A Folding Carriage for Invalids and Infants.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Mar., 1899-Accepted, 15th Apr., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Folding Carriage for Invalids and Infants.
I, FRIEDRICH DEUTESFELD, of 91. Bachstrasse, Hamburg, Manufacturer, do
hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is
to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the follow-
ing statement:
The invention herein described and explained by the accompanying drawing has
reference to a folding carriage for infants and invalids, which in comparison with
other known carriages of the same class is characterised by its portability and
the facility with which it can be changed from a chair carriage into a camp bed.
The accompanying drawing illustrates the improved carriage.
Figure 1 shews a front view of the carriage.
Figure 2 a side view.
Figure 3 the carriage folded up.
Figure 4 the camp bed.
Figure 5 the baby-carriage.
As may be seen from the drawing the seat of the carriage is made up of a
frame, which below consists of an axle a on which are two arms b to be attached
firmly to the axle by means of adjusting screws or by some other suitable means.
These arms bave a volute-shaped extension piece at the upper end and are con-
nected by a bross-bar . The curved ends serve as a handle for pushing the
carriage. On the axle a supports h, i, k. for the wheels e. fg. are also fastened
by means of adjusting screws or some other suitable device, the support of the
wheel e being/in the middle of the axle a and being also able to pass between
the arms, while the other two supports and are so arranged that, when the
carriage is folded they can be brought into line with the arms b by loosening
the adjusting screws, so that all the supports h, i, k, are in the same plane as the
arms b. To give greater portability the wheels, which run in forks may, when
the carriage is folded, up be twisted round 90° by adjusting screws as shewn in the
case of the wheel e. The supports i, k can also be placed outside the arms b with-
out affecting the principle of the invention. If the chair is required for pushing
purposes. the surface m serves as a seat and the surface as a back-rest, while
the angular support which when the carriage is folded up, tilts up on a hingeo',
serves as a foot rest. The seat and back rest are made of canvas or other suitable
material, which is extended downwards and attached to the foot rest.
If the carriage is to serve as a stationary camp-bed the adjusting screws of the
arms are loosened and the latter are let down to the ground as shewn in
Figure 4. To obtain support on either side the back-rest is attached to the
arms on each side.
To convert the carriage into a baby-carriage the arms are removed from the
axle a and supports are affixed to the latter, on which supports the arms bare
arranged in a horizontal position. The baby-carriage as described here is illus-
trated in Figure 5.
Small structural alterations such as the application of special supports, choice

page_text: of materials &c. are of no moment and can be effected without effecting the
nature of the invention.
my
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is-
1
CLAIM.
A folding carriage for infants and invalids, in which supports (h, i, k,) and
wheels (e, f) are adjustably arranged on an axle (a) so that the support (h)
of one wheel (e) is in the centre, while the supports (i, k) for the hinder wheels (f
7.) are so applied, that when the carriage is folded up they can be moved upwards
freely while the arms (b) also affixed to the axle (a) to support the back-rest (n)
can be moved downwards to form a camp bed, while the chair rests on its wheels.
Also supports q may be arranged on the axle (a) to which the arms (7) may be
fixed so that the carriage may be used as an ordinary baby-carriage.
Dated this Sth day of March 1899
FRIEDRICH DEUTESFELD.
By George Barker,
Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Patent Agents,
Agent for Applicant, 77, Colmore Row, Birmingham.