Improvements in Mail Carts and the like for Children.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Jan., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 14th Oct., 1895-Accepted, 16th Nov., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Mail Carts and the like for Children.
I, CHARLES CHARD HOOKWAY of 3 Victoria Terrace Belbarn Road in the City
of Birmingham, Bassinette and Mail Cart Maker, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
This invention refers to improvements in the construction of mail carts and
consists in dispensing with the usual long shafts or handles which are often found
to be a great inconvenience and substituting a handle which I form as follows:-
I use that portion of the ordinary shafts to which the body of the cart is attached
but in place of the extending portions I attach to them by means of bolts and nuts,
sockets, or other suitable means a pair of scroll handles of metal or other other
suitable material somewhat similar in form to those used for bassinette carriages
but upon the outer face of each scroll I form or attach a handle by preference
somewhat similar to a cycle handle. I can also place between the scrolls the
ordinary bassinette handle so that these scroll handles may be used either as are
the shafts of mail carts or the handles of bassinettes.
When desired I can make the scroll and the portion beneath the cart of one piece
in wood, metal or other suitable material.
When applying this new description of scroll handles to such carts as require the
handles to project somewhat forward I hinge them so that they will turu back onto
the sides of the cart when out of use, and use a spring or another description of
catch to hold them in position when turned forward for use.
Dated this 14th day of January 1895.
HENRY F. TALBOT,
7 Cherry Street, Birmingham, Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements in Mail Carts and the like for Children.
I, CHARLES CHARD HOOKWAY of 3 Victoria Terrace, Belbarn Road in the
City of Birmingham, Bassinette and Mail Cart Maker, 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 improvements in the construction of mail carts and
consists in dispensing with the usual long shafts or handles which are often found
to be a great inconvenience, and substituting handles formed and arranged in a
manner which I will now describe with the aid of the accompanying sheet of
drawings on which similar letters of reference on the several drawings refer to
similar parts.
Fig. 1 shews a mail cart to which my improved handles are attached.
Fig. 2 shews the same with the handles thrown back when out of use.
The remaining figures are detail views illustrating my invention.
I use that portion a of the ordinary shafts to which the body of the carriage is
attached but in the place of the usual extended portious I attach to them by means

page_text: of bolts and nuts a pair of scroll handles of which Fig. 3 is a detail drawn about
one fourth full size shewing a socket piece c fitted over the piece a and secured by
the nut and bolt d. Or they may be attached by any other suitable means. Or
when desired I can make the scroll band portion a beneath the cart in one piece of
wood metal or other suitable material.
Upon the outer face of the scrolls b I form or attach the handles h, by preference
somewhat similar to cycle handles. I can also place between the scrolls 6 the
ordinary bassinette handle e Fig. 1 attached by pins passing through the eyes of
the scrolls at f, or otherwise so that my improved handles may be used as are the
shafts of mail carts or the handles of bassinettes. When applying this new
description of scroll handles to such carts as require the handles to project somewhat
forward I hinge or pivot them so that they will turn back out of use as shewn
by Fig. 2 and use spring (or other description of) catches to hold them in position
when turned forward for use. This is illustrated by the detail drawings Figs. 4
and 5. This form of catch may also be applied to ordinary shafts of mail carts.
Fig. 6 shews this application. Fig. 7 shews a full size sectional view of the spring
catch and parts secured thereby. s is the spring attached by a pin in an angular
hole at m having a boss or projection g Fig. 7 upon it passing through the side of
the socket piece cat and into the hole k in the portion of the scroll b extending
beyond m where the parts are pivotted together so that the spring s with its boss g
holds the scroll in position for use as in Figs. 1 & 4. To release it for turning the
scroll back as at Figs. 2 and 5 and shewn in dotted lines Fig. 6 the spring sis
raised as shewn in dotted lines Fig. 7 by applying the finger to the small scroll
end t thereof. Or a small knob or handle may be fixed to the springs for the
purpose of raising it. The edge of the piece is rounded off at n Figs. 5 and 6 and
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the boss g correspondingly bevelled so that when raising the scroll into position for
use as Fig. 4 the rounded portion n will push past the boss on the spring and allow
it to fall into the hole k thus securing the parts. When desired the nut and bolt d
may be used to also secure the end of the carriage spring p.
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 1
claim is :-
1. The use and application of scroll handles substantially as described and
illustrated for mail carts and the like.
2. The use of the joint and catch Fig. 7 for pivotting or hinging the handles of
mail carts and the like so that they may be turned back out of use.
Dated this 12th day of October 1895.
HENRY F. TALBOT,
7 Cherry Street, Birmingham, Agent for the Applicant.