US715927A - Portable jail or cage. - Google Patents

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DI a 0 0 .l- B G N "U 0 Y A J PORTABLE JAIL 0R CAGE.

(Applicatiop filed Jim. 29, i902.)

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J. A. YUUNGBLOOD.

PORTABLE JAIL DB CAGE.

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JAMES ALGERNON YoUNeBLooD, OF TROY, ALABAMA.

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SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 715,927, dated December 16, 1902.

Application filed January 29, 1902. Serial No. 91,694. (No model.)

highways and other kinds of labor requiring constant movement from place to place. While this class of labor is comparatively cheap, the cost of guards and watchmen, especially at night, on rainy days, and Sundays, is considerable, and barracks or a jail erected at each stopping-place is impracticable.

The primary object of this invention, therefore, is to provide a structure which may be readily transported over ordinary roads and will constitute a secure place of confinement for prisoners when not at work, thus obviating the necessityof a number of guards.

One of the important features of theinvention resides in a cage or jail constructed in such a manner that it can be supported upon ordinary vehicle-wheels, and while giving necessary room to allow convicts assuming recumbent or upright positions will occupy comparatively little space and be low enough to avoid danger of overturning.

Another important feature to be noted is the specific construction of the jail or cage,

the sides of which are formed of slats or bars arranged in such a manner as to constitute braces for the cage and prevent its sagging.

The construction described in the follow-- ing specification and shown in the acc01npanying drawings is'considered the preferable embodiment of the invention but the right is reserved to make such changes in the details of construction as the scope of the ap pended claims will permit.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portable cage or jailembodying the present improvement. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view through the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view. Fig. 4 is a detail side elevation more clearly illustrating the construction of the door. I

Similar numerals of'reference designate I bottom.

persons side by side.

corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings. l The cage or jail is in the form of an inclosed body comprising a top 10 and a bottom 11, formed of metal plates and connected by side and end walls 12 and 13. These side Walls are in the form of gratings comprising slats or bars 14, arranged in intersecting relation and disposed obliquely to the top and The body is provided with an enlarged central portion that extends above and below the main portion and is provided with a doorway 15, closed by agrated door 16, pivoted at one edge to the door-jarnb 17 by hinges 18, the other edge having a lock 19, the bolt of which detachably engages the opposite jamb. The diagonal or oblique arrangement of the slats orbars 14 is for the purpose of bracing the body to prevent sagging, and it will be noted that the bars which extend from the upper corners of the body pass along the side edges of the depending portion of the extension, while the bars which extend from the lower corners of the body project upwardly and are located along the side edges of the upwardlyprojecting portion of the central enlargement. Trusses are thereby formed which will readily maintain the body against sagging. The contracted portions of the body constitute the sleeping-apartments, and in the. form shown they are divided by horizontal platform 20 into separate compartments.

These platforms and the bottoms of the contracted portions constitute bunks upon which the convicts sleep, the body being preferably made wide enough to provide room for two The bottoms 11 have extensions 21, which project into the enlarged portion, and vertical walls 22 extend from the bottom of the enlarged portion toward the ends of these extensions, forming pockets or receptacles 23 for clothing or other articles. The platforms 20 have their inner ends 24 projecting into the enlarged portion,and these ends are preferably hinged, as at 25, to permit their being folded back and out of the way when the platform is not in use, so as to afford more space in said enlarged portion. In the preferred form of construction the platforms 20 are detachably supported in place, and for this purpose angle-brackets 26 are secured along the inner faces of the sides, forming grooves in which are detachably fitted flanges 27, arranged upon the side edges of the platform. The corners and edges of the body are protected and secured together by suitable anglestrips 28.

The body, as above described, is supported on wheels 31, which are journaled on transverse axles 32, secured in any suitable manner across the bottom on opposite sides of the enlarged portion. Suitable brakes 33, operated in any desired manner, may be provided for the hind wheels. A tongue 34 is secured to the front axle, so that a team of horses may be hitched to the vehicle in the usual manner.

By this construction it will be seen that an exceedingly simple jail or cage is provided, which may be readily transported from place to place and will constitute a secure place of confinement for prisoners. The cage or body sets comparatively low on the running-gear, so that there is little danger of its overturning, and at the same time it is thoroughly braced against sagging by the bars which constitute the side walls. The enlarged portion is high enough to permit the imprisoned convicts to stand upright, while the contracted or main body portions form the sleeping-apartments. They are thus given sufiicient room to assume any necessary position and can be kept in their cages on Sundays or rainy days, when it is impossible to work.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction, operation, and many advantages of the herein-described invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art without further description, and it will be understood that various changes in the size, shape, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention. For instance, the enlarged portion need not be in the central portion of the body, as shown, and under certain conditions it may be desirable to place it in different relations with respect to the main body. The specific arrangement, therefore, while being preferable for the style shown and described may be changed about considerably, so that the desirable standing-room is provided, while the body as a whole remains low with respect to the runmug-gear.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a portable jail or cage, an inclosed body having an enlarged portion that extends above the top of the main body, said body being prox ided in its exterior wall with a doorway that communicates with the enlarged portion, and a door closing the doorway.

