Improvements in Mail-carts or Go-carts.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 19th May, 1891
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Feb., 1892-Accepted, 5th Mar., 1892
Improvements in Mail-carts or Go-carts.
I LEONARD OUTRAM of 13 Blandford Road Bedford Park in the County of
Middlesex Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The object of this invention is to give greater comfort and safety to the occupant
of a child's mail or go-cart and to enable the said occupant to sit facing the direction
in which the cart is travelling whether the said cart is drawn or pushed.
Now according to my invention I suspend the seats of the said mail or go-carts
from suitable standards attached to the sides or frames thereof in such a manner as
to allow the seats of such carts to maintain their normal position no matter how
much the shafts or handles of such carts are elevated or depressed.
I also make the foot-rests or steps of such mail or go-carts inclined outwards and
adjustable to suit the angle to which the shafts or handles are elevated when such
carts are drawn or pushed by an adult person.
The seat being merely suspended from the standards and not attached thereto
may be lifted off and turned round when the direction of the cart is reversed so that
the rider therein always faces the direction in which the cart is travelling.
I may also provide the bodies of mail or go-carts with removable bottoms of any
suitable material to enable such vehicles when the seats are removed therefrom to
be used for the conveyance of luggage or parcels.
Dated this Nineteenth day of May 1891.
ERNEST SALAMAN,
61 and 62, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Mail-carts or Go-carts.
I LEONARD OUTRAM of 13 Blandford Road Bedford Park in the County of
Middlesex Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement :-
The object of this invention is to give greater comfort and safety to the occupaut
of a child's mail or go-cart and to enable the said occupant to sit facing the direction
in which the cart is travelling whether the said cart is drawn or pushed.
Now according to my invention I suspend the seats of the said mail or go-carts
from suitable standards attached to the sides or frames thereof in such a manner as
to allow the seats of such carts to maintain their normal position no matter how
much the shafts or handles of such carts are elevated or depressed.
I may also make the foot-rests or steps of such mail or go-carts when the same
are not attached to the seat inclined outwards and adjustable to suit the angle to
which the shafts or handles are elevated when such carts are drawn or pushed by
an adult person.
The scat being merely suspended from the standards and not attached thereto
may be lifted off and turned round when the direction of the cart is reversed so that
the rider therein always faces the direction in which the cart is travelling.
I may also provide the bodies of mail or go-carts with removable bottoms of any
suitable material to enable such vehicles when the seats are removed therefrom to
be used for the conveyance of luggage or parcels.

page_text: And in order that my said invention may be the better understood I will proceed
to explain the same with reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings in which
Fig. 1 represents a sectional elevation of a mail or go-cart constructed according
to this invention.
Fig. 2 represents a similar view of the same cart with the seat reversed.
Fig. 3 is end view of same.
a is the body of the cart which may be of the ordinary pattern shewn having the
wheels and springs c. dd are irons provided with steps ee which latter serve also
as braces to stiffen the framing.
To the sides of the cart are attached standards f having studs g at the upper ends
thereof on which rest the hooks which form the upper extremity of the rods i j
which latter are secured to the seat k. is the footrest preferably adjustable as to
height. To allow of the seat k swinging the axle m is bent or cranked as shown.
The seat is suspended by means of the hooks h and when it is required to reverse
the seat it is only necessary to lift it up turn it round till it faces the opposite
direction and drop the hooks h on to the studs g..
By removing the seat from the cart and attaching a net or lattice work across the
frame thereof a child may be carried in a recumbent position or these carts may be
used to carry luggage parcels or the like.
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. In mail-carts or go-carts suspending the seats thereof substantially as and for
the purposes specified.
2. In mail-carts or go-carts the use of hooks for suspending the seats thereof for
the purpose stated.
3. The improved mail-cart or go-cart substantially as described and shewn.
Dated this 3rd day of February 1892.
'
ERNEST SALAMAN,
61 and 62, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for Applicant.