Improvements in or relating to Vehicle Bodies, applicable also to other purposes.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Feb., 1899-Accepted, 27th May, 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Vehicle Bodies, applicable also to
other purposes.
I, THOMAS ROSABOAM CARSKADON, of Keyser, in the State of West Virginia,
United States of America, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this in-
vention 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 portable or removable bodies for vehicles; and the
object is to provide an ordinary farm wagon with a detachable or sectional body
portion, which may be simply or conveniently removed.
To this end, the invention consists in the construction, combination and
arrangement of the several parts of the device as will be hereinafter more fully
described and particularly pointed out in the claims.
In the accompanying drawings, the same reference characters indicate the
same parts of the device.
Fig. 1, is a perspective view of my improved wagon body with a portion of the
floor boards broken away to show the central bolster,
Fig. 2, is a perspective detail of one of the standards.
1 and 2, denote the bolsters, and 3, 3, the standards, the lower end of each
of which is formed with an integral shoe to receive the outer end of the bolster,
through which a pin or bolt may pass, as an additional means for securing the
standard and bolster together.
Each of the standards is formed with the parallel arms 4 and 5, separated a
sufficient distance to receive the side-boards 6; and the arm 5, is formed with a
vertical groove 7, to receive the contiguous end of the end boards 8.
A diagonal slot 9, is formed near the upper end of the arm 4, to receive a
link 10, the free end of which is thrown over the corresponding end of the arm 5,
to engage an aligned slot 12, in the arm 5, the slots being so arranged as to
retain the link in place by gravity, and thus prevent its accidental displacement;
whereas, when it is desired to release the link to remove the side-boards, it is
only necessary to push the link forward to clear the slot 12, and then throw the
link over backward, as shown on the left standard in Fig. 1.
13, designates an auxiliary central bolster, the outer ends of which are sup-
ported in the hanger irons 14, 14, suspended from the side-boards.
While I have described and shown the standards as applied to a vehicle, it is
evident that it is equally adapted to various other purposes in the arts, and can
be used on railroad cars and other conveyances.
It will be understood that changes in the form, proportions and the minor
details of construction, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or
sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
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1. In combination with the bolster of a wagon body, shoes fitting on the ends

page_text: of the bolsters, separated parallel arms formed with the shoes, one arm of each
set having a diagonal opening, the opposite arm of each set having a slot aligned
with the opening, a link having a limited movement in the opening adapted to
lie in the slot, substantially as described.
2. In combination with a bolster, shoes, fitting the ends of the bolster, parallel
arms slightly separated, formed with the shoes, one of said arms having a vertical
groove, and a link pivoted in one arm and adapted to engage the opposite arm,
substantially as described.
3. A standard for vehicles consisting of two separated arms, the inner arm
having a vertical groove, substantially as described.
4. A standard for vehicles consisting of two arms separated to embrace the side-
boards and means on one arm for engaging the other arm and confining the side-
board, substantially as described.
5. In a device of the character described, a shoe adapted to fit on the end of a
bolster and arms formed therewith said arms being separated to brace the side-
board, substantially as described.
6. In combination with the sides of a wagon body, hanger irons having hooks
embracing the upper edges thereof, said hanger irons having apertures at their
lower ends and an auxiliary central bolster having rounded ends fitting in the
apertures, substantially as described.
7. A standard formed with parallel arms slotted at their upper ends, and a
link hinged in one of said slots and having its free end arranged to co-act with
the other slot, substantially as described.
8. A standard comprising integral parallel arms, one of which is formed at its
free end with a diagonal closed slot, a link pivoted in said slot, and the corre-
sponding end of the other arm with an aligned slot to receive the free end of said
link, substantially as described, for the purpose set forth.
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WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Agents for the Applicant.