IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF CHILD'S CARRIAGES OR PERAMBULATORS
Year: 1872

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henri Adrien Bonneville, of the British and
Foreign Patent Offices, 18, Rue de la Chaussée d'Antin, Paris,
France, and 6, Piccadilly, in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent,
for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF CHILD'S
CARRIAGES OR PERAMBULATORS."-A communication from John B.
Wightman, residing at the City of Brooklyn, in the County of
Kings and State of New York, United States of America.
Sealed the 22nd October 1872, and dated the 28th August 1872.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said Henri Adrien Bonneville
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition and
Declaration, on the 28th August 1872, pursuant to the 9th Section
of the Patent Law Amendment Act, 1852.
TO ALL TO WHOM THE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRI
ADRIEN BONNEVILLE, of the British and Foreign Patent Offices, 18, Rue
de la Chaussée d'Antin, Paris, France, and 6, Piccadilly, in the County
of Middlesex, Patent Agent, send.greeting.

page_text: WHEREAS I am in possession of an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE CONSTRUCTION OF CHILD'S CARRIAGES OR PERAMBULATORS," (communicated
to me by John B. Wightman, a person resident at the City of Brooklyn,
in the County of Kings and State of New York, United States of
America,) and have petitioned Her Majesty to grant unto me, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, Her Royal Letters Patent for
the same, and made solemn Declaration that it is a communication.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Henri Adrien Bonneville, do hereby
declare that the following Complete Specification, under my hand
and seal, fully describes and ascertains the nature of the Invention
and the manner in which the same is to be carried into effect, reference
being had to the accompanying Drawings and to the figures and letters
marked thereon, that is to say :—
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The object of this Invention is to construct the body of a child's
carriage or perambulator in such manner as will enable said body to be
reversed, and thus avoid exposing the child to sun or rain.
In the accompanying Drawing Figure 1 represents a side view of the
Invention partly in section; Fig. 2 a plan view, and Fig. 3 a sectional
view of same. Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts
in the several Figures.
A, represents the body of a child's carriage of any desirable shape
on size; B, the pivot; C, the bolt; E, the push handles, and F, the
frame.
It is found in children's carriages that much inconvenience at times
arises from being obliged to push a carriage in such direction as will
bring the sun and rain into the child's face. To obviate this incon-
venience I pivot the body A of the carriage either to the framework of
the running gear or to the lower portion of the part of the push handles
by the pivot B, so that when desirable the position of the body may be
reversed from back to front, and vice versa, as shown in Fig. 1.
In order to facilitate the turning of the body the push handles may
be secured to the frame F by pivot pins, so that by lifting the handles E
the body A is raised clear of the wheels and may be turned without
difficulty, or if desired the body may be elevated above the wheels and
then be turned, thus obviating the necessity of raising the body as a
shown in Fig. 1. The body having been reversed as above stated, it is
held in position by a spring bolt or latch G. The construction of the

page_text: carriage and its several parts may be accomplished in, any desired
manner.
Having thus described the Invention, what I claim as new and
desire to secure by the said Royal Letters Patent is, a child's carriage
when so constructed as to admit of the body being reversed from front
to rear, and vice versa, substantially as described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henri Adrien Bonneville, have
hereto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-seventh day of August,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
two.