Improvements in the Underframes or Supports of Bassinettes or Perambulators
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Nov., 1889-Accepted, 18th Jan., 1890
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Underframes or Supports of Bassinettes or
Perambulators.
I, LEON L'HOLLIER of Bath Passage Birmingham in the County of Warwick
Perambulator Manufacturer, 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 :-
My invention has for its object improvements in the underframes or supports of
bassinettes or perambulators which enables me to effect a considerable economy in
the amount of steel or other metal used in the springs with an increase of stiffness
and considerable increase in the means for ornamenting such underframes and without
the sacrifice of strength or durability.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried into
practical effect I have appended hereunto a double sized sheet of drawings and a
single sized sheet of drawings upon which a number of examples of my invention are
given and from which other modifications may be carried out without departing from
the nature of the invention.
Figure 1 is a side elevation or view of the underframe of a bassinette or
perambulator which supports the body A. This underframe is composed partly of
iron and partly of wood there being on each side the horizontal bar of wood B which
may be square, hexagon, octagon, or of other cross section and either ornamented
or plain. Between the body A and these horizontal wood rods I mount at one end
the curved spring Cone end being fast to the bottom of the body A and the other
to the top side of the wood bar B either with or without the intervening blocks b¹
and 62 the end of C finishing with any suitable ornament c¹. The other end spring D
bas one end fastened to the bottom of the body A the other passing underneath the
wood bar B with the ornamental wood bar 63 acting as a distance piece and increasing
the length of the springs D. The end of the spring may finish with any suitable
curl or ornament d¹.
Figure 2 is also a side elevation or view of the underframe of a bassinette or
perambulator A and is composed partly of iron & partly of wood there being on each
side the horizontal turned wood bar E which is left square at e¹ and e³ for receiving
the blocks e³ at the one end and e¹ and eat the other, and upon the first of these
blocks I mount under the bar E the springs F and G the spring G being secured to
the bottom of body A at g¹ at the other end upon the blocks e* and e, and above the
bar EI mount the spring H the other end of which is also secured to the bottom of
the body A at g².
Figure 3. shews a similar construction to Figure 1. but in this case instead of the
horizontal wood bar being square it is turned to an ornamental design as shewn
by K.
Figure 4 is a side elevation or view of the underframe of a bassinette or
perambulator which in this case is composed of the iron springs Land L', L being
attached to the axle and turned into an eye at 1³ to receive the end of the front axle.
the body A
The spring L' being riveted or otherwise secured to the spring Lat
being hung from the ends 1 & 1 of these springs by the blocks 1 and 18. In this case
the front wheels may be mounted inside between the frames on each side of the
bassinette.
Figure 5 is a similar view to the previous views shewing the horizontal bar M which
may be turned or ornamented to any degree mounted at one end upon the axle in¹
and at the other upon the axle m² by means of the metal support m³ and upon this
bar are mounted the blocks m' which in turn support the spring N from the ends m
and n of which is suspended the body A by means of either the wood blocks shewn
by n or the springs as n.

page_text: Figures 678 and 9 shew further modifications of my combined frame in which in
each case the horizontal bars are denoted by o while the main springs are represented
by P the suspending blocks or springs by the supporting block by R¹ and the axles
of the wheels by S throughout the body being A as before.
The horizontal wood bars or stiffeners may in any of the illustrations be bent by
steam process for the purpose of ornamentation without losing strength.
I may also use more than one horizontal bar placing them one above the other with
intermediate springs of any desired shape.
It will thus be seen from most of the various figures such for instance as Figs. 1
23 &c. that the bar B economises the amount of spring metal required while it is
really stiffer in compression as a strut than the metal spring would be and these bars
afford a great means of variety in ornamentation, as I do not tie myself to the exact
shapes shewn whether straight bars or turned ones as it will be evident that such small
details may be greatly varied and the plain bars may be bent instead of being
straight.
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
First. The new underframe shewn by Figure 1 of the bar B and springs C and D
in combination with each other substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth
and as shewn upon the drawings.
Second. The new underframe shewn by Figure 2 of the bar E and springs F. G.
& H in combination with each other substantially as and for the purpose herein set
forth and as shewn upon the drawings.
Third. The new underframe shewn by Figure 3 of the bar K and springs C and D
in combination with each other substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth
and as shown upon the drawings.
Fourth. The particular arrangement shown by Fig. 4, of the springs L and L'in
combination with each other substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth and
as shown upon the drawings.
Fifth. The new underframe shown by Fig. 5 of the bar M and spring N- in
combination with each other substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth and
as shown upon the drawings.
Sixth. In Bassinettes and Perambulators the underframe spring work composed of
a combination of metal and wood such as those illustrated by figures 6 to 9,
substantially as herein set forth.
Dated this 26th day of November 1900.
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Agent for Applicant.