A Combined Mail Cart, Cradle, and Perambuoot.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Aug., 1891
Complete Specification Loft, 28th May 1892-Accented. 2nd July, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Combined Mail Cart, Cradle, and Perambuoot.
I, EDMUND BUSH of No. 5 Arno Avenue Sherwood Rise in the Town and
County of the Town of Nottingham Draftsman do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
According to my invention a cradle, which may be made extensible or capable
of alteration as to length, is provided with moveable rockers, or rockers capable of
turning on pivots, and this cradle can be attached by means of the said pivotted
rockers to a child's mail cart, thus forming a combined mail cart cradle and
perambucot. The cradle may be made to occupy the place of one or both seats of
the mail cart. By detaching the cradle from the mail cart a complete cradle and a
complete mail cart are formed.
of Ava 1901
ERNEST DE PASS,
78, Fleet Street, London, and 6, Victoria Street, Nottingham,
Agent for the Applicant.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION,
A Combined Mall Oart, Oradle, and Perambucot.
I, EDMUND BUSH, of No. 5 Arno Avenue, Sherwood Rise, in the Town and
County of the Town of Nottingham, Draftsman, 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 drawings and to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is
to say:
"
According to my invention a cradle which may be made extensible or capable of.
alteration as to length, is provided with movable rockers, or rockers capable of
turning on pivots, and this cradle can be attached, by means of the said pivotted
rockers, to a childs mail cart, thus forming a combined mail cart, cradle and
perambucot. The cradle may be made to occupy the place of one or both seats of
the mail cart, the seats of said cart being removable. By detaching the cradle
from the mail cart a complete cradle, and complete mail cart are formed.
And in order that my invention may be readily understood and carried into effect
I will describe the same fully with reference to the accompanying drawings, in
which :-
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the combined mail cart, cradle, and perambucot.
Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the cradle detached.
Fig. 3 is a plan of the extensible cradle in place upon the mail cart.
Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the mail cart shown in Fig. 3.
Fig. 5 is a detail view, on a larger scale, of the construction of one of the pivotted
rockers.
a is the detachable cradle which is secured to the mail cart 6 by the pivotted
rockers c taking under the shafts d of the mail cart. The rocker c is attached, by
means of a screw or bolt e, to the bottom of the cradle. This screw or bolt is
provided with washers g, g¹, g, between two of which g', 'g', a spring his inserted
This rocker can be
so as to ensure the rocker gripping the shafts of the cart.
moved round upon the screw or bolt and set in any desired position. One only of
the rockers c is pivotted and is shown in Fig. 2 turned round into the position ready
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page_text: for placing or replacing the cradle upon the cart. The front rocker is shown fixed
and incapable of movement.
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On each side of the cradle is a lug i for supporting-such cradle by allowing it to
rest upon the shafts of the mail cart. These lugs have two small pieces of india
rubber,, inserted to prevent noise or rubbing on the shafts.
In Fig. 3 the cradle is made extensible to occupy the place of both seats. For
this purpose the bottom of the cradle is made in two parts fand f, the part f¹
being capable of sliding under the part, and secured to it by means of a screw j,
with washer k, passing through a slot in the part f. The sides of the cradle are
extended by the insertion of two dovetailed removable pieces m, m. The cross rail n is
removable and capable of being fitted or bolted into the dovetails
PP, or p', p²,
formed in the mail cart, according as it is desired to have the place of one or both
seats of the cart occupied by the cradle. When the cross rail is removable the
side rails r are preferably made straight as shown in Fig. 4. When the cradle is
attached, and a perambucot forined, the removable flat seats of the mail cart can
be laid on the bottom of the cradle, or be supported under the franie of the cart by
clips, or otherwise.
The combined cradlo and mail cart can be constructed of wood, cane, wicker,
bamboo, or other suitable material.
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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 :-
1. The combination with a mail cart, of a detachable cradle having a pivotted
rocker or rockers, - whereby the parts can be connected together to form a -
perambucot, or disconnected to form a cradle and a mail cart, substantially as
described.
2. The extensible cradle so constructed as to be capable of use in combination
with a child's mail cart, substantially as described and as shown in the drawings.
3. The construction of the pivotted rocker or rockers for enabling the cradle to
be readily and securely connected to the mail cart, as described and as shown with
reference to Fig. 5 of the drawings.
4. My improved combined mail cart, cradle and perambucot, substantially as
herein before described and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
ERNEST DE PASS,
Chartered Patent Agent,
78, Fleet Street, London, and 6, Victoria Street, Nottingham,
Agent for the Applicant.