Improvements in or pertaining to Children's Mail Carts or Perambulators.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Mar., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 28th Nov., 1894-Accepted, 26th Jan., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or pertaining to Children's Mail Carts or
Perambulators.
I WILLIAM JOSEPH HEAD trading as The East London Machine Company
of 171 and 173 Mare Street Hackney in the County of Middlesex Manufacturer do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
The object of my invention is so to construct perambulators more especially of
the kind called mail carts that run on two wheels and so to fit thereto such
appliances and devices that one or two or three children can at pleasure be properly
carried therein and thereby both in a sitting or somewhat inclined position and facing
either way and in a lying down position.
To carry out this object in a mail cart the body thereof is made separate from the
shafts between and to which shafts is fitted directly over the axle of the two wheels
an ordinary well or part wherein the legs and feet of the children can be placed
and the body can be placed and secured by any clamps or appliances on the shafts
in two or it may even be in three positions in one being over the well and therefore
directly over the axle in the other being on the rear side of the well or that is to
say on that side thereof that is furthest from the handles of the shafts and in the
third if so arranged being on the opposite side of the well facing the other way in
each of which latter positions the well is uncovered. Instead of being entirely
separate from the shafts the body may be connected therewith by such appliances
as for example two pairs of parallel pivoted links as will allow this body to assume
at least two of the aforesaid positions it may be either of the first two before
mentioned positions. The body is provided with the usual seat sides or arms and
back and other appliances as is customary with suitable cushions or the like if
desired.
A separate foot rest provided with a back and sides is fitted and when the body
is over the well can be hung and supported in the proper position between the shafts
at any desired angle of inclination by hooks and catches and the like. This foot
rest can also be lifted out from between the shafts and when the body is on the rear
side of the well can be supported and secured by catches or clamps or the like on
and above the shafts on the opposite side of the well to act as a seat provided with
sides or arms and back and in one position the child that is seated on this seat would
put its feeti nto the well and would face oppositely the child that is seated in the
body and in the other position the child that is seated on this seat would turn its
back on the child that is seated in the body and would face the same way in which
latter case any suitable foot board could if desired be provided for such child.
Again this combined foot rest and seat when in the latter position or facing in the
latter direction can be similarly supported and secured thereon nearer to the handles
of the shafts leaving room between the back of the same and the well to place and
support in like manner a loose board or seat for a third child which loose seat when
not in use can be placed in and it may be secured to any convenient part of this
mail cart.

page_text: When the body is on the side of and not over the well this well can be covered
over by a loose board or by a cushion or it may be by the loose seat or even by the
foot rest to allow the child to lie down.
In the same manner this invention could be applied to other perambulators.
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Improvements in or pertaining to Children's Mail Carts or
Perambulators.
I WILLIAM JOSEPH HEAD trading as The East London Machine Company
of 171 and 173 Mare Street Hackney in the County of Middlesex 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 :-
The object of this my invention is so to construct perambulators and especially of
the type called mail carts that normally run on and are supported by two wheels and
so to fit and provide with and for the same such appliances and devices that one
child or two or three children can at pleasure be properly and conveniently and
comfortably carried in and by each mail cart or perambulator both in a sitting or
somewhat inclined position and facing either way and in a lying down position and
I can so arrange the several parts of this my child's mail cart or perambulator that
whether there be one child or two or three children therein and whatever may be
the position or positions of such child or children this mail cart or perambulator
shall be or may be duly and properly balanced whereby the labour of wheeling the
saine will be reduced to a minimum.
In order the more clearly to explain this my invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed I refer to the accompanying drawing wherein Figure 1 is a
side elevation of a mail cart of a very common type as constructed and fitted
according to and provided with my invention as arranged in one position. Figure 2
is a side elevation of the body of the same as arranged in a second position and
Figure 3 is a side elevation of the body of the same in a third position.
The body A of the mail cart can be made in any usual or other manner of any
customary or other shape and style and can be provided with the ordinary seat and
sides or arms and back and other appliances which may be padded or lined or
otherwise treated as may be desired in each particular case but this body A is so
made entirely separate from and is not attached to the ordinary or other shafts B of
the mail cart while the ordinary or other well D of the mail cart wherein the legs
and feet of the child or the children are customarily placed is entirely separate from
and is not attached to the body A but is attached to the shafts B and thereto is
fixed and secured immediately or directly over or in a perpendicular line with the
axle E of the two wheels or thereabouts. The lower parts or edges of the separate
body A and the upper parts or edges of the shafts B or of a frame or frames provided
therewith and fitted thereto are so correspondingly or complementarily formed and
constructed in any usual and suitable manner that this body A. can be placed on
these shafts B in several positions as will hereinafter be explained and in such
positions will be properly maintained and supported by such shafts B in a safe and
efficient manner.
The separate body A of the mail cart is perhaps preferably connected to and with
the shafts B of the same by two or more parallel bars or links F the one ends
whereof are pivoted in the proper positions on and to each shaft B. while the other
ends thereof are pivoted in the proper corresponding or complementary positions on

