Improvements in Foot-rests for Vehicles and Rowing-boats.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Nov., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Aug., 1890-Accepted, 27th Sept., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Foot-rests for Vehicles and Rowing-boats.
I, WILLIAM HENRY WEARING, of Carter's Green Foundry, West Bromwich,
Staffordshire, Ironfounder, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention consists in the herein described improvements in those adjustable
inclined metal rests which are used in vehicles for supporting the driver's feet and for
rowing boats.
In carrying out my invention I make that part of the foot-rest against which the
feet are pressed in the form of a metal frame with rounded edges and preferably pro-
vided with a projecting lip all round the upper side thereof so as to form a recess or
recesses in which can be fixed a block or blocks of wood or indiarubber or other
suitable substance which will give a good foothold and be warmer to the feet than
the metal foot-rests generally used. The said wood or indiarubber or other block or
blocks may be fixed in the foot-rest frame by screws bolts or other like means, or by
fitting in inclined or dove-tailed recesses therein so as to be readily removed when worn
and replaced by fresh ones.
I sometimes make the frame of the foot-rest of a hollow box like form to contain a
removable metal or other heater or heaters or heating substance or substances which
can be removed from the foot-rest frame, heated and then replaced therein, so as to
warm the driver's or rower's feet.
In order to render the said foot-rests more readily adjustable relatively to the driver
or rower, I arrange for the ends of the inclined shanks of the same (of which each
foot-rest has usually two) to fit in slots or grooves, or to be jointed to pieces fitting in
slots or grooves, in corresponding metal strips or slides along which the foot-rest can
be moved these strips or slides having projections notches or recesses underneath or
on the top, or underneath and on the top, with which balls or other projections or
recesses on the said stems of the foot-rest engage so as to removably secure the said
foot-rest in any required position. The end of each of the said slots is enlarged so as
to allow of the foot-rest proper being removed therefrom and replaced. The foot-rest
can be turned forward when not in use so as to lie flat or almost flat on the bottom of
the vehicle or boat.
Dated this 20th day of November 1880
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Foot-rests for Vehicles and Rowing-boats.
I. WILLIAM HENRY WEARING, of Carter's Green Foundry, West Bromwich,
Staffordshire, Ironfounder, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
This invention consists in the herein described improvements in those adjustable
inclined metal rests which are used in vehicles for supporting the driver's feet and for
rowing boats.
In carrying out my invention I make that part of the foot-rest against which the
feet are pressed, in the form of a metal frame with rounded edges and preferably pro-
vided with a projecting lip all round the upper side thereof so as to form a recess or

page_text: recesses in which can be fixed a block or blocks of wood or indiarubber or other
suitable substance which will give a good foothold and be warmer to the feet than
the metal foot-rests generally used. The said wood or indiarubber or other block or
blocks may be fixed in the foot-rest. frame by screws bolts or other like means, or by
fitting in inclined or dove-tailed recesses therein, so as to be readily removed when
worn and replaced by fresh ones.
I sometimes make the frame of the foot rest of a hollow box like form to contain a
removable metal or other heater or heaters or heating substance or substances which
can be removed from the foot-rest frame, heated and then replaced therein, so as to
warm the driver's or rower's feet.
In order to render the said foot-rests more readily adjustable relatively to the driver
or rower, I arrange for the ends of the inclined shanks of the same (of which each
foot-rest has usually two) to fit in slots or grooves, or to be jointed to pieces fitting in
slots or grooves, in corresponding metal strips or slides along which the foot-rest can
be moved these strips or slides having projections notches or recesses underneath or
on the top or underneath and on the top with which balls or other projections or
recesses on the said stems of the foot-rest engage so as to removably secure the said
foot-rest in any required position. The end of each of the said slots is enlarged so as
to allow of the foot-rest proper being removed therefrom and replaced. The foot rest
can be turned forward when not in use so as to lie flat or almost flat on the bottom of
the vehicle or boat.
In order that my invention may be well understood I will now refer to the accom-
panying drawings which illustrate how my said invention is to be performed.
Fig. 1 is a general view of an adjustable foot rest constructed according to this
invention;
Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation.and Fig. 3 a part plan of the same
Fig. 4 is a plan and Fig. 5 a. cross section of one of the metal strips or slides of the
same and
Fig. 6 represents in elevation and plan the end of one of the shanks of the foot rest
separately.
The remaining figures illustrate modifications of my invention as hereinafter
described.
The same letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding parts in all the
figures of the drawings.
