A New or Improved Head Rest for Mail Carts and Perambulators.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Aug., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 27th May, 1896-Accepted, 25th July, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Head Rest for Mail Carts and Perambulators.
I, EDWIN GRAFTON of 11 Edge Lane, Stretford, in the County of Lancaster,
Furnishing and General Ironmonger, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
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This invention relates to an appliance that may be attached for the purpose of a
head rest to any preferred part of a perambulator, either of the mail cart or
bassinette construction. The object of this invention is to obtain a support for the
head of a child when requiring repose during the time of conveyance along
the road. The accompanying drawing represents a side view of my invention.
I attain the object herein before named by attaching to any preferred part of a
mail cart or perambulator a bracket as a. I place a vertical rod b between the
jaws formed in said bracket, and retain the rod b in position by means of ratchet
teeth 6 and a catch c or other equivalent. I form the upper end of said rod with
a rectangular projection d terminating in a jaw as e that is capable of being
tightened, and by which a semi-circular or other preferred form of head rest fis
carried. Said head rest may be trimmed to match the covering of the carriage,
and may be padded with a soft flexible substance, or inflated with air.
In applying my invention, the aforesaid bracket a is fixed in either a temporary
or a permanent manner to the part of the mail cart or perambulator where the
head rest is required: the rod b is then inserted more or less in said bracket
according to the height it is necessary for the head rest to be fixed. Said head
rest is then placed at any angle required and retained in that position by means of
a tightening screw g.
By these means a support is obtained for the head of a child during the time it
may fall asleep while being conveyed in a mail cart or carriage.
Dated this 29th day of August 1895.
THOMAS PRESCOTT,
53 Arcade Chambers, St. Mary's Gate, Manchester,
Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Head Rest for Mail Carts and Perambulators.
I, EDWIN GRAFTON, of 11 Edge Lane, Stretford in the County of Lancaster,
Furnishing and General Ironmonger, 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 :-
This invention relates to an appliance that may be attached for the purpose of
a head rest to any preferred part of a perambulator, either of the mail cart or
bassinette construction.
The object of this invention is to obtain a support for the head of a child when
requiring repose during the time of conveyance along the road.

page_text: une accompanying drawing
Fig. 1 is a side view of my invention; Fig. 2 is a back view of the same;
Fig. 3 is a side view showing the position of the head rest changed so as to be
inclined.
In these views similar letters refer to similar parts.
I attain the object herein before named by attaching to any preferred part of a
mail cart or a perambulator a bracket as a in which is a catch c. I place à vertical
rod b between the jaws formed in said bracket and retain the rod bin position by
means of ratchet teeth formed thereon and the aforesaid catch c or other
equivalent; form the upper end of the rod b with a rectangular projection d
terminating in a jaw ase that is capable of being tightened, and by which a
semi-circular or other preferred form of head rest as is carried. Said head rest
may be trimmed to match the covering of the carriage, and may be padded with a
soft flexible substance or inflated with air.
In applying my invention, the aforesaid bracket a is fixed either in a temporary
or a permanent manner to the part of the mail cart or perambulator where the
head rest is required; the rod b is then inserted more or less in said bracket
according to the height it is necessary for the head rest to be fixed, and is retained
at the required height by the catch c; said head rest is then placed at an angle
either as shown in Fig. 3 or other preferred position, and retained in that position
by means of a tightening screw g.
In lieu of the rod with teeth I may employ a square or round rod passed
through a bracket and secured in the required position by means of a set screw.
By these means a support is obtained for the head of a child during the time it
may fall asleep while being conveyed in a mail cart or carriage.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
In mail carts, bassinettes, and like perambulators, the application of a head rest
that may be affixed in any preferred position either in height or inclination in the
manner and for the purpose substantially as herein before described.
Dated this 26th day of May 1896.
THOMAS PRESCOTT,
53 Arcade Chambers, St. Mary's Gate, Manchester,
Agent for Applicant.