Improvements in or relating to Convertible Victorias and Vis-a-vis Phaetons and other similar Convertible Vehicles.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Mar, 1892-Accepted, 23rd Apr., 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Convertible Victorias and Vis-a-vis
Phaetons and other similar Convertible Vehicles.
We, ALFRED CRACE SAGE, of 36 Council Street, Clifton Hill, near Melbourne
in the Colony of Victoria, Coach Body Maker, and DANIEL WHITE of 3 Princes
Park Terrace, Sydney Road, Parkville, near Melbourne aforesaid, Carriage
Builder, 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 :-
This invention relates to those classes of vehicles which can be converted from
victorias into vis-a-vis phaetons and vice-versa, and also to other similar convertible
vehicles.
Its object is to provide a vehicle of this description which can be more readily
converted from one kind to another, and which when so converted will present a
better appearance than those hitherto constructed, and which will moreover look
like an ordinary vehicle of the class which it represents for the time being.
According to our invention we hinge what constitutes the foot-board of the
victoria to the front of the framework of the body in such a manner as that when
raised it constitutes the back of the front seat of the vis-a-vis phaeton, and near the
hinged end of the said foot-board or seat back we provide two rearwardly pro-
jecting arms, one on either side, the end of each of the said arms being formed
with a loop adapted to engage with a looped guide rail on the inside of each of the
boot-sides of the victoria, said boot-sides being hinged to the framing of the vehicle
so that they can be folded down into position upon the arch-panel, the said foot-board
or seat-back and boot-sides being so connected and arranged as that when the said
foot-board is raised the said boot-sides will be pulled down, and vice-versa when the
said seat-back is lowered into its horizontal position said boot-sides will be forced
up into their vertical positions ready to support the driver's seat.
The falling back panel of the boot of the victoria is hinged at its lower end to
the framing of the vehicle, so that when the boot-sides have been folded down the
The seat of the vehicle when
said back panel can be folded on to the top of them.
used as a vis-a-vis phaeton rests upon this back panel, and is connected therewith at
its forward edge by a hook engaging within a slot or recess in the top edge of the
said back panel. This seat is moreover provided with a slotted guide on each
side and the slots in the said guides are fitted over projecting pins extending out-
wardly, one from each of the sides of said back panel. The upper ends of the
boot-sides are moreover provided with guide bars, whose forward ends are bent
down so as to form a slight incline, and along which the engaging hooks just
referred to are caused to travel when the seat is placed in position to constitute the
driver's seat of the victoria, as hereinafter described, the effect being to draw the
said seat tightly down, and to hold it in position with the assistance of two small
downwardly projecting pins, which fit into corresponding holes or recesses in the
top of the boot-sides. The rear end of the slot in the slotted guide bars secured to
the underside of the seat are arranged to fit over and engage with the projecting
pins on the boot-back-panel, so as to prevent the seat being drawn backward except
it is first raised slightly.
In order to prevent the seat being thus raised except when required, we provide
it with a sliding lock or other fastening operated by the back rail of the seat, the
said back rail being for this purpose provided with a downwardly projecting lug
engaging with a slot in the said bolt or lock so that when the said back rail is
raised the said bolt or other fastening will be moved into its projected position, and

page_text: when the said back rail is lowered, the said bolt or fastening will be withdrawn
into its disengaged position. By this means, as it is necessary for the driver to
raise the back rail before he sits down, the seat will be effectually locked in position,
and cannot be again moved without first lowering the said back rail.
In order to hold what constitutes the foot-board of the victoria in the position
which it is required to occupy in order to serve as the back of the front seat of the
vis-a-vis phaeton, we attach a strong bracket to the arch-panel, so that its upper
end projects through a slot in the said foot-board when it is raised, a slot in the end
of the said bracket being then slightly in front of the seat-back. Upon the front
of this latter we prefer to pivotally arrange a rein rail and we form the lower end
of the said rein rail with a short projecting arm which we connect to a vertically
sliding bolt adapted to be passed through the said slot in the end of the fixed
bracket just referred to, so that when the said rein rail is raised into position for
use on the phaeton, the seat-back will be locked in position.
If preferred, we can operate the boot-sides of convertible vehicles by means of
the rein rail which is fitted on the front of the seat-back or underside of the foot-
board of the vehicle, whether the said boot-sides are hinged or jointed at or about
their centres or whether they are made solid or if preferred we can provide for
operating them by hand through the medium of a handle or arm secured upon the
rock shaft, which, as hereinafter described, is used with the rein rail arrangement.
Sometimes we use what we term collapsible boot-sides, that is, boot-sides hinged
or jointed at or about their centres so that the two halves can fall down upon each
other. In this case the seat is supported upon and hinged to the upper edge of the
upper half of these boot-sides, and will therefore be raised or lowered by the
raising or lowering of said boot-sides into the position which it is required to
occupy either as the driver's seat of a victoria or the front seat of a vis-a-vis
phaeton.
We provide these collapsible boot-sides with looped guide rails, with which
projecting arms on the foot-board or seat back of the vehicle engage, as hereinbefore
described, so that when the said foot-board is raised into its seat-back position the
boot-sides will be caused to collapse, and the seat will be lowered from its victoria
into its vis-a-vis position. The boot-back panel is hinged at or near its lower edge
and can be turned back and allowed to hang down against the front pillars or
framework of the body and parallel with the heel-board of the front seat of the
vis-a-vis phaeton or the back arch panel of the vehicle.
When the convertible vehicle just described is in use as a victoria, the seat and
boot-back panel are locked in their raised positions by a vertically sliding bolt,
which engages with the upper edge of the said boot-back-panel, and is operated by
the back rail of the scat so that when the said back rail is raised the said bolt will
be shot into engagement with the said boot-back panel and the seat, boot-sides, and
back panel will be locked in the positions which it is required that they should
occupy when the vehicle is in use as a victoria.
In cases where the seat of the vehicle is dropped down on to the boot-sides, the
former may be locked to the latter by a sliding bolt having T-shaped slots adapted
to fit over T-shaped buttons projecting vertically from the upper edge of the
boot-sides, the said slotted sliding bolt being operated by the back rail of the seat,
as just described.
Referring to the accompanying drawings,
Figure 1 is a side elevation of the forward part of a convertible vehicle con-
structed according to our invention, and illustrating it with the seat and other parts
in the positions which they occupy when it is in use as a victoria.
Figure 2 is a vertical central section of the forward end of our improved
convertible vehicle, showing the position which the seat occupies when it has been
moved back and lowered previous to the vehicle being converted from a victoria
into a vis-a-vis phaeton.
Figure 3 is a similar view illustrating the next stage in such conversion, the
foot-board having been raised and the boot-sides having been thereby lowered into

page_text: me position which they occupy waen the vehicle is LO De used as a VIS-a-VIS
phaeton.
Figure 4 is another similar view, showing the parts in the positions they occupy
when our improved convertible vehicle has been converted into a vis-a-vis phaeton.
Figure 5 is a vertical transverse section on line 5-5 Figure 4 drawn to a
larger scale.
Figure 6 is a vertical central section of the front seat of our improved convertible
vehicle, also drawn to a larger scale illustrating the mechanism employed for
locking the said seat in position, that is, as it would be when the seat is used as the
front seat of a victoria.
Figure 7 is a similar view to Figure 6, but illustrating the seat-locking con-
trivances in their unlocked positions that is, in the positions they occupy when the
seat is being used as the front seat of a vis-a-vis phaeton.
Figure 8 is a plan of part of the said seat, and
Figure 9 is a plan of part of the off side of the boot back panel, showing the
socket into which the bolt of the said locking contrivances fit, as well as the pivot
pin on which the slotted guides on the underside of the seat slide.
Figure 10 is a front elevation of part of the off-side of the said seat.
Figures 11 and 12 are respectively a side elevation and a plan of the bracket
which is bolted to the body of the vehicle and which serves to retain the foot-
board in its vertical position.
Figure 13 is a side elevation, and
Figure 14 a plan of one of the looped guide rails which are secured to the
inside of the boot-sides.
Figure 15 a side elevation, and
Figure 16 a plan of one of the arms which are secured upon the foot-board, and
which are each provided with a loop engaging the looped guide rails, shown in
Figures 13 and 14.
Figure 17 is a side elevation, and
Figure 18 is a plan of one of the slotted guides which are fixed on the
underside of the seat of our improved convertible victoria and vis-a-vis phaeton.
Figure 19 is a front elevation of the rein rail, used for locking the said seat-
back in its vertical position.
Figure 20 is a vertical central section of the front part of a convertible vehicle
fitted with our improved means for operating the boot-sides thereof by means of
the rein rail.
Figure 21 is a plan of the contrivances shown in Figure 20, but with the seat
removed, and showing in dotted lines the addition of a handle to enable the boot-
sides to be operated by hand.
Figure 22 is a similar view to Figure 20, but showing the vehicle in use as a
vis-a-vis phaeton, and
Figure 23 is a front elevation of the apparatus shown in Figure 22, illustrating
the rein rail in its extended position and the means for locking the seat-back.
Figure 24 represents a side elevation showing the positions which the parts of
a convertible vehicle constructed with the collapsible boot-sides herein described
occupy when it is in use as a victoria.
Figure 25 is a similar view, but showing the parts in the positions they occupy
when the vehicle is in use as a vis-a-vis phaeton.
Figure 26 is a vertical transverse section on line 26-26 of Figure 24, showing the
seat in its raised or victoria position.
Figure 27 is a similar view to one-half of Figure 26, but showing the seat half
way between its raised and lowered positions.
Figure 28 is also a similar view to Figure 27, but showing the seat in its
lowered position, that is, in the position it occupies as the front seat of a vis-a-vis
phaeton.
Figure 29 is a vertical section of part of the seat of a convertible vehicle,

page_text: showing it fitted with
vertical bolt for locking the boot back panel, and therefore
the boot-sides, in their raised positions, that is, in the positions they occupy when
the vehicle is in use as a victoria.
Figure 30 is a plan of the apparatus shown in Figure 29.
Figure 31 is a vertical section of the seat of a convertible vehicle taken alongside
a sliding bolt, showing the same locked.
Figure 32 is a similar view to Figure 31, but showing the same in its unlocked
position.
Figure 33 is a plan of the sliding bolt detached from the vehicle.
Figure 34 is a vertical transverse section on line 34-34 Figure 31.
A, Figures 1 to 4, represents what constitutes the foot-board of the victoria, as
shown in Figures 1 and 2, and the seat-back of the vis-a-vis phaeton, as illustrated
in Figures 3 and 4, the said foot-board or seat-back being provided with a down-
wardly projecting lug a on either side, through which is passed a pin or bolt a¹
serving to connect it to a bracket a² secured to the body of the vehicle on either
side thereof. This foot-board is provided with buffers a or other supports for
holding it in its proper position, and according to our invention, it is fitted on
either side with a projecting arm B formed, with a loop b at its outer end, the
said loop being passed around a looped guide rail projecting inwardly from
the lower end of each of the boot-sides C, which latter are pivotally supported
by downwardly projecting arms or lugs c, as clearly illustrated in Figures 1, 2, 3,
and 4. The upper end of each of the boot-sides C is fitted with an inwardly
projecting guide-bar D of angle iron or other similar material, the forward end of
the said guide bar being bent downwardly so as to form a slight incline, as illustrated
at d in Figures 1 and 2.
E represents the back panel of the boot, the said back panel being hinged at its
lower end as shown at e, to the framing of the convertible vehicle.
F represents the seat of the vehicle, the said seat being fitted with slotted
guides G on either side, the slots g in the said guides being each formed at their
back ends with a recess g' and being fitted over pins 92, Figures 1, 5, and 9,
projecting from the side of the back panel E. The seat F is moreover provided
with a downwardly projecting hook on either side, the said hooks being arranged
to engage with the guides D on the boot-sides C, and the said seat is also provided
on each side with a projecting lug or small bracket d², Figure 10, which works on
the outside of the said boot-sides C, and serves to assist in keeping the seat and the
boot-sides in their proper relative positions.
H, Figures 1, 2, and 3, represents a small projecting pin on each side of the
seat F adapted to fit into a correspondingly situated hole (Figures 2 and 3) in
the guides D when the boot-sides C are in their raised position, and the seat is
moved forward into the position which it is to occupy when the vehicle is converted
into a victoria, as illustrated in Figure 1.
In order to lock the seat F in position, we provide a sliding bolt or latch 1,
which when projected, is arranged to engage with a metal loop i, Figure 9, secured
upon the upper end of the back panel E, the said bolt or latch being made double,
as illustrated in Figures 6 and 7, and having a slot into which projects the lug 2
on the pivotted back rail of the seat, so that when the said back rail is raised
into position, the said bolt will be projected into its locking position, as illustrated
in Figure 6, thus causing it to engage with the loop or socket i, Figure 9, on
the upper end of the boot back panel so as to prevent the seat from being
raised. A projection at each side of the back rail is arranged to fit into an
inclined recess on the rear ends of the side rails of the seat, said side rails
being made with a certain amount of spring so that they hold said back rail in
its raised position, and therefore rigidly lock the seat F.
J, Figure 9, represents a small bolt which is passed through each side of the
boot-back panel, and is fitted with a nut having a recess j into which fits the
edge of a small plate j' secured on the rear edge of the boot-side C when

page_text: the latter is raised into its vertical position. This contrivance holds the boot-
side and back panel together, and prevents the hinges of the former from being
strained.
In order to lock the seat-back or foot-board A in its vertical position, we
provide a bolt K and arrange it to slide vertically in bearings thereupon, so that
it can be projected into engagement with a slot k in a bracket attached to the
arch panel of the vehicle so that its upper end will be projected through a slot k²
in said foot-board A. We prefer to operate the bolt K by means of the rein
rail ³ the said rein rail being pivotally supported, as shown, and being connected
to the upper end of the sliding bolt K, so that when the said rein rail is moved
into its vertical position, as illustrated in Figure 19, that is, in the position it
would have to be when in use on the vis-a-vis phaeton, the said bolt would be in
engagement with the end of the bracket k¹ and therefore the seat-back A would be
effectually locked in its proper position.
L represents a projecting plate or fender on the lower end of the foot-board A,
which serves when our improved convertible vehicle is in use as a victoria to fill
up the space behind the said foot-board, and thus as it were complete the arch-
panel, as illustrated in Figures 1 and 2. In order that the seat may be turned
round the top of the boot back panel and be moved down into the position shown
in Figure 2, without having to move it back to its fullest extent before turning it
down into such position, we sometimes only use the front downwardly inclined
end of the guides D, the rest being cut away so as to free the hooks d¹ as soon as
the seat is drawn back a short distance.
The operation of our invention is as follows:—
Assuming that it is required to convert the vehicle from a victoria, as illustrated
in Figure 1, into a vis-a-vis phaeton, as illustrated in Figure 4, it is necessary to
first pull down the back rail of the driver's seat, and thus withdraw the sliding
bolt I out of engagement with the boot-back panel E, when said seat can be raised
sufficiently to disengage the pins H from the holes and to raise the recess g' in
the end of the slots g out of engagement with the pins g². The seat F can then be
drawn back until the hooks d come into engagement with the upper end of the back
panel E. The seat F can then be turned down into the position illustrated in
Figure 2, and the foot-board A can then be raised into its vertical position, the
effect being to cause the loops on the ends of the arms B to force down the looped
guide rails and thereby draw the boot-sides C down on to the arch panel, as
illustrated in Figure 3. The rein rail ³ being then raised into position, as illustrated
in Figure 20, will cause the bolt K to be passed through the slot k in the end of the
bracket thereby rigidly securing the said foot-board in the position which it is
required to occupy as the back of the front seat of the vis-a-vis phaeton. The back
panel E together with the seat F being then turned on their hinges e into the
position illustrated in Figure 4, the operation will be complete.
b
It will be obvious that the reverse operation will serve to convert the vehicle
back into a victoria.
Referring to Figures 20 to 23, K represents the rein rail which is pivotted on
the underside of the foot-board or front side of the seat-back A, and is provided
with a small projecting arm connected to one end of a long sliding operating
bolt k, the lower end of which is bent, as illustrated at ', so that it can engage
within a slot in an arm B* secured upon a rock shaft mounted in suitable
bearings on both sides of the vehicle and fitted at both ends with projecting
arms B having looped ends adapted to engage with looped guide rails 61 projecting
inwardly from the boot-side C. The lower end of the bolt k connected with the
rein rail is free to slide along a slot formed in the said arm until it reaches one end
or the other of the slot when it either draws or pushes the said arm in such a way
as to turn the rock shaft b and therefore either draws down or forces up the looped
guide rails 6' and with them the boot-sides C.
The operations which are thus necessary in order to convert a vehicle from a
victoria into a vis-a-vis phaeton or vice-versa are the same as those which we have

page_text: described in the first part of this Specification, with reference to Figures
to 19,
the seat F being arranged so that it can be moved back until it hangs against the
boot-back panel E, which latter can be turned down into position over the folded
boot-sides C, and the seat-back A having been raised and locked in its raised
position, the vehicle is ready for use as a vis-a-vis phaeton.
In order that the seat-back may be thus locked in its raised position, any
suitable bolts or catches may be employed, though we prefer to secure a forwardly
projecting bracket to the framing of the vehicle, and to arrange a bolt so that
it can be shot through a slot in the end of the said bracket, and thus secure the
seat-back to which it is attached to the said bracket. in substantially a similar way
to the arrangement which we have described in the former part of this
Specification.
If preferred, a handle may be secured in any convenient position upon the rock
shaft b, as for instance, as illustrated at B' in Figure 21, thus enabling the said
rock shaft to be partially rotated so as to draw down or raise the boot-sides C
through the medium of the projecting arms B and looped guide rails ', thus
dispensing entirely with the necessity for operating the said boot-sides by means
either of the rein rail or of the foot-board.
If preferred, the rock shaft together with its projecting arms B and the
looped guide rails & might be arranged at the back of the arch instead of at the
front, suitable means being provided to connect the said rock shaft with the rein
rail in the event of its being desired to operate the boot-sides by means of the said
rein rail, a handle B¹ being fitted upon the rock shaft in this case also when it is
required to operate the boot-sides by hand.
Referring to Figures 24 to 30,-
A represents the foot-board or seat-back which is hinged to the body of
the vehicle and has projecting arms B, each formed with a loop at its upper end,
the said loop being arranged to engage with a looped guide rail projecting
inwardly from the lower half C of the boot-sides, the said lower half being hinged,
as illustrated at to the body of the vehicle or arch framing, whilst the two halves
are hinged together at or about their centre, as shown at c¹. D represents hinges
which are provided on the upper edge of the upper part C₁ of the boot-sides,
whilst E represents the boot back panel which is hinged to the body of the vehicle
at e, and F represents the seat which rests upon and is connected to the upper part
of the boot-sides C-C¹ by means of the hinges D. I represents a vertically
sliding bolt which is used for locking the boot-back panel E in its raised position,
the said bolt I being connected to one end of a rocking lever ', whose other end is
operated by a small tongue or projection on the lower end of the back rail ³ of
the seat, the upper end of the said back rail being maintained in its raised position
when required by the side rails of the seat pressing against a small projection on
the said back rail, or in any other convenient manner.
The rear end of the rocking lever is so arranged as that when the back rail
is lowered into the position which it occupies when the vehicle is converted into a
vis-a-vis phaeton, it presses down the rear end of the said rocking lever, and
therefore raises the vertically sliding bolt I out of engagement with the boot-back
panel E, thus admitting of the said boot-back panel being turned over on its
hinges into the position illustrated in Figure 25, when the foot-board A. can be
raised into the position shown in the said figure the effect being to cause the
arms B to draw down the collapsible boot-sides C-C and cause each half to fold
upon the other, as illustrated in Figures 25 and 28, when the seat F will occupy
the position required when the vehicle is converted into a vis-a-vis phaeton, the
rear end of the said seat resting upon the lower part of the said boot-back panel
and its front end upon a block or projection J formed for the purpose on the
underside of the seat, and which is arranged to rest upon the front of the arch
framing, as shown in Figure 25.
It will be readily understood that with a convertible vehicle, constructed as
described, the operation of converting it from one style to another is very easily

page_text: and quickly accomplished, it being merely necessary in order to convert it from a
victoria into a vis-a-vis phaeton to fold down the back rail 3, turn the boot back
panel E over so that it hangs down into the position shown in Figure 25, raise the
foot-board A, thereby causing the two halves of the boot-sides to fold down upon
each other, and therefore lowering the seat of the vehicle, and then lock the said
foot-board in its raised position either by means of the rein rail, as described with
reference to Figures 1 to 19, or by some other convenient means, when the
vehicle will have all the appearance of a vis-a-vis phaeton.
