Improvements in or connected with Children's Carriages.
Year: 1895

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Date of Application, 9th Nov., 1895
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Date of Application, 9th Nov., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 7th Aug., 1906 Accepted, 10th Oct., 4906
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Children's Carriages.
We, SAMUEL THOMAS FAWCETT, DAVID SIMPSON, and JOHN JAMES
SIMPSON, all of Black Bull Street, Leeds, in the County of York, Perambulator
Manufacturers; do hereby declare the nature of this invention, to be as
follows:-
The object of our invention is to construct children's carriages of the type known
as mail carts, in such a manner that the body may be readily converted from a seat
to a couch, and vice versa, as required.
According to our invention, we connect the seat to the frame of the mail cart in
the ordinary way, and to the front end of the seat we hinge a contreboard, which
latter is hinged at its opposite end to the back edge of a foot rest or well. On the
underside of the back end of the well, we attach two side projections, which may
suitably be formed by a bar running transversely across the said well, and on the
inner sides of the frame we attach suitable lugs, in such a position that, when the
base of the well is in line with the centreboard, the projections on the well are
unable to pass the lugs on the frame; but when the base of the well is at an angle
to the centreboard the projections on the well are brought slightly forward, and
they are thus enabled to pass the lugs on the frame.
Chains, links or other connections are provided to connect the upper part of the
well to the body of the mail cart, and the back ends of the well sides are cut to
such an angle as to rest against the centre board when the parts are in the down
position.
In converting the body of the above described mail cart from a seat to a couch,
the front of the well is lifted, and on the projections on the well having passed the
lugs on the frame, the well and the centreboard are brought into line thus causing
the projections and lugs to engage with each other, and thereby support the centre-
board and the back of the well, whilst the said well is prevented from turning down,
by means of the chains or links before referred to. By lifting the front of the well
so as to cause the projections to disengage from the lugs, the well is caused to
resume its normal position.
Dated this 9th day of November 1895.
COMI DIE DI CITIVATIO
Improvements in or connected with Children's Carriages.
We, SAMUEL THOMAS FAWCETT, DAVID SIMPSON, and JOHN JAMES
SIMPSON, all of Black Bull Street, Leeds, in the County of York, Perambulator
Manufacturers, 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 :-
The object of our invention is to construct children's carriages of the type known
as mail carts, in such a manner that the body may be readily converted from a seat
to a couch, and rice-versa, as may be required.

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In order that the invention may be clearly understood we will proceed to
describe same with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which similar
letters refer to like parts in all the figures.
Figures 1, 2 and 3, are longitudinal sections of the body of a mail cart constructed
according to our invention, and Figures 4 and 5, are similar views of a mail cart
body constructed in a slightly modified form.
According to our invention, we connect the seat A to the frame B of the mail
cart in the ordinary way, and to the front end of the seat A a centre board C is
hinged, the opposite end of the said centre board C being hinged to the back edge
of a foot rest or well D. E is a bar running transversely across the under side of
the well D so as to form projections on both sides of the said well, and F are
lugs situated on the inner sides of the frame B. The positions of the bar E and
lugs Fare such, that when the base of the well D is in line with the centre
board C, the projecting ends of the bar E are unable to pass the lugs F, (see
Figure 1) but when the base of the well D is raised at an angle to the centre
board C, as seen at Figure 2, the bar E is brought slightly forward thus enabling
its ends to pass the lugs F. H are chains or other connections situated at either
side of the carriage, which serve to keep the well D horizontal in its two stationary
*positions.
In converting the body of the above described mail cart from a seat to a couch,
the front of the well D is lifted, and on the bar E having passed the lugs F, the
well D and the centre board C are brought into line and then lowered to a
horizontal position, when the body will assume the form shewn at Figure 1. By
lifting the front of the well D so as to cause the bar E to disengage from the
lugs F, the well may be lowered to its normal position, (see Figure 3).
The modification illustrated at Figures 4 and 5, shews a mail cart body where
the lugs F are situated in full view instead of beneath the carriage. Hooks K, are
mounted on either side of the well D, which take the place of the bar E before
described, and the projections L serve as a stop for retaining the well D in a
horizontal position when it is in the down position. The action of this modification
is exactly similar to that before described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is
1. The well D connected to the seat A by the centre board C, in combination
with the projecting ends of the bar E, the lugs F, and the chaius H, substantially
as and for the purposes set forth.
2. The well D connected to the seat A by the centre board C, in combination
with the hooks K, lugs F, and projections L, substantially as and for the purposes
set forth.
3. The general arrangement, construction and combination of the various parts
forming the convertible carriage, substantially as herein set forth.
Dated this 7th day of August 1896
BREWER & SON,
London and Leeds, Agents for the Applicants.