IMPROVEMENTS IN ROAD CARRIAGES
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Nov., 1887
Complete Specification Left, 27th July, 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 31st Aug., 1888
I ALFRED BARNSBY WALKER of Oxford Strect Accrington in the County of
Lancaster, Coach Builder do hereby declare the nature of said Invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN ROAD CARRIAGES, to be as follows:-
:-
My invention relates to improvements in road Carriages and is particularly applicable
to two wheeled vehicles, such as dog carts, in which sliding or movable seats are
employed to regulate the balance or adjustment of weight.
My improvements consist chiefly in combining the driver's footboard with the
sliding seat in such a way that when the latter is adjusted the former is also moved
whereby their relative positions are maintained unaltered.
In carrying out my Invention I mount the seat in slideways and I attach the driver's
footboard to the seat either by rigid or by adjustable connections the footboard being
free to slide upon a suitable sliding surface.
I have a screw placed at right angles to the axle of the vehicle and carried in a
bracket secured to the underside of the seat; this screw works in a nut formed in or
carried by the ordinary transverse stay or other stationary part so that by turning a
handle the screw may be rotated and the seat moved in its slides carrying with it the
driver's footboard to or from the splashboard as required. I prefer to connect the
driver's footboard to the sliding seat by means of connections which permit the said
footboard to be moved to or from the seat without altering the position of the
latter.
I have spoken of the driver's footboard only it is obvious however that the footboard
for each occupant of the vehicle may be similarly combined with the sliding seat if
desired, and also that the front and back seats can be combined and adjusted together
by one screw or independently by means of separate screws.
Dated this 7th day of November 1887.

page_text: Improvements in Road Carriages.
ALFRED BARNSBY WALKER of Oxford Street Accrington in the County of
Lancaster 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 :-
My invention relates to improvements in road carriages and is particularly
applicable to two wheeled vehicles such as dog carts in which sliding or movable seats
are employed to regulate the balance or adjustment of weight.
My improvements consist chiefly in combining the driver's footboard with the sliding
sent in such a way that when the latter is adjusted the former is also moved whereby
their relative positions are maintained unaltered.
And in order that my Invention may be fully understood and readily carried into
effect I will describe the accompanying Sheet of Drawings reference being had to the
figures and letters marked thereon.
Figure 1 is a side view and Fig. 2 a back end view of so much of the body of a
dog cart or other vehicle as is necessary for the proper illustration of my Invention.
In these views. a designates the frame or body of the vehicle, bb the rails which
run along the sides from front to back of the frame and c the body rail or cross stay
which holds the sides of the body together; d is the front seat and d¹ the hind seat,
my Invention being in this case shown applied to the front seat only. The front seat d
is mounted in slideways carried on the rails & band to the under side of the driver's
portion of the seat are bolted adjustably a pair of brackets e to the lower ends of
which is bolted adjustably the driver's movable footboard f which is fitted and free to
slide upon metal pieces or runners g secured upon the stationary footboard a¹.
I have a screw placed at right angles to the axle of the vehicle and carried in a
bracket secured to the under side of the seat d; this screw has a handle h' either
at the front as shown or at the back and works in a nut c¹ formed in or secured to the
body rail e so that by turning the handle ¹ in the required direction and rotating the
screw the front seat d is moved along its slides carrying with it the driver's footboard f
to or from the splashboard (not shown on the Drawings) as required. The brackets e
being bolted adjustably to the front seat d and the footboard to the brackets e it is
obvious that the said footboard can be moved to or from the seat independently and
without altering the position of the latter.
I have spoken of the driver's footboard f only, it is obvious however that the foot-
board for each occupant of the vehicle may be similarly combined with the sliding
seat d if desired and also that the front and back seats d d can be combined and
adjusted together by one screw or independently by means of separate screws.

page_text: 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. Combining the driver's footboard with the sliding seat in such a way that when
the position of the said seat is adjusted the footboard moves with it whereby their
relative positions are maintained unaltered substantially as heroin described.
2. The combination with a sliding seat a footboard attached to said seat and arranged
to move with it, of a screw or equivalent means for operating and adjusting said parts
substantially as herein set forth.
3. The construction combination and arrangement of parts embodying my improve-
ments in road carriages substantially as herein described and as illustrated by the
accompanying Drawings.