US1102565A - Folding carriage and invalid-chair. - Google Patents

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0. F. G. BEHR.

FOLDING CARRIAGE AND INVALID CHAIR.

APPLICATION FILED APR.22, 1913.

Patented July 7, 1914.

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CLAUS F. G. IBEH'R, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FOLDING CARRIAGE AND INVALID-CHAIR.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 7, rare.

Application filed. April 22, 1913. Serial No. 762,790.

T all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CLAUs F. G. Benn, citizen of the United States, and resident of the borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, city and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Carriages and Invalid-Chairs, of which the following is a specification.

The device, the subject of my invention, is intended principally for the type of carriage used in the care of children, particularly small babies that must be carried or wheeled from place to place, and in my development I have endeavored to construct a carriage of wicker that may be folded into a small space and yet one that will be firm when arranged for use and at all times light and easily transportable.

It will be seen from the drawings, that accompany this specification, that I have eliminated all unnecessary parts, but that I have retained all necessary features, and features that mean efliciency and satisfactory operation. I have, therefore, retained the springs that no carriage is complete without and I have provided means whereby the child may assume a comfortable reclining position, if such is desired and without the necessity of difiicult adjustment or complex mechanical operation. All of these important features and others not here enumerated, will be fully set forth as the specification progresses.

The following is what I consider the best means of carrying out this invention and the accompanying drawings form a part of this specification in which:

Figure 1, shows in side elevation the completed carriage and in position for operation. From all of these figures I have omitted the woven wicker work preferring to show merely the frame. Fig. 2, shows in front elevation the device as it will appear when folded. Fig. 3, shows the carriage in side elevation and in the folded condition shown in Fig. 2.

Similar reference numerals indicate like parts in all the figures where they appear.

What may be considered the side member of my device is the part shown in the figures, formed with the downwardly depending members 1 and 2 connected together by means of a bent portion 3. This shape pro vides a space 4 into which may be woven basket or wicker work in any pattern de- Spaced away from the member 2 is a second vertical member 5 which forms the statlonary back of the carriage and between the back and the sides I arrange a block 6. It will be understood that I provide two side members similar in outline and function though I will describe but one, that formed by means of the parts 1 and 2. I also pro vide two blocks 6 one arranged at each side and to these blocks I hinge the side members. The blocks are however firmly secured to the back as it is my intention that they should operate as stationary projections therefrom.

Pivoted in the block 6 and free to rotate therein, is a cross bar 7 and secured to this bar and extending outwardly therefrom are the bars 8, secured together at their outer ends by the cross bar 9. These bars also provide a space 10 into which suitable wicker or basket work may be woven to produce a seat.

A plurality of loop hinges 11 arranged upon the cross bar 9, connect a cross bar 12 in operable relation and parallel to the bar 9 and extending outward from this bar 12 and at right angles thereto, I arrange a plurality of bars 13 which have their outer ends connected by means of a cross bar 1ft. These parts when they have received the proper interlaced basket work form what I may call the leg-rest which is merely an extension from the seat. A foot-rest which is a further extension of the seat and the part just described is formed of the arched member 15 and the bar 16 and is hinged to the bar 14 by a plurality of loop hinges. To retain this foot rest in its proper operable position and to allow it to fold, I will provide links 17 of ordinary construction formed in two parts and pivoted to each other at about mid-length.

Hingedly connected to the stationary vertical back 5, I arrange the adjustable backrest 18, which is a looped member well adapted to receive a wicker interlacing and to serve as a firm support for the head and probably shoulders of the occupant of the carriage. This back rest may be caused to assume an upright position parallel and closely adjacent to the member 5 orit may be allowed to slant outward and backward to a greater or less extent, to an extent that will be efficiently controlled by the metallic brace 19. This brace 19 is provided with loops 20 arranged between its ends and a pin 21 secured to the adjustable back 18 free to enter one of these loops to be retained there until further adjusted.

Secured to the upright stationary member 5 is the handle or pusher, which consists of two parallel outwardly extending metallic bars 22 pivoted at 23 to the member 5 and having their outer ends joined by means of a suitable and ornamental bar 24. It is my desire that this pushing handle should be adjustable as to height and angle, and that it should be adapted to fold closely upon the member 5. To that end I arrange the quadrant 25 suitably slotted and through this slot I pass a bolt 26 terminating in a wing-nut 27. The bolt may be secured in the bar 22 and I may upset the end of the boltso that the wing-nut 27 cannot be entirely removed and lost.

I have found it advisable to provide a hood for this Carriage and as this hood must also be foldable, I construct it of two oblong members 28 and 29 formed of reed or willow and adapted to receive a suitable wicker or basket-reed. These oblong members are hinged together at two of their longest sides, and at each end of the shed, thus formed, I arrange a vertical metallic member 30 provided with longitudinal slot and two angularly disposed metallic members 32 and 33 each of which is also slotted longitudinally. The lower ends of these members are perforatedand are brought together under an adjusting wing-nut 34. The hood is secured in the upper end of these members or somewhat adjacent thereto, by means of additional wing-nuts 85, 36 and 37. It will be seen from this construction that the hood may be made of greater or less width or it may be folded flat, and that the adjustable wing-nut 34 will allow the hood to be placed at any desirable angle on the carriage proper.

