IMPROVE- MENTS IN PERAMBULATORS
Year: 1871

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Prince, of Birmingham, in the County.
of Warwick, Perambulator Maker, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN PERAMBULATORS."
Sealed the 7th June 1872, and dated the 14th December 1871.
T
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Prince at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
14th December 1871.
I, GEORGE PRINCE, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick,
Perambulator Maker, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN PERAMBULATORS," to be as follows, that is to
say
My Invention has for its object the construction of perambulators in
such manner that they may be readily folded up into a compact form
when required-for-packing, transport, or otherwise.
I-hinge-the body of the perambulator to the foot board. or toe in front
of the seat by plates of metal secured to the sides, and connected.to.

page_text: each other by rivets forming hinge centres; by preference I use a-
removeable seat so as to allow a portion of the foot board or toe to pass
through at the back of the seat when the perambulator is folded up out
of use.
The back pair of wheels are mounted upon an axle which is arched or
bent in the centre to receive a portion of the front or small wheel in
folding the parts into each other; to the axle are also secured upon either
side S shaped springs, to the rear ends or extremities of which are
hinged the side arms of the handle, so that such handle and side arms
may be folded within the other parts; for the purpose of rigidly securing
the parts in position, and for connecting the body and handle together in
using the perambulator I provide the side arms of the handle with hook-
shaped blades for.engaging in sockets upon the back of the body, and to
detach the body from the handle part the sockets are lifted by raising
the body from off the blades when the body and foot board or toe part
may be folded together; the body has thus no connection with the
hinder wheels or the Ṣ shaped springs.
Between the forward ends of the S shaped springs is, connected a cross,
bar carrying the springs for supporting the foot board or toe, and.the
smaller or single front wheel, and to the front ends of the S shaped
springs are also hinged side connecting rods secured at their forward
ends to the under side of the foot board or toe:
•
By the construction of perambulators as described they will be per-
fectly firm and rigid when in use, but if required to occupy less space
when not in use for stowing away-or-package the several parts may be
folded over, upon, or within each other into a compact form without
severing the parts except the seat, which I prefer to remove as before
stated.
44.

page_text: WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Fourteenth day of December, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, in the
thirty-fifth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and "grant unto me, the said. George Prince, 'Her special license
that I, the said George Prince, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said George Prince, my executors,
administrators, and assigns; should at any time agree with, and no
others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term
therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, usé, exercise, and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
PERAMBULATORS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
George Prince, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should
particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention,
and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same
to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months
next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
نا :
..
.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said George Prince, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, that is to say:—
My Invention has for its object the construction of perambulators in
such manner that they may be readily folded up into a compact form
when required, and so as to occupy as little space as possible for packing,
transport, or otherwise.
The precise nature of my improvements will be more readily under-
stood by a description of the accompanying Drawings, reference being
had to the letters and figures marked thereon.
Figure 1 is a side-elevation; and Figure 2. a back elevation of my.
improved perambulator with the parts shewn secured as requisite for
use.
Figure 3 is a front elevation, and Figure 4 a side elevation, of the
perambulator when folded up into a compact form, and shewing the

page_text: maying thus described the object and
and the manner in which the same may be carried into effect, I claim,
without confining myself to these precise details, the several improve-
ments in perambulators substantially in' manner as herein more fully
set forth and specified.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Prince, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twelfth day of June, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.
10 Witness to the signing by the
said George Prince,
EDWARD JOHN PAYNE,
Birmingham.
GEORGE PRINCE. (L.S.)