Improved Means for Applying Covers or Aprons for Protecting the Outside Passengers on Vehicles.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd May, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 1st Sept., 1890-Accepted, 4th Oct., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means for Applying Covers or Aprons for Protecting the
Outside Passengers on Vehicles.
1, CHARLES BRAWN, of 124 King's Road, Chelsea, in the County of Middlesex,
Clothier, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The present invention relates to improvements on the invention described in the
Specification of my prior application for Patent No. 4371, dated 20th March 1890,
and whereas in such prior application the apron is described as being mounted upon a
frame which is pivotted so that it can be turned down on to the knees of the
passengers for use, and turned back on its pivot or hinge when not in use, the present
invention consists in making the support for the apron a fixed one instead of a
pivotted one.
This may be effected either, 1st, by the use of a rod, bar or frame rigidly secured
in position at a suitable height above the floor (in the case of a vehicle with garden
seats, to the back of the seat in front, and in the case of vehicles with seats placed
back to back then to the boards at the sides of the vehicles), and over which fixed
rod, bar or frame the cover or apron is placed, or to which it is secured; or,
apron itself may by hooks and eyes or otherwise be secured in position at the required
height.
2nd, the
The apron or cover will be lifted into the position for use by simply catching hold
of and raising its lower free end on to the knees of the person to be protected, and
when done with by pushing the apron off the knees it will full back into its original
position.
One of the advantages of my invention is that as the aprons or covers, whether in
use or not, are always in a position to be exposed to public view, they will afford a
good medium for advertising, and as they are also always supported in the proper
position for exhibiting the advertisements, and are prevented from being thrown about,
such advertisements will not be liable to get damaged or defaced.
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ALLISON BROS.,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means for Applying Covers or Aprons for Protecting the
Outside Passengers on Vehicles.
I, CHARLES BRAWN, of 124 King's Road, Chelsea, in the County of Middlesex,
Clothier, 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 present invention relates to improvements on the invention described in the
Specification of my prior application for Patent, No. 4371, dated 20th March 1890,
and whereas in such prior application the apron is described as being mounted upon
a frame which is pivotted so that it can be turned down on to the knees of the
passengers for use, and turned back on its pivot or hinge when not in use, the present
invention consists in making the support for the apron a fixed one instead of a
pivotted one.
In the accompanying drawings,
Fio 1 is a transverse section of two seats showing one method of applying my

page_text: Fig. 3 is a transverse section of two seats showing another method of applying my
invention thereto, and
Fig. 4 is a rear elevation of one of such seats.
In the arrangement shown in Figs. 1 and 2, I make use of a rod, bar or frame B,
rigidly secured in position at a suitable height above the floor C (in the case of a
vehicle with garden seats, to the back of the seat 1 in front, as shown in the drawings,
and in the case of vehicles with seats placed back to back-then to the rails or boards
at the sides of the vehicle), and over which fixed rod, bar or frame B the cover or
apron A is placed, or to which it is secured.
In the arrangement shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the apron or cover A is itself by the
hooks E and eyes F (or by equivalent means) secured in position at the required
height.
The apron or cover A will be lifted into the position for use (as shown on the right
hand seats in Figs. 1 and 3) by simply catching hold of and raising its lower free
end A¹ on to the knees of the person to be protected, and when done with by pushing
such end of the apron off the knees it will fall back into its original position, as shown
on the left hand seats in Figs. 1 and 3.
One of the advantages of my invention is that as the aprons or covers A, whether
in use or not, are always in a position to be exposed to public.view, they will afford a
good medium for advertising, and as they are also always supported in the proper
position for exhibiting the advertisements, and are prevented from being thrown about,
such advertisements will not be liable to get damaged or defaced.
It will be readily understood that my invention may also be applied to the seats
on the decks of vessels, or to the outside seats of railway carriages, in cases where
same are employed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
Securing the covers or aprons for the outside seats of vehicles or other conveyances
at a suitable height in front of the seats in conjunction with which they are to be
used, either by aid of a fixed rod, bar or frame, or by books and eyes, or their
equivalents, substantially as specified.
Dated this 11th do
T1000
ALLISON BROS.,
Agents for the Applicant