Improvements in or relating to Sliding Seats for Spring Carts, Carriages, or other Vehicles.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Jan., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 29th Oct., 1895-Accepted, 18th Jan., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Sliding Seats for Spring Carts,
Carriages, or other Vehicles.
I, JOSEPH ALFRED LAWTON of 35, Hardman Street, Liverpool in the County
of Lancaster, Coach Builder and Harness Maker, do hereby declare the rature of
this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object an improved method of fastening or locking
in any desired position the sliding seats of vehicles, such as spring or dog carts
or the like and consists of the following parts-
A fixed cross bar is arranged underneath the seat having an upwardly projecting
pin which passes through the seat the latter being slotted to receive it. This pin
is preferably provided with a disc or other horizontal projection near its top, which
disc extends over the slot, forming a kind of flat head, the lower end of the
said pin, which may pass loosely through the aforementioned cross bar, being
preferably provided with a thumbscrew which when screwed up keeps the seat
firmly down in the slides at each side of the vehicle. Hinged to the back of
the seat, preferably close to the latter, is a flat bar provided with a number of
holes arranged lengthwise and close together and also a handle at the end.
This hinged bar moves with the seat and in order to lock the seat in any
desired position it is lowered on its hinge until one of the holes engage with
the fixed upwardly projecting pin aforementioned. To unfasten or unlock the
seat, it is only necessary to raise the hinged bar sufficiently high to clear the
projecting pin when the seat can be slid to the desired position.
Dated this 28th day of January 1895.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Patent Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Sliding Seats for Spring Carts,
Carriages, or other Vehicles.
I, JOSEPH ALFRED LAWTON of 35 Hardman Street, Liverpool in the County
of Lancaster, Coach Builder and Harness Maker, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention and in what manner the same to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention has for its object an improved method and device for fastening or
locking in any desired position the sliding seats of vehicles, such as spring- or dog-
carts and the like.
It is best described by aid of the accompanying drawings, in which

page_text: This pin is preferably provided with a disc D or other horizontal projection
near its top, which disc extends over the slot forming a kind of flat head, the lower
end of the said pin which may pass loosely through the aforementioned cross-
bar is preferably provided with a thumbscrew E. This when screwed up keeps the
seat firmly down in the slides F at each side of the vehicle. Hinged at back of
the seat preferably close to the latter is a flat bar G provided with a number
of holes arranged lengthwise and close together and also a handle H at the end.
This hinged bar moves with the seat and in order to lock the seat in any desired
position this bar is raised up and then lowered on its hinge until one of the
holes engages with the fixed upwardly projecting pin I forming the end of the
pin B. To unfasten or to place the seat in a different position it is only necessary
to raise the bar sufficiently high to clear the projecting pin I. The seat can
now be slid to the desired position and the bar G again placed with one of its
holes round pin I.
It is obvious that in place of a pin engaging in holes of the bar, the flat
bar G may be made in the form of a toothed rack, and the end of the pin B
formed with a projecting pin or tooth for engaging the teeth of the rack. By
this means the principle of my invention is fully carried out, as by simply raising
the bar sufficiently high so that its teeth clear the projecting pin or tooth or the
pin B, the seat can be slid to the desired position.
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 device for fixing sliding seats of carts, carriages and other vehicles in
place, which consists in the combination with a hinged bar and an anchoring
point, the one being attached to the seat and the other rigidly connected with
the framework of the carriage, and a locking device whereby the bar can be
locked to the anchoring point at various points in its length substantially as
described.
2. The special arrangement of apparatus substantially as described and set
fort in the accompanying drawings,
Dated this 28th day of October 1895.
It but accompanying
Deted this 28th day of October 1895.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, and London, Patent Agents..