AN IMPROVED METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR IMPARTING THE MOTION OF RIDING TO WOODEN OR METAL HORSES, PART OF WHICH IS APPLICABLE TO CRADLES AND OTHER SIMILAR APPLIANCES
Year: 1861

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Sadler Kennedy, (Dealer in Enamel Colours,)
16, Talbot Terrace, Bayswatet, in the County of Middlesex, for the
Invention of "AN IMPROVED METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR IMPARTING THE
MOTION OF RIDING TO WOODEN OR METAL HORSES, PART OF WHICH IS APPLICABLE
TO CRADLES AND OTHER SIMILAR APPLIANCES."
Sealed the 30th August 1861, and dated the 7th March 1861.
:
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Sadler Kennedy
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 7th March 1861.
I, WILLIAM SADLER KENNEDY (Dealer in Enamel Colours), 16, Talbot
Terrace, Bayswater, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR
IMPARTING THE MOTION OF RIDING TO WOODEN OR METAL HORSES, PART OF WHICH.
IS APPLICABLE TO CRADLES AND OTHER SIMILAR APPLIANCES," to be as follows:-
I place a carved wooden pony on a pedestal (A) or platform of convenient
depth; those portions of it on which the pony's feet rest (B) are detached
from the other parts of the surface, and fixed to powerful metallic springs (C).
or any other elastic material attached to the bottom of the platform, so that,
when the rider mounts the action of trotting commences. This action is
further assisted by a small step (D) on each side, fixed to the stationery part
of the platform, on which the rider places his foot at pleasure.
I include the application of metal springs as attached to carriages or couch's
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page_text: or any other elastic materials, in their naked state (E), or worked in or out of
tubes by a descending rod (F), and I place the springs either in the body of the
pony (G) or between its legs (H), or underneath the top of the platform on
which it stands, as above described and illustrated...
I also apply my Invention to infants' cots (I), cradles, and "bassinettes,"
and include in, it the use of wheels and castors (K), for the purpose of
locomotion.
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I include in my Invention the use of springs of all kinds, metallic or:
otherwise, but only in their application to the trotting pony" as herein
described.
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SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Sadler Kennedy in the Great Seal Patent Office
D on the 7th September 1861.
TO ALL TO, WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
SADLER KENNEDY, Dealer. in Enamel Colours, 16, Talbot Terrace, Bayswater,
in the County of Middlesex, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Seventh day of March, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight, hundred and sixty-one, in the twenty-fourth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, IIer heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said William Sadler Kennedy, Her special licence that I, the said.
William Sadler Kennedy, my.executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said William Sadler Kennedy, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, should at any time ngree 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 "AN IMPROVED METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR IMPARTING THE
MOTION OF RIDING TO WOODEN OR METAL HORSES, PART OF WHICH IS APPLICABLE TO
CRADLES AND OTHER SIMILAR APPLIANCES," upon the condition (amongst others) S
that I, the said William Sadler Kennedy, 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 '8
months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Sadler Kennedy, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is tb
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement thereof, that is to say:-
The object of the improvements is, first, to arrange the parts of wooden or
metal horses so that they may be capable of a quick vertical or trotting motion
analagous to that of the living animal. For this purpose I apply springs in!
parts adapted to produce these results.
But that the improvements may be better understood: I will proceed to
describe the Drawing annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING."
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Figure 1 shews the side view of a mechanical horse with parts arranged
according to my improvements. In this case the horse a of suitable material
is affixed to the platform 6, between which and another platform or base c
there are springs d, d, which I prefer to be what are commonly called coiled or
helical springs as very convenient for the purpose, but I do not confine myself
to such springs; e is a standard, of which there is one on each side of the
horse, on which the rider may place one or both of his feet to assist the vertical'
or trotting motion imparted by the elastic pressure of the springs. Guides or
clastic straps may be applied when desired to prevent any undue sideway,
motion. Figure 2 represents the lower part of this arrangement separately.
Figure 3 shews a modification of the adaptations in which the springs d, d, are
applied in the body of the horse, such springs being supported from a plat-"
form b, and this platform 6 being supported by the uprights f, f, from the
base c, which, as are also the other arrangements, for convenience of
motion provided with castors. Figure 4 shews another modification. Figure 5
shews another modification in which only the upper part of the body of a horse'
is preserved, and the same letters in each case indicate corresponding parts.
Figures 6 and 7 shew the improvements applied to two cradles or bassi-
nettes, the one being trimmed whilst the other is without trimming or
furniture; the object in each case is to impart an agreeable perpendicular
motion. d, d, are the springs placed externally and under the cradle or
bassinette. Figures 8 and 9 shew a lower part or base adapted to receive a
cradle or bassinette thereon as a separate and independent instrument.
Figure 10 shews another modification of the improvements as applied to a
cot. In this case the springs dy dyrest on or form part of the legs of
the cot.
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page_text: ascending and descending or vertical motion alternately to the horse or to the
cradle or bassinette, or cot.
Having thus described the nature of the said Invention and the means
which I adopt in carrying the same into effect I would have it understood that
I do not confine myself to the precise details shewn and described so long as
the peculiar. character of the improvements be retained substantially as
explained.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Sadler Kennedy, have hereunto
☐ set my hand and seal, this Sixth day of March, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.
Witness,
WILLIAM BROOKES,
78, Chancery Lane, London,
Patent Agent.
W. S. KENNEDY. (L.s.).
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page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Sadler Kennedy, (Dealer in Enamel Colours,)
16, Talbot Terrace, Bayswatet, in the County of Middlesex, for the
Invention of "AN IMPROVED METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR IMPARTING THE
MOTION OF RIDING TO WOODEN OR METAL HORSES, PART OF WHICH IS APPLICABLE
TO CRADLES AND OTHER SIMILAR APPLIANCES.”
Sealed the 80th August 1861, and dated the 7th March 1861.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Sadler Kennedy
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 7th March 1861.
I, WILLIAM SADLER KENNEDY (Dealer in. Enamel Colours) 16, Talbot
Terrace, Bayswater, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR
IMPARTING THE MOTION OF RIDING TO WOODEE OR METAL HORSES, PART OF WHICH
IS APPLICABLE TO CRADLES AND OTHER SIMILAR APPLIANCES," to be as follows:-
I place a carved wooden pony on a pedestal (A) or platform of convenient
depth; those portions of it on which the pony's feet rest (B) are detached
from the other parts of the surface, and fixed to powerful metallic springs (C)
or any other elastic material attached to the bottom of the platform, so that
when the rider mounts the action of trotting commences. This action is
further assisted by a small step (D) on each side, fixed to the stationery part
of the platform, on which the rider places his foot at pleasure.
I include the application of metal springs as attached to carriages or couch's

