Improvements in Children's Carriages.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Aug., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 2nd May, 1890-Accepted, 7th June, 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Children's Carriages.
I, ALBERT ROSLINGTON BUCKTON of Church Street, Keighley in the County of
York, Woollen Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows, that is to say :—
It relates to improvemements in children's carriages and consists of arranging and
constructing the parts forming said carriages in such a manner that when same are
not required for use they may be folded so as to occupy less spice and be less
cumbersome than when in their using form, thus facilitating their package for
travelling or other purposes as by railway, steamboat or otherwise.
This object is attained by arranging and constructing the supports or bearances
upon which the wheels are mounted by suitably formed detachable studs, so that they
may be hinged to the part forming the vehicle's bottom part. The hinging of these
parts on each side of the vehicle is such as to enable same to be folded beneath the
bottom part of the vehicle, each part being formed to fail clear of the other when
thus folded and in order that the wheels attached to same may also fall clear of each
other so that the one does not fold over the other, a suitable slot is made in each of
the bearances to allow appropriato displacement of one or the other or both of the
opposing wheels, in this manner effecting the object desired respecting the folding of
the wheels, whether the vehicle has two or four wheels.
In order to retain the wheel bearances in their several positions for use, suitable
hinged supporting or stay pieces are employed.
The sides of the vehicles as also the end parts, when said vehicles have such end
parts, are made to fold over the upper portion of the part forming the vehicle's
bottom, and the parts forming the vehicles's seats are used for keeping said sides in
position when in use.
The portions forming the bood or covering for such carriages are also made to
fold, and whenever practicable are arranged so that their places of folding shall suit
the shape of the other parts of the carriage when folded, by which means it is enabled
to be used as a covering to protect and facilitate the portableness of said carriage
when thus folded.
All the framework of the carriages wherever practicable is made of tubular metal
so that strength in these parts without excessive weight is obtained.
Dated thin tat d of A
1030
A. R. BUCKTON.
Per Samuel Hey,
A cent
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Children's Carriages.
I, ALBERT ROSLINGTON BUCKTON of Church Street, Keighley in the County of
York, Woollen 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, that is to say :-
It relates to improvements in children's carriages and consists of arranging and
constructing the parts forming said carriages in such a manner that when same are
not required for use they may be folded so as to occupy less space and be less
cumbersome than when in their using form, thus facilitating their package for
travelling or other purposes as by railway, steamboat or otherwise.
In the following description reference is made by figures and letters to the accom-
panying sheets of drawings illustrative of my said invention, fig. 1 of which is a

page_text: sectional side elevation of a carriage as when in use, and fig. 2 is end elevation of
same.
Fig. 3 shews the carriage when folded and as seen from beneath.
Fig. 4 is a side view of fig. 3.
Fig. 5 is a detail drawing hereinfter referred to.
Like letters and figures of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views.
I attain the object of my invention by arranging and constructing the supports or
bearances a a', upon which the wheels are mounted by the detachable studs c c',
so that they may be hinged as at d d to the part e forming the vehicle's bottom.
The hinging of these parts a a' on each side of the vehicle is such as to enable saine
to be folded beneath the part e, each of said parts a a being formed and mounted
in such a manner as to fall clear of the other when folded as shewn in fig. 3, and in
order that the wheels attached to same may also fall clear of each other a suit-
able slot a a³ is made in each of the bearances a a¹ to allow the studs c c¹ to slide
along, when their respective nuts are slackened or unscrewed for this purpose, in this
manner allowing the wheels bb' and their studs c c¹ to assume the respective positions
shewn by figs. 3 and 4.
In order to retain the wheel bearances a a¹ in their respective positions for use
as shewn by fig. 2. a hinged stay piece f is mounted so as to swivel about the pin f¹
from which it extends in opposite directions in order that its claw ends may lay hold
of the studs cel by the nuts of which the whole are tightly bound together. The
stay piece is hinged at f2 and f³ so that it may be folded against the bottom part e
as shown by figs. 3 and 4.
h
The sides g g of the vehicle are also made to fold over the upper side of the
parte by being hinged thereto at g2 g³, and the part forming the central back rest
is also hinged to the part e so that it may be folded over said part when not in use,
while when in its raised position it binds and holds the sides gg together by means
of the screws k k¹ passing through same and entering nuts embeded in said part h.
The shafts or handles are hinged at 113 so that they may be folded as shewn and
the hinges and are constructed so that their lock-pins m may hold same rigidly
either in their position shewn in full lines fig. 1 or in their position shewn in the
broken lines of same figure, in which latter position they are more suitable for an
adult person while their former position is more suitable for a child.
The foot-rests n n are also arranged by being suspended with slotted brackets o o¹
from the pins p p so that they may be raised and slided within the parts g g' and e,
as shewn in broken lines fig. 1, when the carriage has to be packed, while when in
the position shewn in full lines by said fig. 1 said brackets o o¹ are rigidly held by
the end of the fasteners entering the cross-notch in said slotted brackets.
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. The general arrangement of hinged bearances, sides, shafts and foot-rests with
their several adjustable fasteners and other parts forming a folding vehicle sub-
stantially as herein specified for the purposes set forth.
2. The hinged bearances a a', the part e, the stay piece and the wheels 6 b₁
in combination, the same being formed, constructed and arranged to effect the
object set forth substantially as herein specified.
3. The part e, the sides g g', the back rest h, the shafts or handles and the
foot-rests n n in combination, all and each of these said parts being formed
constructed and arranged to effect the object set forth substantially as herein
specified.
1000
A. R. BUCKTON.
Per Samuel Hey,
Agent.