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B. P.v GRANDALL.

- Sled.

No. 26,164. Patented Nov. 22. 1859.

STTES ATEN BENJAMIN P. CRANDALL, OF NEW' YORK, N. Y.

CHILDS SIDED.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN P. CRAN- l DALL, of New York city, county and State of New York, have invented certain novel and useful Improvements in Modes of Constructing Childrens Sleighs or Sleds; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which letters correspond with the specication and form a part thereof.

In o'rder that the public may fully understand the nature of my invention, and that those skilled in the art of manufacture may be enabled to construct. and operate the same, I will describe it as follows:

Figure 1, is a perspective view of a childs sleigh, or sled, having a horses head (A,) in front, the same forming a part of the bottom (B,) and projecting far enough to allow the draft bar or pole (Cl.) to be secured to the lower part of the neck or bust, by means of a bolt (1),) or any other suitable device that will allow the pole (C,) to turn freely around the pin (D,) or its equivalent until it (the pole) strikes the under side of the bottom (13,) where it is secured by means of a loop (at, 6,) or any other suitable device, that will secure the pole out of the way (when it becomes necessary to use the sled for riding down hill) without having to draw the bolt (1),) in order to detach the pole from the sleigh. Letters (N1, N2) are two steel spring runners so constructed that the weight of the boy on the bottom (13,) causes the runners (N1, N2) to spring downward .at the curved ends (m, m,) and upward at the middle of the ruimer at (N1, N2,) thereby preventing the many injuries received while lying upon the sleigh during its rapid passage down the inclined plane or hill. In case the sleigh strikes a stone or mound, the weight upon the sled causes the runners to vibrate thereby breaking the jar and preventing any fatal injury to the child which is so commonly the case with the ordinary sleighs, used by children in our northern climate during the winter season that the medical board have remonstrated against the practice of lying upon the stomach, and chest while the sleigh is in motion, and as young America still persists in the practice, I offer the above as an improvement in the construction of hand or childrens sleds, that will prevent in a measure, the many fatal accidents.

Fig. 2, is another arrangement of sleigh, having spring runners (N1, N2) but. not as effectual in its operation and much more complicated in construction, and more expensive than Fig. l.

Hence the novelty of my invention is the manner of connecting a horses head in front, and forming a part of the bottom (13,) for the purpose of acting as a guard or fender atl the same time serving as an attractive ornament to all children, also forming one of the most simple yet substantial fastenings for the pole. This I believe to be novel and useful as applied to hand or childrens sleds, only.

Therefore what I claim as novel and what I wish to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is- Connecting the head and neck (A,) of the horse to the bottoni or in front thereof of a childs sled having spring or otherA runners, in such a manner that the poles may be secured under the bottom (15,) of the sled substantially as shown in the drawings at Fig. l, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name in the presence of two witnesses.

BENJAMIN P. CRANDALL.

IVitnesses JAMES P. MCLEAN, THOMAS B. BYRNES.

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