Improvements in or applicable to Children's Mail Carts or Sulkies.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Jan., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 10th Oct., 1891-Accepted, 14th Nov., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or applicable to Children's Mail Carts or Sulkies.
We, HAROLD CHEETHAM HILL, and WILLIAM HARRISON, trading as Hill
and Harrison, of 167 Duke Street, Liverpool, Perambulator Manufacturers, do
hereby declare the nature of the said invention to be as follows
Our invention relates to the foot board or foot boards of children's mail carts or
sulkies.
Hitherto the foot boards have been placed at a fixed distance from the seat or
seats, and if suited for young children, they are inconvenient for those of larger
growth.
.
Our invention consists in arranging the foot board or boards so that they can be
readily adjusted to suit children of various ages.
We carry out our invention by making the two bars descending from the framing
of the mail cart or sulkey of sufficient length and form holes in each of them at
suitable points to give say three or more different lengths between the seat and the
foot board.
Each foot board is secured to two plates of metal, each of which plates come
opposite one of the bars from the framing, and each plate has a hole or slot in it for
the bar to pass through, and a projecting pin from the plate or from the underside
of the foot board enters the hole for it in the bar.
The weight of the foot board keeps the pins in the holes, but when the foot
board is to be changed in position its front end is lifted and this withdraws the
pins from the holes in the two bars descending from the frame of the vehicle,
and the foot board may then be readily moved to and placed in another position on
the said bars.
If desired the foot boards when placed in position may be locked by sliding hoops
or other devices.
The foot boards may also be secured by thumb screws if desired, and other
arrangements may be used without departing from our invention.
Dated this Fourteenth day of January 1891.
PETER J. LIVSEY,
Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or applicable to Children's Mail Carts or Sulkies.
We, HAROLD CHEETHAM HILL and WILLIAM HARRISON, trading as Hill
and Harrison, of 167 Duke Street, Liverpool, Perambulator Manufacturers, 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 invention relates to the foot board or foot boards of children's mail carts or
sulkies.
Hitherto the foot boards have been placed at a fixed distance from the seat or
seats and if suited for young children they are inconvenient for those of larger
growth.
Our invention consists in arranging the foot board or boards so that they can be
readily adjusted to suit children of various ages.
We carry out our invention by making the two bars descending from the framing
of the mail cart or sulkey of sufficient length and form holes in each of them at
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page_text: suitable points to give say three or more different lengths between the seat and the
foot board.
Each foot board is secured to two plates of metal, each of which plates come
opposite one of the bars from the framing, and each plate has a hole or slot in it for
the bar to pass through, and a projecting pin from the plate or from the underside
of the foot board enters the hole. for it in the bar.
The weight of the foot board keeps the pins in the holes, but when the foot
board is to be changed in position its front end is lifted and this withdraws
the pins from the holes in the two bars descending from the frame of the vehicle,
and the foot board may then be readily moved to and placed in another position on
the said bars.
If desired the foot boards when placed in position may be locked by sliding hoops
or other devices.
The foot boards may also be secured by thumb screws if desired and other
arrangements may be used without departing from our invention.
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section of a mail cart or "sulky" for children.
Fig. 2 is a front elevation of parts of one side.
Fig. 3 is a plan view of one foot board detached.
Fig. 4 is a plan and Fig. 5 an end view of one end of a foot board same as that
shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 but upon an enlarged scale.
Figs. 6, 7, 8 and 9 are end views illustrating modifications in the arrangements
and modes of securing the foot boards to the descending bars from the framing of
the mail cart or sulky.
a,
is the axle, which has the wheels b, secured upon it, one at each end.
The axle is secured by a bolt to a curved elastic bar c, at each side and the ends
of these curved bars c, are rivetted or otherwise secured to descending inclined
bars d, the upper bent ends of which descending bars are secured by bolts and
screws to the underside of the framing of the mail cart or sulky.
e, is the seat, and e', the sides of the cart, and 2, a cross bar between the sides
forming a back board, the children (when two are in the sulky) sitting back to
back,, are the shafts of the cart.
In sulkies two foot boards g, are used one for the front and the other for
the back seat, but in a mail cart having only one seat one foot board only is
required.
The front descending bar d, (that nearest the shafts f) is made longer than the
back one, so as to come and rest upon the ground when the cart is left standing by
itself, the shafts thus being prevented from descending to the ground.
