USRE14872E - Windshield for automobiles - Google Patents

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T. B, NISBET. WiNDSHlELD FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 13. 19M.

2 SHEETSSHEET I.

Rei ssued J nne 1, 1920.

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Theodore B. Nisb at I; Hag by /Ao17zey5 T, B. NISBE'I'.

WINDSHIELD FOR AUTOMQBILES, APPLICA'HON FILED JUNE 13,

Reiss'ued June l, 192%).

lnvenkmr, Theodore B. Nz'sbet To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Trmononn B. Nrsnnr,

a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Irvington, in the county of lVestchester and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in \Vindshields for Automobiles, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a windshield adapted for the protection of occupants of the second or other rear seats of an automobile, which shall be of simple construction, capable of ready adjustment, of being securely clamped in its adjusted position, and of being; folded against the back of the seat in front when not in use.

In the accompanying two sheets of dra wings which form a part of this application,-

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a windshield embodying my invention attached to the back of 'avehicle seat and extended into position for use.

Fi 2 is a side elevation showing the wind-shield folded clown and in dotted lines in raised position. I

Fig. is a frontelevation showing the wind-shield in raised position as in the dotted position of F ig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a plan showing the wind-shield in extended position.

Fig. is a plan to enlarged scale broken away showing the wind-shield partially folded.

Fig. 6 is a section through a sleeve.

in the drawings, the back of which serves as a point of attachment for brackets 2 2 which through relatively movable rods 3 and sleeves 4 4; support a main wind-shield 5 and auxiliary wind-shields 6 6. The relatively movable rods are round and arepivoted on the brackets so that they may be swung about vertical axes and in a horizontal planev One end 7 of each rod is downwardly bent and this portion is coned to insure a joint which will be a snug fit and in which the wear can be taken up by drawinc the cones into the brackets with the nuts 8 8. The rods have short horizontal bends bends are straight and serve as supporting whichengage hinge ears formed on slgeet .lation to each other.

The front seat 1 of an automobileis showit 9 9 close to their pivots. and beyond theguides on which the sleeves can slide and, rotate. The sleeves carry hinge pins 10.1.0,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THEODORE 1B. NISBET, OF IRVINGTON, NEW YORK.

WITNDSHIELD FOR AUTOMOBILES.

Specification of Reissued ietters Patent. Reissued June. 1, 1920,

Original No. 1,238,803, dated September 4, 1917, Serial No.'870,718, filed November 7, 1914. Application for reissue filed J'une 13 1919. Serial No. 304,067. i

metal 'stampings of corner brackets 11 for both the main and auxiliary windshields.

' latter against the sleeve. thereby holding the -1na1n and auxiliary wind-shields in their relation to the sleeve as well as in their re- It is only when the relatively movable rods are folded against the seat that the wind-shield frames need to be folded up and down along the dotted circular path indicated in Fig. 2, and the construction is such that this is permitted by the turning of the sleeves on the rods.

As automobiles are usually proportioned the required extension of the wind-shield back of the'seat to which thebrackets are at tached requires rods of such length that they will overlap when folded against the seat which overlapping unless provided for would result in placing the hinges on the respective sides of" the wind-shield out of alinement so that the axes of the'sleeves could not be brought into such exact alinement as would ordinarily be necessary to permit the folding. The hinge-pins while sup ported by the sleeves have suflicient relative movement with respect to the sleeves to compensate for the want of alineme'nt. by 9Y3 reason of'thcir being fiexibleso that they will bend and permit the sleeves to be swung out of aliueinent sutlicicntly to allow for the departure from alinelnent of. the. overlapp111; rods when in folding the wind-shield i between its raised. or erect and lowered or pendant positions it passes the horizontal position shown in Fig. 5. The tubes are also suflicientlv large to give space within for the rods to spring and also to enlarge the rings of pressure when the parts are clamped so as to increase the friction leverac'c. Shoulders/l ll are formed on the hinge ears to hold the tube properly cenlcred. Zach sleeve also carries a forked 05 bolt 15. the forked ends of which maybe made to engage the short horizontal bend of the relatively movable rod on which it slides if it is desired to securely hold up 7 either retracted or extended position the sleeves not being in alinement.

while the rods are folded against the back of the seat .where they are pivoted. bolt is held from accidental shifting in 1y a spring 16.

locked in its upright position by reason of Any loo'seness 1n the sleeves is taken up by thumb-nuts 17 17 to eliminate rafttling.

The foregoing detailed description has been given for clearness of understanding and no undue =limitation should be deduced therefrom,but'j the appended claims should be construed as broadly as permissiblein view of the prior art. i

hat I claim as new, and desire to seeure by Letters Patent of the United States -'l. The combination of a pair of rods,

each movable in a horizontal plane and capable of being brought into a mutually overlapping position, sleeves slidably and rotatably mounted on said rods, and a wind-shield carried by and connecting the sleeves and movable therewith around the axes of the rods from an erect to a pendant position in respect to said axes.

2. The combination of a pair of rods each movable in a horizontal plane and capable of being brought into a mutually overlapping position, sleeves slidably 'and rotatably mounted on said'rods, hinge pinsv ailixed to-said sleeves, and a wind-shield having hinge ears engaging said hinge pins, substantially as described.

3. The combination of a pair of rods,

each pivoted to move in a'horizontal plane and into a mutually overlappingposition,

sleeves slidably and rotatably mounted on the rods, a wvind-shield carried by the sleeves, the connection between the windshield and rods being sufficiently flexible to permit the rotation of the sleeves together about the rods when overlapped without substantial distortion of the shield connecting the two sleeves.

The

\Yhen the wind-shield is ex-i tended wholly or partially it 7 is securely 4. The combination of a pair of relatively movable rods each ofwhich is pivoted to move in a horizontal plane and capable of being brought into an overlappin position, sleeves slidably moun d upon t e rods and movable longitudinally thereof, alwindshield with hinge ears and'hinge pins for engaging the hinge ears supported by the sleeves, the hinge pins being sufficiently 'fi exibleto permit the wind-shield to be folded around the rods when the are in approximate alinement, substantial y as detively holding the wind-shield in an up right position, substantially as described- 6. Tie combination of a pair of relatively movable roclseach of which is pivoted to move/in a horizontal plane and capable of being brought into an overlapping position, sleeves slidably mounted upon the rods and movable longitudinally thereof, a windshield comprising a main shield and a plurality of auxiliary shields, hinges connecting the main shield with the auxiliary shield comprising wing members and connecting pins, tubes located between the co-functioning hinges and surrounding the pins, the pins being supported by and relatively movable with respectto the said sleeves whereby the windshield with the sleeves may be folded around the rods when they are in approximate alinement, substantially as'de- ,sc'ribed. I

Signed at New York, this 11th day of' June, 1919. p

THEoneRE B. NISBET.

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