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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.
CARL EICHENBERG, OF GALVESTON, TEXAS.
CANOPY.No. 796,963.
Specification of Letters Patent.
Application filed July 16, 1904. Serial No. 216,696.To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, CARL EICHENBERG, aresi-
dent of Galveston, in the county of Galveston
and State of Texas, have invented certain new
and useful Improvements in Canopies; 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 pertains to make and use the same.
The invention relates to canopies and to that
class that are portable and floor-supported and
have collapsible frames.
The object of the invention is to provide a
canopy, usable over and around either a bed,
lounge, crib, chair, or other article, that is sim-
ple in construction, stable, easily collapsible,
and generally efficient.
The invention consists in the construction
hereinafter described and pointed out.
In the accompanying drawings, forming
part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side
view of the canopy-frame and canopy. Fig.
2 is a partial-end view of the frame. Figs. 3,
4, 5 are sections on lines 3 3 and 4 4 of Fig.
2 and line 5 5 of Fig. 1, respectively. Fig. 6
is a partial side view of member 2. Fig. 7 is
a perspective of the frame provided with ad-
ditional braces adapted for use in supporting
a ridge-pole for a tent. Fig. 8 is a partial sec-
tion indicating the connection of the braces to
a ridge-pole when said braces are diverted for
use in supporting a tent, and Fig. 9 is an end
view of the canopy-frame folded and tied in
a bundle by use of braces.
Theimproved canopy-frame comprises four
extensible supports, each made in adjustable
members or sections 1 and 2, joined by screws
or bolts 3'. The sections are matched together
with a right-angle joint 4 to prevent strain on
the securing-screws. A plurality of screw or
bolt holes 5 is, however, provided, whereby
the supports may be lengthened by suitable
adjustment, and, if desired, short pieces 6 may
be provided, as indicated in Fig. 2, to fill the
space left in case the supports are lengthened
by adjustment of the members or sections.
The upper screws 3' not only serve to hold the
sections engaged, but are so placed on the up-
per sections as to hold the braces (to be de-
scribed) when the frame is collapsed.
The top of the frame comprises eight sec-
tions or members 7, each hinged to the upper
end of a support. The hinges (denoted by 8)
are situated in the angles at the corners, as
shown.
9 denotes braces, each of which at its lowerPatented Aug. 8, 1905.
end is screwed to a support and at its upper
end connected to an upper frame member by
means of a slot 10, forming a hook 11, that is
adapted to detachably but securely engage a
pin or screw 12, from which it can be easily de-
tached when the frame is to be knocked down.
3 denotes pins or screws in the members 1,
situated at such distances from the brace-piv-
ots that they can be engaged by the hooks 11
to hold the braces against said members when
the frame is collapsed and put in compact form
for storage or transportation.
The top sections 7, constituting the sides of
the frame-top, and those also constituting the
ends are each cut or halved at its end 7 con-
tiguous its fellow, as shown.
14 denotes hinges for connecting contiguous
sections, and 15 denotes spring-catches for
holding the parts in contact and keeping the
hinges .open. The members being formed
and connected as at 7' and the hinges and
catches oppositely and obliquely applied as
shown, a firm joint is thereby produced.
16 indicates so-called " screw "eyes or hooks
to support a net 17 by means of tapes or
strings 18. The net is open below and is
otherwise made entire or closed and of suffi-
cient length so that in use its foot lies upon
the floor or ground and flies, mosquitos, and
the like excluded from the interior of the sus-
pended net.
It will be understood from the foregoing
that the braces and spring-catches can be dis-
engaged and the upper members thereupon
folded down beside the supports and the lat-
ter brought together with the net inside, if
desired, all in a compact bundle of but few
inches in cross-section, which when desired
can be easily and quickly opened and spread
and the parts braced and fastened, so that if
circumstances require it the canopy can be
easily knocked down and set up, though it will
ordinarily remain standing during the season
requiring its use.
It may be noted that with the exception of
the easily-made braces the improved canopy
requires nothing in the nature of hardware
that is not in the market and readily obtain-
able.
The advantages of a portable canopy that
can be easily collapsed and then opened with-
out danger of mislaid parts and without the
use of tools and independent of. any bedstead
or other connection are so obvious that they
need ,no further description.
As illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, the braces
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Eichenberg, Carl. Canopy, patent, August 8, 1905; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth509186/m1/3/: accessed July 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.