US184236A - Improvement in jump-seat carriages - Google Patents

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E. S. FELTCH.

JUMP smw CARRIAGE.

Patented Nov.14,1876.

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UNITED A STATES PATENT (Drrront ELBRIDGE s. FELTGH, or SALISBURY, MASSAGHUSEEETS.

IMPRQVEMENTJN JUMP-SEAT CARRLAQES.

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To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, S. FELTOH, ofSalisbury, State of Massachusetts, have invented Improvements in Standing-Top Oarriagesand 'JnmpSeats, of which the following .is a specibGlIlQI'BmOVGd, folded back, ,or turned down andthe improvements consist in peculiarly formed metal brackets, which are secured to the front top posts, and which are provided with arms terminating in pintles, whereon. the front seat is hinged-and swings when be-i ing folded down or adjustedin position -for use, said brackets serving greatly tostrength en the top, and also furnishing a rest .for the. back seat when it is jumped forward.

It also consists in the peculiar construction andarraugement of the hinges .of thefront seat, the front props orsupportsthereof, and the catches which engage such propsand secure the seat in position, whereby the said hinges serve not only to connect. the seat with said pintles, but also as strengthening,

. cleats for the seat,bottom, and as hinges for the front props, so thatsaid props fold into.

position automatically when the seatv is folded. down, and swing forward in the samemanner and engage the catches when the seat is placed in position for use.

It also consists in the peculiar form and arrangement of the hanging or jumping irons,

of the back seat, whereby they not only serve the usual purpose of similar devices for jump ing the seat backward or forward, but when theseat is jumped forward for use as thesingle seat of the vehicle, the said irons serve as.

the sole support of the rear corners of the seat, while the front corners are supported in recesses formed in said front-seat brackets. It further consists in a standing-topcarriage provided with an adjustable or, folding and expanding front seat, a lju mp-seatfiand top posts, arranged on either sidebetween the front and rear posts, thereby relieving the side panels from the usual duty of supporting the seat and rendering feasible sidea-doorposts. and a full-high doorin a jump-seat carriage.v

It also-consists in la standing-top carriage. provided with: an adjustabletori folding and expanding front seat, a jump-seat, a top, post arranged on either side between'the front and rear posts, and full-high door hinged to such intermediate posts,-.where by a door of ping over thefront seat or else... unfastening the side curtainsiin order tomake room for ingress or egressat the sideof the; vehicle.

Figure 1 is atopor .planviewofya top. buggy with the roofuomitted, and showing the top posts in section upon a line with the tops of thedoors orlimrnediately. beneath the. roof or canopy,,and showing both seats. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section, taken on, line A B, Fig. 1, and... showing the left-hand side of the carriage looking. from .the inside,

or from the right-hand side ofsthe vehicle. Fig. 3 is a section similar to Fig.2, but show ing the front seat folded down, -.and.the back seat.jumped?? forward for use as the. single seat of the carriage, Fig. 4 is a detached. top view of the. front .seat as foldedv dowa when the. back seat is. jumped forward. Fig, 5 is. a detached side elevationof the back seat jumped forward, viewed from the inside; of the vehicle, (thefront seat being omitted,) and showing the method of supporting the seat. Fig. 6 is an enlarged detached side ele.-. vation, showing. the front prop or support of the front seat, the. catch. for fastening i the.

same, .and an elastic spring toinsure contact; with thecatch. Fig. .7 isan enlarged. inside elevation of the front postlandseat, brackets.

and b b the side sills, of the carriage. c is the canopy or roof supported by the six posts shown, the two rear ones being numbered 1, the middle ones 2, and the front ones 3. d d are the doors, which are framed in the usual manner, with the stiles or side pieces (1 01 the bottom rail 61 and the top rail 01. The space within these posts may be occupied by a panel, or by a panel and glass, or a curtain, in any of the methods of constructing a full-highdoor for carriages. G is the back or jump seat, and D the front or folding seat.

