A Contrivance for Securing Children in Cradles or Perambulators.
Year: 1892

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Contrivance for Securing Children in Cradles or Perambulators.
1 CLARA DRESCHER of 61 Kronen Strasse, Berlin, in the Empire of Germany,
Married Woman, 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 :-
The subject of this invention is a girdle which is intended to be placed round
the body of a child and to be fastened to both sides of the cradle or perambulator.
The object of the invention is to keep the child securely fastened in the cradle or
perambulator in such a manner that it cannot possibly fall out.
The invention is particularly adapted for use with such young children as are
not able to run or stand alone, and is especially suitable for families of small means
who cannot afford to pay a servant to look after the children.
With a girdle made according to this invention round its body a child can be
left in the cradle or in the perambulator without anyone to look after it and without
danger of its falling out. For families of means this invention also has the great
advantage that a child cannot take injury through the carelessness of the nurse
girl, because it cannot fall out of the cradle or carriage.
The invention is represented in the accompanying drawings.
Figure 1 shews the girdle fastened to the sides of a perambulator;
Figure 2 is a detached view of one of the loops by means of which the girdle is
secured to the perambulator, and
Figure 3 shows a perambulator provided with this invention.
Figure 4 shews a slightly modified form of the invention.
In the drawings A indicates the whole girdle and a and the two bands or
straps thereof, which together form a slip loop in which the child's body is
placed. The band 6 consists of two belts d & e (Figure 1) placed one above the
other and capable of being adjusted to fit the bodies of children of different size
by means of buttons and button holes, buckles, or by other suitable adjustable
arrangements. The band a is also capable of being buttoned or otherwise
adjustably fastened to the belt e; the parts can be unbuttoned and the child
taken out of the perambulator when so desired. The object of this arrangement
is to enable the same girdle to be used for children of different ages, and of
different bodily strength. By closer buttoning or otherwise fastening together
or by loosening the band b a less or a greater degree of freedom of motion is
allowed to the child at will. The child can be taken out of the girdle by
unfastening or loosing the front band a. At each end of the girdle A a metallic
loop is attached, which may be of circular or of any other form and is fastened
to the carriage either by a carabine hook or swivel hook g secured to the sides of
the carriage and capable of turning about, or by means of a pin or screw / passed
through a swivel ring attached to the carriage.
In the modification shewn in Figure 4, the bands a & bare secured together at
the points marked & y by sewing the two bands together at these points. At
one point, say y the band a can be adjustably fastened to by buttoning or by
other convenient means. The two parts &e of the band are laid one upon
the other and secured together by buttoning as shewn in the drawing.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
A girdle for securing a child in a cradle or in a perambulator for the purpose of
prevensing it from falling out, consisting of two bands a & secured together in

page_text: such a manner as to form a slip loop embracing the child's body, the ends of one
band being fastened one to each side of the perambulator or cradle, and of which,
one, for example the hinder band can be loosened or tightened so as to loosen or
tighten the slip loop, whilst the other can be unfastened or released so as to enable
the child to be taken out of the cradle or perambulator, without its being necessary
to take the girdle off the carriage, substantially as described and as represented in
the accompanying drawings.
Dated his 7.1 ...
1800
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F. W. GOLBY,
36, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agent for the Applicant.