Improvements in Children's Mail Carts.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Aug., 1889
Complete Specification Lett, 19th Oct., 1889-Accepted. 23rd Nov., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Children's Mail Carts.
MARY JANE REDGATE 20 Old Haymarket, Sheffield in the County of York,
Peramulater Manufacturer, Trading as the "Redgate Company," do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The novelty of my invention consists of fixing and fastening the shafts of a toy or
mail cart at any angle, by raising or lowering, which may be fastened by bolts, springs,
links, quadrants or otherwise.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Children's Mail Carts.
1 MARY JANE REDGATE 20 Old Haymarket, Sheffield in the County of York,
Perambulator Manufacturer, trading as the Redgate Company 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 :-
My invention relates to childrens mail carts, so far as the fixing and adjusting of
the shafts or handles is concerned, the body of the cart being made of the usual
shape or design.
In order to enable any person to propel the cart without stooping, and at the
same time keep the seat of the cart in a horizontal position I make and fix the
shafts so that they can be adjusted to any angle; and to attain that end I use
by preference a quadrant either fixed or movable, with thumb screws, or other suitable
appliances, to secure the shaft in any desired position.
By reference to accompanying sheet of drawings it will be seen that by two of the
arrangements shewn in Figs. 1 and 5 I can completely reverse the shafts, in addition
to being able to fix the same in central and vertical position, thus enableing the cart
to be used when desired as a swing or rocking chair. In Fig. 1 it will be seen
that I adopt a straight shaft B pivotted at D, and working in a quadrant C, fixed
to the centre of the side of body A. The shafts are shewn in different positions
by dotted lines, b, b, b, b' and are suitably secured in position by screws F, in holes f.
The pivot end of shaft can if desired be attached to the axle instead of the cross bar
of body as shewn.
Fig. 2 is a modification in which the shafts B are not reversible and are attached to
end of cart A, the quadrant C is fixed to body A, the shafts pivot at D), and are secured
by suitable screws F in holes f.
In modification Fig. 3 I fix the quadrant C to shafts instead of body A. and
work it through a guide E which is secured to body A, the shaft being pivotted
at D.
In Fig. 4, instead of quadrant, I use a spring catch H, which can be fixed in any
of the holes marked f. the shaft B, being attached as before at D.
In Fig. 5 at the pivot end of the shaft I make a slot G, so that when the shafts B
are required in a vertical position 6' the same screw, or other securing means may be
used, F.
The same letters of reference apply to all the drawings.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same has to be performed, 1 declare that what I
claim is :-
The fixing and adjusting of shafts or handles to childrens mails carts, by means of
quadrants, fixed or movable, guides, spring catch, slots and screws, attached to body 5
of cart or shafts, and substantially as shewn on accompanying drawings.
Dated this 18th day of October 1889.
MARY JANE REDGATE.