US535002A - Folding vehicle-top - Google Patents

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(No Model.) 2 Sheets--Sheet 1.

A. HABERLING. FOLDING VEHICLE TOP No. 535,002. Patented M21125; 1895.

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2 Sheets-Sheet 2. A. HABERLING. FOLDING VEHICLE TOP.

No. 535,002. Patented Mar. 5, 18945.

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UNTTED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

ALBERT HABERLING, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

FOLDING VEHICLE-TOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 535,002, dated March 5, 1895.

Application filed September 19, 1894- Serial No. 523,449. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT HABERLING, a resident of St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buggy and Folding Vehicle-Tops, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accom panyin g drawings, forming a part hereof.

This invention relates to improvements in buggy and other folding vehicle tops, and has for its object to provide a snug housing for the side curtains when furled, and to enable the rear curtain to be readily fixed to its side stays.

The invention consists in features of novelty hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, whereon- Figure 1, is a side elevation of abuggy top and framework embodying my invention. Fig. 2, is a cross section through one of the side sockets and corresponding part of the buggy top, broken away, showing the housing for the side curtain. Fig. 3, is a horizontal section through two adjacent buggy bows and the curtain housing,taken on line 3. 3, in Fig. 2, immediately above the sockets. Fig. 4, is an inverted horizontal section through the sockets taken on line 4, 4 in Fig. 2, and showing the under side of the curtain housing, broken away. Fig. 5, is a front view of a brace seen edgewise in Fig. 2. Fig. 6, is a detail view to an enlarged scale of a supporting strap seen edgewise in Fig. 2. Fig. 7, is a horizontal section taken on line 7. 7. in Fig. 1, showing the rear curtain attached to its side stays. Fig.8, is a similar View to Fig. 7, broken away, to an enlarged scale. Fig. 9, is a perspective View to an enlarged scale of the fasteners seen in Figs. 8 and 10. Fig. 10 is an outside view of the rear curtain when lowered over its opening and Figs. 11 and 12 are outside and inside views, respectively of the rear curtain when furled or rolled up and secured.

Like letters of reference denote like parts in all the figures.

Referring to Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, a represents a buggy top carried by the bows b and sockets c. To the outer face of each buggy bow b is fixed a projecting strip, or cleat, d, which extends from a point at a short distance above the top'of the socket c, upward, and along the buggy bow b, preferably diminishing in depth or ofiset, to nothing at its upper end, where it conforms in shape to the crown of the buggy bow b. In the outer face of the buggy bow 1), starting from the offset end 6, of the strip cl, is formed a preferably concave recess f, which extends downward to a suitable distance below the top of the socket c, the facial metal of the latter being set back thereat conformably to the shape of the recess f, and thereby tightly holding the buggy bow b in place.

From the upper edge of the concave recess f, a corresponding overhanging concavity is preferably imparted to the offset end 2, of the strip d. The leather covering g, which is fixed to the buggy bows b, and over the projecting strips d, is extended downward beyond the overhanging ends e, of the strips 01, to a suitable distance below the recessesf, which are thereby concealed from view.

To the inner side of the covering opposite to the recesses f, is fastened by any suitable well known means, the upper edge of the side curtain h, which, on being furled or rolled up on itself, as shown, passes upward between the sockets c and the dependent portion of the covering g, until it enters and is supported against the recesses f, whereby the curtain h is snugly housed and rendered invisible.

For securing the curtain h in its furled position, straps I: (see particularly Fig. 6) fixed at one end to the inside of the liningj are passed under the rolled curtain h, and hitched in any suitable manner to the covering g of the Vehicle.

it; represents a brace of iron or other suitable material, which is fixed along the inside of the buggy bow b, opposite and adjacent to the recess f, for strengthening the bow b thereat. The brace k is preferably secured to the buggy bow b by a bolt 1, which passes through the bow b, projecting strip d, and covering g, against which it is tightened by the nut m. The brace k is also secured to the bow b by a screw n, or in any other suitable manner, and is formed with a longitudinal slot 0, whereby the lining j may be tacked to the buggy how I) thereat in the usual manner.

I preferably attach the rear curtain p to its side stays q, as shown in Figs. 1, 7, and 8, by fasteners r, 3. Each fastener a", .9, consists, as shown particularly in Fig. 9, of a base or shank 1", which is preferably made of thin flat steel bent double, or provided opposite to one side of the shank r, with a spring clip 8, which normally tends to close at its free end against the shank 9". By means of triangular, rectangular, or other shaped cuttings through the shank 1", corresponding tongues or fangs tare formed therein, which, on being bent outward at right angles to the shank r, are passed through holes formed therefor in the rear curtain p near its side edge, the projecting portions of the fangst being bent backward and clinched against the outside of the curtain p, as shown particularly in Fig. 8.

In attaching the curtain p to the side stays q, for closing the rear opening in the buggy top, the fasteners r, s, are passed over the edges and on to the adjacent portions of the stays q, so that the latter are clamped and held thereat between the shanks r and spring clips 5, whereby the curtain p is quickly and securely held in position, without the aid of buttons or hooks, and can be as easily removed by Withdrawing the fasteners r, s from the side stays q.

The curtain 19 (see Figs. 10, 11, and 12) when detached from the side stays q for uncovering the rear opening, is furled or rolled up on itself and secured in this position along the upper edge of the opening, by straps M which depend from the inside of the top and are provided at their free ends with hooks 1) which engage in corresponding loops 20 attached to the outside of the curtain p, in such a manner that the connections of the straps to with the loops to are made on the inside of the furled curtain n so as to be invisible from the outside.

A great advantage of this invention is that by the inclosure and concealment of the side curtains h, when furled, they are completely protected from dirt and injury, and their unsightly appearance avoided.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a buggy or folding vehicle top, comprising buggy bows, having its lower end placed within sockets, said bows provided with a cut out portion or recess, said socket bent in and fitting snug against said bow, a cleat or strip secured to the rounded portion of said how, and extending downward, having its lower endcnt out, and in communication with the cut out portion in said bow, thus forming a recess for a curtain when rolled, hooks for holding said curtain, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a buggy or folding vehicle top, comprising a buggy bow having its lower ends covered with a socket, a cut out portion in said bow said socket bent inwardly against the surface of said out out portion, a brace secured to said bow, and terminating in said socket, for the purpose of strengthening said how, a cleat located on the outer side of said bow, and in communication with said out out portion, and hooks for holding a curtain therein substantially as shown and described.

3. In a buggy or folding vehicle top, the combination of a buggy bow, a socket placed over the lower portion of said bow, a recess or cut out portion, provided in said bow, said socket bent in, fitting snugly against the surface of said recess, a cleat placed on the outer rounded portion of said bow, a brace secured to said how, the lower portion of said brace having prongs, said prongs terminating within said socket, for the purpose of strengthening said bow, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT HABERLING.

Witnesses:

ALFRED A. EIoKs, GEORGE S. TOURVILLE.

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