Year: 1888

page_text: I, OTTO GLISMANN of Graskeller 21 Hamburg in the Empire of Germany Manu-
facturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what mannor the samo
is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
This invention relates to carriages generally known as "Stanhopes" and also to
other carriages having a rear seat on which persons may sit towards or facing the
direction of travel of the carriage.
The first improvement consists in constructing the seat so that it may be folded and
slid or moved towards the front seat of such carriage, so that it may be set out
0 of use, or may if desired serve as a seat in this position resembling the rear seat of a
dogcart.
A second improvement consists in pivoting such seat and hinging a part of the
back of the carriage that they may be folded back or opened to permit easy entrance
into or exit from the carriage for such person or persons who a. ' occupy the
said seat.
Reference being made to the accompanying drawing
Fig. 1 shows the body of a stanhope fitted with both improvements, in its closed
position with rear seat not in use.
Fig. 2 shows the same open with rear seat in use.
Fig. 3 is a section of the parts in the position shown in Fig. 3.
Fig. 4 is a rear view with seat folded back and part of the rear of the body folded
down for entrance into the rear part of the vehicle.
Fig. 5 illustrates the same in plan―The side walls of the body of the carriage are
shaped as shown and the rear wall is divided into three parts all hinged below to the
floor and capable of folding about said hinges-The two outer parts a and c are
hinged at their upper ends or elsewhere to rods or bars pp respectively having
longitudinal slots through which pass bolts fixed in the sides of the carriage
body. The said bars limit the travel of the parts a and c about their hinges and hold
them in position when in use by the bolts s' arriving in the ends of the slots and
supporting the bars-The central portion 6 of the back is connected to the outer
portions by slam bolts as shown in Fig. 4 or otherwise so that it may generally move
with the back as a whole or may be at any time opened by unfastening said bolts, and
S

page_text: folded down as shown in Fig. 4-The outer face of the part may then rest upon
rubber collars m on the axle w or other suitable rest stops may be mado therefor-By
attaching detachable chains to the centre part 6 and to the outer parts ar the contro
part may form a foot rost for the seat when used as a dogcart seat, it being understood
that the seat should be constructed in any suitable manner so that it may be used 5
either way-Tho scat S is carried upon the lars p p', which aro Interally spread
out at their parts or provided with lateral extensions d d (Fig. 5) to receive the
seat The latter is connected to one of these parts by a king bolt t, so that it
may be swung outward to the rear to enable any person to mount into the vehicle
after folding down the contral portion of the rear of the carriage body—To ||
facilitate this also there is placod a step on the inside of the part in such a
position that it may be conveniently situated when the part is folded down--There
may be any suitable device for drawing up the part and shutting it from within
the vehicle The seat S being folded back to its place may be fixed by a hook on
the bar pl catching into an eyelet in the edge of the seat-The sent may itself be 1
made to fold that is to say the hack may be contrived to fold down upon the
scat-It may be fixed and held in its closed position by a suitable hook bolt on
the rear of the driving seat. To close in the gaps between the back and sides of tho
vehicle when the seat is open and in use, I prefer to employ two triangular plates
connected respectively to the parts a and c so as to slide just within the sides of the i
vehicle These plates may be equilateral and the angular position of the rear wall of
the body when closed and when open may be equivalently adjusted so that the upper
edges of the triangles r complete the line of the upper edges of the sides and the
triangles fill out the spaces between the rear and sides.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven- i
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is ;-
In "Stanhope" and other carriages
1. A rear seat separately movable to and from the front soat.
2. A rear soat having a back capable of folding thereon and separately movable to
and from the front seat.
3. The combination with a movable rear seat of a movable rear wall to the body of
the carriago.
4. The combination of a movable rear wall hinged to the floor, a movable seat
hinged upon bearers supported from the floor and hinged thereto, and sliding bars for
supporting suid seat.
5. The combination of a movable rear wall in three parts soparately hinged to tho
floor, sliding bars hinged to the outer parts of said will respectively and a rear sout
supported on said bars.
6. The combination with side walls shaped as set forth of a movable rear wall hinged
to the floor and triangular plates for the purpose described.
7. The combination with a hinged rear wall of a pivoted rear seat adapted to bo
swung back for entrance into the rear of the vehiclo.
8. The combination of a hinged rear wall in three parts sliding bars connected
respectively to the outer parts and guided with slots and bolts or equivalents and a
movable rear seat pivoted in one of said bars and detachably connected to the other
said bar substantially as set forth.
Dated this 2nd day of July 1888.