US286184A - Two-wheeled vehicle - Google Patents

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F. DOHERTY & E. L. 81128.

TWO WHEBLEDVEHIOLE.

No. 286,184. Patented Oct. 9, 1883.

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FISHER DOHERTY AND ENOS L. SIES, OF CRAWFORDSVILLE, INDIANA.

TWO-WHEELED VEHICLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 286,184, dated October 9, 1883.

Application filed July '1, 1883. (N0 model.)

durable, inexpensive, and efficient vehicle of this class, in which the seat will be so arranged that the motion of the horse will not be communicated to the occupant of the sulky.

To this end it consists, broadly, of discon necting the movement of the foot-rest and seat, the former being supported on the main springs, while the seat has a free independent swinging motion, so that the feet are on the main springs and the body is independently supported 011 the swing.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of our improved sulky. Fig. 2 is avertical longitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical sectional view.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the axle of the vehicle, which carries the wheels B B, and to which the thills O are connected. Th e axle also carries side springs, D D, on which are mounted vertical side pieces, E E, either directly to the springs or by means of a transverse bottom board, F, as herein shown, having side extensions, G G, that are bolted to the springs and carry the said sides E E.

H is the foot-rest, which is secured at its rear end, either to the sides E E or to the bottom board, F, the latter being the arrangement herein shown. In the top edge of each side E E are provided bearings I I, that preferably do not extend entirely across the edge, and are re-enforeed by metal plates J, having an extension, K, formed with a downtnrned flange, L, that enters the top edge of the side and serves to retain the plate in position.

M is the seat, which is provided on its under side with longitndinally-disposed strips N N, corresponding to the sides E E, and having bearings O O at their ends for transverseswing-rods P P, which have angular upturned ends Q Q, that bear in the bearings I I. 1 The rods P I? may be retained in their bearings O by spring-plates It, and may be provided with flanges S, adjacent to the said bearings, to retain the rods from displacement transversely in relation to the sulky.

It will be understood that numerous modifications may be made without departing from the spiritof our invention. For instance, the seat may be swung by various means equiva lent to that herein shown, the bottomF may be dispensed with and the sides secured direct to the springs, and the swing-rods can be secured so that they will work outside the sides E E.

The operation and advantages of theinvention will be readily understood and appreciated. By this arrangement the feet are taken off the swing, so that only the body is supported on the latter and the feet will be on the springs. Thus the motion of the horse, which is sometimes very disagreeable in these two-wheel vehicles, will only be imparted to the feotrest, while the seat that supports the body will freely swing, and obviate the motion of the horse being felt by the occupant of the vehicle. If the whole body of the vehicle were swung so that both the feet and body are on the swing, the motion of the horse will not be obviated entirely, as if, as in this invention, the feet are on the springs while the body of the person is alone on the swing.

We claim as our invention 1. As an improvement in sulkies, the combination, with the body having the foot-rest and secured in fixed position by attachment to the springs, of the seat swung or pivoted to the body at its sides, so as to have a free and independent swinging movement on the fixed body from front to rear, substantially as and'for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of the sides E E of the body, having the sockets I I in their top edges, the bearing-plates J, fitted in these sockets, and having the extension K and downtnrned flange L, seat M, strips N N on the under side of seat, and formed with bearings O O at their ends, plates R, having flanges S, and the transverse swing-rods I? I, having angular upturned ends Q Q,f'seated in said boarings,all arranged and operating as set forth.

3. The combination of the axle, the supporting-springs arranged thereon, vertical side pieces supported on the springs and having bearings, the seat, and the swing-rods bearing on the seat and having bearings in the sides, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination of the axle, the springs arranged thereon, the vertical sides supported on the springs and having thebearin gs in their top edge, the foot-rest connected with said sides and supported by the springs by reason of this attachment with the sides, the

seat having the strips arranged on its under side and provided with the endbearings, and I 5 the angular swing-rods connected with the seat in the said bearings and having their ends bearing in the sides, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that We claim the foregoing as 20 our own we have hereunto affixed our signatures fillpresence of Witnesses.

FISHER DOHERTY. ENOS L. SIES. Witnesses:

MARY ISABELLA Bonn, J. W. SHAVER. N. S. HAMILTON.

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