US595134A - Henry bastide - Google Patents

Description

section, of the umbrella-stick. Fig. 2

UTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY BASTIDE, OF PARIS, FRANCE.

UMBRELLA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 595,134, dated December 7, 1897.

Application filed July 1,1897. Serial No- 643,l30. (N0 model.) Patented in France March 6,1897,N0. 264,697.

To all tuitont it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY BASTIDE, a citizen of the French Republic, residing at Paris, France, have invented Improvements in Umbrellas, (for which I have obtained a French patent, No. 26%,697, dated March 6,1897,) of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to umbrellas; and it has for its object to provide improved means whereby when the handle or stick is held in front of the person in one hand in the usual manner the center of the umbrella will lie directly over the users head in such manner as to shelter every part of the user equally.

To this end my invention consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims following the description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, wherein- Figure 1 is a view in elevation, partly in is a similar View showing the stick turned into position for use. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail View of one of the joints between two of the tubular sections of the stick, and Figs. 4 and 5 are enlarged detail front and side views of the parts of the joint.

The umbrella-stick is formed in three metallic tubular sections A, B, and C, jointed together in the manner hereinafter described, the section A being the tip, 0 the handle, and B the intermediate portion. To the tip A is attached the umbrella-cover (not shown) in the usual manner.

In the opposite ends of the tubular section B are inserted plugs II, which are slotted at their inner ends, as at a b, and are adapted to have a limited longitudinal movement in said tubular section, which is bored smoothly on its interior for the purpose. In the slotted end I) of each plug II is fixed a pin 72-, which extends transversely of the slot, and to said pins are attached the opposite ends of a coiled spring D, which is arranged in the tubular section B. Said spring is placed within the tube under tension, so as to exert its force to draw the plugs II toward one another and within the ends of the tubular section B, as shown in Fig. 1, and the plugs H are guided in their movement within the section B by means of pins N, which are inserted in the section near its opposite ends and pass transversely through the slots to b. The pins N also prevent the plugs from turning in the section B and, in connection with the pins N, prevent the plugs from being withdrawn from the section beyond the desired distance. In the ends of the tubular sections A and G, which are adjacent to the opposite ends of the section B, are driven plugs E. Each of said plugs is provided with a tenon e, which is pivoted between the forked outer end of the corresponding plug II by a pivot-pin L, and said tenon on its outer end is beveled or inclined, as at O, and the plug E on opposite sides of the tenon is provided with two inclined or beveled shoulders O, which are parallel with the inclined end 0 of the tenon, for the purpose hereinafter explained.

The operation of my improved umbrella is as follows: Then the umbrella is folded up, the parts will be in the position shown in Fig. l-that is to say, the spring D will draw the plugs H into the tubular section B, and as the plugs II and E are connected together by the pins L the sections A and C will be drawn closely against the ends of the section B, and each pair of plugs E and II will then operate as one solid or continuous straight plug and will hold the sections rigid. When it is desired to place the parts in the position shown in Fig. 2, the sections A and O are pulled lengthwise in opposite directions, whereby the tension of the spring I) is overcome and the plugs 11 are withdrawn from the section B until the ends 0 of the ten'ons c are entirely freed from said section, when the sections may be turned or bent into the position shown in said figure, in which position the sections A and C will lie in parallel upright planes and the section B will lie at an angle thereto of about one hundred and twenty-five degrees. The sections are held in this position by the ends of the plugs II abutting and resting against the inclined shoulders O of the plugs E, aided by the ends of the section B, resting against the inclined ends 0 of the tenons e. To facilitate the flexure of the joints, one edge of the outer ends of the plugs H is beveled off, as shown at h. To re turn the parts to the position shown in Fig. 1, it is merely necessary to straighten the sections and lightly press the sections A and C against the ends of the section B.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In an umbrella, the combination with a stick consisting of three tubular sections, A,

B, C, of plugs H arranged to move lengthwise ends 0, for limiting the pivotal movement of 20 the plugs, substantially as described.

2. In an umbrella, the combination with a stick consisting of three tubular sections A, B, C, of plugs I-I movably arranged in the ends of the section B and slotted lengthwise at their inner ends, as atab, pins 11 fastened in the inner ends of said plugs transversely of said slots, pins N, fixed in the tubular sections and passing through said slots, a coiled spring D attached at its opposite ends to the pins 91, plugs E, fitted in the ends of the sections A and C and pivoted to the plugs H and stops for limiting the pivotal movement of the plugs, substantially as described.

HENRY BASTIDE.

Witnesses:

LOMBARD GORMEV-ILL, P. DE LIQUER.

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