Improvements in Carriages.
Year: 1897

page_text: I, AUGUSTA EMILIE ANDREAE, of The Planes, East Sheen, London, S.W.
Spinster, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as follows:
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My invention relates to improvements in carriages particularly of the type
kwn as Victorias, and the object of my improvements is to make the extra
folding seat, when such a seat is applied at the back of the driving box, more
comfortable than such seats usually are.
To accomplish this object I form and hinge the additional seat in the usual or
other convenient manner and I apply a cushioned back hinged and jointed or
otherwise arranged so that it can readily be folded or collapsed and turned or pushed
backward into the body of the carriage under the driving box.
In order to make more room for the hat or other head covering of the occupant
of the extra seat I prefer to mount the driver's seat in slides so that it can be
moved a short distance forward when the extra seat is in use.
H, B. BARLOW & GILLETT.
Agents for Applicant,
Improvements in Carriages.
I, AUGUSTA EMILIE ANDREAE, formerly of The Planes, East Sheen, London, S. W.
but now of 15 Kensington Gore, Queen's Gate, London W., Spinster, 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:
My invention relates to improvements in carriages particularly of the type
known as Victorias, and the object of my improvements is to make the extra
folding seat, when such a seat is applied at the back of the driving box, more
comfortable than such seats usually are.
To accomplish this object I form and hinge the additional seat in the usual
or other convenient manner and I apply a cushioned back, hinged and jointed or
otherwise arranged so that it can be readily folded or collapsed and turned or
pushed backward into the body of the carriage under the driving box.
In the accompanying Sheet of Drawings-
Figures 1 and 2 are side elevations of part of a Victoria to which my improve-
ments are applied.

page_text: and the extra seat which is hinged to the body at d. To the seat c is hinged
at a cushioned back formed in two parts f g. The upper part g is connected to
the lower f by a knife joint and the lower part is stayed at each side by a pair
of folding jointed rods i.
When in use the seat c with its cushioned back f g occupies the position shown
in Fig. 1 but when not required the back is first collapsed and then turned back
into the body of the carriage the part g being supported on ledges k fixed below
the driver's seat inside the body under the driving box the two positions being
indicated by dotted lines Fig. 2.
In order to make more room for the hat or other head covering of the occupant
of the extra seat I may, if preferred, mount the driver's seat b in slides so that it
can be moved a short distance forward when the extra seat is in use.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:
The combination with the hinged seat c, of the hinged and jointed back
constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.
Dated this 13th day of August 1897.
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT.
17 St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for Applicant.