IMPROVEMENTS IN OR APPLICABLE TO PERAMBULATORS
Year: 1884

page_text: I HENRY WILLIAM TWIGGs Perambulator Manufacturer of Victoria Street,
Bristol do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
OR APPLICABLE TO PERAMBULATORS " to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to certain improvements in or applicable to perambulators
especially to that class known as "bassinette perambulators" and has for its
object a back rest adjustable to and securing the position of the hood or covering.
My Invention consists of an upright piece or rod of metal or other suitable
material formed at its upper and lower ends with suitably shaped shoulder or
clamps into which respectively fit and are secured the end or ends of the
perambulator or "bassinette" and the back rest.
The base of the upright portion of the piece or rod is fitted with a joint placed
sufficiently out of working centre with a spring so as to be retained by it rigidly
in position.
The working of the Invention is as follows:
When the hood is required to be shifted from one end to the other the back
rest is pressed forward with one hand and the hood drawn over by the other and
upon the former being released the whole hood and piece is held regidly in
position by means of the above mentioned spring.
I HENRY WILLIAM TWIGGS, Perambulator Manufacturer, of Victoria Street
Bristol do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN OR
APPLICABLE TO PERAMBULATORS and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement
reference being had to the accompanying Sheet of Drawings and to the Figures
and letters marked thereon (that is to say):-
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This Invention relates to certain improvements in or applicable to perambulators
especially to that class known as "bassinette perambulators" and has for its
object a back rest adjustable to and securing the position of the hood or covering.

page_text: In the accompanying Sheet of Drawings is shown the construction of my
improved arrangement; Fig. 1 being a side view of perambulator with the
adjusting appliance and back rest fitted at both ends, the back rest being in
position.
Fig. 2 a side view of the appliance showing the spring and tongue in dotted
lines.
Fig.
top shoulder for reception of the "back rest" with upright portion and
tongue piece.
Fig. 4. lower shoulder for fixing the appliance on to a perambulator.
Fig. 5 side view of barrel containing the spring and showing in dotted lines
the spring in position and leaning up or pressing against the tongue of the upright
piece or rod.
In carrying my Invention into practice I construct the appliance as follows:-
To the top of an upright rod or piece A of metal or other suitable material
I aflix or form of a piece therewith a shoulder or clamp piece B and near to the
other end said upright piece is flattened out slightly and provided with a hole or
slot therein as at C and said piece terminates in a tongue a.
The upright metal piece A is fitted in any convenient manner between two
arms or ears b of a metal barrel piece D said metal barrel piece D having. a
shoulder or clamp E attached at the other end for fixing the apparatus to the
vehicle.
Inside said barrel piece D is a spring shown in dotted lines in Figs. 2 and 5 of
suitable length and reaching nearly to the ears b so that when the upright piece A
is inserted, the tongue a leans or presses up against the spring.
The shoulder E is fastened by any convenient means to the framework, or body
of the bassinette and the barrel D rests on top of the framework but the upright
piece A does not necessarily project over the framework. The "back rest" itself
is fitted to the shoulder B by any suitable means.
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 :-
The improved construction of back rest and appliances for perambulators as
and for the purpose herein set forth and as shown by the respective Figures of the
accompanying Drawings.
Dated the 2nd day of July 1884.
E. J. COLSTON FEAR,
Patent Agent & Engineer,
17, Redcliffe Street, Bristol,
Agent for the Applicant.