page_text: or any other elastic materials, in their naked state (E), or worked in or out of
tubes by a descending rod (F), and I place the springs either in the body of the
pony (G) or between its legs (II), or underneath the top of the platform on
which it stands, as above described and illustrated.
I also apply my Invention to infants' cots (I), cradles, and "bassinettes,"
and include in it the use of wheels and castors (K), for the purpose of
locomotion.
I include in my Invention the use of springs of all kinds, metallic or
otherwise, but only in their application to "the trotting pony" as herein,
described.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Sadler Kennedy in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 7th September 1861.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
SADLER KENNEDY, Dealer in Enamel Colours, 16, Talbot Terrace, Bayswater,
in the County of Middlesex, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by IIer Letters
Patent, bearing date the Seventh day of March, 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 William Sadler Kennedy, Her special licence that I, the said
William Sadler Kennedy, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said William Sadler Kennedy, 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
ally might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom
treat Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an
ention for "AN IMPROVED METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR IMPARTING THE
MOTION OF RIDING TO WOODEN OF METAL HORSES, PART OF WHICH IS APPLICABLE TO
CRADLES AND OTHER SIMILAR APPLIANCES," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said William Sadler Kennedy, 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.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Sadler Kennedy, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement thereof, that is to say :-
The object of the improvements is, first, to arrange the parts of wooden or
metal horses so that they may be capable of a quick vertical or trotting motion
analagous to that of the living animal. For this purpose I apply springs in
parts adapted to produce these results.
But that the improvements may be better understood I will proceed to
describe the Drawing annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Figure 1 shews the side view of a mechanical horse with parts arranged
according to my improvements. In this case the horse a of suitable material
is affixed to the platform b, between which and another platform or base c
there are springs d, d, which I prefer to be what are commonly called coiled or
helical springs as very convenient for the purpose, but I do not confine myself
to such springs; e is a standard, of which there is one on each side of the
horse, on which the rider may place one or both of his feet to assist the vertical
or trotting motion imparted by the elastic pressure of the springs. Guides or
elastic straps may be applied when desired to prevent any undue sideway
motion. Figure 2 represents the lower part of this arrangement separately.
Figure 3 shews a modification of the adaptations in which the springs d, d, are
applied in the body of the horse, such springs being supported from a plat-
form 6, and this platform 6 being supported by the uprights f, f, from the
base c, which, as are also the other arrangements, for convenience of
motion provided with castors. Figure 4 shews another modification. Figure 5
shews another modification in which only the upper part of the body of a horse
is preserved, and the same letters in each case indicate corresponding parts.
Figures 6 and 7 shew the improvements applied to two cradles or bassi-
nettes, the one being trimmed whilst the other is without trimming or
furniture; the object in each case is to impart an agreeable perpendicular
motion. d, d, are the springs placed externally and under the cradle or
bassinette. Figures 8 and 9 shew a lower part or base adapted to receive a
cradle or bassinette thereon as a separate and independent instrument.
Figure 10 shews another modification of the improvements as applied to a
cot. In this case the springs d, d, rest on or form part of the legs of
the cot.
It will be seen that the object in each case is to give a quick pleasing

page_text: ascending and descending or, vertical motion alternately to the horse or to the
cradle or bassinette, or cot.
Having thus described the nature of the said Invention and the means
which I adopt in carrying the same into effect I would have it understood that
I do not confine myself to the precise details shewn and described so long as
the peculiar character of the improvements be retained substantially as
explained.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Sadler Kennedy, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Sixth day of March, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.
Witness,
WILLIAM BROOKES,¯¯-
78, Chancery Lane, London,
-
Patent Agent.
W. S. KENNEDY. (L.s.)