Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Apr., 1888
FUSER
Complete Specification Left, 26th July, 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 31st Aug., 1888
I JOHN HARROP of 56 Dantzic Street Manchester in the County of Lancaster
General Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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This invention relates to the construction of an improved safety two wheeled car or
"dog-cart" for children's use, the objects of the invention being to enable the vehicle
to carry two children at once with comfort and absolute safety, and to prevent the
liability or possibility of the vehicle either tilting forwards or backwards, or capsizing
sideways.
The two shafts are about twelve inches asunder and are connected together at the
back by being bolted to a board (about 18 inches from front to back) which forms the
bottom of the vehicle and at the same time serves as the two seats, and may be
upholstered or provided with cushions if desired.
The two sides of the vehicle are formed of two boards cut to a suitable, shape and
nailed or screwed to the sides of the bottom board and are, by preference, made to play
slightly outwards towards the top to improve the appearance thereof, and may be orna-
mented outside by horizontal beads or bars or otherwise.
The sides are further strengthened and held together by means of a transverse
upright board or partition which at the same time forms a back to both seats and may
be upholstered also if preferred.
The springs are formed of a horizontal strip of steel or wrought iron at each side
which is bolted at its centre to the square part of the axle, its front and back ends
being curved upwards and inwards and bolted to the bottom of the vehicle.
The straight part of each spring is further strengthened by having bolted thereto a
similar strip of steel or wrought iron the ends of which at front and back are curved
or turned downwards and formed into stays or guards to prevent the vehicle from
tilting either forwards or backwards.

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These stays at about five or six inches from the ground are cranked horizontally so
as to form supports for footboards to each seat.
It will be evident that this construction of car or "dog-cart" allows of the weight
of the children being brought down as low on the axle as possible (as they actually
sit on the bottom board) and thus all danger of capsizing sideways is avoided, and as
a consequence of this low build the children's feet are never more than about five or
six inches from the ground and thus absolute safety is obtained.
Dated thin. 27th day of Annil 1988
GEORGE DAVIES,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: I JOHN HARROP of 56 Dantzic Street Manchester in the County of Lancaster
General Merchant, 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 relates to the construction of an improved safety two wheeled car
or dog-cart for childrens use, the objects of the invention being to enable the vehicle
to carry two children at once with comfort and absolute safety and to prevent the
liability or possibility of the vehicle either tilting forwards or backwards or capsizing
side ways.
Such being the nature and object of my said invention, the manner in which the same
is to be performed or carried into practical effect will be readily understood on
reference to the annexed sheet of drawings marked with figures and letters of reference
corresponding with those in the following explanation thereof.
Fig. 1. is a vertical section taken longitudinally through about the centre of the
vehicle. Fig. 2 is a plan view and Fig. 3. a front view of the same.
The two shafts a are about 12 inches asunder and are connected together at the
back by being bolted to a board (about 18 inches from front to back) which forms
the bottom of the vehicle and at the same time serves as the two seats, and may be
upholstered or provided with cushions c if desired.
The two sides of the vehicle are formed of two boards d cut to a suitable shape and
nailed or screwed to the sides of the bottom board and are by preference made to
splay slightly outwards towards the top to improve the appearance thereof and may be
ornamented outside by horizontal beads or bars or otherwise.
The sides d are further strengthened and held together by means of a transverse
upright board or partition e which at the same forms a back to both seats and may
be upholstered also if preferred.
The sides may be further strengthened if desired by means of an iron band or
angle piece fixed to both sides and to the bottom board.
The springs fare formed of a horizontal strip of steel or wrought iron at each side
which is bolted at its centre to the square part of the axle g its front and back
ends being curved upwards and inwards and bolted to the bottom board 6 of the
vehicle.
The straight part of each spring fis further strengthened by having bolted thereto
a similar strip of steel or wrought iron h. the ends of which at front and back are
curved or turned downwards and formed into stays or guards to prevent the vehicle
from tilting either forwards or backwards.
In addition to these guards or instead of them I sometimes fix to the foot board a
bracket provided with a wheel jas shown at Fig. 3.
These stays h are about 5 or 6 inches from the ground and are cranked horizontally
at so as to form supports for foot-boards i to each seat.

page_text: It will be evident that this construction of car or dog cart allows of the weight of
the children being brought down as low on the axle as possible (as they actually sit on
the bottom board) and thus all danger of capsizing sideways is avoided, and as a con-
sequence of this low build the children's feet are never more than about 5 or 6 inches
from the ground and thus absolute safety is obtained.
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
The improved two wheeled vehicle for childrens use substantially as hereinbefore
described and illustrated by the drawings annexed and more especially I claim the
placing of the front and back seats upon the bottom board of the vehicle whereby the
weight of the children is brought down as low as possible on the axle and thus great
safety is secured..