page_text: and to each side of the body A in such wise that when this body A is placed on
these shafts B in the one position it will be properly and entirely on the rear side of
the well D of the mail cart or that is to say on that side thereof that is farthest from
the handles of the shafts B as is shewn in Figure 1 with the seat in such body A in
proper correspondence with and uncovering this well D and then the body A can be
lifted up on its parallel links F as is shewn in Figure 3 and again placed on the
shafts B in the other position over the well D as is shewn in Figure 2 with the seat
in such body A directly over and covering this well D. The parallel links F may
be either on the outer sides of the body A and the shafts B and therefore visible or
on the inner sides of this body A and these shafts B and therefore hidden as may be
desired in each particular case.
The separate body A of the mail cart may also when desired be completely
separate from and be not connected to and with the shafts B of the same in which
case it can be placed on such shafts B not only in the two positions hereinbefore
described but also in a third position reversed on the front side of the well D of the
mail cart or that is to say on that side thereof that is nearest to the handles of the
shafts B and reversed or facing the other way opposed to the position shewn
in Figure but likewise with the seat in such body A in proper correspondence
with and uncovering this well D and any suitable and usual or other clamps and bolts
aud appliances can when it may be convenient or expedient so to do be provided
and be correspondingly fitted on and to the separate body A and the shafts B to
secure this body A in either of the positions herein before described as may be desired
in each particular case.
.A separate foot rest H for the mail cart can also be made in any usual or other
manner of any customary or other shape and style and can likewise be provided with
the ordinary rest or seat for the feet and sides or arms and back and other
appliances which may be padded or lined or otherwise treated as is the body A of
the mail cart or as may be desired.
When the movable separate body A of the mail cart is placed on the shafts B
directly over and covering the well D as is hereinbefore described and as is shewn
in Figure 2 the separate foot rest H can be hung and supported in the proper
position in front of and below this body A between these shafts B at any desired
angle of inclination in which position it can and does act as a foot rest in the
customary or other convenient manner as is evidently shewn in this Figure 2.
When on the other hand the movable separate body A of the mail cart is placed
on the shafts B on the rear side of and uncovering the well D as is hereinbefore
described and as is shewn in Figure 1 the separate foot rest H can be lifted ont
from between these shafts B and can be placed and supported on and above such
shafts B on the front side of the well D and oppositely facing the body A. in which
position it can and does act as a seat provided in the customary manner with sides
or arms and a back as is evidently shewn in this Figure 1.
When the movable separate body A of the mail cart is in this position herein-
before described and shewn in Figure 1 the separate foot rest or seat H can also be
turned round on the shafts B and be placed in a position exactly reversed to that
shewn in this Figure 1 and instead of oppositely facing the body A would on the
front side of the well D face the same way as such body A on the rear side of the
well D in which position likewise it can and does act as a seat provided in
the customary manner with sides or arms and a back and any suitable footboard can
if and when desired be fitted for and to this seat when in this position.
Again when the separate foot rest or seat H of the mail cart is in this position last
before mentioned it could if and when it may be desired so to do be moved on or
slid along the shafts B nearer to the handles thereof and away from the body A
leaving room between its back and the well D for a loose board which would be
placed and supported on and above such shafts Bio act as another seat the back of
the foot rest or seat H being common to both and when not in use this loose board
could be placed under the seat in the body A or elsewhere about this mail cart as
may be convenient.

page_text: When the movable separate body A of the mail cart is completely separate from
and is not connected to and with the shafts B the adjustable separate foot rest or
seat H and the loose board if any could obviously be arranged and used in exactly
the same manner as is herein before described and again when this completely
separate body A. is placed reversed on the front side of the well D as is hereinbefore
described this adjustable separate foot rest or seat H and the loose board if any
would be arranged and used in a similar manner but in a reversed position on the
rear side of this well D.
When the movable separate body A of the mail cart is either on the rear side or
the front side of the well D this well D can if and when desired be covered over by
the loose board hereinbefore described or by the adjustable separate foot rest or
seat H or by another loose board or otherwise as may be convenient.
Any ordinary and suitable hooks and catches and clamps and bolts and other
customary and convenient appliances and devices can be provided and fitted with and
to the adjustable separate foot rest or seat H of the mail cart and the shafts B
thereof and the movable separate body A thereof and it may be to the loose board
thereof if any to support and secure this foot rest or seat H and this loose board if
any in their several positions herein before described as may be appropriate in cach
particular case.
Any suitable cushions or other similar appliances may be provided for and with
the movable separate body A of the mail cart and the adjustable separate foot rest
or seat H thereof and the loose board thereof if any as may be convenient. and
desirable in each particular case.
It is therefore very evident that these several parts of this my mail cart herein-
before described that is to say the movable body A. the adjustable foot rest or seat H
and the loose board if any can very easily and quickly be arranged to receive and
accommodate the one child or the two or three children in the desired position or
positions in all cases fairly over or complementarily on both sides of the axle E of
the wheels whereby as is hereinbefore stated the one child or the two or three
children can be properly and conveniently and comfortably carried in and by each
mail cart which shall be or may be duly and properly balanced.
It is sufficiently obvious also that in the same manner this my invention could be
applied to mail carts of other types or to other perambulators and no further
description is or can be needed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
1. In a child's mail cart or perambulator the combination with a separate hody A
capable of being placed in different positions on the shafts B and a well D fixed to
such shafts B of an adjustable separate foot rest or seat H substantially as and for
the purposes herein before described and declared.
2. The improvements in or pertaining to children's mail carts or perambulators
substantially as herein before described and shewn in the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 28th day of November 1894.
HART & Co.,
186, Fleet Street, London, E.C., Agents.