US934177A - Folding umbrella. - Google Patents

Description

K. s. HUMMER.

FOLDING UMBRELLA.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 29, 1907.

Patented Sept. 14, 1909.

\ onirnn srarns WENT orrrcn KATIE s. HUMMER, or PHILLIPSBUBG, NEW JERSEY.

FOLDING UMBRELLA.

Application filed January 29, 1907.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, KATIE S. HUMMER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Phillipsburg, in the county of lVarren, State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Umbrellas; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the nvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to improvements in folding umbrellas, and it aims to provide a device of that class, in which the ribs and braces are foldable upon themselves to reduce their length for convenience in packlng.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of an umbrella which in ad dition to its foldable characteristic, above referred to, is provided with a cover entirely removable from the umbrella frame, so that a single frame may be used with a number of different covers, any one of which may be readily attached thereto and removed therefrom.

The invention will be readily understood from the following detailed description, and its preferred embodiment is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which like parts are designated by corresponding reference numerals in the several views.

Of the said drawingsFigure 1 is a vertical section through an umbrella constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a fragmentalview of a portion of the removable cover, showing the hooks carried thereby. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view of one of the frame ribs. Fig. 4: is a similar view of one of the cover hooks. In Fig. l, the umbrella handle is shown as partly disjointed.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the umbrella is shown as comprising a handle or stick 7 and a frame 8 carried thereby. The handle, in the present instance, is jointed and comprises an upper section 9 having a reduced threaded end 10 and a lower section 12 having a socket 11, in which the threaded end 10 is engaged, the lower section likewise carrying a grip or handle proper 13.

The frame 8, above referred to, comprises the usual ribs 14, which are connected together at their upper ends by a ring 15, and the braces 16, which are connected at their Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept 14, 1999.

Serial No. 354,688.

each brace is connected to the runner 17,

while the'upper section 22 is connected with the upper section of the corresponding rib, at apoint slightly above the hinge between the joints or sections of the rib. IVhen, therefore, the umbrella frame is opened the ribs will be bowed in the usual manner, as shown in Fig. 1, being held in such position through the action of the braces which are themselves retained in position by means of the engagement of the runner with the usual spring (not shown) carried by the umbrella handle. hen, however, the frame is closed the sections both of the ribs and the braces fold upon themselves and permit the umbrella to be stowed away in a small space, the lower section of the handle being first removed as is obvious.

The upper and lower sections or joints of each rib are provided with the sockets 2t and 25, respectively, in which the bill portions of the flat headed hooks 26 the bases of which latter are secured to the under face of the cover 27 are engaged, to secure the cover to the ribs. The cover which is of the usual construction and comprises a plurality of mutually adjacent sections is provided at its center with an opening in which a metal ring 29 fits, the ring being secured to the cover sections in any preferred manner. When, therefore, the cover is disposed over the ribs the ferrule end of the section 9 of the handle will extend through the ring carried by the cover, the inner diameter of the ring being approximately equal to the diameter of such section to cause a binding engagement between the ring and section. To further retain the cover in place such section end is threaded, as at 30, to fit in an internally threaded opening 31 formed in a metal cap 32, which may thus be moved into engagement with the cover ring.

As above stated, the cover consists of a series of sectorshaped sections, which are sewed or. otherwise connected together their mutually adjacent edges, the cover hooks 26 being secured likewise at the meet:

ing edges of the sections, so that whenthe cover is in place upon the frame with its hooks 1n engagement with the rib sockets,

tension will be applied equally to both sideedges of each section when the umbrella is opened, thus disposing the seams between the sections directly over the ribs of. the frame,

Asshown in Fig. 5, the. upper socket 24' of each rib joint is disposed adjacent the point atwhich the section 18 and brace are connected, while the lower socket 25is formed adjacent the free end of the opposite section 19 of each rib.

It will thus be understood from the foregoing that the present invention comprises merely two parts, 2'. 6., the frame and the cover removably attached thereto, and it.

will be likewise apparent that a single frame may be used with any number of covers of different shades andmaterials and that any one of the covers may be readily attached to and removed from the frame. The frame itself, owing to the jointed construction of its ribs and braces and. to the sectional formationv of its handle, may be folded into very small compass and in such condition may be readily carried in a suit-case or.

satchel.

It will be noted that the hinge joint be-. tween the-sections 1S and 19 of each rib issuch as will permit the'outer section 19 to have a free swinging movement upon the;

:tive cooperation between the jointedwribsand the cover, since it would be extremely dif,

ficult, to attach a cover to. the frame where the latter comprised rigidlinsteadof jointed a a 50.

ribs. W I What is claimed, is'

The combinationv with. an umbrella frame having foldabl'eperforated ribs, of. a cover formed of a plurality. of sector-shaped sections, the mutually adjacent edges thereof being overlapped and.united, and.ho0k mem bers having flat heads the latter mounted between the overlapped edges. of said sec-. I

tions and concealed by the same, the hooksll of the member's projecting inwardly from the sections of the coverto engage the open' ings in theribs. for detachably connecting the said cover thereto.

In testiinonyfwhereof, I: affix my signature, in presence. of twowitnesses.

KATIE s. HUMMER.

Vitnesses:

S'roennn STOKES, MARY A. HUMMER.

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