Improved Means or Apparatus to be used in connection with Exposed Seats of Tramcars, Carriages, and other Vehicles, or Elsewhere, for Protecting the Occupants from Wet.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Oct., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 14th July, 1892-Accepted, 20th Aug., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means or Apparatus to be used in connection with
Exposed Seats of Tramcars, Carriages, and other Vehicles, or
Elsewhere, for Protecting the Occupants from Wet.
KATE CROWTHER of 43 Richmond Grove West in the Township of Chorlton
on Medlock in the City of Manchester in the County of Lancaster, Married
Woman, and CHARLES CROWTHER of 43 Richmond Grove West in the Township
of Chorlton on Medlock in the City of Manchester in the County of Lancaster,
Manufacturers Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
:_
Fixing a case of wood or metal or other material or a combination thereof to,
with, or about the seats of tramcars, carriages or other vehicles, or elsewhere, in
which case is placed a piece of cloth or other material, or materials, which may be
withdrawn and used as a cover for the seat or seats as a protection against wet, and
being so constructed, that the said cover will return, or may be returned into
the case after use, by means of weights, springs or other means or contrivance.
Dated this 13th day of October 1891.
KATE CROWTHER.
CHARLES CROWTHER.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means or Apparatus to be used in connection with
Exposed Seats of Tramcars, Carriages, and other Vehicles, or
Elsewhere, for Protecting the Occupants from Wet.
We KATE CROWTHER, Married Woman, and CHARLES CROWTHER, Manu-
facturers' Agent, both of 43 Richmond Grove West, Chorlton-on-Medlock,
Manchester in the County of Lancaster 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:-
This invention relates to a means for protecting the occupants of seats that
are placed in exposed positions such as tramcars, carriages or other vehicles, or
seats used in places of resort or elsewhere, from rain or moisture that may have
collected on said seats. The object of this invention is to form a cover of
waterproof cloth or other suitable material that may be removed without rolling, in
the manner hereinafter described, and thereby avoid a damp surface coming in
contact with the dry surface, or that surface which is required for use.
We attain this object by the means herein set forth and as illustrated in the
accompanying sheet of drawings. In the several views therein shown, similar
letters refer to similar parts.
Fig. 1. is a perspective front view of a seat with our invention applied and
Fig. 2. is an end view of the same seat.
We construct a case b either of wood, metal or other material that may form part
of seat or be removeable and that may be placed either in the position shown or other
convenient position in proximity to a seat. We place within said case a cover c
that may be formed of waterproof cloth or other suitable material, and of a width
sufficient to protect the seat a; we attach the bottom part of the cover c to a
weight by which means said cover is drawn down into the case b; this weight may or
may not be attached to a spring / fixed at bottom of case, the connection between the
weight and the spring being formed by means of a cord / or similar attachment ;
said spring is intended to overcome the tension caused by a cover adhering to a wet
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page_text: seat. The weight d may fall on and rest on an india rubber pad or buffer at
the bottom of the case in order to neutralize concussion and prevent noise in
falling.
The upper part of the cover may be prevented from passing through the
opening e in top of case b by a projection e' at each end, or other like means.
The aforesaid cover when drawn out of case over the seat u, may if preferred, be
retained in position either by rings placed over buttons 9 or by other suitable
appliance.
Fig. 3 shows an end view of a seat with a case b such as herein before described,
placed at the back of the underside of the seat. In this view the cover c is
represented drawn over the seat a and the weight d connected to said cover by
tapes which pass over a roller; the cover c being retained in position in the
manner herein before described.
We wish it to be understood we do not claim the use of a cover for protecting
passengers or occupants of seats from injury from wet or moisture that may have
collected on said seats, the same having been performed prior to the date of this
our invention, but what we claim is :--
For the protection of occupants of seats of tramcars, carriages or other vehicles
or seats used in places of resort or in other exposed positions or elsewhere,
in combination with a fixed or a removeable case, the use of a cover formed of
waterproof cloth or other suitable material, that may be removed and replaced over
a seat without requiring to be rolled, for the purpose and in the manner substantially
.as herein before described.
Dated this 13th day of July 1805
THOMAS PRESCOTT,
53, Arcade Chambers, St. Mary's Gate, Manchester,
Agent for Applicants.
THOMAS PRESCOTT,
53, Arcade Chambers, St. Mary's Gate, Manchester,
Agent for Applicants.