Thus far I have described the construction of the body of my device, but the arrangement of the wheels is no less novel and important, and I will now describe it.

Secured to each of th lower ends of the part 1, I arrange a bracket 40 which is an ofi-set bracket slanting outward to a greater or less extent and to these brackets I pivot a small wheel 41. This wheel is intended merely as a resting or steadying wheel, useful at times but not altogether necessary. The main traction wheel I show at 42. This wheel may be of any diameter and is one of a pair rotatably mounted or secured to the ends of a stationary bar or axle 43. A pin 44 secured in the upper side of this bar 43 extends upward to be loosely engaged by, and in brackets 45 and between each of the brackets, and surrounding each of the pins 44 I arrange a voluted compression spring 46, of sufiicient strength to easily support the carriage and its contents. To'retain the wheels in exact alinement and to hold them in position when the device is lifted from the ground I provide a plurality of links 47 pivoted to the member 5 and at a point adjacent to the lower end thereof. The inner end of each link is secured by a pivot 48 to a bracket 49 which is in turn secured parts that I may form integral with this bracket 49 a plurality of lips 50, which will serve as efficient guides and retainers for the lower end of the springs 46.

I have before mentioned that the leg-rest 18 was hinged to the seat proper. This is important when the device is to be used as a chair or in the position shown in Fig. 1. To secure this rest in a horizontal position I provide the construction shown near the top of the Fig. 2. It consists of parallel metallic members 51 arranged one on each of the side bars of the rest, and pivoted there to. At the innermost end on each of these metallic members I provide a down turned lip 52. At mid-length the leg-rest 13 and extending between the bars 12 and 14, I arrange a metallic strap 53 provided with a slot 54, and through this slot I extend a bolt to which is adjustably secured a wing-nut 55. Upon this bolt and operable therewith, I arrange angularly disposed links 56 con necting them with the members 51, and now when the bolt is forced backward or downward in the slot 54 the ends or lips 52 of the 7 3 and to that end I have provided a-novel means of support, for each part which con I sists of metallic loops such as shown at 60,

and downwardly and inwardly turned metallic lips as shown at 61 which may pass into and through the loops 60 to be firmly engaged and supported, therein. Such loops.

are conveniently placed to support the seat when it is in position for use and the leg-rest I when it is depressed, as it will be when the device is to be used as a chair.

I desire it understood that modifications may be made within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the principle or sacrificing the advantages of this invention. I may find it desirable to secure the projections or lips 61 after they have passed through the loops 60, and for that purpose I may add certain thumb screws'slotting the projections 61 so that they may pass around the thumb screws arranged adjacent. I may find that another type of spring may be substituted for the spring l6 but I prefer the whole as shown and described. I may also find it desirable to construct the body portion of my carriage of wood or metal. By wood, I means boards or wooden shapes other than the willow described.

I desire to call attention to the construction of my device which allows it to serve as a chair and it will be understood that I may use ordinary chair construction fitting to such the parts of my device that may be deemed necessary.

Having carefully described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A device of the character described having a plurality of side members and a vertical member secured together, a handle member pivoted to said vertical member and secured to said vertical member a quadrant adapted to assist in the adjustment of said handle member as herein specified.

2. In a folding chair or carriage a plurality of side frames and a back frame, a plurality of blocks secured to said back frame and hingedly connected to said side frames, a seat pivoted in said blocks and a leg and foot rest in series hinged to each other and to said seat, and a back rest pivoted in said back frame and adapted to be reclined at a desired angle, and means for retaining said leg-rest in a depressed or elevated position at will as herein specified.

3. A folding carriage having a vertical back member blocks secured thereto and projecting therefrom and side members hinged to said blocks and adapted to fold vertically against said back member and within the line of said blocks as herein specified.

4. A folding chair or carriage having a vertical back member, a plurality of spring supported wheels secured thereto and adjustable handle member secured thereto, an adjustable back member pivoted thereto and means for supporting said back member in a desired position, a plurality of blocks permanently secured to said back member, a plurality of side members hingedly engaged with said blocks and a foldable top adjustably secured to said side members, a seat pivoted in said blocks and provided with a plurality of downwardly depending lips, a leg-rest hingedly engaged with said seat member and provided with a plurality of downwardly depending lips and levers for supporting said leg-rest, and a foot rest hingedly engaged with said leg-rest and rovided with links for retaining in operable position and loops upon said side members for the reception of all of said downwardly depending lips, the whole combined for joint operation as herein specified and for the purpose set forth.

' Signed at New York city, N, Y., this 14th day of April, 1913, A. D., in the presence of two witnesses.

C. F. G. BEHR. Witnesses:

G. E. STERRITTE, ARTHUR PHELPS MARE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. 0.

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