A NEW OR IMPROVED APPARATUS TO FACILITATE THE CARRIAGE OF BOXES OR OTHER ARTICLES
Year: 1881

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Ashley Carus-Wilson, of Grenville Place, in the
County of Middlesex, Student of Engineering, for an Invention of "A NEW
OR IMPROVED APPARATUS TO FACILITATE THE CARRIAGE OF BOXES OR OTHER
ARTICLES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Ashley Carus-
Wilson at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 15th December
1881.
CHARLES ASHLEY CARUS-WILSON of Grenville Place in the County of Middlesex,
Student of Engineering. "A NEW OR IMPROVED APPARATUS TO FACILITATE THE
CARRIAGE OF BOXES OR OTHER ARTICLES."
The object of my Invention is to construct an apparatus by means of which the
carrying of boxes, and other articles, more particularly up and down flights of stairs,
is greatly facilitated.
My apparatus is composed of a rectangular frame the length of which is
somewhat longer than the length of the longest boxes or articles which it is
intended to support and the breadth of which may be about equal to that of the
widest of such articles. The frame is composed by preference of longitudinal side
bars connected at suitable intervals by cross rods or stays and the ends of the
side bars are turned down so as to form feet to keep the handles of the frame
raised a few inches from the ground. To one of the cross bars near one end of the
frame I hinge or attach another frame or curved piece which extends across the
apparatus and which can either lie down upon the main frame when not required
for use or when required for use be raised into a position at right angles to the
main frame; stops on the main frame prevent the hinged frame being moved
beyond the right angle position towards the shorter end. To the two end cross
rods I attach handles of wood or other suitable material, and in order to obviate
the liability of the frame to tip sideways when lifted, I place the handles (at one
or both of the ends) at or near the sides of the frame, so that the persons lifting it
may not do so at the middle of its width. The box or other article to be carried
is placed on the frame and in being carried up or down stairs is supported at the
lower end of the hinged frame before described.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Charles Ashley Carus-Wilson in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 15th June 1882.
CHARLES ASHLEY CARUS-WILSON of Grenville Place in the County of Middlesex,
Student of Engineering. "A NEW OR IMPROVED APPARATUS TO FACILITATE THE
CARRIAGE OF BOXES OR OTHER ARTICLES."
The object of my Invention is to construct an apparatus by means of which the
carrying of boxos and other articles, more particularly up and down flights of
stairs, is greatly facilitated.
My apparatus consists of a rectangular frame the length of which is somewhat
longer than the length of the longest boxes or articles which it is intended to
support and the breadth of which may be about equal to that of the widest of such
articles. The frame is composed by preference of longitudinal side bars connected
at suitable intervals by cross rods or stays and the ends of the side bars are turned
down so as to form feet to keep the handles of the frame raised a few inches from
the ground. To one of the cross rods near one end of the frame I binge or attach
another frame or curved piece which extends across the apparatus-and-which-can-
either lie down upon the main frame when not required for use, or when required
for use, be raised into a position at right angles to the main frame; stops on the
main frame prevent the hinged frame being moved beyond the right angle position
towards the shorter end. To the two end cross rods I attach handles of wood or
other suitable material, and in order to obviate the liability of the frame to tip
sideways when lifted, I place the handles (at one or both of the ends) at or near the
sides of the frame, so that the persons lifting it may not do so at the middle of its
width. The box or other article to be carried is placed on the frame and in being
carried up or down stairs is supported at the lower end of the hinged frame before
described.
Figure 1 of the annexed Drawings is a side elevation and Figure 2 a plan of an
apparatus constructed as herein before described. a a are the longitudinal side bars
with their ends turned down so as to form feet b b. cc are the cross rods or stays.
d is the hinged frame or curved piece attached to one of the rods c it can either
lie down as shown in dotted lines or when required for use be raised up as shown
in full lines. ee are stops fixed to the bars a a to prevent the frame d being moved
beyond the right angle position towards the shorter end. ff are the handles at
one end of the apparatus placed at the sides. g is the landle at the other end and
shown extending across the frame but it may be made like the handles ffif
preferred. It is important that the handles at one or both ends should for the
reason already stated be at tho sides only as ff.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed I declare that I claim :-
The improved apparatus constructed substantially as herein before described for
facilitating the carriage of boxes or other articles.
In witness whereof I the said Charles Ashley Carus-Wilson have bereunto
set my hand and seal this Twelfth day of June One thousand eight hundred
and eight two
C. A. CARUS WILSON. (L.S.)