US1636252A - Carriage body - Google Patents

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OTTO W. S IEBERT, OF GARDNER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO 0. W. SIEBERT COM-.-

PANY, OF GARDNER, MASSACHUSETTS,

A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

CARRIAGE BODY.

Application filed July 12,

This invention relates to baby carriages or doll carriages or other similar articles of manufacture in which a portion of the article is provided with a covering of woven fibre reed.

This fibrev reed is an artificial productmade of strips of sheet material such as heavy kraft paper or other material having a strong fibrous nature. The strips are coated with gum or glue and are then twisted or folded under pressure to form either a round or a flat reed of very considerable strength and durability. Such reed may be readily woven into a flat fabric suitable for use as a covering for carriage bodies or chairs or other similar articles.

Itis the object of my invention to utilize this woven fibre reed fabric to the greatest advantage in the covering of carriage bodies and other articles. In the attainment of this object, I so manipulate the material it self as to provide a stiffened edge portion which enables me to greatly simplify. the frame structure of the article and to greatly reduce the cost of manufacture thereof.

My improved construction also provides a pleasing edge finish for the fabric.

My invention further relates'to arrangements and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter describechand more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Preferred forms of the invention are shown in the drawings in which Fig. 1 is a plan view of a carriage covering blank of woven fabric having the upper and lower edges stiffened and reinforced in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 2 is a Sectional View, taken along the line 22 in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a doll carriage body formed from the material shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 1 is a detail sectional view, taken along the line 4.-4 in Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a detail end elevation, lookingin the direction of the arrow 5 in Fig. 3;

Fig. 6 is a detail sectional elevation of a slight modification Fig. 7 is a plan view of the carriage body shown in Fig. 3;

Fig. 8 is a side elevation of a modified. form of body; and

Fig. 9 is a partial plan view thereof.

Referring particularly to Figs. 1 and 2, I have shown a piece of woven fibre reed 10 1926. Serial No. 121,772.

carriage. The fabric is first woven ina I 1,636,252 UNITEDLSTATES PATENT OFF suitable loom in the usual manner and is produced in the form of a flat sheet of fabric. From this fiat woven fabric a blank is out which may be of the shape shown in Fig.1, and the upper or lower edges or both are then twice folded upon themselves, as indicated in Fig. 2, to form a double fold edge 6a The provision of the double folds conceal.

portion for the covering 10.

the raw or unfinishedcut edges of the woven fabric within the fold and and attractive finished edge.

The edge portion thus provided is also of very substantial strength and by providing such an edge portion, I am able to construct,

provides a neat a baby carriage or doll carriage in the fol lowing very simple and inexpensive manner.

. For this purpose, I provide a carriage bottom. or frame member 12 to which the lower edge portion of the covering 10 is secured in any convenient manner, as b a U-shaped metal binding member 15 for the front edge portions of the attached covering 10.

tacks or nails 13 (Fig. 3). Preferably I a so provide.

One of these binding members is clamped over each front edge portion of the covering 10 after the latte'r'is in place, and may be secured to the bottom member 12 by a nail 16 (Fig. 3).

I also find it desirable to extend one side of the U-shaped member 15 in the form of an upward projection 17 and to fold this projecting portion over the upper end of the member 15, ecuring it in position by a rivet 18 as indicated in Fi 5. Any other suitable construction may he provided for binding the front edges ofthe covering 10.

The ower edge portion of the fabric may have the double fold indicated in Figs. 2 and 3, or the lower edge may be left straight and may be secured to the bottom member 12 by nailing a strip of braid or other covering carriage body at a very greatly reduced expense over the previous practice of providing a complete body frame to which the fabric was secured.

In Figs. 8 and 9, I have shown a slightly modified structure in which a sheet metal seat or bottom portion 25 is secured between curved wooden frame members 26. The lower edge 27 of the Woven fibre 28 is tacked or otherwise secured to the wooden frame members 26 and the curved edges are covered and protected by a covering strip 29 which may conveniently be formed from a piece of heavy reed or semi-circular cross section.

The upper edge of the fabric 28 is provided with the double fold portion 30 as in the form previously described. This permits me to construct a body of a different shape from that previously described while at the same time retaining the simplicity of frame construction and the economy at tained by providing an upper edge portion which is entirely self-supporting.

Vhile I have shown only a double fold a the edge of the fabric, it may be desirable to use three or more folds with lighter fabrics. all of which are within the scope of my invention and are intended to beincluded and covered by the term double fold in the claims. 7' i Having thus described my invention and the advantages thereof, I do not wish to be limited to the details of construction herein shown and described, but what I claim is:

1. An article of manufacture having a covering of woven fibre reed and comprising a frame member and a covering therefor formed from a single continuous sheet of woven fibre reed having one edge portion thereof secured to said frame member and having an opposite edge portion twice folded upon itself to conceal the unfinished edge of the fabric and to provide an entirely self-supporting edge structure effective to retain the adjacent portion of the covering in desired position.

2. A carriage body having a bottom portion, and a side covering for said body formed entirely of a single sheet of woven fibre reed fabric secured at its lower edge portion to said bottom and having its upper edge supported and stiffened by the double folded integral edge portion of the woven reed fabric itself.

3. A carriage body having a bottom portion, and a side covering portion, said side portion comprising a single continuous'sheet of woven fibre reed fabric with its lower edge firmly secured to said bottom portion and having its upper edge formed solely of said woven reed fabric twice folded upon.

itself and forming an integral frame element effective in itselfto support the upper edge portion of the side covering for said body.

f. A carriage body having a'bottom portion, and aside covering portion, said side portion comprising a single continuous sheet of woven fibre reed fabric with its lower edge firmly secured to said bottom portion and having its upper edge twice folded outward upon itself to form a finished and stiffened upper edge efiective in itself to support' the adjacent portions of said side covering in position.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto afiixed my signature.

OTTO W. SIEBERT.

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