Improvements in or relating to Miniature Two Wheel Vehicles for Children's Use.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Oct., 1887
Complete Specification Left, 19th July, 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 24th Aug., 1888
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Miniature Two Wheel Vehicles for
Children's Use.
I, WILLIAM WILSON of the Yorkshire Perambulator Works 1A Leeds Bridge
Leeds, in the County of York, Perambulator Manufacturer, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This Invention relates more particularly to miniature two wheel vehicles for
children's use, whereby such vehicles can be easily and readily converted into a dog-
cart or a jaunting car at pleasure. It can also be taken to pieces and packed into
comparatively small compass for storeage or removal purposes.
According to this Invention the wheels or undercarriage portion, the body or seat
portion, and the shafts are made in separate pieces, and so arranged that they may be
readily and easily put together. The body portion is preferably made of wood, or any
other light suitable material, and it is provided with two seats, back to back, having
suitable rails and steps so arranged that the body can be readily connected to (and
balanced upon) the wheels or undercarriage by means of a screw or bolt and winged
nut. This screw or bolt acts as a pivot on which the body or seat portion may revolve
(clear of the wheels) when it is required to convert it say from a dogcart into a
jaunting car or visa versa. Suitable pins or springs may also be employed for
assisting in retaining the body in any required position. The wheel or under carriage
portion consists of two wheels mounted upon an axle attached to suitable light springs
to which a table or stretcher is fixed for receiving the pivot or screw bolt upon and
around which the body portion revolves. Stop pieces are also attached to the springs
for preventing the vehicle tipping over. The shafts are made removable and so
arranged that they may easily be attached to the body of the vehicle by suitable
holding or retaining pieces or devices.
It will be readily understood that the bodies of ordinary jaunting cars may be
constructed in a similar manner.
Dated this Eighteenth day of October 1887.
WILLIAM WILSON.
By W. Fairburn Hart,
Agent.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Miniature Two Wheel Vehicles for
Children's Use.
I, WILLIAM WILSON, of The Yorkshire Perambulator Works, IA Leeds Bridge, and
Silver Cross Street, Dewsbury Road, Leeds, in the County of York, Perambulator
Manufacturer, 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 more particularly to miniature two wheel vehicles for children's
use whereby such vehicles can be casily and readily converted at pleasure from a
jaunting car into a dog cart or visa versa, as well as be readily taken to pieces for
storeage and removal purposes.
The invention consists in mounting and balancing a moveable seat or body portion
upon a spring under carriage to which the shafts are fixed or attached.
In the drawings
Figs. 1, 2, and 3 are respectively a side elevation, back elevation, and plan looking
at the top of a two wheel vehicle arranged as a jaunting car with the shafts fixed to
the undercarriage. Fig. 4 a plan of undercarriage with the shafts removeable
therefrom.
Like parts are marked with the same letters of reference in all the views.
A A are the wheels which are mounted upon the axles a attached by bolts or other
fastenings to the springs B B as shown. The springs B are each preferably formed
out of a single piece of thin flat steel or other suitable material, (say about six feet
long by one inch wide and three-sixteenths of an inch in thickness), welded together
at the ends, and bent into the shape or form shown in the drawings at Fig. 1, so as
to form a suitable light, firm, and flexible support for the body or seat portion. The
springs are so arranged that the shafts C (or rails to which the shafts are attached)
niay be fixed to the upper portion b, and the lower portion or extremities of the
springs are made to project outwards at to form stops for preventing the vehicle
from tilting too far over in either direction. Suitable stays 63 may also be employed
for connecting the springs together at the extremities, whilst the axle a acts as the
stay for retaining the upper portion of the springs in position.
At a suitable distance (say about four or five inches) above the upper portion of
each spring B and supported thereon and therefrom by small wooden pillars c is fixed
the shift or a rail e to which the shaft may be attached by loops c¹, and bolts c² as
shown at Fig. 4. Above the shafts C and at a suitable distance therefrom (say about
four or five inches) is mounted centrally with the axle a, the table or pivot support D.
In the drawings the support D is shown in the form of a St. Andrew's Cross or
letter X, and it may be made of light bar iron or steel, say about one inch in width
by one fourth of an inch in thickness, but it may also be made in any other suitable
shape or material. The table or support D may be supported above the shafts C by
small wooden pillars d, and one set of bolts may be made to pass through the

page_text: pillars c and d and shafts C for connecting them to and retaining them in position on
the springs B. In the centre of the support D (and over the centre of the axle a)
is provided a pin or pivot (screwed to receive a winged nut d²) which is employed
for retaining the body or scat portion E in position. The body portion E is preferably
made of wood or any other light material, and consists of two rails ee which rest
upon the table or support D. To the upper side of the rails e are fixed the seats e¹, e²,
pillars e, supporting the band rails et, and back rest rail e', whilst to the underside of
rails e are fixed the brackets e for carrying the steps or foot rests e, es. The seat
portion E is attached to the support D by the pivot d' and winged nut d, and it may
when preferred be so arranged that it may revolve on this pivot when it is required
to convert the vehicle from a jaunting car into a dog cart or visa versa.
When the seat portion E is required to revolve on the pivot d the shafts C are
preferably made removeable and attached to the under carriage as shown at Fig. 4;
and the seat portion is made of such a width between the steps e' e so as to allow the
latter to revolve clear of the wheels A.
At Figs. 1, 2, and 3. I have shown the shafts C fixed to the springs B with the
seat portion É of such a width that it will pass between the shafts. In this arrange-
ment the pivot d simply acts as a retaining device for connecting the two parts
together; and when it is required to change the vehicle from a jaunting car to a dog
cart or visa versa, the winged nut d² is screwed off the pivot d and the seat portion E
raised and removed therefrom. It can then be turned into the desired position, and
afterwards replaced on the pivot.
When the vehicle is converted from a jaunting car into a dog cart, I have shown
the position of the seat or body portion in dotted lines at Fig. 1.
It will be readily understood that the bodies of ordinary jaunting cars may be
constructed in a similar manner.
In conclusion I would have it understood that I am aware that, prior to the date
of my application for Letters Patent, two wheel vehicles for children's use have been
made in several cases, but so far as I have been able to ascertain the bodies or seat
portion have always been fixed to and not removeable from the shafts, such as for
instance is the case in The Royal Mail Cart" described in the Specification of
Letters Patent granted to J. Simpson and S. T. Fawcett, the seventh day of October
1886, No. 12785, or "The Holmeswood Car," and others, but to none of these do
I lay claim.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. A two wheel vehicle for children's use such as herein described provided with a
moveable body or seat portion whereby it may be converted at pleasure from a
jaunting car to a dog cart or visa versa, substantially as set forth and illustrated.
2. In a miniature two wheel vehicle for children's use capable of being converted
at pleasure from a jaunting car into a dog cart or visa versa, the combination of a
moveable body or seat portion such as E, mounted upon a table or support such as D
with springs such as B, shafts such as C, and wheels such as A, substantially as
herein set forth and illustrated.
3. The miniature two wheel vehicle as a whole, constructed and arranged
substantially as herein set forth and illustrated.
Datad his nightoonth day of Jul 1888
WILLIAM WILSON.
By W. Fairburn Hart,
Agent.