US382491A - George riexingeji - Google Patents

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(No Mo d el J I RIEX.ING-ER.

GHILD'g CARRIAGE.

No. 3 2,491.- Patented {Ma 8,1888.

' 'UNlTED STATES ATENT *OFFic- GEORGE RIEXINGER, or BUFFALO, new YORK. 7

CHILDS CARRIAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 382,491, dated May 8 1888.

Application filed March 5, 1888.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE RIEXINGER, of Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sleigh-Runner Attachments for Childrens Carriages; and I do hereby declare that the following description of my said invention, taken in connection with the accompanying sheet of drawings, forms a full, clear, and exact specification, which will-enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

In the drawings already mentioned, which serve to illustrate my said invention more fully, Figure 1- is a side elevation of a childs carriage provided with my improved runner attachment. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same, the body of the carriage being removed and the runners folded up. Fig. 3 is a front elevation, one of the runners being shown in position for use, and the other folded underneath the running-gear. Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation in line a: w of Fig. 1.

Like parts are designated by corresponding letters of reference in allthe figures.

The object of my present invention is the production ofa sleigh-runner attachment for childrens carriages,whereby the lattermay be converted into a sleigh, or vice versa, at a moment s time, said runnerattachment being, as a matter of fact, secured to the'frame or running-gear of the vehicle, so as to be always ready for use when wanted. To attain this result I provide a childs carriage, of any suitable construction, with a pair of runners, A A, preferably, though not necessarily, made from gas-pipe, or from so-called T-iron, to secure the desirable lightness and stifiness. These two runners I secure to uprights B B, respectively,which uprights in turn are hinged to hinge-pieces D D, as clearly shown in Figs.

2 and 3, said hinge-pieces D D being securely 5o fastened to the running-gear in any desirable Serial No. 266,140. (No model.)

and efficient manner, so that when said rum ners are folded underneath the body of the carriage, the parts will be entirelyont of the way, they being retained in position by a strap, E, and snap-hook F, or any other similar device.

Within the rim of the wheels'G, I fasten .plates H, having apertures wherewith .en-

gages the bolt I, operating in guides J in conjunction with a spring, K, in snchmanner that the wheels are prevented from revolving, while at the same time the runners A A are securely retained in position to use the vehicle as a sleigh.

It will be readily observed thatin childrens carriages, where the gage of the front and rear wheels is not alike-that is-to say, where the forward wheels are closer together-I form bends L in the uprights B, as shown in Fig. 3, while the uprights B of the rear wheels are without such bends. This I arrange in the manner described to produce parallel runners,

which would not be the case were this differently arranged, or the difference in the gage not otherwise compensated for.

It will be further observed that the advantages of a sleigh-runner attachment forming a part of'the vehicle proper and attached thereto permanently, are that such an attachment is always in position for use, while any runner attachment composed of removable parts is never reliable or ready for its designed purpose, is seldom found when wanted, and most frequently found broken and inno condition fit for service.

Having thus fully described my invention,

I claim as new and desire to secure to me by Letters Patent of the United States- 1. In combination with the wheels and ruhning-gear of a childs carriage, the uprights. hinged to said gear, a pair of runners attached to said uprights'and folding therewith, and

fastening devices detachably connecting the runners to the wheels, substantially as set forth.

i 2'. In combination with the Wheels and running-gear of a childs carriage, two pairs of uprights hinged to said gear, andrunners attached to the lower ends of said uprights, the

forward pair, B, of thelatter having bends [co formed in them to avoid the forward wheels, In testimony that I claim theforegoiugas my [0 which are closer together than the rear wheels, invention 1 have hereto set my hand in the substantially as set forth. presence of two subscribing witnesses.

3. The c0n1bination,with the carriage-gear, of the two runners A A, having the uprights B B, hinged to said gear, the wheels having plates, and the bolts with the guides and springs, all being constructed and combined in the manner as and for the object set forth.

G EORG E RIEXINGER.

Attest:

J EssIE A. TULLEY, MINNIE HENN.

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