The operation of re-converting the vehicle into a victoria is practically the
reverse of what we have just described, it being merely necessary to unlock the
seat back, and lower it to form the foot-board, raise the seat, and therefore
the boot-sides, and afterwards the boot back panel and then lock the said seat and
boot back panel in their raised positions by raising the back rail of the seat.
In cases where the seat of the vehicle is allowed to drop down on to the boot-
sides, and is then required to be locked to them instead of to the boot back panel,
we prefer to modify the arrangement just described by forming T-shaped slots i*
in a sliding bolt, as shown in Figures 31 to 34, and we arrange T-shaped buttons i
on the edges of the boot-sides, so that, when the seat is dropped into position the
said buttons can pass through the ends of the said slots, and when the seat back
rail is raised the narrow part of the said slots will be passed over the narrow part
of the buttons thereby locking the seat on the boot-sides, as shown in
Figure 31.
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 :-
First. In convertible victorias and vis-a-vis phaetons and other similar con-
vertible vehicles the employment of movable boot-sides (such as C) operated and
controlled by the foot-board or seat-back (A) of the vehicle, substantially as and
for the purposes hereinbefore described and illustrated in Figures 1 to 19 of the
accompanying drawings.
Second. In convertible victorias and vis-a-vis phaetons and other similar con-
vertible vehicles, the combination with two hinged boot-sides (such as C) each
fitted with a looped guide rail (such as 6) of a hinged foot-board (such as A) fitted
with a projecting arm (such as B) on either side, the end of each of the said arms
being arranged to engage with the said looped guide rails so that upon the said
foot-board being raised the said boot-sides will be drawn down into their folded
positions and vice-versa, the whole being constructed and arranged substantially as.
and for the purposes herein specified, and as illustrated in Figures 1 to 5 of the
accompanying drawings..
Third. In convertible victorias and vis-a-vis phaetons and other similar con-
vertible vehicles, the combination with a hinged foot-board or seat-back (such
as A) of a bracket (such as ¹) secured to the arch panel and adapted to project
through a slot in said hinged foot-board or seat back, said bracket being provided
with a slot (such as k) into which a bolt sliding on the front of said seat-back
can be caused to engage, substantially as and for the purposes herein specified,
and as illustrated in Figures 3, 4, 11, 12, and 19 of the accompanying drawings.
Fourth. In convertible victorias and vis-a-vis phaetons and other similar con-
vertible vehicles, the combination with a vertically sliding bolt (such as K) on the
underside or front of a hinged seat-back or foot-board (such as A) connected to and
operated by a rein rail (such as ³) of a bracket (such as k¹) secured to the arch
panel and having a slot (such as k) adapted to receive said bolt when said rein
rail is raised, the whole being constructed and arranged substantially as and for the
purposes herein described and illustrated in Figures 3, 4, 11, 12, and 19 of the
accompanying drawings.
Fifth. In convertible victorias and vis-a-vis phaetons or other similar convertible
vehicles the employment of a scat which can be moved from the position it occupies.

page_text: as the driver's seat of a victoria, until it hangs down against the boot back panel,
and can then be folded down into the position it occupies as the front seat of the
vis-a-vis phaeton and nice-versa, substantially as and for the purposes herein
described and illustrated in Figures 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the accompanying drawings.
Sixth. In convertible victorias and vis-a-vis phaetons or other similar convertible
vehicles the combination with two hinged boot-sides (such as C) each fitted at its
upper end with an inwardly projecting guide bar (such as D) which is inclined
downwardly in front of a seat (such as F) fitted with a hook (such as d¹) on each
side, adapted to engage with the said guide bars substantially as and for the
purposes hereinbefore described and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Seventh. In convertible victorias and vis-a-vis phaetons or other similar con-
vertible vehicles the combination with a seat adapted to form either the driver's
seat of the victoria or the front seat of the phaeton, of a slotted guide (such as G)
on each side, together with a downwardly projecting pin (such as H) adapted to fit
in a hole or recess provided for it in the upper end of the boot-sides, the slotted
guide being arranged to slide over outwardly projecting pins (such as g²) on the
upper end of the boot back panel, the whole being constructed and arranged
substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described, and as illustrated in
the accompanying drawings.
