IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF OUTSIDE SEATS FOR TRAMWAY CARS AND OMNIBUSES, THE IMPROVEMENTS BEING ALSO APPLICABLE TO OTHER SEATS."
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Henry Smith, of Finsbury, in the City of
London, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF
OUTSIDE SEATS FOR TRAMWAY CARS AND OMNIBUSES, THE IMPROVEMENTS
BEING ALSO APPLICABLE TO OTHER SEATS."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Henry Smith
ät the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 27th October 1875.
I, GEORGE HENRY SMITH, of Finsbury, in the City of London, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE CONSTRUCTION OF OUTSIDE SEATS FOR TRAMWAY CARS AND OMNIBUSES, THE
IMPROVEMENTS BEING ALSO APPLICABLE TO OTHER SEATS," to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to the construction of the outside seats of tram.
way cars and omnibuses and other vehicles, and has for its object to
protect the seats from the rain when unoccupied.
According to my Invention, instead of the loose cushions now in use,
a separate independant seat constructed of a frame suitably upholstered

page_text: is provided for each passenger, and each seat is fitted to work on a
horizontal axis at or near the back edge, and is so acted on by a spring
or weight that when not occupied the seat will rise automatically into a
vertical position, and be received in a box or recess provided beneath the
back rail of the seat, which is made higher than usual. The scat would
fit accurately into and close the front of the box or recess, so as to be
protected from the rain; or instead of fitting into a recess it may merely
rise and fall back until its front edge is just beneath the back rail, so
that the stuffed side of the seat is protected from the rain by the rail
and by a vertical board running longitudinally beneath the rail, and
forming, together with the rail, a back to the seat.
When required for use the seat is brought into a horizontal position,
and rests upon the roof, framing, or other suitable support.
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SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent
filed by the said George Henry Smith in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 26th April 1876.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
HENRY SMITH, of Finsbury, in the City of London, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-seventh day of October in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in the
thirty-ninth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and
successors, give and grant unto me, the said George Henry Smith,
Her special licence, that I, the said George Henry Smith, my exe-
cutors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said George
Henry Smith, 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, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF OUTSIDE SEATS FOR

page_text: Although I have shown coiled springs in the Drawing it will
evident that springs of other form may be used for the purpose.
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A weight may also be used for raising the seat instead of a spring, as
described. The seat in the raised position is received in a recess made
in the back rail b, as shown, the space below being panelled so as to 5
form a box, into which the seat fits accurately, and so thoroughly
protects the cushion from the weather when not in use.
When required for use the passenger pulls down a seat until it rests
on the roof framing, as shown on the left-hand of Figure 1, in which
position it is retained solely by the weight of the occupant, and when he
rises the seat immediately returns to the raised position.
The above improvements are also applicable to other scats which are
required to fold up out of the way when not in use, such as those of
theatres and other public buildings.
Having described the nature of my Invention, and the manner of
performing the same, I declare that what I claim as the Invention to be
protected by the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is, con-
structing the outside seats of tram cars and omnibuses and other vehicles,
deck seats and other seats, to fold up out of the way in a self-acting
manner, substantially as shown and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Henry Smith, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Twenty-third day of April, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-six.
CEORGE HENRY SMITH. (L.S.)