargement m, having a flat side n, and is loosely mounted on a pin Z arranged in lugs Z, projecting from the body. The body A is provided with an opening 1), which is arranged about the proportional distance illustrated above the lower lug Z and is of a size to loosely receive the enlargement m of the hook. By virtue of this construction when the hook F is moved upwardly on the pin l into the same horizontal plane as the opening 19 the said hook may be freely swung outwardly, the opening 19 permitting sufiioient play of the enlargement m. On the other hand, when the hook F is swung into a closed position and moved downwardly into the position shown in Figs. 1 and 6 the surface it of the hook serves to securely hold it in its closed position. It follows from this that when the umbrella-stick is placed in the hook F and the latter is secured in its closed position there is no liability of the casual release of said stick.

Having thus described ourinvention, what we claim is 1. An umbrella-holder comprising a body having an opening and lugs disposed above and below the opening, apin arranged in the lugs ot the body, a vertically-movable hook loosely mounted on said pin and having a square surface adapted to engage that of the body; said hook being adapted to engage an umbrella-handle, means for connecting the lower end of an umbrella-handle to the body, a spring-clip connected to said body and arranged to embrace the waist of the user, and spring-clips connected to the body and arranged to grasp the shoulders of the user,

substantially as specified.

2. An umbrella-holder comprising a body having apertured 1n gs j and also having apertured lugs 03 provided with slots e, bushings loosely arranged in the apertures of lugs d and having portions bearing on said lugs, shoulder-engaging clips having vertical portions extending through the bushings and the apertures of lugs cl and also having angular arms arranged in the apertures of lugs j, and suitable means for connecting an umbrella to the body, substantially as specified.

3. An umbrella-holder comprising a body having an opening and lugs disposed above and below the opening, means for holding said body on the body of a person, a pin arranged in the lugs of the body, and a hook loosely mounted on said pin and havinga square surface adapted to engage that of the body, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof We have hereunto set our hands in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES A.DAWSON. PHILIP P. BEYERBACK.

Witnesses:

LOUIS WERTZ, W. H. Knox.

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