IMPROVEMENTS IN PERAMBULATORS."
Year: 1881

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Horbert Brassington, of the City of Manchester,
Manager of Perambulator Works, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
PERAMBULATORS."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Herbert Brassington
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 8th October 1881.
CHARLES HERBERT BRASSINGTON, of the City of Manchester, Manager of
Perambulator Works. "IMPROVEMENTS IN PERAMBULATORS."
The object of my improvements is to construct perambulators and bassinette
perambulators with bodies composed of metallic plates of a light and durable
character. To accomplish this and to effect my improvements I procure sheets of
zinc, brass, copper, galvanized iron, or any other suitable metal, which sheets may
be perforated, fluted, or embossed in any pattern or design which may be desired,
and are cut to the required shape and size. These are then bent into the desired
form, and fitted onto a framing of wood, metal, or other suitable material, and are .
firmly fastened to the same by means of screws, bolts, rivets, or by soldering, or
any other suitable method; or the same may be put into form without such
framing by folding over the edges of the plates to strengthen the same.
manner a body is formed which fulfils the objects of lightness and durability.
The remaining portions or fittings of the perambulator can then be fixed thereon
in the ordinary manner.
In this

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Charles Herbert Brassington in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 6th April 1882.
CHARLES HERBERT BRASSINGTON, of the City of Manchester, Manager of
Perambulator Works. "IMPROVEMENTS IN PERAMBULATORS."
The object of my improvements is to construct perambulators with bodies
composed of metallic plates of a light and durable character.
To accomplish this and to effect my improvements I procure sheets of zinc, brass,
copper, galvanized iron, or any other suitable metal, which sheets may be per-
forated, fluted, or embossed in any pattern or design which may be desired, and
are cut to the required shape and size.
These sheets of metal may be of such size that the perambulator can be con-
structed from one piece only; or the same may be jointed together from smaller
pieces forming portions of the perambulator body.
The sheets of metal are then bent into the desired form, and fitted onto a
framing of wood, metal, or other suitable material, and are firmly fastened to the
same by means of screws, bolts, rivets, or by soldering, or any other suitable
method; or the same may be put into form without such framing by folding over
the edges of the plates to strengthen the same.
In this manner a body is formed which fulfils the objects of lightness and
durability.
The remaining portions or fittings of the perambulator can then be fixed thereon
in the ordinary manner.
Having now described my improvements, and means I adopt in carrying the
same into effect, I would have it understood that I do not confine myself to the
exact details shewn and described, as variations may be made without departing
from the peculiar character of my Invention,
But what I do claim is,―
The employment of perforated, fluted, or embossed sheet metal, such as zinc,
brass, copper, and galvanized iron, for the purpose of forming on suitable frame-
work the bodies of perambulators, substantially as herein set forth and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Herbert Brassington, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Fourth day of April, One thousand eight
hundred and eighty two.
CHARLES HERBERT BRASSINGTON. (L.S.)
Witness,
GEORGE FREDERICK GADD,
Assistant Consulting Engineer,
64, Barton Arcade,
Manchester.