2. In a portable jail or cage, an inclosed body having an enlarged portion that extends below the bottom thereof, said body having a slatted exterior wall that covers one side of the enlarged portion and is provided with a doorway that comm nnciates with said enlarged portion, and a door mounted upon the body and closing said doorway.

3. In a portable jail or cage, an inclosed body having an enlarged portion that extends above and below the main portion, said body being provided in its exterior wall with a doorway that communicates with the enlarged portion, and a door closing said doorway.

4. In a portable jail or cage, an inclosed body having an enlarged portion .provided with a doorway, a door closing the doorway, and a bunk-platform located in the main portion and projecting into the enlarged portion.

5. In a portable jail or cage, an inclosed body having an enlarged portion provided with a doorway, a door closing the doorway, and a bunk-platform located in the main body and having one end projecting into the enlarged portion, said projecting end being hinged and capable of being swung back out of said enlarged portion.

6. In a portable jail or cage, an inclosed body having an enlarged portion that is provided with a doorway, a door closing the doorway, and a bunk-platform detachably secured in the main portion and projecting into the enlarged portion.

7. In a portable jail orcage, a body having an intermediate enlarged portion extending above and below the main portions and provided with a doorway, a door closing the doorway, and bunk-platforms located in the body on opposite sides of the enlarged portion.

8. In a portable jail or cage, a body, front and rear wheels supporting the body, said body having an intermediate enlarged portion that extends above and below the main portions and is located between the walls, said enlarged portion being provided with a doorway, a door closing the doorway, and bunkplatforms located in the body and having their inner ends projecting into the enlarged portion, the projecting ends of certain bunkplatforms being foldable back out of the enlarged portion.

9. In a portable jail or cage, an inclosed body comprising a top, ends, a bottom and sides, said sides consisting of sets of spaced slats or bars arranged across each other and disposed in oblique relation to the top and bottom, one side being provided with a doorway, the outer slats or bars upon each side of said doorway converging downwardly to the same.

10. In a portable jail or cage, an inclosed body having an enlarged central portion and comprising a top, a bottom and sides, said sides consisting of slats or bars arranged in intersecting relation to each other and disposed in oblique relation to the top and bottom.

11. In a portable jail or cage, an inclosed body having an enlarged portion that extends below the bottom of the main structure, said bottom projecting into the enlarged portion,

j ecting bottom and the'bottom of the enlarged portion to form a receptacle beneath said projecting bottom.

12. In a portable jail or cage, an inclosed body comprising top, bottom, end and side walls, said side walls being of grated construction, angle-strips securing the several walls together,said body being provided with an enlarged portion that projects above and below the main structure and havinga doorway, and a door closing said doorway.

13. In a portable jail or cage, an inclosed body having slatted sidewalls, and an enlarged integral portion that extends above the top of and across the main body said enlarged portion being provided with a doorway located in the side wall of the body and in the contracted portion above the bottom] thereof.

16. In a portable jail or cage, an inclosed body comprising an enlarged intermediate portion, and contracted portions located on opposite sides of the enlarged portion and communicating therewith, and bunk-platforms located in the contracted portions above the bottom thereof.-

i re 6 17. In a portable jail or cage, an inclosed body comprising an intermediate enlarged portion, and contracted end portions located on the opposite sides of the enlarged portion and communicating therewith, bunk-platforms located in the contracted portions and havingtheir inner ends disposed within the enlarged portion, said body being provided in its side wall with a doorway that opens into the enlarged portion, and a door closing the doorway.

18. Io a portable jail or cage, an inclosed body having bunk-platforms arranged horizontally thereinacertain of the platforms being disposed above the bottom of the body, saidplatforms being inclosed by the walls of the cage or jail except at one point, the cage or jail being enlarged at that point to a degree admitting of a person standing within the cage or jail beyond the bunk-platforms.

19. Ina portable jail or cage, an inclosed body having'bunk-platforms arranged horizontally therein, certain of the platforms being disposed above the bottom of the body, said platforms being inclosed by the walls of the cage or jail except at one point, the cage or jail being enlarged at that point to a degree admitting of a person standing within the cage or jail beyond the bunk-platforms, and an exteriorly-arranged door on the cage or jail communicating with the said enlarged portion.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES ALGERNUN YOUNGBLOOD.

Witnesses:

R. N. McLean, J. R. MOTES.

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