US295586A - Hand protecting attachment foe umbrellas and canes - Google Patents

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- E. ROSS. HAND PROTECTING ATTACHMENT FOR UMBRELLAS AND GAMES.

Patented Mar. '25, 1884.

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- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' EUGENIA ROSS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HAND-PROTECTING ATTACHMENT FOR UMBRELLAS AND CAN ES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 295,586, dated March 25, 1884.

Application filed June 9, 1883.

To aZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, EUGENIA Ross, of New York city, in the county of New York and State 7 and moisture.

The invention consists in a pocket or pouch, of any suitable material, adapted to be secured to an umbrella-stick or cane and form an openbottomed bag or pocket entirely surrounding the handle and adapted to cover the hand in which the latter is held, as I will nowproceed to describe.

The accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, represents a perspective view of an attachment embodying my invention applied to an umbrellastick;

In the drawing, arepresents the stick or rod of an umbrella, and 1) represents myimproved attachment, which is a bag or pouch of any suitable material-preferably' water -proofsuch as gossamer rubber cloth. I provide one end of said bag with a device for securing it to the stick a. In the present instance said device is shown as a strip or band, 6, or metal, having ears ff, which are clamped together by a screw, 9, thereby confining the band in the form of a ring in contact with the stick a. The construction of this device may be variously modified, however, without departing from the spirit of my invention. It may be a band of elastic fabric or rubber, with a suitable clasp for uniting its ends; or it may be an endless ring of rubber, adapted to hold itself on the stick by its own elasticity. The bag is; attached to the securing devicein any desired I manner, preferably by stitches passed through holes provided in the band, if the latter be of metal, and when in use depends from the securing device around the handle, as shown. The lower end of the bag is open, to permit the insertion of the hand, and may have an elastic gathering-cord, 6, near its edge, to confine it closely around the wrist.

When the attachment is not in use, it may (No model.)

be reversed or turned upwardly on the stick a, so that it will not cover the handle, and will be covered by the ribs and cover of the umbrella, the cord 1' holding the bag in this position by the contraction against the stick of the umbrella.

When the umbrella is raised, the bag may i be drawn down over the hand, as shown, thus effectually protecting the hand against cold or moisture. 1

I do not limit myself to the form of the attachment represented in the drawings, nor to any particular material. If desired, seal-skin or other fur-skin may be employed as a mate rial, in which case it may be found desirable to make the bag larger at the center than at the ends and provide it with a lining having an elastic gathering-cord like that of an ordinary muff.

The bag or pouch may, if desired, be lined with flannel or other fleecy material.

I am aware that a rubber cup has been detachably secured to the tip of an umbrellastick for the purpose of catching the drip, and I do not claim such a device, my invention being confined to a bag or muff adapted to be secured to the handle of an umbrella or cane, andto receive and cover the hand that holds the same.

I claim- 1. The combination, with an umbrella-stick or cane, of a hand protecting attachment composed of a bag or pouch secured to the handle portion of the stick or cane, and adapted to receive and cover the hand that holds the stick, as set forth.

2. The combination, with an umbrellastick or cane, of a bag or pouch secured near the .tially as described, which confines one end of the pouch to the stick, the end of the pouch not so secured having a gathering device whereby it may be drawn about the wrist and serve as a protection for the hand, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to'this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 4th day of June, 1883.

EUGENIA ROSS.

Witnesses:

O. F. BROWN, A. L. WHITE.

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