A Convertible "Phaeton" and "Victoria" Front Seat.
Year: 1891

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by Dennis Jeffery, Foreman Carriage Builder,
and GUISEPPE GARIBALIDI TURRI, Patent Agent, both of Melbourne, in
the Colony of Victoria.]
A Convertible "Phaeton" and "Victoria" Front Seat.
I, CHARLES DENTON ABEL, of No. 28 Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane,
in the County of London, Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to he
performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
This invention relates to the construction of the front seat of a carriage so that it
can be readily converted from the "phaeton" form to the "victoria form and
vice versa, consistently with great strength and rigidity as well as shapeliness of
form, whichever be the position in which the convertible parts are placed.
The construction adopted for this purpose is illustrated by the accompanying
drawings.
Fig. 1. is a side elevation partly in section of the front seat suitable for the
carriage when it is in the form of a "victoria."
Fig. 2. is a rear elevation partly in section.
Fig. 3. shews the parts turned over to form the seat of a "phaeton" with the
cushion in the act of being moved to its place.
Fig. 4. is a front elevation of the seat as shewn in Fig. 1. but with the "fall"
indicated in dotted outline supposed to be removed so as to shew the links
behind it.
In these drawings, in which the same letters of reference indicate the same parts,
A is part of the vehicle frame or body. B B the panels forming the boot sides,
which by a pair of inside hinges C C are hinged to the vehicle frame in a recess
at C' so that the panels can be folded down (as shewn as to one of them in Fig. 2)
below the level of the surface D. These panels B, when vertical, are flush with
the outside of the vehicle body, so that they appear to be in one piece with it.
E E are stiff iron straps, twice bent at an angle, to which the three parts F, G
and H are rigidly secured. Of these parts F in the phaeton form is the heel
board, and in the victoria form is the seat bottom.
Gin the phaeton form is the seat bottom, and in the victoria form is the heel
board.
H in the phaeton form is the back, and in the victoria form is the foot board.
1,1 are cushion rails, having reversible back rails K pivotted to them so that
they can rest in either of the recesses L.
M is the seat cushion connected to G by links OO so that it can rest upon
either For G.
The squab N, in the latter case, forms the back oushion having eyelets P for
connecting it to buttons Q on the back H.
TT are the hinges which at the angle where G and H meet connect these to
the vehicle frame.
XX (see Fig. 3) are pins projecting down from the cushion frame to enter holes
in the parts G and F so as to prevent the cushion from accidentally slipping out of
place.
Y is the rein guide which is inserted in a slot in H when the seat is in the
phneton position but is removed when the victoria form is used,

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what 1
claim is:-
1. In the front seat of a carriage convertible from the form of a phaeton to the
form of a victoria, or vice versa, the parts F, G and H fixed rigidly together and
hinged to the vehicle framing at the junction of G and H, substantially as and for
the purposes set forth.
2. In combination with the convertible seat the side panels B hinged to the
body, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
3. In combination with the convertible seat the cushion M connected by links O
to the part G, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
Dated this 9th day of July 1891.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the. Applicant.