Referring firstly more particularly to Figs. 1 to 6 both inclusive A is the metal
frame of the foot rest proper against which the feet rest and B' B2 are the two inclined
shanks of the same fitting at their lower ends in slots or grooves c c in the metal strips
or slides CC2. a is the lip round the upper edge of the frame A which forms a
recess for the block d of wood, indiarubber or other suitable substance which will give
a good foothold and be warm to the feet. The screws which secure the block d in
place are marked e. Or the frame A may be divided by-cross-bars-into several com-
partments if desired and the wood or other substance made in corresponding blocks
fitting therein. In this example the adjustment of the foot rest along its slides C' C
and the fixing of it in any required position is effected by inclined projections formed
along the top of the slides and lateral projecting parts bb on the shanks B1 B2 shaped
so as to rest on and against the projections f. The ends of the shanks B B are
reduced so as to pass into the slots cc and they have lateral projections 9 g which bear
against the underside of the slides CC2 when the foot-rest is in position ready for use
(see Figs. 1, 2 and 3). It will be seen that the slides C¹ C² are of an inverted trough
shape in cross section. The ends h h of the slots c c are enlarged to allow of the foot-
rest proper being removed and replaced when required. It will be seen that the foot
rest proper A, when in the position shewn by Figs. 1, 2 and 3, is secured against a
back pressure in the direction of the arrow but that it is free to be adjusted along the
slides in the opposite direction and that by first raising it above the notches it can be
moved back to any position required where it will be locked by engaging with the
notches as above described.

page_text: notches in combination with the foot-rest proper jointed to sliding pieces k k fitting
in the said slides and formed with lateral projections j on the shanks B¹ B² for the
purposes and substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by Figs. 21, 22,
23, 24 and 25 of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 21st day of August 1890.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: Figs. 7, 8, 9 and 10 shew how the foot rest proper A can be made of a hollow box
like form to contain the removable metal or other heater i, which can be removed and
replaced through the open end a of the part A.
In the modification illustrated by Figs. 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 the inclined pro-
jections which prevent the foot-rest proper from slipping are formed underneath the
upper part of the slides CC for the pins 99 on the shanks B' B² to engage with,
and the upper surfaces of the slides C C are preferably made smooth.
In the modification illustrated by Figs. 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20 the upper surfaces of
the slides (Care formed into the projections by notches which extend down to
the inside thereof, and the lateral projecting parts b b on the shanks project also down-
wardly at jj to engage in the notches between the projections f.
Figs. 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25 illustrate a further modification of my invention in
which the ends of the inclined shanks B1 B2 are jointed to pieces k which fit in the
grooves c c the sides of which latter are inclined, that is smaller at the top, and the
undersides of the pieces k are correspondingly shaped (see Fig. 24) so as to prevent
the pieces rising.
The metal frame of the foot-rest A as shewn in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 11, 12, 16, 17, 21
and 22 can also be used with a removable heater which in this case is made of a
similar shape to the wood block d and rests in the recess formed by the projecting
lip a.
In conclusion I would have it understood that I do not make any exclusive claim to
the use of wood india-rubber or other substance as a covering for foot-rests as I am
aware that such substances are already in use for that purpose nor do I make any
exclusive claim to an adjustable foot-rest which is constructed to move along slides
as I am aware that foot-rests of this class were known prior to my invention
hereof, but,
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In an adjustable foot-rest for vehicles and rowing boats and in combination with
the notched slides thereof, the frame A formed with the projecting lip a to take
a wooden or other-block or blocks or a heater and having its shanks B1 B2 adapted for
engaging with the said slides in either of the several ways substantially as and for the
purposes set forth.
2. In an adjustable foot-rest for vehicles and rowing boats and in combination with
the notched slides C' C² thereof, the frame A made of a hollow box like form open
along one edge as set forth and having its shanks B' B2 adapted for engaging with
the said slides in either of the several ways substantially as and for the purposes
-set-forth.-
9.
3. In an adjustable foot-rest for vehicles and rowing boats, the slides Ceach
having inclined notches on its upper side and a longitudinal groove c, in combination
with the foot-rest proper having lateral projections 9 and b on its shanks to engage
respectively with the notches fand with the underside of the slides (C² for the
purposes and substantially as herein before set forth and illustrated by Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
and 6 of the accompanying drawings.
4. In an adjustable foot-rest for vehicles and rowing boats, the slides C'C' each
having inclined notches fon its underside of the shape shewn in Figs. 11, 12, 13
and 14, in combination with the foot-rest proper A having lateral projections g and b
on its shanks B1 B2 for the purpose and as herein before described and illustrated by
Figs. 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 of the accompanying drawings.
5. In an adjustable foot rest for vehicles and rowing boats, the slides C¹ (2 having
inclined notches in combination with the foot-rest proper having lateral projections g
and on its shanks B1 B2 for the purposes and as hereinbefore described and illus-
trated by Figs. 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20 of the accompanying drawings.
6. In an adjustable foot-rest for vehicles and rowing boats, the slides C C having