US1173352A

US1173352A - Wagon-cover.

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Publication number: US1173352A
Application number: US87888114A
Authority: US
Inventors: Andy Higdon
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1914-12-24
Filing date: 1914-12-24
Publication date: 1916-02-29
Anticipated expiration: 1933-02-28

Description

A. HIGDON.

WAGON COVER- 7 APPUCATION FILED DEC. 24. 19'4- 1,173,352. Patented Feb. 29,1916.

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ANDY HIGDON, or NEVADA, IOWA.

WAGON-COVER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 29, 1916.

Application filed December 24, 1914. Serial No. 878,881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDY HIcooN, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Nevada, in the county of Story and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful lVagon-Cover, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide removable and replaceable means for covering a wagon-box, especially when said box is loaded with substance from which it is desired to exclude rain, snow, dust or sunshine.

A further object of this invention is to provide a foldable and extensible cover for wagon boxes and the like, which includes in its construction a metal frame and means for attaching said frame to a wagon-box.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of elements hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claims and illustrated by the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is an inverted plan of the cover, portions being broken away to economize space. Fig.- 2 is a cross-section of the cover on the indicated line 22 of Fig. 1, on an enlarged scale, showing also side-boards of a wagon-box and the manner of attaching the oover-frame to said box. Fig. 3 is a detail elevation, on an enlarged scale, of one of the bow members and a yoke for attaching the same to a side-board.

In the construction of the devices as shown the

numerals

10, 11, 12 designate ridge-pole members adapted to be arranged in alinement and each constructed of a single metal rod having

terminal eyes

13, 14. A hook 15 is pivoted at one end to the eye 14 of the member 10 and hooks into the eye 13 of the member 11. A hook 16 is pivoted to the eye 14 of the member 11 and hooks into the eye 13 of the member 12. An end prop 17 is made of a single metal rod doubled and formed with an eye 18 at its center, and the ends of said rod are brought into close relations With each other and are pivoted in the eye 13 of the member 10. A fork 19 is formed with an eye 20 at its center, which eye is pivoted in the eye 18 of the end prop. An end prop 21, identical in construction with the end prop 17 has its end portion pivoted in the eye 14 of the member 12 and carries a fork 19 at its looped end. The forks 19 on the

end props

17 and 21 are adapted to engage the upper margins of endgates of a wagon box firmly. The

members

10, 11, 12, the

hooks

15, 16 and the

end props

17, 21 constitute the ridge-pole or longitudinal support of the device.

Bow members

22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 are secured to the wagon box side-

boards

28, 29, and to the ridge-pole and support the latter as about to be described. Each bow-member is constructed of a single length of metal rod, doubled and formed with an eye 18 at its center and having its terminals pivoted to the ridge-

pole member

10 or 11 or 12. Each bow-member carries a fork 19 having an eye 20 pivoted in the eye 18 thereof. The bow-members are arranged in pairs and the pairs are arranged in spaced relations, one pair of bow-members being provided for each ridge-pole member, and the individual members of each pair diverging, in use, from the ridge-pole to the sideboards.

A roof or cover 30, preferably made of flexible Waterproof material, such as canvas, is mounted on the frame and is secured, such as by stitching or tying not shown, to the ridge-

pole members

10, 11, 12 and the

bow members

22, 23, 24. The cover 30 preferably is provided with eyelets or holes 81 in its corners and side margins adapted to receive ropes, not shown, for securing the cover to members of the Wagon box or the gear carrying the same. The forks 19 preferably are made of resilient material such as steel in order that they may grip the portions of the wagon box engaged thereby. The cover may be removed and folded and rolled into small compass, by unhooking the

hooks

15, 16 from the eyes 13 and turning them through arcs as indicated by arrows a in Fig. 1 to the

bow members

22, 23, by moving the end props through arcs as shown by arrows b in Fig. 1 to the bow-

members

22, 24, and by moving the bow-

members

25, 26, 27 through arcs as shown by arrow 0 in Fig. 2 to the

opposite bow members

22, 23, 24, and then folding the flexible cover on its center and rolling the device from one end to the other throughout its length.

I claim as my invention 1. A wagon cover, comprising a jointed metal ridge-pole, bow members pivoted to said ridge-pole, resilient forks for securing ends of the ridge-pole and box-members to a Wagon-box, and a flexible roof mounted thereon.

bers pivoted to said ridge-pole, forks on the end-props and bow-members adapted to engage a Wagon-box, and a flexible cover or roof mounted on said ridge-pole and bowmembers. 7 I v 3. A ridge-pole formed in sections having eyes on their ends, hooks inter-engaging said .eyes, end props engaging extreme eyes of 10 the series of sections, and forks pivoted to outer ends of said props, the Whole being jointed, pivotally connected, and foldable.

, v ANDY HIGDQN.

Witnesses: I FRED E. HANSEN, GEORGE W. HEALLEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of letents,

'- i Washington, D. C.