Improvements in Toy Carts or Children's Play Carriages.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Oct., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 5th July, 1889-Accepted, 10th Aug., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Toy Carts or Children's Play Carriages.
I FREDERICK HENRY AYRES of 111 Aldersgate Street in the City of London,
Manufacturer-do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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This invention relates to those carts or carriages now largely made for the use of
children generally propelled by the children themselves in turn becoming the “horse
and the riders.
The object of the invention is to produce a lighter, cheaper and more generally
useful carriage, and to secure other advantages.
The improved cart or carriage can be constructed so that the weight of the rider or
riders can be disposed very low and with consequent safety from overturning owing
to the steadiness naturally arising from this decrease in the height of the centre of
gravity and its being kept well within the base even with considerable lateral inclina-
tion of road.
The improved carriage is made mainly of cane bent for all the curved parts and
secured part to part by split cane ties aided by pins or rivets and filling or stiffening
pieces of wood at a few parts. The shafts are preferably made of bamboo canes and
may be run rearward to serve as pushers for children running behind and alterna-
tively as levers for carrying the cart or body of the cart when required to be trans-
ported and not run on its wheels. The body of the carriage is supported preferably on
a metal axis either bare, or encased in a bamboo or like tube. The wood or other.
sido fillets serve to connect the axle and body. On this axis are mounted very light
wheels conveniently spider wheels, "bicycle" wheels, American hickory or other light
description of wheels with preferably india rubber, compressed leather or silent
tyres.
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For a single seat carriage or cart the body may be shaped somewhat as a square
arm chair having the front arms carried down in cane to and forming part of the foot
step or support frame; the back frame, sides and seat frame all being solidly continuous,
whilst the back, sides, seat, curtain and foot support surfaces front and rear made of
light bent and bound cane in elegant curves and lines contribute to make a most
elegant, strong and safe plaything, of great utility. Double or dos-a-dos seats can be
made.
Great variety in form of cart is obtainable.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Toy Carts or Children's Play Carriages.
I FREDERICK HENRY AYRES of 111 Aldersgate Street in the City of London,
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:-
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This invention relates to those carts or carriages now largely made for the use
of children generally propelled by the children themselves in turn becoming the
"horse" and the riders.
The object of the invention is to produce a lighter, cheaper and more generally
useful carriage, and to secure other advantages.

page_text: The improved cart or carriage can be constructed so that the weight of the
rider or riders can be disposed very low and with consequent safety from over-
turning owing to the steadiness naturally arising from this decrease in the height
of the centre of gravity and its being kept well within the base even with con-
siderable lateral inclination of road.
The improved carriage is made mainly of cane bent for all the curved parts
and secured part to part by split cane ties aided by pins or rivets and filling or
stiffening pieces of wood at a few parts. The shafts are preferably made of bamboo
canes and may be run rearward to serve as pushers for children running behind
and alternatively as levers for carrying the cart or body of the cart
when required to be transported and not run on its wheels. The body of
the carriage is supported preferably on a metal axis either bare, or encased in a
bamboo or like tube. The wood or other side fillets serve to connect the axle
and the body. On this axis are mounted very light wheels conveniently spider
wheels, "bicycle" wheels, American hickory or other light description of wheels
with preferably india rubber, compressed leather or
silent" tyres.
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For a single seat carriage or cart the body may be shaped somewhat as a
square arm chair having the front arms carried down in cane to and forming
part of the foot step or support frame; the back frame, sides and seat framo all
being solidly continuous, whilst the back, sides, seat, curtain and foot support
surfaces, front and rear, mado of light bent and bound cane in elegant curves and
lines contribute to make a most elegant, strong and safe play-thing of great
utility. Double or dos-a-dos seats can be made.
Great variety in form of cart is obtainable.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Figures 1 and 2 shew the invention embodied in a form of cart, the body of
which is mainly constructed of cane, bent for the curved parts as a, b, c, d, and
secured part to part as at e, e, e, by split cane ties, aided by pins and rivets,
and filling or stiffening pieces f, f, g, 9. Shafts h are here shewn as of bamboo,
and these may terminate substantially with the back frame as in Figure 1, or may
be extended rearward as pushers as in Figure 2, at h¹. 12, 2 are handles or
additions to the shafts, to facilitate use by adult children or otherwise. i is
the axis on which are mounted the metal wheels j.
the front foot-step
supported by the frames of the carriage. is the front seat. m is the back seat.
is
n is the back step. o, o¹ are filling bars below the seat and rearward of the foot-
step.
In order to make clearer the mode of attachment of the axis to the under
body, I have by means of Figure 3 shewn an underside view of about one half
of the carriage body, drawn to a larger scale, from which it will be seen that the
axis, carrying the wheels j, is by means of screws p, fastened to the longitu-
dinal filling bars o.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
In a toy-cart or children's play-carriage, the combination of a cane body, con-
structed substantially as described, with a metal axle and light or bicycle wheels
as set forth.
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1000
WM. BROOKES & SON,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicant.