Improvements in the Method of and Means for Adjusting and Securing Moveable Seats in Vehicles.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Nov., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Aug., 1895-Accepted, 12th Oct., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Method of and Means for Adjusting and
Securing Moveable Seats in Vehicles.
I, WILLIAM EDWARD RIPPOx of St. John's Road, Huddersfield, Yorkshire,
Coach Builder do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention refers to the moveable seats principally used in two wheeled
vehicles and consists of means for adjusting and securing such seats in any position
it is requisite they shall occupy for the convenience of the driver or occupants.
The object of my improvements is to provide, for aforesaid purposes, a safe, simple,
cheap and effective device or fittings which will answer for any description of
vehicle having a moveable or sliding seat and can be applied thereto in a few
minutes.
In carrying out my invention I employ, by preference, a metal plate secured in
a suitable position to the sliding seat, said plate having a longitudinal slot or
opening therein, and a number of recesses extending beyond cach side of the slot
and adapted to receive a corresponding shaped head or enlargement formed on a
spindle supported in and by the cross rail of the body portion of the vehicle. The
spindle is surrounded or provided with a strong confined spring which holds the
head or enlargement on said spindle in engagement with the recess into which it
has been placed, and a knob, or handle, or a suitably pivotted lever is employed to
actuate the spindle by hand so as to remove the head or enlargement clear of the
recesses in the slotted plate in order to enable the seat to be slided backwards or
forwards, as the case may be.
When the spindle is released, the action of the spring again draws or forces the
head or enlargement thereon into engagement with a recess in the slotted plate and
the position of the seat is thus re-adjusted and made secure. The parts are so few
and simple that no delay is occasioned in adjusting the seat from one position to
another and there is little liability of them getting out of order or of not effectually
securing the seat after each adjustment. The confined spring prevents rattling of
the fittings.
On the rests or slides, at each side of the vehicle, on which the seat is supported
and adapted to slide I secure > shaped pieces of metal with which are adapted to
engage other pieces of metal of corresponding shape or angle secured to each end
of the sliding seat; said angular bars or guide pieces preventing the seat from
moving unequally or askew and also from rising out of position.
It is not necessary to employ the angular guides or slide pieces above mentioned,
although their use is preferred as less care is required in moving the seat.
The
Instead of forming recesses in the slotted plate, I may form teeth thereon with
which engage two or more teeth carried by or formed on the spindle.
connection and disconnection of the parts is effected as before described.
Or, in lieu of the teeth being fast on the spindle, they may be cast in a separate
piece and placed loosely on the spindle. In this case the toothed locking piece
may be forced into and held in cortact with the toothed slotted plate by a spring,
or by a thumb screw, and, if required, the latter may be locked by a detent
engaging with ratchet teeth formed on the said screw.
Dated this 22nd day of November 1901
TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Huddersfield, Agents for the Applicant

page_text: Improvements in the Method of and Means for Adjusting and
Securing Moveable Seats in Vehicles.
I, WILLIAM EDWARD RIPPON, of St. John's Road, Huddersfield, Yorkshire,
Coach Builder, 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 refers to the moveable seats principally used in two wheeled
vehicles and consists of means for adjusting and securing such seats in any position
it is requisite they shall occupy for the convenience of the driver or occupants.
The object of my improvements is to provide for aforesaid purposes, a safe, simple
cheap and effective device or fitting which will answer for any description of
vehicle having a moveable or sliding seat and which can be easily and quickly
applied thereto.
The
In carrying out my invention I employ by preference a metal plate secured in a
suitable position to the sliding seat, said plate having a longitudinal slot or opening
therein and a number of recesses extending beyond each side of the slot and
adapted to receive a correspondingly shaped head or enlargement formed on a
spindle supported in and by the cross rail of the body portion of the vehicle.
spindle is surrounded or provided with a strong confined spring which holds the
head or enlargement on said spindle in engagement with the recess into which it
has been placed, and a knob or handle or a suitably pivotted lever is employed to
actuate the spindle by hand so as to remove the head or enlargement clear of the
recesses in the slotted plate in order to enable the seat to be slided backwards or
forwards as the case may be. When the spindle is released, the action of the
spring again draws or forces the head or enlargement thereon into engagement
with a recess in the slotted plate and the position of the seat is thus re-adjusted
and made secure.
In order that my said invention may be fully understood reference is hereinafter
had to the annexed drawings forming a part of this Specification in which :-
Fig. 1 is transverse section of a moveable or sliding seat for vehicles shewing the
application of my improvements for adjusting and securing same, and Figs. 2 and 3
are respectively plan view and longitudinal section thereof.
Referring to the drawings, A represents the ordinary moveable or sliding seat
and B the fixed cross rail of the body portion of the vehicle.
In any suitable position on the seat A and transversely thereof is secured a plate
or bar C provided longitudinally with a slot D corresponding to a slot E cut
through the seat, and with a number of semicircular or other suitably-shaped
recesses or countersunk openings F formed beyond or at each side of said slot Das
shewn, such recesses being adapted to receive a shoulder or enlargement G on the
spindle H, which said spindle extends through the slots in the bar C and seat A
and is supported vertically in a bush or long bearing I which is secured in or to the
cross rail B as shewn in Figs. 1,3 o1 4. Surrounding the lower end of the spindle H
and confined between the bush I and a thumbscrew or nut K screwed onto the end
of said spindle, is a spiral spring L which is sufficiently strong to draw down the
spindle and firmly hold the shoulder G in engagement with one of the recesses F
A strong
and thereby prevent the seat A from being slided in either direction.
flat spring may be substituted for the coiled spring if desired.
In order to adjust the seat, the driver or other occupant of the vehicle grasps
the handle H formed on the upper end of the spindle H and draws said spindle
upwards against the pressure of the spring L whereby said spring is compressed
and the shoulder or head G placed clear of the recesses F. The seat A, being thus

page_text: liberated, can be pushed freely backward or drawn forward as the case may be to
any extent within the limits of the slot D, and when it has been moved to the
required position and the spindle H released, the shoulder G is immediately drawn
by the expansion of the spring L into and engaged with one of the recesses F
presented opposite thereto." If desired the spindle H could be raised by a short
pivotted lever.
The parts above described are so few and simple that there is no difficulty or
delay occasioned in adjusting the seat from one position to another and there is
little liability of said parts getting out of order or of not effectually securing the
seat after each adjustment.
The confined spring L prevents rattling of the fittings.
On the undersides of each end of the scat A and on the seat rests or supports M
at each side of the vehicle I secure bars or rails N rolled, bent or formed with one
longitudinal edge or side at an acute angle, or of the section shewn, those attached
to the seat being arranged the reverse way to those attached to the seat rests so
that when the seat is placed in position they dovetail one within the other and form
the slides or ways in which the seat is capable of being slided.
By the use of said section of guide bars, rails or slides, easy and uniform
movement of the seat is obtained, and all liability of it getting askew and jamming,
or of rising out of position is avoided.
Instead of forming recesses in the slotted plate or bar C, I may form teeth
thereon with which are adapted to engage two or more teeth carried by or formed
on the spindle, the connection and disconnection of the parts being effected as
before described.
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-
Firstly. The method of and means for adjusting and securing the moveable or
sliding seats in vehicles, arranged and operating in the manner substantially as
herein shewn and described.
Secondly. For moveable or sliding seats in vehicles, the acute angular guide
bars, rails or slides N attached to said seat and the seat rests or supports in the
manner and for the purposes substantially as herein shewn and described.
Dated this 21st day of August 1895.
TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Huddersfield, Patent Agents.