Improvements in Children's Velocipede Horses and Go-carts.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Nov., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 31st Jan., 1891-Accented 21st Mar
1901
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Children's Velocipede Horses and Go-carts.
We, ROBERT RAMSBOTTOM, of 81, Market Street, Manchester, Merchant, and
ISAAC SMETHURST, of 4, Cobden Street, Gartside Street, Manchester, Provision
Dealer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The improvements relate to children's velocipede horses and go-carts, and have
for object to enable a child sitting in such a vehicle to propel himself along by
pulling the reins of the horse or horses, and to steer his way by means of his feet.
To accomplish this, and to effect our improvements, we arrange a suitably formed
cart or similar vehicle having a pole or poles extending therefrom in front, and to
which pole or poles are attached, by means of levers mounted on a suitable fulcrum
or cross shaft, the horses or horse as the case may be, and to which pole or poles is
attached the steering wheels or wheel for guiding the apparatus.
A horse is thus made to form one leg of a lever, and the second leg is connected
by a link rod to a crank attached to one of the main driving wheels of the go-cart,
or to a crank formed on the shaft carrying such wheel or wheels.
By this means the pulling of the reins will give motion to the driving wheels, and
so propel the vehicle along.
When two horses are employed, the lever of one horse is connected to one crank
or wheel, and the other to the other crank or wheel, and the reins of each horse
are pulled alternately; but in case of only one horse being used, one crank may be
the means of propulsion by the alternate pulling and letting go of the reins.
The horses have thereby given to them a rocking or galloping motion as the
vehicle is propelled along.
The steering is accomplished by means of a vertical shaft or spindle passing
through the bottom of the cart, or other convenient place, on which is mounted
adial arms or levers, suited for the feet to operate, and a pulley or levers fixed at
he lower or under end of the spindle, from which rods, wires or cords are attached
o a spindle actuating the steering wheel or wheels, by which means the vehicle is
uided in its course.
Variations in detail may be made, both in the propelling and steering apparatus,
ithout departing from the peculiar character of the invention.
Dated this 5th day of November 1890.
WILLIAM GADD, C.E.,
64, Barton Arcade, Manchester, Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Children's Velocipede Horses and Go-carts.
We, ROBERT RAMSBOTTOM, of 81, Market Street, Manchester, Merchant, and
ISAAC SMETHURST, of 4, Cobden Street, Gartside Street, Manchester, Provision
Dealer, 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 :-
The improvements relate to children's velocipede horses and go-carts, and have
for object to enable a child sitting in such a vehicle to propel himself along by
pulling the reins of the horse or horses, and to steer his way by means of his feet.
To accomplish this and to effect our improvements, we arrange a suitably formed
cart or similar vehicle having a pole or poles extending therefrom in front, and to
which pole or poles are attached, by means of levers mounted on a suitable fulcrum
[Price 6.]

page_text: or cross shaft, the horses or horse as the case may be, and to which pole or poles
are attached the steering wheels or wheel for guiding the apparatus.
A horse is thus made to form one leg of a lever, and the second leg is connected
by a link rod to a crank attached to one of the main driving wheels of the go-cart,
or to a crank formed on the shaft carrying such wheel or wheels.
By this means the pulling of the reins will give motion to the driving wheels, and
so propel the vehicle along.
When two horses are employed, the lever of one horse is connected to one crank
or wheel, and the other to the other crank or wheel, and the reins of each horse are
pulled alternately; but in case of only one horse being used, one crank may be the
means of propulsion by the alternate pulling and letting go of the reins.
The horses have thereby given to them a rocking or galloping motion as the
vehicle is propelled along.
The steering is accomplished by means of a vertical shaft or spindle passing
through the bottom of the cart, or other convenient place, on which is mounted
radial arms or levers, suited for the feet to operate, and a pulley or lever or levers
fixed at the lower or under end of the spindle, from which a rod or rods, wires or
cords are attached to a spindle actuating the steering wheel or wheels, by which
means the vehicle is guided in its course.
But that the improvements may be better understood, we will, with the aid of
the accompanying drawings, proceed more fully to describe means employed by us.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1, shows a side elevation; Fig. 2, a back view, and Fig. 3, a front view of
a child's velocipede go-cart arranged in accordance with our invention.
In Fig. 1, the spokes of the wheels are omitted, and in Figs. 2, & 3, the horses
are omitted for purposes of clearness of description.
The same letters indicate corresponding parts wherever they occur.
a, a, is the body of the cart which may be of any convenient material, form, or
design. b, are the horses mounted on the rocking levers c, c, which levers are
connected by means of the rods d, d, to the cranks e, e. To the shaft or axle ff,
the driving wheels g, g, are attached. It will thus be seen that an occupant of the
cart by alternately pulling the reins h, and ', will drive or propel the vehicle along,
by rocking the horses and so actuating the cranks and turning the driving wheels.
jj, is the swivel foot lever, the pin or pivot of which passes through the floor of
the cart, and has attached on the under side an arm or lever k, k, which is con-
nected by means of the rod 1, l, to the arm m, m, attached to and actuating the
vertical spindle n, n. This vertical spindle is at the bottom end attached securely
to the axle of the front or steering wheels o, o. PP, is the casting or sleeve for
carrying such vertical spindle and steering wheels.
The shape and manner of these attachments may be considerably varied, as may
all the details of construction without departing from the peculiar character of the
invention. And as a modification, one horse only, or one propelling lever, or three
or four horses may be employed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is
The combination of parts constituting a child's velocipede go-cart wherein the
occupant of the vehicle propels the same by rocking the horses by means of rein
or equivalent attachments thereto, and steers the same with the foot or feet, for the
purpose and in manner substantially as herein shown and described.
Dated this 30th day of January 1891.
WILLIAM GADD, C.E.,
64, Barton Arcade, Manchester, Agent for Applicants.