Improvements in Go-carts, Perambulators, Bassinettes, Bath-chairs, and other such like Vehicles.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Aug., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 15th Jan., 1894-Accepted, 17th Feb., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Go-carts, Perambulators, Bassinettes, Bath-chairs,
and other such like Vehicles.
We, THOMAS TAYLOR, of 10 Coplow Cottages, Coplow Street, Spring Hill,
Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Gunmaker, and HARRY GEAR, of
45 Ashted Row, Birmingham, aforesaid, Compositor, do hereby declare the nature
of our said invention to be as follows:-
Our invention has for its object improvements in go-carts, perambulators,
bassinettes, bath-chairs and other such like vehicles, by which greater comfort is
secured by increasing their range of usefulness in very simple manner without
materially adding to the cost of construction. Our invention is as follows:-
The bodies of our vehicles are composed of a framework, the junctions of which
are formed and pivoted together as a parallelogram, that is to say the seat, the
bottom and the back are so pivoted to the frame or sides that the general
configuration may be immediately altered from a sitting posture to a reclining one,
without removing the person from the vehicle so that after a short or long journey
a rest may be made and the child or other person may then be allowed by altering
the shape of the frame to lie or recline say in such places as public parks. This is
accomplished by making the joints, pivots to the sides or frame. The wheels,
springs, &c., may be hung to the outer or inner frame as also the handle or handles.
A stop or stops is or are placed upon the outer frame to limit the range of
inclination and for this purpose a quadrant plate or rack may be used with holes or
notches therein.
Dated this 17th day of August 1893.
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicants.
.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Go-carts, Perambulators, Bassinettes, Bath-chairs,
and other such like Vehicles.
We, THOMAS TAYLOR, of 10 Coplow Cottages, Coplow Street, Spring Hill,
Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Gunmaker, and HARRY GEAR, of
45 Ashted Row, Birmingham, aforesaid, Compositor, do hereby declare the nature of
our said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
Our invention has for its object improvements in go carts, perambulators,
bassinettes, bath chairs, and other such like vehicles, by which greater comfort is
secured by increasing their range of usefulness in a very simple manner without
materially adding to the cost of construction. Our invention is as follows
The bodies of our vehicles are composed of a framework, the junctions of which
are formed and pivotted together as a parallelogram, that is to say, the seat, the
bottom, and the back, are so pivotted to the frame or sides that the general
configuration may be immediately altered from a sitting posture to a reclining one
without removing the person from the vehicle so that after a short or long journey
a rest may be made and the child or other person may then be allowed, by altering
the shape of the frame, to lie or recline say in such places as public parks. This is

page_text: accomplished by making. the joints, pivots to the frame or sides. The wheels,
springs &c., may be hung to the outer or inner frame as also the handle or handles.
A stop or stops is or are placed upon the outer frame to limit the range of
inclination and for this purpose a quadrant plate or rack may be used with holes or
notches therein.
In order that our invention may be clearly understood and easily carried into
practice we have appended hereunto a double sized sheet of drawings upon which
we have fully illustrated the nature of our said invention as applied to a mail cart
and from which its application to other vehicles will readily be understood.
Figure 1., is a longitudinal sectional view through one of our mail carts showing
the same in a sitting position.
Figure 2., is a similar sectional view but showing the mail cart in a reclining
position.
In carrying our invention into effect we pivot the back A to the seat Bat¹
while the riser D is pivotted at 62 to the seat B in a similar manner. Fixed to the
back A are the rods a' which extend down under the seat and are connected to the
foot board E by the rod el so that upon moving the back A the riser D is actuated
through the rods a¹ and e¹ so that the various parts may be made to assume any
position such as that shown by dotted lines F Figure 1 or as shown in Figure 2 which
is particularly adapted for reclining upon. The arms H may be also adjustable
having the one end of the uprights pivotted to the seat B the other ends being
pivotted to the arm H which is in turn pivotted at one end to the back A but we
may however have our arms stationary and fixed to the framework K or seat B of
the vehicle as shown by dotted lines M in Figure 2. The particular parts are
fixed in the position required by means of a quadrant N or its equivalent which is
fixed to any suitable part of the seat B or stationary body and is provided with
notches or holes with which the back or other movable parts engage or are retained
in position by the insertion of a pin or other suitable arrangement.
The seat and back &c., may be reversed to face the handles and the vehicles may
be made of the desired width for two children or persons and a seat or standing
board may be provided at P.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
The improvements in mail carts, perambulators, bassinettes, bath chairs, and
other such like vehicles, substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth and
shown upon the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 13th day of January 1894.
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicants.