US247424A - Child s carriage - Google Patents

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GHILDS CARRIAGE.

Patented Sept. 20, 1881.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ADOLPH SHOENINGER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CHILDS CARRIAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 247,424, dated September 20, 1881.

' AppncafionnieaAprn18,1881. -(No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ADOLPH SHOENINGER, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Childrens Carriages, of which the following is a specification.

The object I have in view is to produce a cover for the canopy-top of a childs carriage, which will be a single article, can be easily applied or removed, will close the back as well as the sides of the carriage, and can be arranged to also close the front or leave it open, as desired, and will further protectthe top itself, so as to prevent Water from running through the same when such top is made of perforated veneer or other open material.

My invention consists, principally, in the peculiar construction of the canopy-top cover; and, further, in the combination ot' the same with a perforated veneer ltop, as fully hereinafter explained, and pointed out by the claims.

In the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part hereof, Figure 1 'is a perspective view of a portion of a childs carriage, the top being inclosed by myimproved cover; Fig. 2, a similar view with the cover opened at the front, and Fig. 3 a central vertical section through the parts as arranged in Fig. 2.

Like letters denote corresponding parts in all three figures.

A is the body of the carriage, and B is the canopy-top, which is supported from the body by a suitable standard, C. This top is constructed of perforated veneer, such as is used for chair-bottoms, which is bent or formed in the desired shape.

My'canopy-top cover is made from light Water-proof material, preferably rubber-cloth, so that it can be readily folded into a small cornpass and placed out of sight, beneath the seat a ofthe carriage. This cover is composed of a top portion, D, which is of the shape of the canopy-top, and lies close upon the same. The back curtain, E, side curtains, F F', and the frontaps, G G', of the cover are all made preferably in one piece, secured at one edge to the back and sides of the top portion, D, but not to the front edge thereof, the front aps, G G', being free, so that they can be turned back, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. To the front edge of the top portion, D, is secured a Hap, H, which hangs down a short distance and sheds the rain from the loose upper edges of the front flaps, G G'. The cover is buttoned down to studs or hooks on the bodyat the points b.

Each side curtain, F F', has a stud, c, on its inner side, near the top, and the flap H is also provided With a similar stud, d. The upper corners of the loose flaps G G' have eyes, which can be buttoned with the stud d on'the Hap H, and thus close the front of the cover, as shown in Fig. l; or the aps G G' can be drawn .back and buttoned with the studs c, so as to leave the front of the cover open, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

This coveris asingle connected article, which is placed bodily onto and removed bodily from the canopy-top. Itcan be folded into a small compass, and is exceedingly convenient, being adapted to completely protect the child from rain. The cover is further especially Well adapted for use with my perforated veneer top, since it covers the top completely and prevents Waterfrom running through the saine, as would be the case if curtains hungfrom the edges of such top were alone used.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. Achilds carriage havinga top, B, of perforated veneer, removable water-proof cover D, tlap H, back curtains, E, side curtains, F F', and front iaps, G G', constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purpose set forth.-

2. In a childs carriage, the back curtains, E, side curtains, F F', and'front flaps, G G', formed in one piece of water-proof material, said curtains being adapted to be secured to the carriage, and said flaps G G' being adapted to be secured to either a ap, H, or the curtains F F', as desired, substantiallyas set forth.

ADOLPH SHOENINGEE.

Witnesses:

F. W. KAsEHAGEN, OLIVER W. MARBLE.

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