US226767A

US226767A - Child s carriage

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Publication number: US226767A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1880-04-20
Anticipated expiration: 1897-04-20

Description

WITNESSES i 5% 0. MATTERN. Ohilds Carriage.

No. 226,767. Patented April 20,1880.

ATTORNEY SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, CHARLES MATTERN, of Jersey City Heights, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Childrens Carriages, of which the following is a specification.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my improved childs carriage; Fig. 2, an end elevation of the same; and Figs. 3 and 4 are a detail section and a detail side view of the handleguides.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish a childs carriage which is so arranged that the position of the body may be changed so as to keep the child always in the shade in whatever direction the carriage is moved.

The invention consists of a childs carriage the body of which is provided at both ends with handles which are guided in suitable bracket-sleeves at the under side of the carriage-body, and adapted to be pushed in to be out of the way, or drawn out and locked into position for use.

The invention consists, further, of basket, box, or other receptacle supported on a center frame of the reach below the body, the receptacle being.secured to the center frame.

In the drawings, A represents the body of a childs carriage, and B B the front and rear handles of the same. guided in fixed bracket -sleeves to a of the body, (shown in detail in Fig. 4,) so that either the front or rear handles may be drawn out or pushed in below the body.

The lower ends of the handles B B are connected by a transverse metallic brace-rod, b, which is provided with a slotted center sleeve, d. This sleeve slides along an arc shaped guide-rod, O, which is permanently attached to brackets at the under side of the body.

At the upper end of the guide-rod C is arranged a spring-catch, e, which enters into the slot of the sleeve (1 of the brace-rod, so as to lock thereby the handles when they are drawn out for use.

These handles are CHARLES MATTERN, OF JERSEY CITY HEIGHTS, NEW JERSEY.

CHILDS CARRIAGE.

Patent No. 226,767, dated April 20, 1880.

Application filed February 9, 1880.

The transverse brace-rod b enters at the same time into recesses a of the bracketsleeves to a, as shown in Fig. 4, so as to furnish, besides the central connection with the guide-rod, two side connections of the handles with the body A, and secure thereby the rigid position of the handles thereon.

The handles at the opposite end of the body are stored away below the body until it is desired to change the position of the body, when they are drawn out and locked, while the handles hitherto used are pushed in. "Thecarriage may thus be moved in the same direction, while the position of the body and of the handles may be reversed, so as to keep the child always in the shade without shutting out the air by cumbrous tops and canopies.

The reach I) is made in one piece wit-h the axles, and arranged at the center portion with a circular, oval, or oblong frame, D, to which, by suitable fastening devices f, a basket, box, or other receptacle, E, is secured, the same serving for storing away small articles, such as napkins, bottles, &c.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination of the body of a childs carriage having an arc-shaped guide-rod with separately sliding front and rear handles, and with devices by which the handles may be guided on and locked to the guide-rod when drawn out, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the body of a childs carriage, and of separately sliding and guided front and rear handles, with an arc-shaped guide-rod, to which the handles are connected by transverse brace-rods and guide-sleeves, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. The combination, in a childs carriage, of the body A, having an arc-shaped guide-rod, O, with separately sliding and. guided front and rear handles, B, connected at their lower ends by a transverse brace-rod, b, the handles being locked in drawn-out position by a slotted sleeve of the brace-rod and a spring-catch, e, of the guide-rod, substantially as described.

4. The combination of the body of a childs carriage having bracket-sleeves withseparately sliding front and rear handles con- In testimony that I claim the foregoing as nected by a transverse brace-rod at their lower my invention I have signed my name, in presends, said rod fitting into recesses of the ence of two witnesses, this 6th dayof February,

guide-castings, substantially as described. 1880. x 5 5. The combination in a childs carriage 1 with the reach having; a central supporting CHARLES MATlERN' frame, of a storage-box, basket, or other re- Witnesses:

ceptacle secured thereto, substantially as set PAUL GOEPEL,

forth. CARL KARP.