IMPROVEMENTS IN CARRIAGES
Year: 1861

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Lenny, of Croydon, in the County of
Surrey, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN CARRIAGES."
Sealed the 5th November 1861, and dated the 9th May 1861.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Lenny at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 9th
May 1861.
I, CHARLES LENNY, of Croydon, in the County of Surrey, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CARRIAGES," to be as
follows (that is to say):-
My Invention has reference to improvements in carriages, whereby greater
strength and durability, as also a lighter and more elegant appearance than
hitherto, is obtained, and consists in the bodies of the said carriages being con-
structed wholly or in part of rods or bars of metal arranged convenient distances.
apart so as to form an openwork body in place of wood, wickerwork, or other-
wise, as at present; the said body being painted and lined, stuffed, or cushioned in
such manner as to admit of the cushions, lining, or otherwise being seen through
the said openwork body, or covered in by any suitable method in such parts as
may be required.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Charles Lenny in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
8th November 1861.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, CHARLES
LENNY, of Croydon, in the County of Surrey, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Ninth day of May, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, in the twenty-fourth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Charles Lenny, Her special licence that I, the said Charles Lenny,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
Charles Lenny, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
CARRIAGES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Charles
Lenny, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my,
or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and
ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal
Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the
date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Charles Lenny, 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 following
statement and the. Drawing therein referred to (that is to say):
My Invention has reference to improvements in carriages, whereby greater
strength and durability, as also a lighter and more elegant appearance than
hitherto, is obtained, and consists in the bodies of the said carriages being con-
structed wholly in or part of rods or bars of metal arranged convenient
. distances apart so as to form an openwork body in place of wood, wickerwork,
- or otherwise, as at present.
And in order that my said Invention may be more fully-understood, and readily
carried into effect, I now proceed to describe it by, the aid of the accom-
panying Drawing, reference being had to the letters thereon marked (that is
to say):-
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The said Drawing represents a side elevation of one of my improved basket

page_text: carriages showing the principle of construction, in which A, A, represents the
body of the said carriage; B, B, metallic bars or rods forming the openwork
back, front, and sides of the said body as represented, and welded or otherwise
fixed- to the framing C, C, which is also bolted or secured to the body A, A ;
D, D, splash wings; E, E, rein holder; F, F, fore carriage; G, G, the springs;
H, H, the wheels.
In conclusion to the foregoing description it may be here necessary to note
that upon this principle any of the various designs of basket carriages may in
like manner be manufactured, and that the said openwork body may be painted,
plated, or coated, or otherwise suitably ornamented with the view of preserving
or improving the appearance of the same; and further, that the said bodies
may be wholly or partially lined or stuffed and cushioned in such manner as to
admit of the cushions, lining, or otherwise showing or appearing through the said
openwork body, or covered in by wickerwork or by any other suitable method
in such parts as may be require
Having now described and ascertained the nature of this my said Invention,
and the manner in which the same is to be performed and carried into
effect, I would have it clearly understood that I do not claim as of my
Invention, the exclusive use of the several parts herein-before described except
when the same are employed in and for the purposes of my said Invention,
which I hereby declare to consist in constructing basket carriages with
metallic openwork bodies in the manner and for the purposes herein-before
set forth and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Lenny, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Seventh day of November, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.
CHARLES LENNY. (L.S.)