Improvements in Children's Folding Perambulators.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Nov., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 7th Jan., 1898--Accepted, 12th Feb., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Children's Folding Perambulators.
We, WILLIAM LEGGE, of 43, Limes Road, Croydon, Engineer,. and PHILIP
GILESPIE, of Highbury House, Selhurst Road, South Norwood, Manufacturer, both
in the County of Surrey, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
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Our invention has reference to childrens perambulators and consists in making
the said perambulators so that they can be readily folded when not in use.
forming perambulators according to our invention we use any suitable design for
the sides, to which sides we hinge by suitable hinges both the ends & seat or
bottom of such perambulator in order to stay the under carriage. We employ
metal stays to which we fix chain or other flexible material, which chain is also
attached to the aforesaid seat or bottom so that by lifting the seat the stays are
also lifted and the perambulator sides are brought together as folded.
Dated 15th day of November 1897.
WILLIAM LEGGE,
PHILIP GILESPIE.
Improvements in Children's Folding Perambulators.
We, WILLIAM LEGGE, of 43, Limes Road, Croydon, Surrey, Engineer, and
PHILIP GILESPIE, of Highbury House, Selhurst Road, South Norwood, Surrey,
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:.
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Our invention relates to childrens perambulators and consists in the means
whereby the same are adapted to be easily folded when not in use.
In forming a folding perambulator according to our invention we employ any
suitable design or pattern for the sides and to these we hinge by suitable hinges
both the ends and the bottom of such perambulator. For the purpose of staying
or stiffening the under carriage or frame we employ suitable metal stays to which
are attached a chain or chains or the like which chain is also attached to the
bottom or seat so that by lifting the bottom or seat the stays are also lifted and
the perambulator sides are brought together or folded.
In carrying out our invention we use as one of the hinges for connecting the
bottom or seat to one of the sides the double jointed hinge described in the Specifica-
tion to Letters Patent No. 23,567 of 1893.

page_text: One form of perambulator constructed according to our invention is illustrated
in the accompanying drawing in which
Fig. 1 is a side elevation and
Fig. 2 an end view, both views shewing the perambulator partly closed.
being
In these figures A is the bottom or seat hinged at B to the side S. Beneath
the bottom or seat and about midway of the width of same is attached one plate C
of the double jointed hinge D above referred to, the other plate C¹ Fig.
attached to the side S¹. Two of these hinges may be employed as shewn in Fig. 1
or more if necessary. To one of the sides such as S¹ are attached by ordinary
hinges the ends R1 R2 one of such ends being provided with a handle R³ each end
is provided with a suitable latch to hold it to the opposite side when the
perambulator is fully open so that the ends serve as stretchers and also lock and
hold the side in position and keep the bottom down.
The sides S S are carried by suitable metal spring frames T T' carrying axle
pins T2 T2 for the back and front wheels. Such sides carry chains E E (of which
there may be more than one set if desired) which extend between the sides and
double lugs or ears F, F or between the sides S S¹ and any suitable point of the
metal frames T T and act as cross stays when the vehicle is open in the manner
described of similar stays in the specification before referred to.
Between similar double lugs F1 F1 are pivoted stays G G grooved at the outer
ends at g to receive snugly bars H pivoted at h¹ and to the double lugs 12 at either
end respectively.
To the ends of the stays G are attached chains or flexible cords J such chains
connecting the stays G to the bottom or seat A so that when the seat A. is rising
it will pull up the stays G and assist in drawing the sides together. In place of
the chain a rod suitably pivoted at either end may be employed.
The seat or bottom A is provided with a well consisting of a bag K of what
is known as American cloth or suitable material a bottom board L (indicated in
dotted lines) being pushed into same to distend it and form a rest for the feet of the
occupants of the vehicle. When the well is not required a suitable board (or the
same board L) may be used to cover the opening of the well as shown in dotted
lines L' such board being approximately flush with the bottom A.
The construction of the vehicle permits of its being upholstered inside without
interfering with the opening and closing of same but such upholstery is not indica-
ted in the drawings (with the exception of some on the bottom A and edges of the
sides S S¹) in order to render the construction more plain.
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 a folding perambulator the combination with a hinged bottom or seat of
a stay below same adapted to extend across the vehicle when open and attached
to the bottom by a chain or suitable connection so that when the bottom is raised
the stay is also lifted substantially as described.
2. In a folding perambulator a stay consisting of a part pivoted to one side or
frame of the vehicle adapted to extend between the sides or frame and to keep
them open and means for raising same when the vehicle is closed substantially
as described.
3. A folding perambulator constructed substantially. as described and illustrated
Dated the 7th day of January 1898
PHILIP M. JUSTICE,
55 and 56, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agent,
For the Applicants.