AN IMPROVED COM-. BINED INFANT TENDER AND EXERCISING APPARATUS
Year: 1864

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Haseltine, of the "International Patent
Office, No. 12, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, in the County
of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED COM-.
BINED INFANT TENDER AND EXERCISING APPARATUS." A communication
from abroad by Myron Perry, of the City, County, and State of New
York, United States of America.
Sealed the 21st February 1865, and dated the 5th December 1864.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said George Haseltine at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition and Decla-
ration, on the 5th December 1864, pursuant to the 9th Section of the
Patent Law Amendment Act, 1852.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE.
HASELTINE, of the "International Patent Office," No. 12, Southampton
Buildings, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, send
greeting.
WHEREAS I am in possession of an Invention for "AN IMPROVED COM-
BINED INFANT TENDER AND EXERCISING APPARATUS," and have petitioned Her
Majesty to grant unto me, my executors, administrators, and assigns, Her
Royal Letters Patent for the same, and have made solemn declaration
that it has been communicated to me from abroad by Myron Perry, of the
City, County, and State of New York, United States of America.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said George Haseltine, do hereby declare
that the following Complete Specification under my hand and seal fully
describes and ascertains the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, in and by the following statement, reference being
had to the accompanying Drawings making a part of this Specification, in
which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the tender when suspended and used as
a jumper, the back of the seat and table being placed on a plane with the soat
to form a couch; Figure 2, a perspective view of a jumper, with the table
and back of the seat arranged for the child to sit up; Figure 3, a perspective
view of the tender, the table being removed and the parts mounted on a box,
forming a chair; Figure 4, the same, mounted on a carriage body; Figure 5,
a longitudinal section through the carriago; Figure 6, a longitudinal vertical
section through the seat of the frame of the tender; Figure 7, an enlarged
perspective view of the pedal used in Figure 6; Figure 8, a different adap-
tation, being a front elevation, showing the chair or couch in side view;
Figure 9, a side elevation thereof, showing the same in end view; Figure 10,
the chair detached; Figure 11, the table of the chair, a top view; Figure 12
is another adaptation, being side elevation of the apparatus used in this
form, exhibiting the interior mechanism; Figure 13 shows this form as seen
from the bottom; Figure 14 shows the same used as an ottoman; Figure 15
shows the same used as a crib; Figure 16 shows part of the apparatus used
as a nursery chair; Figure 17, the same used as a hobby-horse. The cor-
responding parts of the Invention are designated by like letters and figures of
reference on the Drawings.
The object of said Invention is to furnish an infant tender, designed to
serve, by simple adjustment of the parts, as a jumper, a chair seat, in
which the child may sit or recline, and a carriage, with provisions for its
comfort in each.
Form of construction.-A quadrilateral framework is secured at the bottom
ends to a suitable seat, and at the top to a canopy, the child being secured
from falling out sideways by two side boards secured to the upright posts of
the frame, which also receive and support an adjustable back for the seat
and a table. The frame being suspended by suitable cords, the child is held
therein safely and steadily. The back of the seat is so attached to the side
boards that it may be adjusted forward or rearward at pleasure, and by the
use of back straps set at any desired inclination. The post in front of the
seat or bottom of the frame, secured by a spring bolt, prevents the child from
slipping off.
A, A, A, A, are upright posts; B', the cover; B, the seat, with a hole

