US1392461A - Auxiliary seat for baby-carriages - Google Patents

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E. H. STRUEB ING. AUXILIARY SEAT FOR BABY CARRIAGES.

APPLICATION FILED FEB- 6, I919.

Patented, Oct. 4, 1921.

PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD H. STRUEBING, 0F TONAWANDA, NEW YORK.

AUXILIARY SEAT FOR BABY-CARRIAGES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 4, 1921.

Application filed February 6, 1919. Serial No. 275,378.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD I-I. STRUEB- ING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Tonawanda, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Auxiliary Seats for Baby-Carriages, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an extra or auxiliary seat adapted to be attached to the handle-arms of a baby carriage.

Its object is the provision of a neat, light and inexpensive seat of this character which can be readily attached and removed.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure l is a perspective view of the seat and the adjacent portions of the handle arms. Fig. 2 is an inverted perspective view of the seat. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary front view of the seat and the adjacent handle arm. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a baby carriage equipped with the seat.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views. 1

1 indicates the push-handle of an ordinary baby-carriage, and 2 the customary side-arms carrying the handle at their upper ends and secured to the running gear at their lower ends.

3 indicates the seat preferably consisting of an oblong board somewhat shorter than the distance between the side-arms 2, so as to fit easily between them. At its ends the seat is provided with depending pins or studs 4; which are removably seated in upright sockets 5 mounted on the arms. Each of these studs is carried by a bracket 6 secured to the underside of the seat and preferably made longitudinally adjustable thereon, so that the stud may be adjusted laterally of the seat to accurately fit into said sockets and accommodate them to dif-, ferently-spaced sidearms. In the construction shown, each stud with its bracket is bent from a single piece of strong wire which is doubled toform a loop or slotted bracket. The side bars of this loop are bridged by a plate 7 through which and the seat passes a clamping bolt 8, this plate having end lips 9 which overlap said bars to prevent the plate from twisting out of place. Upon loosening the bolts 8, the

' brackets can be adjusted lengthwise of the seat as required.

The sockets 5 are carried by clamps or clips each having a split collar 10 which foot-rest 13.

embraces the adjacent side arm, the sections of the collars being provided with alined perforated cars 11 through which passes a clamping bolt 12. Each of these clamps, including the socket 5, collar 10 and ears 11, is stamped from a single strip of spring steel doubled and shaped as shown. The clamps can-be readily sprung over the arms 2 by spreading their sidemembers, and a single bolt 12 serves to secure each clamp in place.

The seat may be provided with a suitable The preferred rest shown in the drawings is T-shaped and bent from a single length of stout wire doubled on itself to form the inclined shank 14. The end portions of the wire are extended laterally in opposite directions to form a pair of rests, while the middle portions of the wire are separated to form a loop or slotted bracket 15 which is adjustably fastened to the bottom of the seat, by a bridging plate 16 and a clamping bolt 17 similar to the parts 7 and 8.. This construction permits the rest to be adjusted forwardly or backwardly to suit the particular child using the seat. i

If desired, the seat may also be provided with safety-straps 19 for holding the child fastened to the ends of the seat and one of them carries a buckle 20 at its free end with which the other strap engages.

The seat may also be furnished with a suitable back rest, but this is ordinarily not necessary, as the child may rest its back against the front end of the usual carriagebody.

This improved seat can be readily applied and removed. and when in place, the child occupying itin no way interferes with the person pushing the carriage. The position of the seat is also such that there is no danger of tipping up the rear endof the carriage and throwing out the infant.

I claim as my invention:

A seat for a baby-carriage, having an adjustable T-shaped foot-rest comprising a single length of wire doubled on itself to form the shank of the rest, the end portions of the wire being bent laterally in opposite directions to form foot-supports, the middle portions of the doubled wire being separated to form a loop extending crosswise of the board, and a clamping bolt passing through said loop and the board.

EDWARD H, STRUEBING.

. thereon. Those shown in the drawings are-

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