The descending bars d, have each any desired number of holes through them to
sustain the foot boards g, which are formed as shown in Figs. 1 to 3 with two
plates at each end, one h, on the underside, the other ', on the upper side of the
board the two plates h, and h¹, being secured to the board g, by two bolts h³,
which pass through holes in the plates h, and ', and in the board.
The plate h', on the upper side has a slot ³, in it through which the descending
bar d, can pass freely, and the plate h, on the underside of the foot board has a
projection, to enter one of the holes d', in the descending bar d.
The weight of the board g, keeps the projections *, in the holes and that side of
the slot, furthest from the foot board g, comes against the side of the descending
bar d, and prevents the foot board from descending below the required position.
The foot board g, is readily changed from one set of holes d', in the bars d to
others, by lifting the outer edge of the foot board so as to withdraw the projections *,
on the plate h, from the holes in the descending bars d, when the foot board may be
moved and fixed in another position.
Fig. 6 illustrates another form of plate for supporting the foot board.
The board is secured to the plate or bracket h, (one at each end) by a bolt h².
The plate, is bent upwards and a slot is formed in its upper end which is bent
horizontally for the descending bar d, to pass through.

page_text: There is a projecting pin 4, rivetted into the plate h, or otherwise secured to
or formed thereon to enter the hole (d) in the descending bar d.
If desired and to prevent the foot board g, from getting out of position, there
may be a projection 5, from the upper part of the plate h, for a winged screw /³,
which screws through the projection so that its end comes against the face of the
descending bar d, when the foot board 9, is placed in position.
By unscrewing the winged screw he, the foot board may be readily changed in
position, on the bars d.
Fig. 7 shows an arrangement similar to that illustrated by Fig. 6, in which a
hoop h', is used upon each descending bar d, which can be slided thereon and on to
an upward projection h³, from the plate h, when the foot board is in position
with the projections h, from the plates in the holes in the descending bars d.
Fig. 8 is an arrangement similar to that shown by Fig. 6 but without the winged
screw.
The projecting part 4, from the plate h, is made of hook form and passes through
a slot in the descending bar d. This hook holds the foot board more securely in
its place.
Fig. 9 is an arrangement in which the bent up end of the plate h, has a hole in
it tapped for a winged screw h°, which screw has a hole in its axis tapped for a
screw bolt ho, with a T head which can be turned into a position in which the long
way of the head is in the direction of the lengthway of the descending bar d, in
which position it is passed through a slot in the bar d, and is then turned across the
slot as shown in Fig. 9.
By screwing the winged screw h, outwards the T headed bolt hº, is drawn firmly
against the back of the descending bar d, and holds the bracket plate h, of the foot
board g, against the face of the bar d, the T headed bolt 4º, passing through the
slot in the bar, prevents the descent of the bracket h, even when slack.
The rotation of the winged screw h³, one way causes it to move outwards and
also the bolt hº, to screw into the winged screw both thus moving in the same
direction.
A slight turn of the winged screw h, will release the T headed bolt so that it
may be readily turned in the direction of or across the slot in the bar d, thus the
footboard can be removed and replaced or changed in position without detaching.
the winged screw or T headed bolt from the bracket h.
In place of the winged screw h³, and T headed bolt h°, an ordinary winged screw
is or may be used screwing into a tapped hole in the bar d; or an ordinary bolt is or
may be employed passing through a hole or slot in the bar d.
The descending bars d, may be formed with teeth to engage with one or more
teeth on the plate attached to the foot board, and if desired springs (one end
secured to the foot board plate and the free end to press upon the back of the
bars d) may be used to hold the teeth in gear until a change of position is required
in the foot board, when by pressure upon it to one side the spring will give way and
allow the teeth to be released from each other and the foot board to be changed to
another position.
The framing of the cart and the mode of fixing the descending bars d, thereto,
may be varied when using our invention.
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.
1. In children's mail carts or sulkies the combination of bars (d) descending from
the framing with a foot board or foot boards (g) readily adjustable in height sub-
stantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore described.
2. The combination with bars descending from the framing of a foot board or
foot boards readily adjustable in height substantially as and for the purpose
hereinbefore described and illustrated by Figs. 1 to 5 of the drawings.

page_text: 3. The combination with bars descending from the framing of a foot board or
foot boards readily adjustable in height substantially as and for the purpose
herein before described in reference to Figs. 6, 7, 8, and 9 of the drawings.
Dated this Ninth day of October 1891.
PETER J. LIVSEY,
Agent.