page_text: through it; C, C, the side boards; a, a, a, a, the cords; a', the ring. The
side boards are secured to the insides of the posts, somewhat above scat B, to
allow the dress of the child to be drawn out. a2 are grooves inside the side
boards, parallel with the seat, to receive table D; b, b are grooves on each
side of seat B to receive table D, on a plane with the seat, to form a couch;
E, the adjustable back; c, c, right-angular spring arms, secured to the
bottom and each side of back E, made of spring rods projecting out from each
corner or side of back E, their ends fitting into holes e, e, e, near the lower
inside edge of the side boards. By pressing the arms c, c, towards each other
the back E can be admitted between the side boards, and the ends of the
arms forced into holes e, e, which extend in rows towards the front end of the
side boards, allowing the lower end of back E to be moved as far as desirable
towards the front of seat B, and secured. This attachment of back E with the
frame forms pivot bearings for the back, and allows its upper end to be set at
any angle with the plane of the seat, and secured by straps f, f, which attach
to buttons on the two back posts A, A, the straps being long enough to allow
back E to be placed and secured horizontally, and form, in conjunction with
seat B and table D, a couch, they all being suitably cushioned. Seat B has
two cushions, g and h, the former with a hole through it to allow the child to
use a chamber. F is a post, which may be carved to any figure, having a
wide tenon i projecting from its lower end to pass through near the middle
front edge of the seat. Spring bolt j, secured to the bottom of the seat,
keeps post F in place, passing through tenon post i into the front of the seat.
Curving the bolt downwards he'ps to break the fall of the frame when used as
a "jumper." k, k are straps to support the extreme end of table D, when used
as a table and couch; G is a box with three inclined sides, a bottom, and a
perpendicular side in front, having a footboard H hinged near the bottom,
and made to shut up close to its front side. Side straps I, I, admit of ready
attachment to the bottom of the frame, which fits the top of the box, making
a chair to which castors may be added at the bottom corners of the box, or it
may be set on the body of a carriage and secured by the straps I, I; J being
the tongue, and J' the prop; K, the floor, hinged at its front end to the front
of reach L, springs q, q, being coiled around stiffning posts give an ensy
motion; N is a common coiled spring, strong enough to sustain the frame. At
the top end of spring N is ring n, and at the bottom leather strap N¹. A
straight metal rod p is fastened at one end of ring n, passing down through
and some distance below spring N, with a hook on the end to prevent
spring N from being drawn out beyond its capacity to recoil. The lower end of
spring N is secured to ring a', to which the four cords a, a, a, a, are attached

page_text: through strap N. P is a pedal, rocking on a fulcrum at 's, operated by the
foot to give an up-and-down motion to the "jumper," having a cross piece S
attached to the back end by a swivel joint with long straps T, T, carried up
and secured to the sides of cover B by buttons and holes. The cross piece
may be of metal or wood, the ends being curved upwards, so that when pres-
sure on the pedal pulls the "jumper" down, its bottom will strike the curved
ends, and prevent concussion with the floor. Pedal P is pivoted at the middle
of spring bar S.
The operation is this:-Suspend the frame from the ceiling or supports,
adjust strap N' so as to elevate it sufficiently from the floor, let down back E,
if you please, on a plane with the seat, placing table D on the same plane in
grooves b, b, and you have a couch. Attach pedal P by straps T, T, and by
operating the pedal the child will be jumped up and down, while the pivot
connecting pedal P with spring bar S allows the frame to be turned around
without moving the pedal from its place.
To set the child up, shorten the back straps f, f, to get back E; at
the desired angle place table D in grooves a², and move it up until its inner
cushioned edge touches the child's breast, serving to hold the child up, and as
a receptacle for playthings, straps k, k, preventing its slipping away. Post F
between the child's legs, and projecting some distance above the seat, prevents
the child's slipping off the seat and under the table. If the child be old
enough the pedal may be removed and its attachments, and the child move
itself by pushing with its feet upon the floor, or the child may be swung back
and forth.
To make a chair, remove cords a, a, a, a, with their attachments, place
the bottom of the frame into the top of box G, and secure it by straps I, I.
A chamber may be enclosed in box G for the child to use by removing
cushion h. If the table is not used,, a common strap across the front posts
A, A, will keep the child in, the feet resting on board H.
A stationary
couch may also be now formed by removing post F, and arranging table D &
and back E as before explained.
In Figures 8, 9, 10, and 11, 1 is a platform having a pedestal 2 firmly.
bolted to it to sustain the chair or couch.
Pedestal 2 carries at its top &
lever 3 provided with trunions 4, which rest in suitable bearings fixed to the
top of the pedestal. A spring 5 is attached to the lever near one end
thereof, and a loop 6 is slipped over the other end, and has a spindle 7 which
passes down through the end of a bar 8, and turns freely therein. Said bar is
nicely fitted to slide in a staple 9 fixed to or forming part of a bail or bow 10
usually made of metal, and wide enough to admit chair 11 and embrace

