Improvements in Handles for Perambulators, Bassinettes, and such like Carriages for Children and Invalids.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Feb., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 16th Nov., 1892-Accepted, 31st Dec., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Handles for Perambulators, Bassinettes, and such
like Carriages for Children and Invalids.
We ELI JOHN HUMPHRY HENRY KEATES & THOMAS FINNEY trading as
Humphry Keates & Co. of Scotland Street, Parade, Birmingham, Manufacturers
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists in attaching to each side of the perambulator, bassinette,
or other carriage a bracket of metal or other suitable material, formed in the shape
of a scroll, projecting from the carriage & terminating with a disc or boss, to
receive the ends of the handle which is fixed between them. The reverse end of
each bracket is furnished with an armn to extend horizontally any desired distance
along the sides of the carriage, & each may also have a second arm (or more)
extending in a downward direction. These arms being furnished with screw holes,
are firmly attached to the body of the carriage, & a good and firm handle capable of
considerable variety of shape & pattern is thus obtained.
A great advantage in this construction of handle, is that the handle can be made
the full width of the carriage, & greater leverage obtained.
Dated this 13th day of February 1892.
HENRY F. TALBOT,
7, Cherry Street, Birmingham, Agent for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Handles for Perambulators, Bassinettes, and such
like Carriages for Children and Invalids.
We ELI JOHN HUMPHRY HENRY KEATES and THOMAS FINNEY trading as
Humphry Keates & Co. of Scotland Street Parade Birmingham 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, reference being had to the accompanying drawing :-
This invention consists in attaching to each side of the perambulator, bassinette
or other carriage of a like description, to be propelled or guided by hand, a bracket
of metal or other suitable material, formed in the shape of a scroll or other design,
projecting from the carriage and terminating with a disc or boss to receive the ends
of the handle, which is fixed between each pair of them.
The reverse end of each bracket is furnished with an arm extending horizontally
along the sides of the carriage, either a short distance, or sufficiently far to have at
its end an eye through which to pass the fastener of the carriage hood, or extending
the whole length of the carriage, and so forming the brackets at each end of the
carriage in one piece.
Each of the arms of the brackets may have one or more additional branch arms,
extending from them, in a downward direction.
The main and branch arms are furnished with screw holes for the purpose of
firmly attaching them to the body of the carriage.
A good and firm handle, capable of considerable variety of shape and pattern, is
thus obtained. A great advantage of this description of handle, is that the handle
can be made the full width of the carriage, and greater leverage obtained.
Referring to the drawing which represents a carriage with handles at each end,
(a) (a) are the handles between the brackets (b) and (b), (d) (1) are the discs or
bosses to which the handles (a) are attached, (c) (c') are the arms extending
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page_text: horizontally along the sides of the carriage and (e) (e) branch arms extending
.downward.
Either of the arms (c) or (c¹) may be extended to (y) to receive the fastener of
the hood (), or the brackets at each end of the carriage may be connected by
extending the arms from one to the other along the top of the carriage body
at (i).
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 :-
Improvements in handles for perambulators bassinettes and such like articles by
attaching them between bracket pieces formed in the manner, and attached to the
bodies of the carriages substantially as herein described and illustrated by the
-accompanying drawing.
Dated this 15th day of November 1892.
HENRY F. TALBOT,
7, Cherry Street, Birmingham, Agent for the Applicants.