An Improved Arrangement of Structural and Mechanical Devices and Appliances for Carrying out the Canadian Recreational Pastime of Tobogganing with or without Ice.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 9th July, 1887
Complete Left, 11th Nov., 1887
Complete Accepted, 13th Dec., 1887
An Improved Arrangement of Structural and Mechanical Devices
and Appliances for Carrying out the Canadian Recreational
Pastime of Tobogganing with or without Ice.
We CREASEY JOHN WHELLAMS of Rapid City Manitoba Canada, and of the Canadian
Court of Commerce 7 & 8 Dean Street, Soho London in the County of Middlesex, and
CEPHAS ROBINS BESWETHERICK of Toronto Ontario, Canada and of the Canadian
Court of Commerce 7 & 8 Dean Street, Soho London, Merchants do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The carrying out of the Canadian Recreational Pastime of Tobogganing during
Winter or Summer with or without ice-Tobogganing is properly a Winter Pastime
inasmuch as the inclined plane down which the toboggans or sledges which have no
wheels slide has hitherto been covered with snow or ice in order to give velocity to
the Toboggan or sledge and to create that exhilerating feeling which this pastime
ensures.
The object of this invention therefore is to provide such a sliding surface in lieu of
ice or snow as will ensure the toboggan or sledge sliding thereon and thus provide for
the introduction of this pastime into countries where ice and snow is not common and
also make it an all year round pastime.
Tobogganing is a Canadian Pastime the Toboggans or sledges constructed without
wheels and the slide is sometimes constructed of wood but oftimes the inclined plane
of a hill side covered with snow or ice forms the slide down which shoots at a rapid
rate the Toboggan or sledge with its occupants thereon.
With a view to effect the above referred to object we provide an inclined plane
made of wood or other suitable material which is divided into a series of runs or
tracks dished or flat and separated from each other by ridges to prevent the Toboggans
or sledges leaving the track.

page_text: These tracks have rods of metal of suitable form fixed on the surface at the necessary
distances either longitudinally or transversally for the Toboggans or sledges to slide
over, or the runs or tracks may in lieu of metal rods, be faced with corrugated metal
the corrugations to be placed either transversally or longitudinally to the tracks.
The Toboggans or sledges are of the ordinary form or pattern or modified as may
be necessary and are faced at the bottom to suit either of the methods that may be
used for the tracks if the slide is made with longitudinal rods or corrugations the
Toboggans or sledges will have them fixed transversally and visa versa.

page_text: An Improved Arrangement of Structural and Mechanical Devices
and Appliances for Carrying out the Canadian Recreational
Pastime of Tobogganing with or without Ice.
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We CREASEY JOHN WHELLAMS of Rapid City Manitoba Canada, and of the
Canadian Court of Commerce 7 & 8 Dean Street Soho London in the County of
Middlesex and CEPHAS ROBINS BESWETHERICK of Toronto, Ontario, Canada and of
the Canadian Court of Commerce 7 & 8 Dean Street Soho London in the County
of Middlesex, Merchants 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 carrying out of the Canadian Recreational Pastime of Tobogganing during
Winter or Summer with or without ice-Tobogganing is properly a winter pastime
inasmuch as the inclined plane down which the Toboggans or Sledges slide (which
have no wheels) has hitherto been covered with snow or ice in order to give velocity
to the Toboggans or Sledges and to create that exhilerating feeling which this pastime
insures. The object of this invention therefore is to provide such a sliding surface in
lieu of ice or snow as will ensure the Toboggan sliding thereon and thus provide for
the introduction of this pastime into countries where ice and snow are not common
and also to make it an all year round pastime.
Tobogganing is a Canadian pastime and the slide is sometimes constructed of wood
but oftimes the inclined plane of a hill side covered with snow or ice forms the slide
down which shoots at a rapid rate the Toboggan or Sledge without wheels with its
occupants thereon.
With a view to effect the above referred to object we provide an inclined plane made
of wood or other suitable material which is divided into a series of runs or tracks
dished or flat and separated from each other by ridges to prevent the Toboggans or
Sledges leaving the track.
These tracks have rods of metal of suitable form fixed on the surface at the
necessary distances either longitudinally or transversely for the Toboggans or Sledges
to slide over or the runs or tracks may in lieu of metal rods, be faced with corrugated
metal or other suitable material the corrugations to be placed either transversley or
longitudinally to the tracks.
The Toboggans or Sledges are of the ordinary form or pattern or modified as may
be necessary and are faced at the bottom to suit either of the methods that may be
used for the tracks, if the slide is made with longitudinal rods or corrugations the
Toboggans or Sledges will have them fixed transversley or visa versa.

page_text: 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. A method of producing a sliding surface in lieu of ice for Tobogganing by the
use of rods or corrugated metal or other material as horein described.
2. A Toboggan or sledge specially shod with metal runners or other material to
slide upon the surface as herein described.
Dated this Eleventh day of November 1887.