US412628A - Spring-seat for vehicles - Google Patents

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v SPRING SEAT FOR VEHICLES, No. 412.628. Patented Oct. 8; 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLARENCE M. KENDALL, OF SEWARD, PENNSYLVANIA.

SPRING-SEAT FOR VEHICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 412,628, dated October 8, 1889.

Application filed August 1'7, 1889. Serial No. 321,116. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CLARENCE M. KENDALL, of Seward, in the county of Westmoreland and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spring- Seats; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in spring-seats; and it consists in the combina-' tion of the seat with suitable springs which are secured to the seat at their front ends and which have their rear ends to pass down through the body of the vehicle and catch under the rear axle, as will be more fully described hereinafter.

The object of my invention is to support the seat upon springs which have their fulcra upon the bottom of the vehicle, which is intended to be more or less elastic, and thus give to the seat a greater amount of elasticity than can be derived from the springs alone.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a spring-seat which embodies my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same.

A represents the bottom of the vehicle, which is intended to extend from one axle to the other and to have any suitable amount of elasticity. Through opposite edges of this body and through its center are made openin gs through which the rear ends of the springs B are passed. These springs consist of straight or slightly-curved strips, rods, or

- bars, of any suitable elastic material, and

upon the front ends of which the seat 0 is secured in any suitable manner. The rear ends of the springs extend through the-bottom and are secured to or catch under the under side of the rear axle in any suitable manner.

The springs are here shown fastened to the body by means of set-screws or clamping devices of any kind which serve to retain the springs in position. When it is desired to remove the seat and the springs from the body of the vehicle, it is only necessary to loosen the set-screws, and then both springs and the seat can be removed. In replacing the seat and springs it is only necessary to pass the By having the fulcrum of each spring upon an elastic body the vibration or play of the body will increase the amount of play or elasticity of the springs, and thus a much greater amount of play is given to the seat than could be obtained from the springs alone.

This seat is intended especially for vehicles Which are to be used over rough roads; but it is also equally adapted for light or heavy vehicles which are to be used upon ordinary roads.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1 1. The combination of the seat, the springs upon which the seat is secured and the body having suitable openings through it, the rear ends of the springs being made to extend under or through the body and to catch against the axle, substantially as shown.

2. The combination of the elastic body provided with suitable openings or perforations,

with the springs, and the seat which is secured to the front ends of the springs, the body forming a fulcrum for each spring, substantially as described.

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

CLARENCE M. KENDALL. Witnesses:

F. A. LEHMANN, J. M. LONGABAUGH.

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