Improvements in Children's Mail Carts or the like.
Year: 1896

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Children's Mail Carts or the like.
I HENRY CHARLES ASKWITH, of 53 Paragon Street Hull in the County of
Yorkshire, Cabinet Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
. My invention relates to reversible seats for mail carts or the like when such carts
are constructed double to carry two children. Hitherto in double mail carts of the
like the occupants have sat face to face, the one nearest the person wheeling the cart
having its back to such person. With my invention both children can face the
attendant, or each other as desired, and the cart can be arranged to allow one or more
child to lie in it.
For the purpose of my invention I employ a removeable seat, this seat may have pins
on its underside to fit into slots formed on the frame of the cart. The said seat can
be lifted out and turned so that the child occupying it either faces the other occupant
of the cart or has its back to it and faces the attendant, as desired. This seat inay
have a folding front, folding by means of pivots working in rounded slots, or other
means, this front can be dropped over when the seat is arranged for the occupant to
be facing the attendant; when the child is facing the other occupant of the cart, this
part folds over on the top of the ordinary seat; or if it is desired to let a child lie in
the cart, this folding part is drawn over and forms a cover over the well of the said
cart allowing the child to lie at its length.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Savile Street, Hull, and Crossley Street, Halifax,
Patent Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements in Children's Mail Carts or the like.
I HENRY CHARLES ASKWITH of 53 Paragon Street Hull in the County of Yorkshire,
Cabinet Maker, 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:-
My invention relates to reversible seats for mail carts or the like when such carts
are constructed double to carry two children. Hitherto in double mail carts or the like

page_text: the occupants have sat face to face the one nearest to the person wheeling the cart
having its back to such person. With my invention both the children can face the
attendant, or each other as desired and the cart can be arranged to allow one or more
child to lie in it.
Fig. 1. Shows side view of mail cart with my improved detachable seat fixed so that
both the occupants face the attendant and with combined front board and foot rest in
position.
Fig. 2. Shows side view of my improved detachable seat with one side removed to
show folding front or flap with pivots working in rounded slots.
Fig. 3. Shows plan view of part of mail cart with my improved detachable seat
arranged so that both the occupants face each other, but with the flap turned over flat
to rest on the frame of cart and allow one child occupying it and being laid at full
length.
For the purpose of my invention I employ a removable seat A this seat may have
pins or projections B on the sides or in any suitable position to fit into slots, recesses
or the like C on the frame D of the cart.
The said seat A, can be lifted out, and turned so that the child occupying it either
faces the other occupant of the cart, or has its back to it, and faces the attendant, as
desired; the seat A, may have a folding front or flap E, folding by means of pivots F,
working in rounded slots G, or other suitable means, this front or flap E, can be dropped
over, and hangs down when the seat A is arranged for the occupant to be facing the
attendant, and acts as a shield for keeping the draught from the back of the childs
legs, see Fig. 1. When the child is facing the other occupant of the cart, this folding
front or flap E, folds over on the top of the ordinary seat, for the child to sit on, see
Fig. 2; or if it is desired to let a child lie in the cart, this said folding part or flap is
drawn over and rests on the frame D of the cart and forms a cover for the well H, of
the aforesaid cart, allowing the child to lie at length, see Fig. 3. For the purpose of
filling up the front of the cart when the detachable seat A is removed, and the cart
used as a single one, the foot rest may be made of a board J, pivotted at K, to
struts L, which are in turn pivotted at M, to the frame D, of the cart, this board J,
is preferably provided with projections or the like N, which fit holes made in a cross
bar O, running across the front of the cart, shown at Fig. 1 fitted to the front of
the springs P.
This board J is drawn over in a circular direction to the top of the front of the
well H, the projections or the like N on such board J fit into holes, slots or the like
bored in or formed on the front of such well H, so allowing of the cart being used as a
single one and giving a finish to the front see Fig. 1.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is:
.
1. In childrens mail carts, the employment of a detachable seat A in the manner and
for the purposes substantially as shown and described.
2. In childrens mail carts, the employment of a detachable seat A, provided with
projections B, to fit into slots or the like C, on the frame D, of the cart, in the
inanner and for the purposes substantially as shown and described.
3. In childrens mail carts, the employment of a detachable seat A, provided with
folding flap or front E, working by means of pivots in slots or the like, in the manner
and for the purposes, substantially as shown and described.
4. In childrens mail carts, the employment of a foot rest J, pivotted to studs L,
also pivotted to the frame D of the cart, and having projections or the like N, to fit
into holes in a cross bar or the like O, and into holes or recesses on the well H of the
cart, in combination with detachable or removable seat A, in the manner and for
the purposes substantially as shown and described,

page_text: 5. In combination with a detachable or removable seat A, for childrens mail carts,
constructing the foot-rest to fold over and form a front board, in the manner andfor
the purposes substantially as shown and described.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Savile Street, Hull, and Crossley Street, Halifax,
Patent Agent for the Applicant.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Savile Street, Hull, and Crossley Street, Halifax,
Patent Agent for the Applicant.