Portable folding shade.

No. 720,709. PATENTED FEB. 17, 1903.

W. F. LAWRENZ.

PORTABLE FOLDING SHADE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 3, 1902.

NO MODEL. 2 SHEETS—SHEET 1.

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THE NORRIS PETERS CO , PHOTO-LITHO.. WASHINGTON, O. C.

No. 720,709. . PATENTED FEB. 17, 1903.

W. F. LAWRENZ.

PORTABLE FOLDING SHADE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 3, 1902.

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THE NORRIS PETERS CO , PHOTO-LlTHO.. WASHINGTON. D, C-

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United States Patent Office.

WILLIAM F. LAWBENZ, OF HANCOCK, MICHIGAN.

PORTABLE FOLDING SHADE.

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Application file! July 3,1902. Serial Ho. 114,276. ®o model.:, ^Τ°τ>^αί·{ ^^ωη H may concern:

Be it known that I, William F. Lawrfnz acitizenof theUnitedStates, residing at Ilan’ ⁵ Suf TmJ evented a certain new and Shadl A?^PK°-^V?^m,^{ent in} Portable Folding .ΛοίΛ.

Ked for 1»’““ ^{flOm th}’ ^weather and deesneeiflllv nn % ^{any ex}P°^sed location, but vehicles^ ^{Ηθ S6atS} °^{f Wagons and oth}er ' In carrying out my invention I ni-nvirm > covered .foldable frame of edipticfl Sn rheL^laT^mi^{g a dat}tened base, so as to cover auJik T_i ;^{and S}-^idf ^{of a persou aud} havOA I ib u i or vizor independently foldable he whole capable of erection upon a suitable support and especially of attachment to anv ^dosu-ed position upon the seat of a wa^on or other vehicle and adjustable to shield the oc ^CUT^pa^{6 thereof} from the elements °’ myfoientfoTPn ?i^yiQgdrawings>illustrating uvJ^nVe4^{nt 0} ’ ? ^{the se}veral figures of which il^k_n® P^ai’ts are similarly designated Fi<*ure 1 edforSo ^eVFfo 2^Sh°^wi*^gshaddistendOf the distended shade?

θ ^frarne, foerfitraTto^ ieetio^&a^· FigA^^SSl section taken in the plane of line A B Ffo ^{in the plane}'^{of liaG c} • ⁴⁰ ton ί&“^β eomprises a base-plate 1 and a top plate 2, connected by ribs 3 which be metal rods or tubes bowed ellipticallv and having flattened ends 4 to form ah» jointed movably to the plates 1 ? mi ^d³ SeTotaST^Sl^b'SSS>S | joints serve as stretchers to spread out the iiarne and hold it and its cover 7 distended, as secured toThe ribs o?^: to lumpVon jSribs ⁵isVenSiffi? °^thei' ^f°^m °^{f eounection}

The coyer 7 may be of canvas or other _maelem!ntV^ta Th'^{t0 Shi}®^{ld th}® ^{person from th}® ^6ctbi κ ^Ih.^{ls cover} used extend onlv A the bends at the lower portions of the ribs or eves's t?⁸ *T^{e the lumps or cleats}

A n ⁸.ΐ ^r0ceive the cover-fastenings

Above the toggle-joints is the peak or v wr 6c composed of bowed ribs 9, double-jointed at “ J.^{0 a}»^d .looted to the outer ribs 3. B®ftfeJn the double joint 10 and the plate 2 is at>«rle iXintn? ^th° ^ie-joints 5, the said^togloon 12 ThG^{lng c},^onneeted te theplate2 by a 70 loop 12 The peak or vizor has a cover IS^ol ' material corresponding, to cover 7. Obvifolded¹ un^P_nT^ki^{Or vizor may be} distended or tented up at pleasure and independently of αωΖΓη ^{ΘΓ0ί the Sl}J^a(le’ ^and’ “oreovei·; 75 said peak 01 vizor may be omitted from tlm tovent^aon°^{gether wit,hont} departing from the

The bottom plate is nro vided with a bolt 14 which may be passed'through a hole n anv Po s »r.^p„^p°^rt ά»^s “>» liiele, and engaged by a nut 16, whereby the inlnvdesi™d^8eCU>-^lyadjustedand damned w any desired position upon the support to protect the occupant from the elements 8c is «.2Ϊ V M, «.rf 7, Ei*⁸⁵is designed to be used with the frame di« tended and held in such distended pStfon un nr r?^nS °^{f th}® ^sfcretehers, and with the vizor up or down, as may be rAnnirori λ may thus be protected from the^lementioii ⁹° his back at his sides, and overhead When *^hG®^hadθ ^1S! ^{no longer} required for use it may be folded, as indicated in Fig 2 and the shade allowed to remain thus folded upon oc the seat, or it maybe detached from the seat ⁹⁵SevSll ^{iB a COmpaCt}' ^f°rm within and^ XA^fram? 5⁵⁰^⁰^ of the plates 1 ribs 3, and stretchers, mav be folder!

?^h? &amp;&amp;·* &lt; teEtal ly tte “° folded S? ^{m 4}’^{anfl thG noak} may be folded by opening its stretcher by pressure thereupon _{the (1Ireetto}„ ionlixnbof the

720,709 arrow, Fig. 5, whereby the double-jointed ribs will be raised in the direction of the arrow adjacent to them in Fig. 5, so that said peak may be folded up against the main 5 frame, as indicated in Fig. 2. The reverse motions upon the stretchers will serve to open the main frame and the peak.

I have thus provided a very simple, strong, and efficient medium for the protection of io drivers of open vehicles and for other purposes, and it will be observed that by simply loosening the fastening medium the shade may be adjusted readily to any position which will most effectively shield the user 15 from the elements.

The invention is susceptible of various alterations without, departure from its principle and scope; but the illustration herein given is of practical utility and., shows the 20 best mode in which I have at this time contemplated applying the principle of the invention.