US527162A - Storm-hood for top-carriages - Google Patents

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(No Model.) A. W. SOIDMORE. STORM HOOD FOR TOP CARRAGES.

NO. 527,162. Patented Oct. 9,1894.

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ARTHUR W. SCIDMORE, OFTHREE RIVERS, IYIICHIGAN.

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SPECIFICATIN forming part of etters Patent No. 527,162, dated Octob r 9, 1894.

Application filed January 8, 1894. Serial No. 496,081. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR W. SOIDMORE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Three Rivers, in the county of St. Joseph and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Storm-Hood for Top- Carriages, of wh ich the followingisa specification. w

The purpose of my invention is to provide a new and improved storm-hoods which may be readilyand quickly attached to, or detached from, a carriage-top, and which will afford a complete protection against rain, snow, and wind, without materially excluding the light, or interfering with the management of the It is also my purpose to provide a novel storm-hood which shall be attachable to a carriage-top of any size, in contra-distinction to those storm-hoods which can only be i used upon those carriage tops for which they are specially made. o

It is my purpose, also, to provide a stormhood having lateral portions provided with covered hooks which may be connected, or disconnected, inan instant, said side-portions serving as doors and being provided with glasses, as well as the front of the storm-hood, to afford ample view upon both sides and in front, and provision being also made forl the passage of the lines through the front of the hood without admitting rain, snow, or sleet.

It is my purpose also, to provide a hood which shall wholly inclose the front and both sides of w any top'carriage, and be `so coustructed that the carriage may be entered from either side and the entrance-flap, or lateral portion, instant1y and easily closed and secured, so as to wholly exclude the rain, snow, sleet, and wind.

The invention consists in the novel features of construction, in the partsV and combinations of parts, and in the new article of manufacture hereinafter fully set forth' and then particularly pointed out and definedin the claims which follow and form part of this specification.

To enable others skilled in the art to which my invention pertains to fully understand and to make, construct, and use the same, I

will proceed to describe said invention in detail, reference being had, for this purpose, to the accompauying drawings, iu whichv Figure 1 is a view showing a top-carriage havingfmy invention applied thereto. 2 is a viewV of the ,storm-hood removed from the carriage and spread out flat. Fig. 3 is a detail transverse section showing the manner of confining the lights of glass to prevent rattling and breaking. Fig. 4 is a detail seotion of the upper margin of the storm-hood,

showingthe means for fastening the same to' the carriage-top;

The reference-numeral 1, in said drawings,

indicates the storm-hood, which is shown in Fig` 2 as spread out flat. It is composed of a'single piece of water-proof fabric, such, for

example, as heavy canvass, oil-cloth, rubber, leather, or any other suitable material.v

The form of the storm-hood is substantiall y that shown iu said figure, its broadest point being somewhat above the lower edge of the hood. From this point, the hood contracts in width in both directions, its narrowest point being a little below the upper-edge. From this point, it increases in widthuntil the upper edge is roached. The edges of the hood are turned and 'hemmed in the usual manner, and the inner side may be liued, if desired, with any suitable material. i

A little below the upper edge of the hood, in that portion which forms .the front, when the storm-hood is `inl place upon a carriagetice however, I prefer to set these lights in frames,composed of metal strips 3, riveted, or otherwise suitably fastened together, the material of which thev storm-hood is made being allowed to pass through between thel two parts of said frame and make a cushion for the edge of the glass plate. I may, also, insert a strip of rubber, or heavy felt, 4, between the members of the frame, which will exert a suitable degree of pressureupon the edge of the glass and hold it rigidly in position, preventing rattling and aiding very materially in avoiding fracture. In the lateral portions of the storm-hood, also, are set lights `5, in a substantially similar manner.

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Along the lateral edges of the storm-hood are attached hooks 6, formed either of brass, steel, or steel Wire, and covered with cloth, rubber, leather, or other suitable material to prevent said hooks from marringy thecarriagetop, or other parts to which the hood is secured. These books are riveted, or otherwise secured to the margins of the storm-hood, the latter being provided, at the several points of attachment, with reinforcements 7.

At each upper corner of the hood are formed lateral extensions 8 of angular form, and along the upper edge of said hood is formed a series of openings at regular intervals, protected by eyelets 9, which receive fastening devices passing from the inside of the carriage-top. These devices consist,preferably, of short studs having loops, or eyes, 10, upon their ends which pass through the said eyelets. To the upper edge of the storm-hood is attached a strip of leather, or other suitable material 12, its point of attachment being substantially central and between two of the eyelets 9. iVhen the loops or eyes 10 are pushed through the eyelets 9, the said strip 12 is passed through the latter, making a strong, safe connection, which will not permit rattling, or come loose.

To the lower edge of the storm-hood are attached straps 13, which pass, when the hood is drawn over the front of the dash, under the body of the carriage and are hooked upon buttons to hold the hood down. I may, however, substitute for these fastenings, other straps 14:, which Will preferably have one or more short Sections of elastic material, as 15. These straps may be buckled, or hooked together after being passed around the dash-board, this construction rendering it applicable to different sizes of Clash-boards.

The lateral, angular extensions S render the storm-hood applicable to carriages having different widths of top, since, by doubling back said extensions the width may be varied from one to tell inches, which fully covers the difference between the standard widths or tops in use.

I do not limit my invention, in fact, to any style, or type, 'of carriage-top as it may be applied to what is usually known as a canopytop, to the outside, or under the protecting edge of the same, as well as to anystyle of top-buggy, or to delivery-wagons, milk-wagons, or sleighs.

A suitable opening or openings 16, is formed at a suitable point in the front of the hood, for the lines to pass through, and a flap, or hood 17 is attached to the exterior surface of the storm-hood to prevent the entrance of rain and snow. t

The fiap, or hood 17, which is secured to the hood by rivets 18, or other suitable fastenings, is preferably extended sufficiently to cover an opening 19, in the front of the hood, through which the whip may be projected, and the extended portion of the fiapis slitted, as shown by the reference-nulneral 20, to allow the whip to be used without raising the flap.

VVhat I claim is- 1. A storm-hood consisting of a single piece of fabric and having parallel upper and lower edges, said hood being provided with lateral angular extensions, below which it increases in width to a point near the lower edge, and from said point decreases, the hood being provided with front and side lights and with suitable means for attachment, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a carriage-top, of a storm-hood having a series of eyeleted openings along its upper edge adapted to receive loops, or eyes, upon the carriage-top, a

strip of suitable material attached at asingle,

point to said upper edge; its ends passing through said loops, or eyes, a series of covered hooks attached along the diverging sideedges, and straps attached at, or near, the lower edge to draw the same over the dashboard, the upper edge of said hood being provided with angular, lateral, extensions,

and suitable lights being` set in the front and sides, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ARTHUR W. SCIDMORE. LL. sl

VVitnesses:

H. O. BLIss, L. A. CoLLvnR.

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