US1199413A - Umbrella or parasol. - Google Patents

Description

i. PEYSER.

UMBRELLA 0R PARASOL. APPLICATION FILED JAN-4| 1916.

1,1 99,413. Patented Sept. 26, 1916.

2 SHEETSSHEET I- J. PEYSER.

UMBRELLA 0R PARASOL.

APPUCATION man 1AN.4. 191s.

1,199,413. PatentedSept. 26,1916;

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH PEYSER, 0F MOUNT VERNON, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO EMERGENCY UMBRELLA CORPORATION, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

UMBRELLA OR PARASOL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 26, 1916.

Application filed January 4, 1916. Serial No. 70,127.

To all whom it may concern Be' it known that I, JosErH PnYsnR, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Mount Vernon, in the county of \Vestches ter and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Umbrellas or Parasols, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in umbrellas or parasols, with the object in view of providing an umbrella which is formed and operated withouta rib.

Another object is to provide an umbrella in which the cover and its supporting member are formed of a still", waterproof material, preferably paper.

Another object is to provide an umbrella in which the cover and its supporting member are so formed thatthey will be brought, when closed, into interfolded relation, thereby maintaining a perfect folded or creased condition necessary for the successful manipulation of the umbrella.

Another object is to provide a ribless umbrella which will be simple in construction, effective and cheap in the manufacture.

A still further object is to provide certain improvements in the form, construction and arrangement of the several parts, whereby the above mentioned and other objects may be effectively carried out.

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my improved umbrella or parasol in its closed position, Fig. 2 is an inverted plan of the same, Fig. 3 is a longitudinal central section taken in the plane of the line AA of Fig. 1, Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on an enlarged scale, taken in the plane of the line BB of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows, Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the umbrella in its open position, Fig. 6 is a longitudinal central section taken in the plane of the line vCG of Fig. 5, and Fig. 7

is an inverted plan of the same.

The cover of the umbrella, denoted by 1, is formed of a stiff, waterproof material, preferably paper, which is crimped to form alternating radial ridges 2 and furrows 3. This cover is permanently secured to a stick or rod 4 at the point where the ridges 2 and furrows 3 issue, by any well known and approved means, such, for instance, as being wrapped with cord 5 and glued to the stick 4 at or near the outer end thereof.

The supporting member 7 is also'crimped to form alternating ridges 8 andfurrows 9. The number of ridges 8 correspond to the rldges 2,- likewise the number offurrows 9 correspond to the furrows 3. In the present instance, I have shown sixteen ridges and sixteen furrows in both the cover 1 and the supporting member 7, but I may make the cover and member with more or less ridges and furrows. Thus it will be seen that by making an even number of ridges and furrows in both the cover and the supporting member, they will be caused to interfold when the umbrella is in its closed position, thereby maintaining them in perfect folded 0r creased condition, which condition is essential for the successful manipu lation of the umbrella.

The supporting member 7 is secured to lar 12 is adapted to slide freely upon the stick 4.

In order to hold the collar 12 in position at the outer end of the stick 4, I provide a resilient latch 13, one end of which is pinned to the stick at 14 and provided with an incline 15 upon which the collar rides and depresses the latch in its upward movement. After the collar has passed the incline 15, the desired distance, it will register with a notch 16 formed in the latch, which will thereupon spring outwardly, thereby locking the collar in its. outer position.

A resilient latch 17, similar in construction to the latch 13, is pinned to the stick at 18 and is provided with a notch 19 which is adapted to receive the collar 12 and thereby hold it in its inner position. The latches 13 and 17 are semicircular in cross section so as to straddle the stick 4.

To provide for a free swinging movement of the supporting member with respect to the cover 1, each tab is creased at 20 and 21, so that the portion 22, intermediate of the creases, will be free to fold as the support ing member is forced inwardly and outwardly on the stick 4.

- In operation; when it is desired to open the umbrella, the latch 13 1s pressed 1nwardly, which movement allows the collar 12 to be forced upwardly, which, in turn,

forces the supporting member upwardly resilient latch 13, when it will ride up the incline 15 and depress the latch until it arrives in register with the notch 16, whereupon the latch will be released and spring outwardly, locking the collar member and cover in their outermost position. The umbrella now assumes the position shown in Figs. 5 to 7 inclusive. To close the umbrella, the movements of the several parts are reversed. The latch 13 is depressed by the operator, thereby releasing the collar 12 from the notch 16, which collar may be drawn downwardly, pulling the supporting member and cover with it, until it arrives at the latch 17 which will be depressed by the collar until it arrives at the notch 19. When the collar registers with the notch 19, the latch 17 will immediately spring outwardly, thereby locking the collar in the notch, in which position the umbrella will be closed, as shown in Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive.

Thus'it will be seen that the movement of the collar will control the supporting member and cover, locking the same against any inward or outward movement by the notches 16 and 19 formed in the latches 13 and 17.

In the accompanying drawings, the cover is shown as circular in form, but it is not essential that it should be so shaped, as it may be cut to any fanciful configuration.

It is evident that various changes might be made in the form, construction and arrangement of the several parts without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention; hence I do not wish to limit myself strictly to the structure herein shownand described, but

What I claim is 1. A ribless umbrella comprising a stick,

a radially crimped cover secured thereto, a

crimped supporting member hinged thereto, and means for locking said member to the stick for holding the cover in either opened or closed position.

3. A ribless umbrella comprising a stick, a radially crimped cover secured thereto, a radially crimped supporting member hinged thereto, and means for locking said member to the stick for holding the cover in either opened or closed position.

4. A ribless umbrella comprising a stick,

a cover having radially alternating ridges and furrows secured thereto, a supporting member hinged to said cover, said member having radially alternating ridges and furrows adapted to interfold with aforesaid ridges and furrows when in closed position, and means for locking the supporting memher to the stick for holding the cover in an opened position.

5. A ribless umbrella comprising a stick, a cover having radially alternating ridges and furrows secured to said stick, a supporting member hinged to said cover, said member having radially alternating ridges and furrows adapted to interfold with the aforesaid ridges and furrows when in closed position, means for locking the supporting member to-the stick in a closed position, and means for locking said member to the stick for holding the cover in anopened position.

6. A ribless umbrella comprising a stick, a cover having radially alternating ridges and furrows secured to said stick, a supporting member having tabs secured to said cover, said member being provided with radially alternating ridges and furrows adapted to interfold with the aforesaid ridges and furrows when in closed position, and means for locking the said member to the stick for holding the cover in an opened position.

7. A ribless umbrella comprising a stick, a cover having radially alternating ridges and furrows secured to said stick. a supporting member havingtabs secured to said cover, said member being provided with radially alternating ridges and furrows adapted to interfold with the aforesaid ridges and furrows when in closed position, means for locking the supporting member to the stick for holding the cover in a closed position, and means for locking the said member to the stick .for holding the cover in an opened position.

' In testimony,- that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name this 31st day of December, 1915.

a JOSEPH PEYSER.

Images