Improvements in or relating to Two Wheel. Vehicles for Children's Use and to other Cars or Vehicles.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Oct., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 12th July, 1889-Accepted, 17th Aug., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Two Wheel. Vehicles for Children's
Use and to other Cars or Vehicles.
1, WILLIAM WILSON, of The Yorkshire Perambulator Works, Dewsbury Road,
Leeds, in the County of York, Perambulator Manufacturer, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:
This invention relates to improvements in or relating to two wheel vehicles such as
are used by children, and its object is to arrange the body of the car or vehicle with
one or more (preferably two) moveable back rests for the seats, so that when two
moveable back rests are employed two passengers may either sit face to face, or back
to back, or with their faces or backs to the person that is drawing the vehicle along,
or provision may be made for two sitting passengers, as well as for one or two
standing ones.
In carrying this invention into practice the shafts are mounted, (either moveable
therefrom or a fixture thereto) upon the axle of the supporting wheels, either with or
without springs. On or at a suitable distance above the shafts are fixed one or two.
seats. Below the seats and supported from the axle are arranged two or more (prefer-
ably four) foot boards. To each shaft is or are pivoted at suitable distances apart one
or two levers so as to work in suitable slots; to the levers, that is, one on each side
of the car or vehicle, is or are fixed one or more top rails to form the reversible back
rails for the seats. By pivoting the rails to the shafts, and arranging each rail in such
a position to its respective seat it may be thrown either backwards or forwards at
pleasure, and by leaving a suitable space for the legs of the passengers to pass down
between the seats means is thus provided whereby the two seated passengers can sit
face to face, or back to back, or with their faces or backs to the person drawing the car
or vehicle, and when four foot boards are used and two of the passengers are sitting
face to face, two more standing passengers may be carried upon the lower foot.
boards.
Suitable leathers or straps may also be fixed to the body of the vehicle or car
between the seats and top rails for assisting to support the passengers' back.
The above described moveable back may be applied either singly or in pairs to
other cars or vehicles than those described above.
WILLIAM
WILSON.
By W. Fairburn Hart,
Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION:
Improvements in or relating to Two Wheel Vehicles for Children's
Use and to other Cars or Vehicles.
I, WILLIAM WILSON, of The Yorkshire Perambulator Works, Dewsbury Road,
Leeds, in the County of York, Perambulator Manufacturer, 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 relates to improvements in two wheel vehicles, such as are used. by
children, and its object is to arrange and equipoise the seats and footboards that three
or four passengers may be carried without increasing the size of the body of the: car
or vehicle, and at the same time the position of the passengers may be so. regulated
and balanced as to take as much weight as possible off the drawing ends of the shafts
thereby making the car or vehicle of easier draught. To accomplish this object the

page_text: ear or vehicle is preferably provided with two (or more) seats at equi-distances from
the centre of the axle. The seats are provided with moveable and reversible back
rests, so that when two seats are employed two passengers may either sit face to face,
or back to back, or, with their faces or backs to the person that is drawing the vehicle
along, or provision' may be made for two sitting passengers, as well as for one or two
standing ones.
In the drawings
Fig. 1. is a side elevation, Fig. 2. an end clevation, and Fig. 3. a plan of car or
vehicle constructed according to my invention with fixed shafts. Figs. 4, 5, and 6 are
respectively a hody of a car or vehicle with moveable shafts.
"Like parts in all the views are marked with the same letters of reference.
A.A are the shafts for drawing the vehicle along, these may either be a fixture
with the body B as shown at Figs. 1, 2, and 3, or loosely attached thereto as shown
at Figs. 4, 5, and 6. When loosely attached they are provided with one or more pro-
jecting pins a a which are passed into the holes bb provided for their reception in the
fixed bars and are retained in position by the centrally pivoted pieces 62 62 and
button nuts 63 63 as shown at Fig. 5.
The shafts A A or fixed bars b¹¹ of the body may be mounted upon the axle C of
the supporting wheels D in any suitable manner, such as by bolts and bobbins as
Shown.
