IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CON- STRUCTION OF CARRIAGES
Year: 1863

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henri Adrien Bonneville, Patent Agent, of the
British and Foreign Patent Offices, 24, Rue du Mont Thabor, Paris, in
the Empire of France, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CON-
STRUCTION OF CARRIAGES."-A communication from Charles William
Hine Sargent, Manufacturer, residing at 24, Rue du Mont Thabor,
Paris, in the Empire of France.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henri Adrien Bonneville
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
25th May 1863.
"Í, HENRI ADRIEN BONNEVILLE, Patent Agent, of the British and Foreign
Patent Offices, 24, Rue du Mont Thabor, Paris, in the Empire of France, do
hereby. declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
CONSTRUCTION OF CARRIAGES," a communication from Charles William Hine
Sargent, Manufacturer, a person now residing at 24, Rue du Mont Thabor,
Paris, in the Empire of France; to be as follows, that is to say:-
This Invention consists in an improved mode of opening Bath chairs and
other carriages, and in the arrangement of the seats, for the purpose of facili-
tating the use of the same by sick and infirm persons. For this purpose the
carriages are constructed in two parts, which open by means of hinges, and
the seats are moveable, so as to be raised or lowered at will.

page_text: The annexed Drawings represent the application of these improvements to a
Bath chair.
Figure 1 is a view of the Bath chair open; Figure 2 represents the seat, seen
separately, with the mechanism for raising or lowering it.
A is the body or back of the carriage; B is the front part of the same.
These two parts are united at one side by the hinges C, the number of which
may be varied at will. The part B may be thus shut on the part A, to which
it is fixed by the button D or other convenient means. E is a step
E is a step hinged, so
that it may be folded up against the seat; F is a segment of a circle in metal,
provided with holes to receive a pin which passes through them into the fore
part of the carriage, so as to hold the two parts separate when open. G is a
notched bar for the three-wheeled carriages like the one represented in the
Drawing; it is placed in the upright H of the carriage, and may, by means of
notches, be lengthened to maintain the equilibre of the carriage when open, if
such support is found necessary. I, I, are two iron rods made with screw
threads, and turning in screw nuts fixed in the centre of each end of the seat
J, which may be raised or lowered by their means.
These improvements may be applied to carriages drawn by horses, as well
as to those drawn by hand, made with or without springs.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Henri Adrien Bonneville in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 10th November 1863.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRI
ADRIEN BONNEVILLE, Patent Agent, of the British and Foreign Patent Offices,
24, Rue du Mont Thabor, Paris, in the Empire of France, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fifth day of May, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, in the twenty-sixth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Henri Adrien Bonneville, Her special licence that I, the said
Henri Adrien Bonneville, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said Henri Adrien Bonneville, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time
and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and
lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Inven-

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tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF CARRIAGES," communicated to
me by Charles William Hine Sargent, Manufacturer, a person now residing
at 24, Rue du Mont Thabor, Paris, in the Empire of France aforesaid, upon
the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Henri Adrien Bonneville,
my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or
their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascer-
tain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to
be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent
Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the
said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Henri Adrien Bonneville, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement, that is to say :-
This Invention consists in an improved mode of opening carriages, Bath
chairs, and other similar vehicles, whereby they are rendered more easily
accessible, and whereby the use of the same is facilitated, and in the arrange-
ment of the seats for the same purposes, which improvements are intended
more especially for invalids and other sick or infirm persons. For this purpose
the carriages or Bath chairs are built in two parts, which open by means of
hinges, and the seats are moveable, so as to be raised or lowered at will,
Fig. 1 represents a Bath chair, to which the above improvements are
applied, open; Fig. 2, a separate view of the moveable seat as employed in
Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a Brougham on the improved principle, open; Fig. 4, the
seat as modified in Fig. 3; Fig. 5, section of a carriage with slide
opening.
DESCRIPTION OF THE BATH CHAIR (see Figs. 1 & 2).
A is the body or back; B, the front part. These two parts are hinged
together, the number of the hinges C being varied at will, so that the part B
may be shut on the part A, to which it is fixed by the buttons D or other

page_text: DESCRIPTION OF THE BROUGHAM (Figs. 3 and 4),
in which certain letters of reference, indicate parts corresponding to those
previously described.
A is the back of the carriage; B, front of the same.. These parts are united
at one side by the hinges C,, the number of which may be varied at will, so
that the two parts may be shut together and fixed by means of a hinge with
moveable pin and a lever catch piece D, which draws and holds the two parts
together, or other suitable means. E is a step hinged so that it may be
folded up against the seat; F is a toothed segment in iron, in which works a
pinion fixed to the arbor of the winch G, so as to hold the two parts in place
when the carriage is open, or to draw them together for the purpose of shutting
be
it. H. is a notched bar placed in the upright of the carriage, which may
"lengthened or shortened, in order to maintain the equilibre of the carriage
when open. J, J, are two iron rods, on which the seat K is placed, in which
they turn. These rods, the lower ends of. which are worked, with screw
threads, turn in two screw. nuts placed at the point L, so as to raise or lower
the seat in the cavity M of the carriage.
For certain kinds of carriages the mode of opening may be modified, as
represented in Fig. 5.
Having thus described the nature of the said Invention, and the manner in
which the same is to be performed, without restraining its application to the
particular forms of carriages above described and represented in the annexed
Drawings, what I claim is, the method of opening carriages of all kinds, and
of raising or lowering their seats, so as to facilitate the access to and use of the
same by invalids or other sick or infirm persons.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Adrien Bonneville, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Tenth day of November, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.
H. BONNEVILLE. (L.S.)