Improvements in Perambulators.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Dec., 1886.
Complete Left, 31st Jan., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 22nd Feb., 1887.
Improvements in Perambulators.
I JAMES LLOYD of 70 Lower Hurst Street Birmingham in the County of Warwick
Perambulator Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention consists in making a perambulator in the manner hereinafter set
forth so that it will close and present the appearance of the vehicle termed a landau.
In carrying out my invention I build my perambulator body in any convenient
suitable shape or configuration, but prefer to form it such a manner that in external
configuration it will when completed resemble a miniature landau. Near the back end
of the perambulator I provide suitable connections: I also provide a folding hood.
The connections are secured to the folding hood and to the perambulator in such a
manner that the hood will fold up and yet be connected to the frame of the peram-
bulator in a similar manner to the hood of a landau. I connect a hood with folding
joints to the other end of the perambulator in a precisely similar manner to that
hereinbefore described in reference to the back end of the perambulator.
I form my perambulator with a false pannel to represent a door. In some cases I
hinge to this false door a sash frame in which is placed a sheet of glass covered with a
moving shutter this moving shutter can also be made to represent a pannel.
When using the landau shaped perambulator with the hoods folded back I can
move the pannel on its hinges and lower it so that the glass will be near the side of
the perambulator, and the shutter present to view a pannel in character with the design
of the perambulator.
My improved perambulator so adjusted could be used in the ordinary manner.
Children riding in it would be exposed to the fresh air and the sunshine, but when the
person using the perambulator happened to be caught in a storm, the said person would
expand or unfold each hood from each end of the perambulator. The two hoods would
meet in the centre and form a complete cover, similar in appearance to an ordinary
landau. The folding sash would then be turned up, and thus form a complete enclosed

page_text: carriage. The wood pannel could then be removed from over the glass thus allowing
the children riding in the carriage an opportunity of viewing the outside world while
they themselves were sheltered from the rain. The hood on the back end of the
perambulator would be pierced with an opening, which opening may be left exposed for
ventilation or may be covered with glass; in either case the person pushing the
perambulator could see through this opening and thus be enabled to attend to the
comfort of the children.
Instead of having a pannel on hinges to fold over as hereinbefore described I
may provide a glazed pannel and form a slot or casement in each side of the peram-
bulator so that when the hoods are closed together the glazed frame can be lifted out
of the slot and placed in a position similar to that of a railway carriage slide, and
thus form the complete landau shaped perambulator.
ALFRED WILLIAM TURNER,
Cobden Buildings,
Corporation Street, Birmingham,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: I JAMES LLOYD of 70 Lower Hurst Street Birmingham in the County of Warwick
Perambulator 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 :-
This invention consists in making a perambulator in the manner hereinafter set
forth so that it will close and present the appearance of the vehicle termed a landau.
In carrying out any invention I build my perambulator body in any convenient
suitable shape or configuration, but prefer to form it in such a manner that in external
configuration it will when completed resemble a miniature landau. Near the back end
of the perambulator I provide suitable connections I also provide a folding hood. The
connections are secured to the folding hood and to the perambulator in such a manner
that the hood will fold up and yet be connected to the frame of the perambulator in a
similar manner to the hood of a landau. I connect a hood with folding joints to the
other end of the perambulator in a precisely similar manner to that hereinbefore
described in reference to the back end of the perambulator.
I form my perambulator with a false panel to represent a door. In some cases I
hinge to this false door a sash frame in which is placed a sheet of glass covered with a
moving shutter this moving shutter can be also made to represent a panel.
:
When using the landau shaped perambulator with the hoods folded back I can move
the pannel on its hinges and lower it so that the glass will be near the side of the
perambulator, and the shutter present to view a pannel in character with the design of
the perambulator.
My improved perambulator so adjusted could be used in the ordinary manner.
Children riding in it would be exposed to the fresh air and the sunshine, but when the
person using the perambulator happened to be caught in a storm, the said person would
expand or unfold each hood from each end of the perambulator. The two hoods would
meet in the centre and form a complete cover similar in appearance to an ordinary
landau. The folding sash would then be turned up, and thus form a complete enclosed
carriage. The wood pannel could then be removed from over the glass thus allowing
the children riding in the carriage an opportunity of viewing the outside world; while
they themselves are sheltered from the rain. The hood on the back end of the
perambulator would be pierced with an opening, which opening may be left exposed
for ventilation or may be covered with glass in either case the person pushing the
perambulator could see through this opening and thus be enabled to attend to the
comfort of the children.
Instead of having a panel on hinges to fold over as hereinbefore described I may
provide a glazed panel and form a slot or casement in each side of the perambulator so
that when the hoods are closed together the glazed frame can be lifted out of the slot
and placed in a position similar to that of a railway carriage slide, and thus form the
complete landau shaped perambulator.
I will now proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying drawings the
manner in which my invention is constructed and used,

page_text: Figure 1 represents the landau shaped perambulator closed and with the window
sash raised.
Figure 2 represents an enlarged view of perambulator side and sash the sash being
supported by means of a loop taking on to a pin, stud or hook.
Figure 3 is an edge view of figure 2.
Figure 4 represents a broken portion of the perambulator side to which is connected
the hinge door.
Figure 5 is an edge view of figure 4.
Figure 6 represents a view of the folding sash lowered so that the glass will be near
the side of the perambulator and the shutter present to view a panel in character with
the design of the perambulator.
Figure 7 is a plan of figure 4.
A A¹ are the connections near each end of the perambulator.
B B are the folding hoods.
C is the side of the perambulator formed to represent the panel of a door.
D is the sliding sash.
E is the folding gash.
Fis the opening provided for the purpose of ventilation, and also for the purpose of
viewing the children when the perambulator is closed. In this opening I sometimes
place glass, at other times I prefer to leave it as an opening for ventilation.
I provide any ordinary suitable wheels, such as are represented at G G₁, and connect
them to springs and axles, in any convenient manner, preferably in the manner
represented at figure 1.
I prefer to use the sliding sash D which would be lowered into the box or recess H,
and which when raised would be supported by means of the loop J, taking on to the
pin, stud or hook K. The loop J may be of metal, of leather, or of other suitable
material. and of any suitable configuration.
Although I prefer to use the sliding sash D I can in some cases use the folding
sash E in such cases the large back wheels O would be secured to the springs and
axles in such a manner as to miss the folding sash and allow it to fold back onto the side
of the perambulator in the manner represented at figure 6.
I am aware that folding hoods have been used with carriage vehicles provided with
shafts and drawn by horses or other animals. My invention consists, as herein before
set forth in my provisional specification, in constructing a perambulator to represent
a miniature landau, but there is this essential difference, that the sides are continuous
and there is no door proper. The children have to be lifted into the perambulator
instead of passing through a doorway formed in the side of the carriage.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is
1st. The making of a perambulator with two folding hoods B B¹, combined with a
sliding sash D to represent a miniature landau.
2nd. In a miniature landau perambulator the combination of the folding hoods B B¹
with the hinged folding sash E as represented at figures 4, 5, 6 and 7.
3rd. In a miniature landau perainbulator the opening F in the hood B of any
convenient configuration.
ALFRED WILLIAM TURNER,
Cobden Buildings,
Corporation Street, Birmingham,
Agent for the Applicant.