Improvements in Children's Mail Cars.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 13th June, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 13th Mar., 1894-Accepted, 28th Apr., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Children's Mail Cars.
MAX BRINKMANN 81 Hampstead Road N.W. ERNST WULFF 81 Hampstead
Road N.W. Manufacturers of Bamboo Cane and Wicker Work, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
That the car is like an ordinary mail car, but the back or (head rest) & the foot
rest, are fixed together underneath the seat, by a piece of Malacca, wood, iron &
when the back is lowered (thus forming the head rest,) the action of the piece of
Malacca underneath the seat brings the foot rest into position so as to form a
sleeping car.
That the car can be turned into a sleeping car without moving the cushions.
attached to the car or the child as the back is connected to the foot rest by a piece
of Malacca wood or iron.
MAX BRINKMANN.
ERNST WULFF.
Improvements in Children's Mail Cars.
MAX BRINKMANN 81 Hampstead Road N.W. and ERNST WULFF 81 Hampstead
Road 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 :—
Our invention relates to Improvements in Children's Mail Cars and has for its.
object the construction of said cars in such a manner that the back of the seat and
the foot rest thereof may be inclined to suit the convenience of the child or person
resting therein.
And in order that our invention may be the better understood we have appended
the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which
Fig. 1 is a side view of a car to which our invention has been applied.
Fig. 2 is also a side view, the frame of the car being shewn by dotted lines, the-
back and foot rest being in such a position as to allow of the person reclining.
Fig. 3 is an end view of Fig. 1.
In carrying our invention into effect we continue the two side frames of the back
below. the seat and attach to the extremities of the said frames a cross bar, to-
which is attached one end of a connecting bar, the other end of which bar is
attached to the foot rest of the car, so that any movement of the back will cause a
corresponding movement of the foot rest.
To allow of the free movement of the back and rest, they are pivotted by
screws or other means to the sides of the frame of the car.
To secure the back when placed in position we provide a U or other shaped
catch of iron or other suitable metal or material, which is pivotted at its extremities
to the sides of the car, and which engages with a series of projections formed upon
a vertical bar pivotted at its ends so as to allow it to turn, when the projections
will engage with the catch above mentioned and so retain the back and with it, the
rest in position.

page_text: Referring to the accompanying drawings
A is the back B the rest (a) the continuations of the back to which is attached
the cross bar (b) C is the connecting bar transmitting movement imparted to the
back to the rest, to which it is secured by means of the cross piece (6¹) D is the
catch engaging with projections (e) upon the vertical bar (f), which is secured to
the back of the seat A.
To alter the angle of the back of the seat, the bar (f) is turned until the
catch D is released when the back can be lowered until it occupies the position
shewn in Fig. 2, the bar (f) is then turned and the back is fixed.
It will be evident that the arrangement described, may be manufactured in
bamboo, cane, wicker, wood or any other material.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :—
The construction and arrangements of parts for elevating and lowering simul-
taneously, the back and foot rest of a child's car, substantially as herein described,
and shewn by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 19th day of March 1894
MAX BRINKMANN.
ERNEST WULFF.