An Improved Method of Fitting the Hind Foot Board to Dog Carts and like Vehicles and Appliance for the Purpose.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Dec., 1886
Complete Left, 15th Sept., 1887
Complete Accepted, 18th Oct., 1887,
An Improved Method of Fitting the Hind Foot Board to Dog Carts
and like Vehicles and Appliance for the Purpose.
I, FREDERICK GEORGE STYLE, of Yeovil, Somerset, Coach Builder, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention, is, to hang, or suspend, the hind foot board of a Dog
Cart, or like vehicle, that a clearance is given to persons stepping on to same from the
side, the usual chains and strap leathers being dispensed with.
For the purpose of my invention, I rigidly fix one end of a curved bar, to each end
of the hind foot board, of a Dog Cart or like vehicle, the opposite end of the curved
bar being supported by a bolt, as a hinge pin, connected to the body frame, or to a
metal bracket connected therewith.
The hind foot board, by this invention, when lowered, falls about level with, or
slightly, below the back body rail, and gives additional leg room to persons sitting on
the back seat.
The distance to which the hind foot board can be lowered may be determined by
any suitable appliance, such as a claw, or set-pin, and the space between the body back
rail and the foot board, when lowered, may have a screen fitted, to protect the legs of
the riders as desired.
1000

page_text: and like Vehicles and Appliance for the Purpose.
I, FREDERICK GEORGE STYLE, of Yeovil, Somerset, 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:
The object of this invention is to hang or suspend the hind foot board of a dog cart
or like vehicle, that a clearance is given to persons stepping on to same from the side,
the usual chains and strap leathers being dispensed with.
For the purpose of my invention, I rigidly fix one end of a curved bar A to each
end of the hind foot board B of a dog cart or like vehicle having two or four wheels
as at Figures 1 and 2 respectively, the opposite end of the curved bar A being sup-
ported by a bolt C as a hinge pin connected to the body frame or to metal bracket
connected therewith.
The hind foot board B by this invention, when lowered, falls about level with or
slightly below the back body rail and gives additional leg room to persons sitting on
the back seat.
The distance to which the hind foot board can be lowered may be determined by
any suitable appliance, such as a claw, or set-pin and the space between the body back
rail and the foot board when lowered may have a screen fitted to protect the legs of
the riders as desired.
The curved bar A. may be hinged from under the side bottom rail, as at Figures 1
and 2 or from above it as at Figure 3. The bar when down rests upon the block 'D
or it may have holes in it for a bolt to fix it at the required angle or a claw or paul
can be fitted for this purpose.
Figure 4 shows a modified method of fitting the curved bar A, this being moveable
in a bracket or strap E and affixable at the desired angle by a bolt passed into the
bracket and bar.
In the several views on the drawings the bottom end of the hind foot board is clear
of the bottom back body rail but it may be loosely connected to it, if desired such as
by a screen.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is :-
Affixing the hind foot board of a dog or like cart by side bars A, A, substantially in
the manner shown in the drawings for the purposes described, the usual hinges being
dispensed with.
The 15th day of September 1887.
H. GARDNER,
166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Frederick George Style.