The body B may preferably (though not necessarily so) be formed in a somewhat
similar manner to the car body protected to me by Designs Registration No. 101371
dated 6th day of June A.D. 1888, that is, each side may consist of a bent (bevelled or
otherwise) wooden flange or rim secured at to the shafts A A or fixed
rails. To the bent rim may be fixed the rustic rails 7 or a blank side. One
end of each bent rim is made longer than the other to form a stop for preventing
the car or vehicle from tilting over. The ends of each rim is secured by bolts or
their equivalents to an iron stay E formed in one or more pieces and bent into the
shape shown in the drawings, and it is held in position on the axle by the same bolt
that connects the latter to the shafts or fixed rails.
On (or at a suitable distance above) the shafts or fixed rails are fixed the
seats GG, and when two seats are employed as shown in the drawings they are pre-
ferably arranged at equi-distances from and on each side of the axle C, which may
be bent as shown or otherwise. Below each seat G, but supported from the axle by
the iron stay E, may be arranged two footboards H H¹.
To each shaft A or fixed bar b¹ may be pivoted at suitable distances apart on fixed
or adjustable centres one or more sets of levers I (that is, each set consisting of a
lever on each side of the vehicle) so as to work in slots 69 69 formed in or attached to
the bent pieces b₁. When it is preferred that the centres of the pivots should be
adjustable they may be mounted in slot holes 10 formed for their reception in the
shafts or fixed bars; the centres being held in position in the slot holes by winged or
other nuts or pins. Although I have shown the levers I pivoted to the outside of the
shafts or fixed bars I would have it understood that when required they may be fixed
so as to work on the inside thereof.
To each set of levers I is or are fixed one or more top rails J, (pivoted or other-
wise for adjusting itself to the back of the passenger) to form a reversible back for
the seats. By pivoting the levers I which carry the rails J to the shafts A or fixed
bars and arranging each rail in such a position to its respective seat G that it may
be thrown either backwards or forwards at pleasure, and also by leaving a suitable
space F between each pair of seats for the legs of the passengers to pass down to
the two footboards H H (arranged between the seats) means is provided whereby
two seated passengers can sit face to face when the rails J are placed in position
numbered 1, or back to back when in position numbered 2 or with their faces or
backs to the person drawing the car or vehicle when in position numbered 3 or 4.
When four footboards are provided and two of the passengers are sitting face to
face one or more standing passengers can if desired be carried on the outer foot-
*boards H.

page_text: Suitable leathers or straps may also be fixed to the body of the vehicle or car
between the seats and top rails for assisting to support the passengers' back.
The above described moveable and reversible backs may applied either singly or in
pairs to other children's cars or vehicles than those herein described.
It will be readily understood that when the moveable shafts A A are employed they
may be provided with double handles, that is, a handle at each end of the shaft, and
by means of the holes and pins arranged so that they may be used for drawing the
car or vehicle from either end, or when the wheels are removed from the axle and the
shafts arranged centrally the vehicle may be used as a Sedan chair, or the ends of
the shafts may be made to act as stops when the body is used as a rocking chair by
mounting it upon rockers.
In conclusion I am aware that reversible backs have been previously used on
garden seats as well as for tram cars, I therefore do not claim such combination
broadly.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
1. A two wheel vehicle for children's use such as herein described provided with
seats having moveable and reversible backs and fixed footrails equipoised upon the
axlo whereby the position of the passengers may be arranged for removing as much
weight as possible from the drawing ends of the shafts substantially as herein set
forth.
2. In a two wheel vehicle for children's use, the combination of two or more seats
such as G having moveable and reversible backs such as J and fixed footrails such as
HH' equipoised upon an axle such as C with fixed or moveable shafts such as A A as
and for the purposes herein set forth.
3. The herein described two wheel vehicle for children's use constructed and
arranged substantially as herein set forth and illustrated.
Dated this Ninth day of July 1889.
WILLIAM WILSON.