page_text: it snugly between the sides. The ends of the bail are bent inwards to form
hooks 12, and the bail has two small protuberances 13, one on each leg; the
hooks and protuberances, when the bail is attached to the chair, enter suit-
able holes 14 in the edges and arms of the chair. Theso devices 12, 13,
and 14 furnish in connection with the yielding character of the bail a ready
means of detaching the chair when it is desired to use it in any other than a
pendent situation. The chair has a table 15 and a back 16, the former
adjustable so that it may be dropped down even with the seat of the chair,
and the latter so that it may be raised or lowered or brought near to or away
from the front of the seat. The means usually employed for the purposes of
adjustment of the back and table consist of suitable pins and braces, cords, &c.,
and are commonly attached to such table and back, and connected with
proper holes for the purpose in the rounds and arms of the chair. One of the
pins 17 of the table is removeable, and the other 18 is fixed in the table. The
back has a slot 19 on each side, and for slight inclinations the pins are inserted
therein from the outside through holes in the arms of the chair, but when the
back is to be let down to form a couch the pins are inserted in holes in the
back near the ends of the slot 19, and the back is held up by cords 20
attached to said pins and to the rounds or arms; other adjustments may be
made at different angles by taking a turn or two with the cords around the
arms or rounds; the back has short rods or braces 21 which are sprung
into any of the series of holes near the seat. The chair when pendent may
be turned about on spindle 7 by the feet of the child. Sliding bar 8 permits
the chair to be canted up at an inclination from the horizontal by sliding the
bail and its staple 9 along the bar, which varies the relative positions of the
centre of gravity in the chair, and gives it the inclination required by throwing
the bail out of the perpendicular. To remove the chair from the pendent
position, spring the legs of the bail apart so as to withdraw the hook and pro-
tuberance of one side or leg, as shown by dotted lines in Figure 9, and, the
chair may be taken out and used for a low chair, as seen in Figure 10,' or
otherwise. A strap 26 is made fast to the seat, and passes through a guide
or suitable fastening on the under side of the table to prevent the child froin
slipping out. For persons of different weight some means of adjustment are
necessary to bring the chair to the proper height from the platform, and
provide for the elasticity adapted to a given weight; this is effected by
several holes in strap 25 taking over a small peg 23 in the frame, and by a
series of notches in the lever 3, the notches varying the elasticity and the peg
and strap the height. The chair has an opening in the seat, and may be used
as a nursery chair by placing the chamber on the platform, and with the peg

page_text: and strap 23 so adjusting the height of the chair that the latter shall rest
gently on said chamber. The child when in a sitting posture will give motion.
to the chair by a slight pressure of the feet on the platform, but an attendant
The
may impart it by means of pedal P attached to the lever by cord 24.
strain on the lever when the toe of the pedal is depressed corresponds with
that exerted by the contractile power of the spring, thereby requiring only a
nominal exertion of the operator, and giving more freedom of motion to the
chair than obtains when the pedal is arranged to act against the force of the
spring.
In Figures 12, 13, 14, and 15 a spring is combined with the chair and
hobby-horse by means of the intervention of two vibrating levers supported on
the frame, and the improvement consists in the construction and modes of
arranging the said chair or couch or horse with respect to and of connecting
the same with such levers and spring; also in arranging and combining said
levers and spring with an enclosing case, forming the sustaining frame of the
machine; also in the peculiar construction and arrangement of the parts
whereby the apparatus is convertible into the purposes of an ottoman, crib,
nursery chair, couch, hobby-horse, and baby jumper.
27 is a box serving as the frame to sustain the parts, having two levers 29
and 30 pivoted at one end, lever 29 having an arm 31 permanently affixed
thereto, to the lower extremity of which is attached one end of a spring 32,
the other end being attached to a windlass 33 by means of a cord 34. The
object of the levers is to guide and sustain standard 35, pivoted to the outer
extremities of said levers, and which projecting above the case is surmounted
by cross bar 36, supporting chair or couch 37. Practically lever 29 and
arm 31 are one, transmuting the motion of the levers (which is vertical at
their outer ends) into a horizontal motion, and thus act on spring 32, arranged
horizontally to gain sufficient length to give the required elasticity and space
for the proper amount of play. Lever 30 acts in conjunction with lever 29 in
guiding and holding standard 35 in a vertical position to maintain the chair,
couch, &c., at all times in a corresponding horizontal plane. Cross bar 36 has
arms 38 reaching out front and rear to support the chair, couch, &c., and has
fixed at its mid-length a stem 39, fitting nicely into the end of standard 35,
the latter having a deep socket for that purpose, which permits the chair or
other seat to be turned completely around on the standard as a centre; one
end of the cross bar has a hook-form 40, and the other a lip turned up 41,
and is drilled to receive a small pin 42. The chair is secured on the cross bar
by slipping the back edge of the seat under the hook and passing the pin 42
through the lip and into the hole in the front edge of the seat corresponding