As I make no claim to the carriage-body, the doors, or seats in the abstract, but only claim the peculiar devices or irons by which the seats are hung or secured to the body, and the combination of the jump and folding seats with the carriage, as described and shown, a more particular description of the body, the top, or the seats, is not deemed necessary.

eis the metal bracket, which is secured to the fronts, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 5, by screws, which are inserted in the holes shown in Fig. 7, in the vertical part or member. f is a horizontal arm extending from the vertical member to the rear, and curving inward slightly, as shown in Fig. 4. The pintles 9 (shown in Figs. 2, 3, 4t, 5, 7) are formed upon arms f. k k are hinge-bars extending across and secured to the under side of seat D. These bars are formed with eyes, which receive the pintles g, andat the opposite end they are formed either with similar eyes or with pintles, that they may be also pivoted to the front supports 1 1. These props Zlare formed at their lower ends with a narrow slot or recess, (shown in Fig. 6,) which engages a metal plate, m, secured in the sills b at the angle formed by the curve of the foot-board, as shown in Figs. 2, 3, 6. These supports are so constructed and arranged that they fold down or out for use by their own weight. An elastic buffer, 12, inserted in the seat, as shown in Fig. 6, serves tohold the prop l in contact with the catch m.

It will be apparent that brackets 0 may be formed with holes instead of the pintles g, and that the hinges k may be formed with pintles to fit the bracket-holes, if desired.

In Figs. 2, 3, 4, the positions of these several devices, either when the seat is folded or in position for use, are so clearly shown as to be clearly understood without further explanation.

0 is a double-cared step or holder, which is secured to the sills b b, and 0 is a similar holder secured under the corners of seat 0.

P represents an arm, the ends of which are secured by a pivot, as shown, between the ears of the steps 0 and 0, respectively, as shown. These arms hold the seat in place when it is in the position shown either in Figs. 2 or 3, besides serving as the means of jumping the seat back and forth; and when the seat is jumped forward the arms P P serve asthe sole support of the rear corners of the seat, by virtue of the knuckles rformed upon the levers, and the relative bearings or connections of the arms with the steps, as before described.

When the seat 0 is thus jumped forward its front corners are supported in the steps 11 formed in brackets 6 between the stop j and the ear h. (Shown in Figs. 3, 5, 6, 7.)

Thus seat 0, when jumped forward and resting solely in brackets e e at its front corners, and upon arms P P at its rear corners is supported, through the agency of said'ir'ons, directly upon and by the sills b b, and not, as has been heretofore the practice, upon the sides of the body.

By thus supporting seat 0 at its rear cor ners upon the jumping-irons, the ledges t t (upon which the seat rests when jumped back) extend forward only a sufficient distance for that purpose, instead of extending forward a sufficient distance to furnish a support for the seat when jumped forward, as formerly constructed; and the full-high doors are thus rendered available, as they, or the section of the carriage-body which they occupy, are not required to furnish any support ,for the jump-seat when jumped forward,

and which the doors, from their essential con struction, could not furnish. Besides, by this construction, a greater space or width is available, to the extent of the said ledges, which are thus dispensed with, and the space thus saved renders the said middle posts feasible. As stated, I do not claim, broadly, either a carriage formed and provided with a front folding seat and a jump-seat, or a carriage having full-high doors or middle posts for the support of such'doors; but

What I do claim is 1. The metallic bracket 6 formed with a vertical member for attachment to the car-' riage, and an arm, f, for connection with and support of the seat D, substantially as described and shown.

2. The bracket 0, formed with a vertical member for attachment to the carriage, an-

arm, f,for supporting the front seat, and a step, i, for the support of the front corners of the back seat, substantially as described andshown.

3. The combination of the supportingbrackets e, folding props Z, and hinge-bars is, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

4.. In combination with a turn-down or folding seat, the supports 1, hinged to the front corners of the seat, and provided with the locking-slot, substantially as described and shown.

5. The jumping-bars P, formed to be pivot- 8. A canopy-top carriage, formed and provided with a front folding 0r turn-down seat, a rear jump-seat, and the middle posts 2 2, substantially as described and shown.

ELBRIDGE S. FELTGH.

Witnesses EUGENE HUMPHREY, BEN AMIN COLE, Jr.

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