US1861061A - Container for umbrellas - Google Patents

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y 1932- J. A. MAXWELL. JR

CONTAINER FOR UMBRELLAS Filed Dec. 51, 1929 Snventor (Ittorneg Fig-.2

Patented May 31, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT orrica JOHN A. MAXWELL, JR., OF LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO FOLLMER, CLOGG & (10., OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK CONTAINER FOP. UMBRELLAS Application filed December 31, 1929. Serial No. 417,686.

that is so thin that it readily can be carried in a mans pocket or womans handbag or even in a vanity case. In its extended position, it is'a longnarrow sheath enclosing closely completely the umbrella throughout its length and made entirely of a waterproof textile material without any rigid parts, and can hold and completely enclose the wet umbrella and yet allow it to dry, and will protect the occupants of the car from contact with it.

It may be secured firmly to the car body and so kept in a vertical 'position and prevented from swinging.

The device has a sheath of flexible waterproof material that isclosed permanently at the bottom, and at the top has a mouth to receive the umbrella, which may be closed by an attached cover. .It has straps secured to it for attaching it to a portion of the car body, and a means for ventilating the sheath, so that the umbrella contained in it will dry rapidly.

Fig. 1 is an elevation of one side of the device withthe sheath unfolded,.and the cover for the mouth extended,'but not fastened to 353 the car body, nor containing an umbrella. Fig. 2 is anelevation of the other side under like conditions. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the package formed by the device when the sheath is folded. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the package formed by the device when the sheath is folded. Fig. 5 is an elevation of the upper fragment of the device, as it will appear when containing an umbrella. Fig. 6 is a section on line 66 of Fig. 1.

My container has a long sheath 1, madeof a flexible water-proof material, for convenience it is made, in practice, of a single piece, turned over and stitched together at the side by a row of stitching, 17 The hottom 0 is closed by the stitches, 14:. The top is open and forms a mouth into which the umbrella can be inserted. The sheath is adapted to be tied, bottom downwards, to some portion of the car body, by straps 3 and 2, a portion of each of which is secured, preferably by rows of stitching 12 and 13, to the sheath 1, which they encircle. These straps have portions extending beyond the sheath 1', long enough to pass around or through a suitable means of support in the car body. They arepreferablytwo in number, as thus any swing of the container is prevented, when the umbrella is contained in it.

The straps 2 and .3 have at their endse, 5 a snapper fastening, one member 7, of which ispositioned on the strap near its free end and the other member 8 on the portion of the strap 7, that is sewed to the sheath. The sheath has also the ventilators 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 79 located at difierent positions on the sheath 1, which consist, in practice, of eyelets having preferably a wide flange to give a good bearing on the sheath.

The top of the sheath 1, has a flap 16, 7.3

that is adapted to cover the umbrella completely, and tobe fastened down by the snapper having one member 9, on the flap and the other 10, on the sheath. A braid 11, is folded over and sewed to the flap and sheath go by the stitches 18.

The empty extended she th, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, is of considerable length, fully long enough to hold an umbrella, but it may be folded, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, into an exceedingly small compass, being quite small enough to be putin the pocket or into a handbag as it has no rigid parts and is formed entirely of a waterproof textile fabric which may be very thin and light. so

The umbrella will extend the sheath, as shown in Fig. 5. The container, when holding the umbrella, can rest its bottom on the floor of the car or be supported wholly from I the straps 2 and 3, or one of them.

The wet umbrella will drip off only a small portion of the water into the bottom of the sheath, unless the umbrella, contrary to present custom, is composed of heavy rain absorbing material, where it will soon evaporate and 1,00

pass out through the ventilating holes a, a, a, a another portion will remain in the fabric of the umbrella where it will evaporate and pass out through the holes a, a, a, a, a, which 5 are spaced along the sheath at suitable dis tances from each other.

While the drawings are not made to scale they substantially show the relative sizes and shapes of the container when flat when folded Q and when rounded out to contain an umbrella.

I claim:

1. A container for holding and drying wet umbrellas formed entirely of flexible waterproof material and consisting of a closed 16 sheath of such material of substantially the cross section of the umbrella, fitting snugly over the folded umbrella cover and of substantially equal cross section throughout and open only at the top, and provided with venti- 20 lating holes along its length.

2. A container for holding and drying wet umbrellas formed entirely of flexible waterproof material, and consisting of a sheath of such material closed completely and permanently at the bottom and along its length where it covers the umbrella cover, except for ventilating holes and of a fixed diameter just i sufficient to fit snugly over said cover and having eyeleted ventilation openings along the length of said sheath.

3. The device as defined in claim 2 wherein the sheath is formed of a single sheet of material folded OVGI on itself and sewed together along the edges at the side and bottom.

JOHN A. MAXWELL, JR;

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