page_text: with that in the lip. The chair is provided with a back 44, and a table 43,
both adjustable to convert the chair into a cradle or couch moveable by
pedal P, fitted in frame 45 at the back of lever 30, and attached at its outer
end by a rod to the extremity of one of the levers or the edge of the chair.
When the child occupies the chair and operates it by the feet resting on case 27
the chair is adjusted in height by turning windlass 33, one way winding up
cord 84, and carrying the spring and end of arm 3.1 to the right, and so
elevating the chair, and the other lowering it. To avoid using more than one
spring, its elasticity is adapted to any given weight by moving the loop 46 of
spring 32 along the notches of arm 31. When the chair is used as a nursery
chair it is supported on drawer 47, which fits into one end of case 27, and is
a convenient receptacle for toys. The hobby-horse having a stem 39 fitting
in standard 35, when the cross bar 36 is removed permitting the rider to turn,
revolve, and operate the horse the same as the jumper. Standard 35 may be
so lowered as to fall entirely below the top of case 27, and within it, when the
case becomes an ottoman, as seen in Figure 14; it is made a crib by attaching
railings 48 by pins 49 fixed in blocks 50 (dotted) made fast to the inside of
the railing setting into sockets in the case.
Having thus fully described said Invention as communicated to me from
my foreign correspondent, and shown how the same may be conveniently
carried into effect, I claim-
First, the frame for holding the baby composed of four posts A, A, A, A,
bottom and top B and B', grooved and perforated side boards C, C, for sup-
porting respectively the back E and table D, all arranged substantially in the
manner described.
Second, the spring arms c, c, and straps f, f, in the combination with the
posts A, A, A, A, and perforations e, e, e, in the side boards C, C, as and for
the purposes herein set forth.
Third, the post F arranged as set forth, and secured to the seat by a spring
bolt j and tenon i, as and for the purposes herein described.
Fourth, the employment of a competent frame, consisting of the platform
and pedestal or their equivalents, sustaining a vibrating lever as set forth, to
one end of which lever is attached the chair or couch, and the other end of
which is connected with a spring also attached to the aforesaid frame, the
combination being substantially as described.
Fifth, the notches in the lever by which in the apparatus described the
active power or elasticity of the spring is varied at will, as and for the pur-
pose specified, and the perforated strap 25 and pin 23, or their equivalents, to
vary the height of the chair from the platform for the purpose set forth.

page_text: Sixth, the loop 6, bar 8, spindle 9, and bail or bow 10, arranged and con-
nected with the lever and with the chair or couch, as and for the several
purposes specified.
Seventh, the specific method of arranging the pedal with respect to and
of combining the same with the lever and the spring, so as to operate in
connection therewith, for the purpose, in the manner, and with the result
.specified.
Eight, the levers 29 and 30 arranged with respect to each other and
attached to a frame or case, substantially as specified, for the purpose of main-
tuining a chair, couch, baby jumper, and horse in a horizontal position while
moving up and down, essentially as described, and in combination therewith
the standard 35 pivoted to said levers and constructed with a socket
receiving a stem 39 and cross bar 36, as set forth, for the purpose of sup-
porting the chair, couch, and horse above the case and permitting them to be
revolved.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this Third
day of December, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred
and sixty-four.
GEORGE HASELTINE. (L.S.)