Improvements in Children's Carriages and Chairs.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 4th July. 1394
Complete Specification Left, 29th Mar.. 1895-Accepted, 4th May, 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Children's Carriages and Chairs.
We, WILLIAM SEATON MCLENNAN, of 222, Whitehill Street, in the County of
the City of Glasgow, North Britain, Chair Manufacturer, and THOMAS MORTON,
of 145 Finlay Drive, in the same county, Foreman Chair Maker, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows, that is to say :-
Our said invention comprises improved mechanism applicable in the construction
of children's carriages and chairs, and admitting of the back of the seat and other
parts being at any time adjusted for a more or less reclining or recumbent position
of the occupant or occupants.
In carrying out our invention the back of the seat (of the carriage or chair) is
hinged at its bottom to the back edge of the seat; and it is made with quadrant-
shaped wings or sides which cover what would otherwise be angular openings when
the back is turned downwards. The front edge of the seat has hinged to it a front
board or frame which in one position extends vertically downwards or nearly so ;
and to the bottom of this front board there is hinged a footboard. The front
board has fixed to it one or more arms or levers connected by cords, chains, or
links, to the quadrant wings of the seat back or to one or more levers fixed thereto
the arrangement being such that when the seat back is turned downwards the
front board is turned up to a corresponding extent, whilst the foot board assumes a
suitable position depending on the shape of the part on which its outer edge moves
and rests.
The quadrant wings and the mechanism connecting them to the front board are
by preference concealed in spaces in the sides of the seat which are covered
and upholstered or otherwise finished. For securing the seat back in any of its
positions rods or metal arms are provided, being attached at their back ends to the
seat back and being fitted at their front ends with pins and clamping screws which
When a hood is
are adjustable in slotted plates fixed to the sides of the seat.
provided the bottom edges of its sides are secured to the rods or arms instead of to
the sides of the seat.
Dated thin Third dow of Tul 1804
EDMUND HUNT,
Applicants' Agent.
We, WILLIAM SEATON MCLENNAN, of 222, Whitehill Street, in the County
of the City of Glasgow, North Britain, Chair Manufacturer, and THOMAS MORTON,
of 145, Finlay Drive, in the same county, Foreman Chair Maker, 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, that is to say:-
Our said invention comprises improved mechanism applicable in the construction

page_text: of children's carriages and chairs, and admitting of the back of the seat and other
parts being at any time adjusted for a more or less reclining or recumbent position
of the occupant or occupants.
In carrying out our invention the back of the seat (of the carriage or chair) is
hinged at its bottom to the back edge of the seat; and it is made with quadrant-
shaped wings or sides which cover what would otherwise be angular openings when
the back is turned downwards. The front edge of the seat has hinged to it a front
board or frame which in one position extends vertically downwards or nearly so;
and to the bottom of this front board there is hinged a footboard. The front
board has fixed to it one or more arms or levers connected by cords, chains, or
links, to the quadrant wings of the seat back, or to one or more levers fixed thereto,
the arrangement being such that when the seat back is turned downwards, the front
board is turned up to a corresponding extent.
And in order that our said invention and the manner of performing the same may
be properly understood, we hereunto append two sheets of explanatory drawings, to
be hereinafter referred to and showing the application of our invention to a child's
carriage by way of example.
Figure, 1, is a side elevation of a child's carriage having our improvements applied
thereto, the back being in its highest position.
Figure, 2, is a longitudinal vertical section of the body of the carriage on
a larger scale, the cushions or upholsterings being removed to shew the working
parts.
Figure, 3, is a similar section, but with the seat back in its lowest or most
rearward position, and the footboard raised to its highest position.
In these drawings, the same reference letters are used to mark the same or like
parts wherever they are repeated.
The back of the seat, A, (of the carriage or chair) is hinged at its bottom to the
back edge of the seat, B; and it is made with quadrant-shaped wings or sides, C.
which cover what would otherwise be angular openings, when the back, A, is turned
downwards. The front edge of the seat, B, has hinged to it a front board or
frame, D, which in one position extends vertically downwards or nearly so; and to
the bottom of this front board, D, there is hinged a foot board, E. The front
board, D, has fixed to its sides arms or levers, F, connected by cords, G, passing
round pins, H, to the quadrant wings, C, of the seat back, A, the arrangement
being such that when the seat back, A, is turned downwards the front board, D,
is turned up and the footboard, E, is raised to a corresponding extent.
The quadrant wings, C, and the mechanism connecting them to the front board, D,
are by preference concealed in spaces in the sides of the carriage, which are covered
and upholstered or otherwise finished.
For securing the seat back, A, in any of its positions, rods or metal arms, J,
Figure, 1, are provided, being attached at their back ends to the seat back, A,
and being fitted at their front ends with pins and clamping screws, which are
adjustable in slotted plates, K, fixed to the sides of the chair or carriage.
For retaining the back of the seat when at its highest or most forward position,
the front ends of rods or arms, J, have perforations through which pegs or pins, 1,
can be entered into holes in the side of the carriage body.
When a hood is provided as shewn in Figure, 1, the bottom edges of its
sides, M, are secured to the rods or arms, J, instead of to the sides of the seat.or
carriage body.
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 :-
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1. In children's carriages and chairs, the adjustment of the back and footboard
for a more or less reclining or recumbent position of the occupant or occupants, by
means substantially such as are herein before described.

page_text: 2. In children's carriages and chairs, the combination of movable back, A,
wings or quadrants, C, cords, links, or chains, G, lever, F, front board, D, and
footboard, E, substantially as and for the purposes herein before described.
Dated this Twenty-eighth day of March 1895.
EDMUND HUNT,
Applicants' Agent.