Improved Collapsible or Folding Baby Carriage.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Oct., 1893-Accepted, 11th Nov., 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Collapsible or Folding Baby Carriage.
I, CHRISTIAN FERDINAND CHRISTOPH, of Bunzendorf, Bohemia, in the
Empire of Austria, Manufacturer, 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 :-
This invention has for its object a baby carriage in which the several parts are
connected by means of hinges and hooks, and so capable of being easily folded
together into compact form.
In the accompanying drawing
Fig. 1 shows a side elevation of the skeleton of a baby carriage constructed in
accordance with this invention and Fig. 2 an end or rear elevation of same.
Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section through the centre of the carriage.
The other figures will be explained in the course of the following description.
The hood of the carriage is mounted on two side bars a a (a view of which is
shown in Fig. 5); the bars a are pivoted on a holt b, and hooked at c in the sides
of the carriage, so that the hood when folded up as seen in Fig. 6, may be turned
down in the direction of the arrow 1 Figs. 1 and 6 and laid against the back or
rear part of the carriage.
The side boards or panels of the carriage are divided, and each side consists of
two parts d, d, and d₁d, which turn on hinges e₁ е, or e₁e, respectively.
These
parts are connected with one another and with the front and rear part by means of
the hooks of one of which hooks a perspective view is seen in Fig. 1A; whilst the
bars g (shown in Fig. 1 which is a section on y-y of Fig. 1) render this con-
nection more firm. The floor or bottom of the carriage body also consists of two
parts ii, connected by means of a hinged joint h; the rear part j, revolves on the
hinge k, and the front part ji on the hinge k₁.
Each wheel is mounted on a short axle which is connected with a bearing l
(or or as the case may be) and this bearing revolves on the bar m¹
(or my m₁ m). The front wheels can revolve in common on the bolt n' whilst
the rear wheels can revolve on the bolt ng. A movable bar o hooked on the front
part of the carriage and bars pi P, which connect the axle of oue of each of the
front wheels with the axle of one of each of the back wheels ensure the main-
tenance of the wheels in position.
The folding up of the baby carriage is accomplished in the following manner :-
The hood is first folded back in the direction of the arrow 1' Fig. 1, after which
the bars a are unhooked and the folded hood laid alongside the back or rear part of
the carriage in the direction of the arrow 1, Fig. 6. Fig. 3 shows a section of this
on of Fig. 1.
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The parts d₁ and d₁' and the parts d, d, of the side boards or panels are then
turned down and laid on the floor or bottom of the carriage. The bars P₁ P₂ are
detached from the axles of the front wheels, whereupon the wheels are turned
about 90° on the bars m₁ m₁ mg ma' see Fig. 3. The front and rear parts are then
turned round and laid on the Hoor or bottom of the carriage and after unhooking
the bar o the wheels of the carriage are folded down in the manner shown
in Fig. 4.
It is then only necessary to fold the whole up on the hinge h in the direction of
arrow 2 Fig. 4, so that the wheels lie side by side or rest one on the other.
This baby carriage is particularly suitable for conveyance as when folded up it
may be easily carried by one person over stiles etcetera. As the carriage when
folded up takes up very little space it may when not in use be conveniently stored
in dwelling houses.

page_text: The carriages will be preferably made of wood or aluminium but other suitable
materials may be employed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
:
1: A baby carriage the side frames or panels of which consist of parts d₁ d
or d₁ de movable on hinges e₁ е, or ₁₁₂ and the rear part j, which may be folded
on the hinge k, and the front part, which may be folded on the hinge k₁ and also
the divided bottom part on the hinge which several parts are connected with
one another by means of the hooks f
2. In baby carriages the arrangement of the front and rear parts movable on
bolts or ng. whilst each wheel is arranged to revolve independently on the bar m₁
(or m, m₁ m, respectively) and the rods p₁ P2 and o to maintain the wheels in
position.
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3. In the baby carriages herein before described the arrangement of the hood
mounted on bars a movable on the bolts 6 in order to allow of the same being
folded down and laid alongside the rear part of the carriage.
Dated this 4th day of October 1893.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.