Improvements in or connected with "Mail-carts," Perambulators, and the like.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Mar., 1893-Accepted, 29th Apr., 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with "Mail-carts," Perambulators,
and the like.
I, WALTER LUDSKI, of 238 Old Street, City Road, in the County of London,
Furniture Importer, 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 statchicht:
My invention refers to improvements in or connected with so called "mail-
carts," peranıbulators, and the like, and particularly relates to the construction of
such vehicles from bent wood, particularly of the kind commonly known as
"Austrian bent wood," and my invention will be readily understood from the
following description having reference to the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 shews in side elevation a double mail-cart, that is, a mail-cart to carry
two children, constructed according to my invention.
A A are the shafts upon which the sides are carried. These sides are formed,
in the example shewn, of one piece of bent wood, within which scroll work is fitted
to complete the side.
Fig. 2 is a similar view to Fig. 1, shewing a mail-cart where the side is composed
of vertical and horizontal members, the spaces being occupied with scroll work
formed of the aforesaid bent wood.
Fig. 3 is a similar view of a double mail-cart wherein the circumscribed member
of the side is fined by its two and to the haft, and a herimental member connecting
the frame near the two said ends, the upper space being occupied by the scroll
work aforesaid.
Fig. 4 shews a similar view of another modified construction of a mail-cart
according to my invention, wherein the frame consists of two members rising from
the shafts at either end, the curved part connecting the upper ends of same, and
the interspaces completed by bent wood scroll-work as shewn.
Figs. 5 and 6 shew other modifications of my invention, the construction of
which will be well understood from the foregoing description.
Figs. 7 and 8 shew constructions of single mail-carts according to my invention,
the side framework of the bodies being built up of bent woodwork as previously
shewn and described.
The bodies of the mail-carts may be lined on the interior with any suitable or
preferred material, and may be supplied with fittings and fixed to the wheel frame-
work according to circumstances, or as fancy and taste may dictate.
Figs. 9, 10, and 11 shew examples of construction of perambulators, bassinettes,
and the like, according to my invention, Fig. 9 illustrating a bassinette with the
panels of the sides composed of bent wood and lined on the interior thereof with
any suitable or preferred material; Fig. 10 being a somewhat similar construction
provided with a panel which may conveniently be filled with veneer or other
ornamental material; Fig. 11 shewing an example where panels are interposed
between scrolls of woodwork, the said panels being filled by cane-work.
By my invention I am enabled to construct mail-carts, perambulators, or the like
vehicles, of an extremely light weight, great strength, and simplicity of con-
struction, together with a more ornamental appearance than has been before
obtained.
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:
In mail-carts, bassinettes, perambulators, and the like, the general construction,

page_text: combination, and arrangement of parts composing same, substantially as herein-
before described and illustrated with reference to Fig. 1 to 11 of the
accompanying drawings, together with any mere modification or modifications
thereof.
T.: 1.1.
WALTER LUDSKI.