IMPROVEMENTS IN PERAMBULATORS
Year: 1885

page_text: We, GEORGE CRESWELL BOND, of Newcastle Chambers, Nottingham, Nottingham-
shire, Mineral Merchant and JOHN SADLER of 56 Peveril Street, in the same town,
Mechanic, do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN PERAMBULATORS," to be as follows that is to say :-
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This Invention relates to the fittings or arrangements of perambulators or
vehicles for children and it has for its object the improvement of such vehicles
whereby they are rendered more generally convenient than as hitherto constructed.
The Invention comprises the fitting of the inside of the body of the vehicle with
one or more pockets or receptacles for holding the baby's bottle or for other
purposes. The pockets or receptacles may be stitched, buttoned, or otherwise
conveniently attached to the vehicle. And the Invention also comprises the fitting
at the outside on one or both sides of the vehicle of a ring at one end and a spring
catch piece or hook at the other end for the purpose of carrying an umbrella or
other similar article. The end of the umbrella is inserted in the ring at one end
and the handle of the umbrella is placed in the spring catch piece or book at the
other end. The umbrella may thus be conveniently carried without interfering
with the comfort of the child or the attendant. Or in place of the ring and catch,
a sheath may be attached to the perambulator for carrying the umbrella.

page_text: Improvements in Perambulators.
We, GEORGE CRESWELL BOND, of Newcastle Chambers, Nottingham, Nottingham-
shire, Mineral Merchant, and JOHN SADLER, 56 Peveril Street in the same Town,
Mechanic, 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 :-
Our said Invention relates to the fitting or arrangement of perambulators or
vehicles for children and it has for its object the improvement of such vehicles
whereby they are rendered more generally convenient than as hitherto constructed.
Our said Invention comprises the fitting of the inside of the body of the vehicle
with one or more pockets or receptacles for holding the baby's bottle or for other
purposes. The pocket or receptacle may be stitched, buttoned or otherwise
conveniently attached to the vehicle, either permanently or so as to be detachable
if required. The Invention also comprises the fitting at the outside on one or both
sides of the vehicle of a ring, loop, or eyelet at one end and a spring catch piece
strap or hook at the other end for the purpose of carrying an umbrella or other
similar article. These devices for holding the umbrella may be either fitted to the
vehicle or they may in some cases be formed of the material of which the body is
made as in the case of a wickerwork body and the like. The end of the umbrella
is inserted in the ring at one end and the handle of the umbrella is placed in the
spring catch piece, strap or hook at the other end. The umbrella may thus be
conveniently carried without interfering with the comfort of the child or the
attendant. In place of the ring and catch in some cases it may be desirable to
attach a sheath or case to the side of the perambulator, in which the umbrella may
be carried.
And in order that our said Invention and the manner of performing the same
may be properly understood we hereunto append a sheet of explanatory drawings
to be hereinafter referred to and representing part of one of our improved
perambulators. In these drawings the same reference numerals are used to mark
the same or like parts wherever they are repeated.
Figure, 1, on the accompanying sheet of drawings is a side view of the body of
a perambulator having our improved arrangements and Figure, 2, is a section
corresponding to the same taken near the extreme end of the body. In Figure, 1,
the pockets, 3, which may be made of leather, American cloth or other suitable
material, are shown by dotted lines and are stitched to the lining of the vehicle
and will be seen in Figure, 2, at each side of the body. There may be only one
pocket, 3, fitted to the vehicle or there may be one at each side at one or both ends
of the body as indicated by the drawings. In some cases it may be desirable to fit
a large pocket at one or both ends of the body inside for carrying parcels and
the like. For carrying an umbrella or other similar article, there is fitted to the
outside of the body at one side near the handle, a metal hook, 4, which is formed
by a metal blade so bent as to form a spring loop or catch and at the other end of
the same side there is fitted a small metal ring or loop, 5, of other material. The

page_text: end of the umbrella is passed into this ring, 5, or loop which may be placed at a
little lower level than the hook, 4, to assist in the draining of a wet umbrella and
the handle of the umbrella is passed into the spring hook, 4. It is obvious that
various well known devices may be employed for carrying the umbrella but we
prefer to use the method herein before described for general purposes as being
simple and effective.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is
(1.) The fitting or forming of pockets or receptacles (3) to the inside of the
bodies of perambulators substantially as hereinbefore described.
(2.) The fitting of a ring (5) and spring hook (4) or equivalent devices to the
outside of the body of a perambulator for carrying an umbrella or similar article
substantially as herein before described.
Dated this sit….11. 1
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