An Improved Seat for the Outsides of Tram-cars and Omnibuses and for like purposes.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Seat for the Outsides of Tram-cars and Omnibuses and
for like purposes.
I, GEORGE PARROTT, of 5, Oxford Terrace, Bicester, Oxfordshire, Coach Builder,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention is specially designed to ensure dry and clean seats for the out-
sides of buses, cars, and the like vehicles, and is also applicable for the decks of
vessels and for seats in gardens and other exposed situations.
It consists in forming a box at the back of the seat into or beneath which a
flexible cover or cloth of some suitable material can be drawn. This cover
1s intended to be drawn out by the sitter over the seat, and it can be kept there
by the sitter's weight or may be temporarily held there by a button, stud or any
well known device. By preference however it is unfastened and when the sitter
118es, it slowly returns to its enclosed or reserve position
Thus return may be effected by a weight and cords or by some kind of spring
oller action, or in any other preferred way The back of the seat may be double
or open or it may have a coiling box at its upper or lower end The front edge
of the cover may be furnished with a bar or rod, and with a knob, loop or eye
to serve as handle for drawing out the cloth My invention 18 applicable to seats
with reversible backs, and to nearly all kinds of garden seats.
8. S. BROMHEAD,
Agent for Applicant,
171, Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C.
An Improved Seat for the Outsides of Tram-cars and Omnibuses and
for like purposes.
I, GEORGE PARROTT, of 5, Oxford Terrace, Bicester, Oxfordshire, Coach Builder,
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 follow-
ing statement.-
This invention is especially designed to ensure dry and clean seats for the out-
sides of 'buses, cars, and the like vehicles, and is also applicable for the decks of
vessels and for seats in gardens, on piers, and other exposed situations
It consists in forming a hollow case or box at the back of, or beneath the seat
into or beneath which a flexible cloth or cover of some suitable material can be
diawn This cover is intended to be drawn out over the seat by the sitter, and
it can be kept there by the sitter's weight or may be temporarily held there by
Price R71

page_text: a button, stud, on any well known device By preference, however, it is un-
fastened and when the sitter rises, it returns automatically to its enclosed or
reverse position inside the case
This return may be effected by a weight and cords or by some kind of sping
action, or in any other preferred way The back of the seat may be double or
open, or it may have a coiling box at its upper or lower end The front edge of
the cover may be furnished with a bar or rod forming a roller and with a knob
loop or eye, to serve as handle for drawing out the flexible covering.
My invention is applicable to seats with reversible backs, and to nearly all kinds
of garden seats.
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I will now describe my invention with reference to the accompanying drawings
in which,
Fig. 1 ahews an end view of one form of my improved reversible seat suitable
for the roofs of cars or omnibuses The covering is shewn extended over the seat
Fig. 2 18 a perspective view of same with one of the. flexible.coverings partly
drawn out over the seat, the front board m of the hollow back or case being
removed.
Fig. 3 shews an enlarged elevation of the spring mechanism connected with
the seat covering
Fig. 4 shews a plan view of same
a 18 the back of the seat which forms a shallow case into which the seat cover-
ings fly back when out of use: The case a 'is supported at either end by metal or
wooden bars 6 which are continued down nearly to the ground, being each pivotted
at 1 to a lever o fulcrummed at c¹.
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The other ends of each of these levers c are slotted to engage with the pin d
of a cross lever d fulcrummed at a³, and are provided at their opposite ends with
pins which engage with slots e formed in each of the metal bars b which sup-
port the back a.
The seat 18 provided at each end' with legs f provided with a cross piece f¹ and
on this 18 mounted the fulcrum c.
918 the seat covering which is drawn out by hand from the case a passing under
the roller g¹. are loops or tags for drawing out the coveringa g. The inner
ends of the seat coverings are connected to a cord or chain h which passes over
pulleys h¹, h, and is finally connected to the end of a spring lever 1. Towards
its left hand end as shewn in Figs. 3 and 4 the lever 18 crooked, and its end is
connected to the internal end of a spiral spring j, the external end of which is
provided with a hook which passes round the crooked portion of the lever i.
The pulleys h, h³, and spring, are mounted on a specially shaped bracket k.
It will be seen that the peculiar arrangement of the slotted levers connected to
the frame of the back of the seat, 18 to ensure that the seat back shall have the
same slope in either of its two positions.
My hollow case with its spring action and flexible seat covering can if preferred,
be placed beneath the seat as shewn in dotted lines in Fig. 1, or may itself form
the seat Or it may be attached to the hind legs of the seat or chair, or in the
case of chairs with X-shaped supports, the case may be attached to some part of
such supports or to stays or studs connected thereto
The method of using same is as follows:-
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The sitter standing in front of a seat, draws out the flexible covering 9, by
means of the loop or handle g³, and sits on the seat while so extended. The
moment he rises from the seat, the flexible covering is automatically withdrawn
into the case a by the action of the lever and spring.
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 a seat for vehicles, vessels, gardens, piers, and the like, the hollow
case a, containing the flexible seat covering g, and handle o³ and the antoniadia

page_text: spring action consisting of the lever 1, spring 2, bracket k, and chain or cord h
or their equivalents and with or without the roller g', as herein described and set
forth.
(2). In a seat for outdoor use, the combination of a case, flexible seat covering
capable of being drawn out or extended therefrom, and spring action withdrawing
said seat covering automatically, as herein described and set forth.
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S. S. BROMHEAD,
Agent for Applicant,
171, Queen Victoria Street, London, E.O.