An Improved Support for the Shafts or Tongues of Vehicles.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Aug., 1890-Accepted, 20th Sept., 1890
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Support for the Shafts or Tongues of Vehicles.
We JAMES JOSEPH HAYES Inventor and MILES BEATY TRAVIS, Merchant both of
Saybrook, in the County of McLean and State of Illinois, United States of America,
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 has reference to devices designed for attachment to a vehicle for
supporting the shaft or tongue of the same in an elevated position; and the said
invention consists in the improved construction hereinafter described and set forth.
In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification,
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the shaft or tongue support embodying my
improvements, and
Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of a portion of said device,
The improved support consists, primarily, of two parts, one of which is presented
by a spring A, of the form shown, secured on the axle B, by having its lower
horizontal portion a located beneath said axle and perforated for the passage of the
depending threaded portion of the clip D, the said portion a being secured in
position by having the plate E of the clip bear against the same, so that said
projecting threaded ends can be engaged by the nuts b. The said spring A has also
a vertical portion located preferably in the rear of the axle and extends above the
latter at which point it is forwardly bent and bifurcated to present members cc,
between which is a space sufficient to partially admit the shaft or tongue F. Each of
said members is bent vertically to form a depression d, and beyond the same each
member is curved upward to form a deflecting extremity e.
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The second part of the device comprises a clip C, having its ends threaded to
enable it to be secured to the shaft or tongue F, by means of a plate fand bolt g,
and from each side of said clip extend projections or lugs h. In use when the shaft
or tongue is raised the lug will contact with the extremities of the members, and
by reason of the end curvature of the latter, together with their general spring
character, will be deflected beneath the members and pass into the depressions of
the same to be locked therein, so as to retain or hold the shaft or tongue in an
elevated position.
It will be understood that the device, which is in the nature of an attachment,
comprises but very few parts and can be readily applied to all existing forms of
vehicles without trouble or alteration and that when in position it will not be in the
way in any particular.
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:
The combination, in a shaft or tongue support for vehicles, of the spring A,
supported by the clip C, and bifurcated to present the members spread to receive a
portion of the shaft between them, and bent, as specified, to form depressions and free
end portions, together with an independent clip C, adapted to be attached to the
shaft and having lateral projections at each side designed, when the clip C is
moved adjacent to the bifurcated portion of the spring, to have contact with the free
end portion and caused to pass beneath and be engaged by the bent portions of said
members to be retained thereby, substantially as set forth.
Dated this 2nd day of August 1890.
F. W. BARKER,
Applicants' Agent.