An Improved Means of Protecting Tram Car, Omnibus, and other like Seats from Wet.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Dec., 1899.
Complete Specification Lett, 21st Sept., 1900-Accepted, 15th Dec., 1900
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
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An Improved Means of Protecting Tram Car, Omnibus, and other like
Seats from Wet.
We, SYDNEY WALTER HAYWARD, of 85, Station Street, City of Birmingham,
in the County of Warwick, Manufacturer's Agent, and FRANK ABBISS, of Shrub-
bery Villa, Horseley Road, Tipton, in the County of Stafford, Engineer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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This invention relates as hereinafter described to an improved means. of
protecting tram-car, omnibus and other like seats from wet and has for its
object to provide a cover which may be readily drawn over such seats in wet
weather and removed therefrom expeditiously when not required, the said cover
only occupying a little space.
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a tram-car or
In carrying our said invention into effect, when applied to
omnibus seat, we provide a waterproof or other cover of a size to cover the seat
and back thereof; we attach the said cover to an ordinary spring blind roller
which we connect by pivots under the seat, prefarably between two of the wood
strips forming part of the said seat. The arrangement is such that the cover
may be drawn up in wet weather between the strips and over the back of the
seat to which it is secured by hooked fastenings thus protecting the seat: we
may in some cases when the seat is already wet draw the cover on to the seat
and sit thereon or we may attach the roller to the back of the seat and draw
the same down or the seat instead of up.
Or we may, when desired dispense with the spring roller and use two rollers,
one attached to each end of the cover, one of the said rollers being heavy.
The ends of the two are arranged to slide in a case placed diagonally under
the seat. The heavy roller being at the lower end of the case keeps the said
cover under the seat.
When the cover is required for use the top roller is drawn up over the seat
and screwed to the top, thus covering up the seat.
Our said invention may in the manner aforesaid be applied to garden or other
like seats.
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1000
An Improved Means of Protecting Tram Car, Omnibus, and other like
Seats from Wet.
We, SYDNEY WALTER HAYWARD, of 85, Station Street, City of Birmingham,
in the County of Warwick, Manufacturer's Agent, and FRANK ABBISS, of Shrub-
Price R71

page_text: bery Villa, Horseley Road, Tipton, in the County of Stafford, Engineer, 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 fol-
lowing statement:-
This invention relates as hereinafter described to an improved means of
protecting tram car, omnibus, and other seats from wet, and has for its object
to provide a cover which may be readily drawn over such seats in wet weather
and removed therefrom expeditiously when not required the said cover only
occupying a little space.
In carrying our said invention into effect when applied to a tram-car or
omnibus seat, we provide a waterproof or other cover of a size to cover the seat.
The arrangement is such that the cover may be drawn up in wet weather over
the strips of the seat thus protecting the same.
The nature of our invention will be more clearly understood from the accom-
panying drawings, the same letters of reference indicating similar parts through-
out. Figure 1 is a front elevation, Figure 2, a plan and Figure 3 a vertical
section of a tram car or omnibus seat with my invention attached thereto,
showing the cover in its normal position under the seat. Figure 4 is a plan
similar to Figure 2, showing the waterproof cover over the seat. Figure 5 is
a detail view. The seat A, is supported by its legs B, B, to which are secured
diagonally the metal guides shown separately at Figure 5. The waterproof
cover D, made of mackintosh or other material is attached to a weighted roller E.
The said roller is made to slide in the slots F, F, of the guides C, C. The rod G,
is attached to the other end of the cover and is prevented from slipping down
by the rod H and the roller I.
To the top of the seat A is attached a series of strips of cane or wire J, so
as to protect the seat from wet. Over these said strips is drawn the waterproof
cover D, when the seat is wet as shown in Figure 4, thus covering the seat. The
cover is held in position by the person sitting on the same. When the weight
of the person is removed from the seat the weighted roller E causes the water-
proof cover to be drawn down under the seat into the position shown at Figure 3,
the roller I giving impulse to its movement. The said cover is held down by
the roller E till required for use again, when it is drawn up as before described.
The cover D is protected when under the seat by a casing of tin L, or other
material. My invention may in like manner be applied to garden seats, ship,
deck, or other seats...
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention anu in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that
what we claim is:-
1. The combination in a tram car, omnibus or other seat of the movable
waterproof cover D attached to the roller E, capable of sliding in the guides C, C,
substantially as described.
2. In a tram car omnibus or other seat the combination of a secondary top
composed of cane or other slats such as J, and a waterproof cover D, arranged
to be drawn up over the same in wet weather substantially as described.
3. The combination in a tram car, omnibus or other seat of the guides C, C,
attached to the legs or other suitable part under the seat, arranged to carry the
roller E and the cover D, substantially as described and illustrated in the accom-
panying drawings.
Dated this 10th Now of Cantonbo 1000
WILLIAM HENRY BARACLOUGH,
36, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agent for the Applicants.