Improvements in Gigs, Traps, and similar Vehicles.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Feb., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 30th Oct., 1889-Accepted, 30th Nov., 1889
PROVISIONAL
SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Gigs, Traps, and similar Vehicles.
I, PETER HOLMES of 335 Saint Vincent Street, Glasgow Lanarkshire, ('arriage
Builder, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
This invention relates to improvements in the construction of gigs, traps, and similar
vebicles and it consists in making each of the sides of such vehicles of a single solid
panel or piece of wood or metal curved or bent outwards in such manner and to such
extent that whilst the floor of the gig, trap or other vehicle is of a width that enables
the shafts to be at the proper distance apart for the securing of the horse, the seat or
seats can be made much longer and therefore more roomy than heretofore. The sides
are or may be supported by and secured to two or other number of iron or other
stays or straps fixed to the floor of the vehicle, these stays are made with the same
curve as the sides, and upon them is supported by longitudinal bars or supports, the
seat or seats. Instead of the seat sliding on the longitudinal supporting bars as at
present I fit wheels, rollers, pulleys or their equivalent on or to the bars, and on these
wheels or equivalent the seat is free to travel back and forth at the will of the person
occupying the seat or instead of having the wheels or equivalent secured to the
longitudinal bars they may be fitted to or in the underside of the seat or seats, and
the seat or seats would then, on the movement of the usual hand lever run freely on
the longitudinal bars which would thus serve as ways or guides.
By having wheels, pulleys or equivalent as described the friction incident to a
sliding motion is done away with and the seat or seats can therefore be much more
easily moved back and forward than at present.
Dated this 31st day of January 1980
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
70, Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Gigs, Traps, and similar Vehicles.
I, PETER HOLMES, of 335 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Carriage
Builder do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same
is to bo performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
This invention relates to improvements in the construction of gigs, traps and
similar vehicles. Each of the sides of the vehicle is made of a single solid panel or
piece of wood or metal, curved or bent outwards in such manner and to such extent
that whilst the floor of the gig, trap or other vehicle is of a width that enables the
shafts to be at the proper distance apart for the securing of the horse, the seat or seats
can be made much longer and therefor more roomy than heretofore. The sides are or
may be supported by and secured to two or other number of iron or other stays
or straps fixed to the floor of the vehicle, these stays are made with the same curve
as the sides, and upon them is supported by longitudinal bars or supports the seat
or seats. Instead of the seat sliding on the longitudinal supporting bars as at present I
fit wheels, rollers, pulleys or their equivalent on or to the bars, and on these wheels or
equivalent the seat is free to travel back and forth at the will of the person occupying
the seat: or, instead of having the wheels or equivalent secured to the longitudinal
bars, they may be fitted to or on the underside of the sent or seats, and the seat or
seats would then, on the movement of the usual hand lever run freely on the longi-
tudinal bars which would thus serve as ways or guides. By having wheels, pulleys or

page_text: equivalent as described, the friction incident to a sliding motion is done away with
and the seat or seats can therefore be much more easily moved back and forward than
at present.
And in order that my said invention may be properly understood I have bereunto
appended an explanatory sheet of drawings whereon. fig. 1 illustrates in side elevation a
twow heeled vehicle constructed in accordance with my invention; figs. 2, 3 5 & 6 repre-
sent in cross section different arrangements of travelling seat, and fig. 4 is a section
through the line u-a, of the seat, fig. 3.
Referring to the drawing-
The vehicle fig. 1 is made with sides A, of a single solid panel or piece of wood or
metal which is curved outwardly, as shown, so that whilst the floor of the vehicle is
of such a width that the shafts are at a proper distance apart for securing the horse,
the seat B or seats are longer than heretofore. The sides are preferably supported
and secured by the iron stays or straps C, which are fixed to the floor of the vehicle
and may be made to support longitudinal bars D for carrying the seats. The bars, D,
may be supported by brackets E as shown, figs. 2, 3 & 4. Or the bars may be screwed
or bolted to the vehicle as shown at figs. 5 and 6.
Instead of the seats sliding on the bars, as usual, I fit wheels, rollers or pulleys or
their equivalent on or to either the bars or the soat. The wheels, pulleys or equivalent
aro fitted at each end of the seat.
In fig. 2 an arrangement is shown whereby the scat B which is broken off, slides or
runs on the pulleys F fitted on a bar D at each side of the vehicle and which is
carried on brackets E. At figs. 3 and 4 the scat is shown as having two wheels or
pulleys F, F, by which it runs freely backward and forward. The wheels F, F¹, are
fitted on a plate G which is attached to the underside of the seat.
A groovo is made
in the sent for the reception of the vertical wheel F whilst the wheel is carried in
an arm or bracket H, extending downward from the plate G. The wheel F¹ may be
tapered on its upper side and on the slightest tendency of the seat to rise up out of
position, it catches on a projecting strip I secured on the bar D. As shown at fig. 4
two rolling devices are used at each end of the seat. In fig. 5 two side wheels or
pulleys Flare shown in conjunction with a third overhead_pulley F, the one running
at one side and the other at the opposite side of the bar D. The bar D is shown in
this arrangement as being secured in position by screws J or bolts. In fig. 6 two
wheels or pulleys F, Et are shown, the one, F, running in a groove made in the bar D
the other, F¹, is carried on a bracket or arm fitted to the underside of the
seat, and bears against the underside of the bar D.
For moving the seat back and forward when desired, a lever K is provided. This
lever may be either pinned or pivotted to the floor of the vehicle as shown at.fig. 3 or
be attached to one end, or the tops of the seat as shown, with the lever partly broken
away, at fig. 5 and 6. The lever is made with a bend on it. so as to press outwards
towards the side of the vehicle and when moved backward or forward as shown at
fig. 4 it springs into recesses made in a strip or plate L, secured to the side of the
vehicle. In fig. 4 the seat is shown in its forward position in full lines and in its
backward position in dotted lines.
The arrangement of travelling seat can be used on any vehicle where desirable.
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 :-
1. A travelling seat for vehicles, having wheels, pulleys, rollers or their equivalent
attached thereto which run on guide bars or their equivalent secured to the vehicle;
substantially as herein before described and shown on the annexed drawings.
2. A travelling seat for vehicles made to run on wheels, pulleys or their equivalent
fitted to or on guide bars secured to the sides of the vehicle, substantially as herein-
before described and shown on the drawings annexed.
3. The combination with a travelling seat, running or sliding on wheels, pulleys or

page_text: their equivalent attached to the seat or fitted to the guide bars, of a hand lever for
traversing said seat and of a recessed plate for holding said lever in position, substantially
as hereinbefore described and shown on the annexed drawings.
4. The general arrangement or combination of parts of my improved trap, gig or
like vehicle, comprising a vehicle having sides made of a single piece of wood or
metal and curved outwardly, a seat travelling on rollers, wheels or pulleys, guide
bars fitted to the sides of the vehicle and a hand lever for traversing the seat, all
substantially as hereinbefore described and shown on the drawings annexed.
Dated thin 50th
1000
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
70, Wellington Street, Glasgow, Applicant's Agent.
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
70, Wellington Street, Glasgow, Applicant's Agent.