Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 17th July, 1897
Complete Specification Left, 15th Apr.; 1898-Accepted, 4th June, 1898
I, WILLIAM CHARLES DAVIS, Grocer, of 16, Duncairn Street, Belfast, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a protector to be applied to the steps of cars, cabs, spring
vans, &c., for the purpose of preventing the foot slipping.
The protector consists of a sleeve of rubber; or rubber and canvas; or rubber
and leather; or rubber, canvas, and leather. The sleeve, which is preferably made
in the form of a bag stitched, cemented, or otherwise secured on three sides and
open at the fourth side so as to admit the step, may have its upper side formed of
corrugated rubber or of corrugated rubber secured to canvas and its lower side
may be made of leather or canvas.
In order to retain the sleeve. in position on the step it is provided with 2 or
more eyelet holes through which screws, tapes, straps or other fastening devices
are passed.
If found convenient the sleeve may be moulded entirely of rubber.
The underside of the sleeve instead of being made of leather or canvas may be
made of any other suitable and well known material.
Under a modification the protector may take the form of a rubber pad which can
be secured to the step by straps, pins, or screws.
Catches may be used for holding the protector in place.
The protector can be removed from the step when desired.
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
70, Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.
I, WILLIAM CHARLES DAVIS, Grocer, of 16, Duncairn Street, Belfast, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
This invention relates to a protector to be applied to the steps of cars, cabs, spring
vans, etc., for the purpose of preventing the foot slipping.
The protector consists of a sleeve of rubber; or rubber and canvas; or rubber
and leather; or rubber, canvas, and leather. The sleeve, which is preferably made
in the form of a bag stitched, cemented, or otherwise secured on three sides and
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page_text: open at the fourth side so as to admit the step, may have its upper side formed of
corrugated rubber, or of corrugated rubber secured to canvas, and its lower side
may be made of leather or canvas.
In order to retain the sleeve in position on the step it is provided with two or
more eyelet holes through which screws, tapes, straps or other fastening devices
are passed.
If found convenient the sleeve may be moulded entirely of rubber.
The underside of the sleeve instead of being made of leather or canvas may be
made of any other suitable and well known material.
Catches may be used for holding the protector in place.
The protector can be removed from the step whenever desired.
And in order that my said invention may be properly understood I have hereunto
appended an explanatory sheet of drawings, which shows, by way of example, a
protector as I prefer to make it.
Fig. 1 is a plan view of the protector fitted to a carriage step a, Ն.
Fig. 2 is a back end view of the step and protector.
Fig. 3 is a section of the step and protector taken on the line ax Fig. 1.
As shown clearly on the drawings the protector consists of a bag made of two
pieces of leather d, d', sewn together round the three sides but left open at the back
so as to fit over the step. The upper side of this bag or sleeve has sewn or otherwise
secured to it a corrugated or roughened rubber tread c. e, e, are small fastening
bolts which are passed through eyeletted holes in the leather bag at the back
thereof and by which the open or mouth end of the bag can be closed.
The protector is fitted to the step by merely slipping the bag over it and then
securing the bag in place by screwing up the nuts on the bolts. Whenever desired
the bolts can be unfastened and the protector removed from the step.
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
consider novel and desire to claim is:-
A step protector made substantially as herein before set forth.
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
70, Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.