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11. 11. JAG'KS011.l FOLDING BABY CARRIAGE.

Pf11en1ed`Ja.n. 1, A18.84.

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HENRY A. 'Jackson or BROOKLYN, New YORK.

sracrrcnfrIoN forming part of Letters Patent Nofeonsei, dated 'January 1, les-4l.

`Application tiled August 30, 1883. (No model.)

To (all wiwi/t it may concern:

Beit known that I, HENRY A. JACKSON, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of N ewHYork, have invented la new and Improved Folding Baby-Carriage and Canopy Attachment, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved baby-carriage which can be folded very compactly when not in use.

A further object of niy invention is to ,provide a new and improved device for holding asunshade on a baby-carriage in any desired position.

My invention relates to improvements` in folding baby-carriages; and it consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement ofthe parts, as hereinafter' more fully set forth, and

pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part oi' this specification, in which similar lettersof reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.;

' Figure lis a longitudinal elevation of my improved baby-carriage, showing it folded. Fig. 2 is a like elevation, partly in section, showing it extended for use. Fig.V 3 is a rear view ofthe same. Fig. et is an enlargedcrosssectional view of the axle, and showing lthe clutch on the handle. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the hinge-bar and the spring thereon.'

Fig. 6 is a front elevation, partly in section, of

the canopy-bow. Fig. 7 1s an enlarged perspective view of the locking and adjusting device for the same.

`The carriage body or box is composed of two sections, A A', hinged to each other at the bottom by a hinge-rod, B. A metal band or bar, C, is secured to the back and sides of thesection A', and to the free ends of the said band or bar C a bail or U-shaped bar, D, is pivoted, which is adapted to be swung over the section A, the outer end of the said section A being recessed to receive the cross piece of the said bar D. The said bar or bail holds the upper parts of the two sections A A' together. The springs E are hinged on the ends of the joint-rod B, and the ends of the springs are secured on the axles F and F'. Spiral springs G are coiled around the rod B, and each spring has one end secured-to the front section, A, and the otherend to the which is `other section, `A, of the carriage-body, the `springs having the tendency to swing the botsaid chains preventing unduejolting of the vbody and holding the saine nearly level.

Two reaches, J, are secured to the front axle, F, and are of such length that they can extend to the rear axle, F', the said bars being attached so` near the ends of the axles-that they can be swung upward past the sides of the body-sections A A. The free end of each side bar' is recessed to tit against the rear axle,

ot' each` side bar a F', andV tothe free end handle, K, is pivoted,wh ich handles have their free ends united by a suitable cross-piece; or the two handles can be made ofone piece.

Fach' handle is provided at its pivoted end with a downwardly-projecting curved prong, M, adapted to fit closely ou the axle F'. The

handles K can be swung down in the direction or toward the front ofthe carriage, as in Fi g; 1.

A bow, N, is providedin its curved top with teeth R2, and with a vertical curved longitudinal slot, N 2,l through which the ferrule O of a sunshade, parasol, or canopy, P, passes, which ferrule is provided at its upper end with a head or button, Q', to prevent it from slipping through the slot. The lower end of the handle Q of the connected with a rod, B, the other end of provided with an eye, R', through which one of the uprights of the bow passes. One end of the bow is pivoted to the side of the body-section A', or to the banor band O. The other end of the bow is provided with a fork, N', which stra-ddles a toothed semicircular frame, S, secured on the top edge of the bodysection A', or on the bar or baud C. rlhe fork is pivoted by a pintle, d, passing through the parasol or canopy P is i center of the semicircular frame S. The prongs of the fork N' are provided with longitudinal slots g, through which a pintle, T, provided with a head at each end, passes loosely. The springs E are at the sides of the body or box, to permit the body being folded.

rlhe carriage is adjusted as follows: When the carriage is in use, the bandD is swung over the section A and holds the sections A A together. The free ends of the side bars, J, rest against therear axle, F', which is clamped IOO between the free ends of the bars J and the' prongs M of thehandles K. The reachesthus hold the axles the required distance apart. If the carriage is to be folded, the handles are swung1 toward the front ofthe carriage andthe free ends of the reaches J are raised, upon which the springs Gr and the weight of the sections A A' will swing the bottoms of the said body-sections A A' toward each other until they are in the position shown in Fig. l, the reaches being inclined upward and backward,

and the handles K being inclined toward the front and downward from the upper ends of the reaches J.

The bow N can be inclined toward the front or rear, and can be locked in position by means of the loose pintle T, which passes into one of the teeth of the semicircular frame S.

rlhe canopy or parasol can be adjusted laterally by moving the ferrule of the same toward one end or the other of the slot N2, the canopy being held in the desired position by the rod R, the ring` R' of which catches on one of the teeth R2, formed on the bow.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A folding baby-carriage constructed with a box formed of two sections hinged to each JrO other at the bottom, and with springs secured to the bottoms of the sections, for swinging the bottoms of the said sections toward each other, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. A folding baby-carriage constructed with a box formed of two sections hinged to each other at the bottom, with hinged supportingsprings jointed at the joint of the box, and with reaches secured to the front axles, and adapted to fit against the rear axle, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. A folding baby-carriage constructed with a box formed of two sections hinged to each other at the bottom, with hinged supportingsprings jointed at the' joint of the box, with reaches secured to the front axle and fitting against the rear axle, and with handles hinged to the free ends of the side bars, substantially as herein shown and described.

4. In a folding baby-carriage, the combination, with the hinged body A A', of the hinged supporting-springs E, the reaches J, secured to the front axle, F, and fitting against the rear axle, F', and the handles K, hinged to the free ends of the bars J and provided with curved prongs M, substantially as herein shown and described.

5. In a folding baby-carriage, the combination, with the axles F F', of the hinged body or box AA', the springs E, jointed at the joint of the box, and the U-shaped frame D or bail yhinged to the rear section,

A', substantially as herein shown and described.

6. The combination, with a baby-carriage, of abow having a longitudinal slot in its curved top, and of acanopy or parasol having its ferrule passed through the said slot, substantially as herein shown and described.

7. The combination, with a baby-carriage, of the slotted bow N, the canopy or parasol P, the rod Q, and the rod R, provided with an eye, R', mounted on one of the the bow, substantially as herein shown and de-A scribed.

8. The combination, with a baby-carriage, of the slotted and toothed bow N, the canopy or parasol P, the rod Q, and the rod R, provided with an eye, R', substantially as herein shown and described.

9. The combination, in a baby-carriage, of the pivoted bow N, having the end of one shank forked and provided with a slot, g, with the notched or toothed semicircular frame S and the pintle T, substantially as herein shown and described.

HENRY A. JACKSON.

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