Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Jan., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 9th Oct., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 31st Dec.,
1888
We FREDERICK HENRY AYRES of 111 Aldersgate Street in the City of London,
Manufacturer, and ANDREW FOSTER of 70 Estcourt Road Watford in the County of
Herts, Wood Turner do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention has for its object to enable the shafts of a toy carriage to be shifted
so that what had been at one moment the front may become by the change of position
of the shafts the back of the vehicle, or by placing them in mid position two may
propel one child in front and one behind; or, with the wheels, or wheels and axle
removed, or not, a sedan carriage may be had, the two bearers before and behind
carrying the body of the carriage or it may form a sleigh.
A form of carriage conveniently embodying the invention is the following, viz. :—a
dog cart body with say the contour of the wings approximating to the circle of the
wheel top; front and back seat dos-a-dos, retaining removable rails for young children,
slung steps which form front and back tilting rests; the wheels either light hickory or
spider (metal) wheels.
The under part of the carriage according to one modification has a light curved
frame adapted when the wheels are removed to serve as a toy sleigh.
The axle and wheels may be secured by parts released or retained by thumb screws
or the like; or, only the wheels may be removable.
The socket pieces or loops through which the shafts slide are capable of easement
or tightening up by thumb screws or the like.
When the shafts are fully extended at one side and the handle ends well away from
the vehicle and the childs heels well clear of the step on that side, the other handle
ends close home to the back (pro tem.) serve for another child to hold on to in
following or pushing.
Did the 0th day of January 1888
WM. BROOKES & SON,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London,
Agents for the Applicants.

page_text: We FREDERICK HENRY AYRES of 111 Aldersgate Street in the City of London,
Manufacturer, and ANDREW FOSTER of 70 Estcourt Road, Watford in the County of
Herts, Wood Turner, 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 for its object to enable the shafts of a toy carriage to be shifted
so that what had been at one moment the front may become by the change of position
of the shafts the back of the vehicle, or by placing them in mid position two may
propel one child in front and one behind; or, with the wheels, or wheels and axle.
removed, or not, a sedan carriage may be had, the two bearers before and behind
carrying the body of the carriage, or may form a sleigh.
A form of carriage conveniently embodying the invention is the following, viz. :—a
dog cart body with say the contour of the wings approximating to the circle of the
wheel top; front and back seat dos-a-dos, retaining removable rails for young children,
slung steps which form front and back tilting rests, the wheels either light hickory or
spider (metal) wheels.
The under part of the carriage according to one modification has a light curved
frame adapted when the wheels are removed to serve as a toy sleigh.
The axle and wheels may be secured by parts released or retained by thumb screws
or the like; or, only the wheels may be removable.
The socket pieces or loops through which the shafts slide are capable of easement or
tightening up by thumb screws or the like.
When the shafts are fully, extended at one side and the handle ends well away from
the vehicle and the child's heels well clear of the step on that side, the other handle
ends close home to the back (pro tem.) serve for another child to hold on to in
following or pushing.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 shews by a side view an arrangement of the parts of a toy cart adapted to
carry two children, seated, according to one modification of the invention and so
arranged as to be convertible from a wheeled front and back seated gig or carriage
into a sleigh, cart or into a sedan chair as will be described.
Figure 2 is an end view of the same.
Figure 3 is an underside view of the foregoing.
Figure 4 is a side view shewing the same body &c. of the cart as in the preceeding

page_text: figures but with the wheels & axle removed leaving the body &c. borne on the sleigh
supports or runners.
Figure 5 shews a cart with prop legs instead of sleigh frame.
Figures 6 and 7 shew the cart body as sleigh and chair, "sedan" fashion, being two
changes of arrangement of which the cart or carriage Fig. 1 is capable as referred to.
Figures 8, 9 and 10 shew a similar series of perspective views of a similarly
arranged cart except that the single seat substituted for the front and back seats of
Fig. 5, a boot or locker is arranged at the back to hold any articles desired—such as
toy reins, bells &c.
Figures 11, 12 and 13 shew respectively by side view, front view & back view
another design of toy carriage according to my invention but with the sleigh runners
and their supports suppressed and supports f. provided to limit the extent of tilting to
the cart when used as such and to form rests for the sedan chair when used as such on
the wheels being removed as will be described.
Figure 14 shews the wheels of a carriage as they appear when the part axes are
separate from the body thereof.
Figures 15, 16, 17 and 18 shew by side view partly in section and underside view
respectively the part axes in place in a slot in the underside of the body, and the part
axes separated.
Throughout the figures the like parts are indicated by the same letters.
A is the body of the cart, B the wheels and C the shafts. a a form the seats, a³ a³
the back rests, D the wings, d. d foot steps. is a bent frame which has at counterpart
on the opposite side (referring particularly to Fig. 1) which supports and to which
are fastened, as by screws or rivets, the foot boards d. d'. To these frames d² which at
the undersides do serve as runners are fastened, as by screwing or rivetting, the
stiffening pieces and from the lower part of each of these frames is a vertical
stiffening rod d carried up to the under frame of the body.
The wheels Bare carried on an axis which axis for convenience of removal of the
wheels B is formed in two parts see Figs 15, 16, 17 and 18 so that on removal of
three wing or thumb nuts & from the screw stems ³ ³ attached to the under
body, the wheels B each with its part axis can be removed leaving no projecting axes
at the wings and the wing nuts can be at once replaced on the stems avoiding mislaying.
The end of each of the axes b that lie within the washer and wing nut 2 is passed over
the end of the stem 6 and is reduced to half thickness or recess in counterpart to fit
into the slotted part e of the cross bar e¹ of the underbody. a³ a³ are straps with
buckles passed around loops at attached to the wings D for use in retaining the riders
on their seats. The shafts C are carried in metal straps or rectangular sockets c
formed with screw threaded stems c which pass through holes in the frame of the
cart to the inside and are secured by wing nuts c³ thereto, slots at the side of the cart
adinit the sockets so far as to permit of a bight or hold being attained on the shafts C
between them and the side frames to prevent slipping and these shafts bear upon the
underside of the wings or sides of the cart; a² ² are splash guards.
By shifting the shafts so as to bring their centres midway of the sides of the cart
a sedan chair or palanquin carrier can be arranged. The rear ends of the shafts when
drawn close in serve as hold for a child who is pushing behind the cart.
The form of the body of the carriage whether as a gig or other style is immaterial
and may be greatly varied.
In Figure 15 the mode of construction of the underframe is shewn in section and
the mode of attaching the part axles the form of which part axles is shewn clearly in
the side view Figure 16 and underside view. Figure 18. Whilst the underside view.
Figure 17 shews the form of slot in which the axle lies.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said Invention,
and in what manner the same. is to be performed, we declare that what we claim is:
1. A toy carriage adaptable as a wheeled vehicle, a sleigh or a portable seat or sedan
chair in combination with shafts supported removably and adjustably in bearings
substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

page_text: 2. A toy carriage adaptable as a wheeled vehicle or as a portable seat or sedan chair
in combination with shafts supported removably and adjustably in bearings applied to
the carriage body substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
3. A toy carriage, sleigh or chair in combination with shafts capable of being
adjustably and removably held in bearings applied to the body of the carriage as
set forth.
4. In a toy carriage the combination or arrangement of wheels and divisible
removable axis and parts for supporting same in position substantially as set forth.
WM. BROOKES & SON,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London,
Agents for the Applicants.