Improvements in Carriage Sliding Seats.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 18th June, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 11th Mar., 1893-Accepted, 13th May, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Carriage Sliding Seats.
I, JOHN WESLEY CLIFT of Hillside, Wellington, Salop Carriage Manufacturer
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
To the under side of a carriage seat when required to move for balancing the
weight on the horse or any other purpose I attach springs, which cause the seat,
when unoccupied, to tilt or rise slightly from its fastening and become free to slide
backwards or forwards.
The weight of the person sitting upon the seat overcomes the upward tendency
of these springs and causes projecting studs or plates on the seat to engage them-
selves with holes or notches in a plate or plates fixed to the body for that purpose
thus retaining the seat in any required position.
Dated this 16th day of June 1892.
JOHN WESLEY CLIFT.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Carriage Sliding Seats.
I, JOHN WESLEY CLIFT, of Hillside, in the Parish of Wellington in the County
of Salop, Carriage 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 :-
The object of this invention is to afford a rapid and easy method for adjusting
the seats of dogcarts, or other carriages, when required to move for balancing the
weight on the horse's back, or any other purpose.
In the accompanying drawings
Figs. 1. 2. and 3. represent the bottom, the front and the back views respectively
of one end of the seat, while
Fig. 4 shews a central part of the body plate upon which the seat rests or slides.
This plate of which there are two, one on either side of the body-is of the
ordinary character for supporting the seat, except that the holes in it are placed at
shorter intervals than are the usual holes for seat studs.
To the under side of seat at each end I attach a spring, "S," the free end of
which resting upon the body plate has a tendency to lift or tilt the seat, when
unoccupied, in an upward direction.
Under either end of the back edge of seat is fixed a plate "P" having a cranked
projection "H" which slides against and under the inner edge of the body plate
preventing the springs from lifting the seat too high when unoccupied.
On either end of the front edge of seat is fixed a plate "F" provided with a
notch "N" in which the inner edge of the body plate also slides, thus keeping the
front of seat from rising or tilting backwards.
When the seat is occupied the weight of the person sitting upon it overcomes
the upward tendency of the springs and pressing the seat downwards allows the
projecting studs in the plate "P" to enter the holes in the body plate, thus
retaining the seat in any required position.
When the seat is unoccupied the springs lift the seat and prevent the studs from
engaging with the holes in the body plate leaving the seat free to slide backwards
or forwards as desired.

page_text: 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. The construction of a carriage sliding seat which being free to slide easily
when unoccupied, shall be firmly secured in any desired position by the act of
sitting upon it.
2. The construction and use of springs for the purpose of raising a seat from
its engagements with the body plate or seat rail and rendering it free to slide
substantially as described.
3. The application to a carriage sliding seat of the plates F and P for traversing
the body plate and making connection with it, substantially as described.
Dated this Ninth day of March 1893.
JOHN WESLEY CLIFT,
Applicant.