Eighth. In convertible victorias and vis-a-vis phaetons or other similar con-
vertible vehicles the combination with a bolt (such as I) sliding in bearings on a
movable seat (such as F) and adapted to lock the same in position, of a pivotted
back rail (such as ³) having a projecting lng (such as 2) to engage with and
operate the said sliding bolt, substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore
described, and as illustrated in Figures 6, 7 and 8, of the accompanying drawings.
Ninth. In convertible victorias and vis-a-vis phactons and other similar con-
vertible vehicles, the employment of movable boot-sides operated by the rein rail of
the vehicle so that when the said rein rail is in its extended position the boot-sides
will be folded down, and vice-versa when the said rail is folded back, the said boot-
sides will be raised, substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described and
illustrated in Figures 20 to 23 of the accompanying drawings.
Tenth. In convertible victorias and vis-a-vis phaetons and other similar con-
vertible vehicles, the combination with an extensible rein rail (such as K) connected
with a sliding operating bar or bolt (such as ) of a rock shaft (such as b) fitted
with an arm (such as k¹) with which the end of the said operating bolt or bar is in
engagement, the said rock shaft being also fitted with two projecting arms (such
as B) in engagement with looped guide rails (such as 1) projecting inwardly
from each of the boot-sides, substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore
described and illustrated in Figures 20 to 23 of the accompanying drawings.
Eleventh. In convertible victorias and vis-a-vis phaetons and other similar con-
vertible vehicles, the combination with movable boot-sides (such as C) of a rock
shaft (such as 6) fitted with a handle (such as B') and connected with the said
boot-sides so that they can be raised and lowered through its instrumentality,
substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described and illustrated in
Figure 21 of the accompanying drawings.
Twelfth. In convertible victorias and vis-a-vis phaetons and other similar con-
vertible vehicles, the employment of collapsible boot-sides (such as C-C) hinged
or jointed at or about their centres, substantially as and for the purposes herein-
before described and illustrated in Figures 24 to 28 of the accompanying drawings.
Thirteenth. In convertible victorias and vis-a-vis phaetons and other similar
convertible vehicles the employment of a boot back panel (such as E) hinged
at or near its lower end so that it can be turned bodily over, and be caused
to hang down near to and approximately parallel with the heel board of the
vis-a-vis, substantially as and for the purposes herein before described and
illustrated in Figures 24 and 25 of the accompanying drawings.
Fourteenth. In convertible victorias and vis-a-vis phaetons and other similar
convertible vehicles, the combination with boot-sides (such as C-C¹) hinged or

page_text: jointed at or about their centres, of a seat (such as F) hinged or jointed to the
upper edges of the said collapsible boot-sides substantially as and for the purposes
herein before described and illustrated in Figures 24 to 28 of the accompanying
drawings.
Fifteenth. In convertible victorias and vis-a-vis phaetons and other similar con-
vertible vehicles, the combination with collapsible boot-sides (such as C-C¹) hinged
or jointed at or about their centres, and each provided with a looped guide
rail (such as ¹) of a foot-board or seat-back (such as A) provided with a
projecting arm (such as B) engaging with the said looped rail, substantially as
and for the purposes hereinbefore described and illustrated in Figures 24 and 25
of the accompanying drawings.
Sixteenth. In convertible victorias and vis-a-vis phaetons and other similar con-
vertible vehicles, the combination with a vertically sliding bolt (such as I) adapted
to engage in a recess formed in the upper edge of the boot-back panel and connected
to one end of a rocking lever (such as ¹) of a seat back rail (such as ³) adapted to
raise and lower the free end of the said rocking lever, the whole being constructed and
arranged substantially as and for the purposes herein before described and illustrated
in Figures 29 and 30 of the accompanying drawings.
Seventeenth. In convertible victorias and vis-a-vis phaetons and other similar
convertible vehicles, the combination with a sliding bolt (such as I) having T-shaped
slots (such as *) and operated by the seat-back rail; of T-shaped buttons (such
as i) with which the slots in the said bolt can engage when the said back rail is
raised, substantially as and for the purposes herein before described and illustrated
in Figures 31 to 34 of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this Fifteenth day of February One thousand eight hundred and
ninety-two.
ALFRED CRACE SAGE.
DANIEL WHITE.