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IGNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.
FREDERICK B. CUMPSTON, OF BLOOMING GROVE, TEXAS.
SUPPORTING DEVICE FOR UMBRELLAS.No. 903,682.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, FREDERICK B. CuMP-
STON, a citizen of the United States, and a
resident'of Blooming Grove, in the county of
5 Navarro. and State of Texas, have invented
a new and Improved Supporting Device for
Umbrellas, of which the following is a full,
clear, and exact description.
The purpose of this invention is to pro-
10 vide novel, simple means for adjustably sup-
porting an umbrella or the like, from the
person of the user of the device, and thus
permit the free use of both hands and arms
as occasion may require.
15 The invention consists in the novel con-
struction and combination of parts as is
hereinafter described and defined in the ap-
pended claims.
Reference is. to be had to the accompany-
20 ing drawings, forming a part of this speci-
fication, in which similar characters of ref-
erence indicate corresponding parts in all
the views, and in which
Figure 1 is a rear view of the improved
25 umbrella support shown mounted upon a
person; Fig. 2 is a side view of the same, and
of an umbrella shown distended and held in
position for service above and over the per-.
son of the user; Fig. 3 is an enlarged partly
30 sectional side view of novel details in posi-
tion for service on a person; and Fig. 4 is
an enlarged transverse sectional view of de-
tails, substantially on the line 4-4, in
Fig. 1.- .
35 - The umbrella support as shown, consists
of a harness of novel construction, adapted
for adjustment of its parts, so that it may be
fitted upon a person for comfortable wear,
or be quickly altered to suit the physique of
40 another person of a different size:
A preferably' leather belt 5, having a
buckle a, is provided as a means for sup-
port' the harness from the waist of the
user ofithe same. A laterally-curved carrier
45 plate 6, having transverse slots b, 1, therein
near its. ends, receives the belt 5, that is
passed through said slots, the plate being so
,,positioned on the belt that it will span the
back of, the wearer when secured in.position
50 by a pfoper-buckled attachment of the belt
upon the waist of the person, as indicated
in Figs. 1and 2.
A T-shaped flat-bodied yoke plate 7, is
slidably mounted at its lower end on the
55 carrier plate 6, this conmesetion being prefer-
ably elected as shown, consisting in formingPatented Nov. 10, 1908.
or securing a flat standard 6a on the upper
edge of the carrier plate, at a point which ~
locates the standard over the spine of- the
wearer. The side edges of the standard 6a 60
are parallel with each other, and beveled so
as to remove their outer corners.
Upon, the lower portion of the yoke plate
7, inwardly-inclined flanges c, are bent along
the side. edges thereof, forming parallel V- 65
shaped channels at said edges, which will re-
ceive the standard 6a and permit its longi-
tudinal sliding movement. In -the, yoke
plate 7, centrally between the flanges c, a
longitudinal slot d is formed,, having its '70
edges rabbeted on the side of the plate oppo-
site that over which' the flanges. c are
turned, and thus forming recesses. In the
standard 6a, opposite the slot d, a perfora-
tion is formed, through which the body of a 75
clamping bolt e is passed after its insertion
through the slot d. The bolt e is provided
with a head e', that seats in the recesses
along the edge of the slot d, said head being
flat and of such thickness as to render its 80
end face .flush with' the corresponding sur-
face of the yoke plate.- Upon the threaded
end of the bolt e, which projects through the
standard 6,'a winged nut e2 is screwed, and
by proper adjustment secures the standard 85
and yoke plate together at a desired point of
longitudinal adjustment of said parts. The
similar lateral members 7s, which are oppo-
sitely formed on the upper end of the plate
7, have flanges g formed on their side edges 90
at or near their outer ends, these -inwardly-
bent flanges being spaced from the yoke
members' of which they are portions, and
thus afford channels for the reception of the
side edges of extension members' 7" which 95
may be slid into engagement, with the
flanges and members 7a, and be secured on
the latter by an adjustment of bolts, the
winged heads of which are shown in Fig. 1.
The construction of the yoke plate aiid its 100
connection- with other parts as described,
permit it to be 'adjusted ;o as to conform to
the height. and breadth of'. different indi-
viduals, and thus facilitate a general use of
the .device, 'without 'rejuiring different sizes 105
of the same to be specially furnished.
Upon the outer ends of the- yoke exten-
sion members 7b, the ends of two flexible
bands 8 are secured, the bands being carried
over and upon the shoulders of the wearer, 110
as:shown in' Figs. 1 and 2, the forward por-
tions thereof being severed, thus producingSpecification of Letters Patent.
Application led April 30, 1908. Serial No.'480,071.
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Cumpston, Frederick B. Supporting Device for Umbrellas., patent, November 10, 1908; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth513834/m1/2/: accessed July 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.