New or Improved Means of Keeping Dry the Exposed Seats of Tramcars, Omnibuses, and other Vehicles, Deck Seats, Garden Seats, and Similar Seats.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Dec., 1896
Date of Application, 9th Dec., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 7th Sept., 1897-Accepted, 20th Nov.,
1697
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Means of Keeping Dry the Exposed Seats of
Tramcars, Omnibuses, and other Vehicles, Deck Seats, Garden
Seats, and Similar Seats.
JOHN TEASDALE MACKINTOSHI Commercial Traveller 268 Welford Road Leicester
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention is a device for keeping dry the exposed seats of Tram Cars Omni-
buses Waggonettes Chars-a-Banc Drags Coaches Carriages Deck Seats Garden
Seats & Similar Seats the said device being a false or duplicate top made of wood
metal celluloid india-rubber or other suitable material or of a combination of
any or all of these materials with any other suitable material or materials such
false or duplicate top to be hinged or otherwise suitably attached to the seat and
to be made auto-matically self lowering by means of a coiled or other spring or
other suitable mechanism and to be fitted with such other hinges or slots as may
be required to make it assume the contour of the seat which it covers & the back
thereof. Further such false or duplicate top to be fitted with a lock or other
suitable catch to secure it to the said seat when necessary such lock or catch being
an essential part of this invention.
Dated this Eighth day of December 1896
JOHN TEASDALE MACKINTOSH.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Means of Keeping Dry the Exposed Seats of
Tramcars, Omnibuses, and other Vehicles, Deck Seats, Garden
Seats, and Similar Seats.
I, JOHN TEASDALE MACKINTOSH of 268, Welford Road, Leicester, Commercial
Traveller, 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:-
This invention has reference to a new or improved construction of seat for
outdoor use, such as in connection with tramcars, omnibuses, waggonettes and
other vehicles, ships decks, gardens, public places and the like and the object
of the invention is to provide the outdoor seats named with an auxiliary or duplicate
seat or superposed protective cover which can be readily raised by any passenger
or other individual during wet weather, to give access to the seat underneath,
which having been covered will be dry.
The invention will be fully understood from the following further description
having reference to the accompanying drawings in which,
Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of one form of seat (such as used on the top
of tramcars and omnibuses) provided with an auxiliary seat or protective cover
in accordance with this invention and,

page_text: Figure 2 is a plan of a similar seat and part of the adjacent seat.
A represents the legs, B the seat, C a side arm, one of which is loosely pivotted
at each end of the seat and between which is supported the back rest D all of
which parts are and may be of the usual well known construction.
E. represents the auxiliary or protective cover or top seat which normally
occupies the position shown resting on the ordinary seat B and may be made of
wood, india-rubber celluloid, or any other suitable material.
The rear part E¹ of the auxiliary seat is permanently fixed by screws or other
wise to the seat B and the front or movable part of the former also designated
by the letter E is hinged at E3 E3 to E so that it can be raised when desired in
wet weather to allow the under dry seat to be used.
In seats having a curved surface the front part 1 may have a wedge shaped
groove therein or it may be in two parts E E and hinged or otherwise movably
attached together, so as to enable it to conform to the contour of the seat B and
fit closely thereto.
Any suitable form of latch, lock or other fastening G may be employed to fix
the supplementary seat over the ordinary seat.
A spring H may be interposed near each side between the two seats and attached
one end in a recess in each of the two seats as shown so as to make the supple-
mentary seat automatically self lowering and maintain it normally in the position
indicated in Figure 1.
Suitable means other than the spring or in addition thereto may be employed
for this purpose if desired.
In seats arranged to hold more than one person the sitting space for each
individual is furnished with a separate supplementary or protective cover E,
divided by a suitable strip or separating partition, so that in wet weather, the
protective covers for such seats only as are needed may be raised and the others will
be maintained in their dry condition until required."
In Figure 2 this feature is illustrated, E represents one seat F the dividing strip
and E the adjacent seat.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. In seats of the character specified the combination therewith of an auxiliary
superposed seat or protective cover normally resting thereon and capable of being
raised when required substantially as described.
2. In seats of the character specified the combination therewith of an auxiliary
superposed seat or protective cover normally resting thereon and constructed in
such a manner as to conform to the contour of the underseat substantially as
described.
3. Constructing seats of the character specified in two parts the one maintained
by springs or equivalent means normally resting on the other but capable of being
raised as required substantially as described.
4. The improved construction of outdoor seats substantially as described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 4th day of September 1897.
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.