US659423A - Folding baby-carriage. - Google Patents

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No. 659,423, Patented Oct. 9, I900. R. B. TOPPING. FOLDING BABY CARRIAGE.

(Application filed Mar. 19, 1900.]

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ROSS B. TOPPING, OF; CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

FOLDING BABY-CARRIAG E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 659,423, dated October 9, 1900.

Application filed March 19,1900. b' rial N0- 9626. (No model.)

T0 on whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Ross B. TOPPING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Folding Baby-Carriages, of which-the following is a specification. I

The objects of my invention are to provide a carriage that may be folded in a compact package, so as to be conveniently carried by the handle, transported or stored when not in actual service, and easily andquickly set up when wanted.

Myinvention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a planview of the carriage folded. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the runninggear. Fig. 3 is a cross-section showing one wheel folded under the running-gear, the opposite wheel erect.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In the construction I adopt the usual form of a baby carriage or perambulator having four wheels and rearward-extending shafts provided with a handle for use in propelling it. The body A is, as usual, provided with four sides, except that these four sides are,

attached to the floor or bottom by means of the hinges a, so that they may be folded inwardly and lie fiat on the bottom B. The axles b b are provided with a knuckle-joint b at each end. These knuckle-joints carry on their free end the spindles for the wheels, and at each joint the projecting piece c,which enters the jaw c, is elongated and the end beveled. On a line with the eye 01 in the joint inward is another eye d through the several parts, including the projecting piece a, through which the pin e, hereinafter described, is inserted to make the joint rigid.

A coupling-bar g connects.the two axles at their center. A pin on each side of the coupling-bar on each axle prevents lateral displacement, or a loosely-fitted staple may be substituted for the pins to permit a limited sliding movement of the bar. The rear end of the coupling-bar projects beyond the axle and carries a cross-bar h rearward of the rear axle. the coupling-bar rearward of the front axle. Each of these cross-bars carries on each end A similar cross-bar h is attached to forwardly-projecting horizontal pins e,adapt ed. to engage in the eyes d in the joints 1), so thatif the wheels are in their normal position a short forward movement of the coupling-bar g inserts the four pinseinto the eyes (1, locking the joint. the head of the coupling-bar g, engaging with a bolt in the head of the bar, the other end thrust against the front axle, holds the pins 6 firmly in their places. Two side bars n n are also provided, one on each side of the coupling-bar and attached to the under side of the axles, which in the ordinary form of the carriage is an extension of the propellingshafts. On the rear end of the side bars an is a loose pin m, to which are attached the propelling-shafts 0 o. A handle a; joins the free ends of the shafts. The shafts are thus capable of swinging under the carriage and lie alongside of the side bars, the handle projecting slightly forward of the front end of the carriage. A wire Z, bent into a rectangular form, is pivot-ally attached to the two side bars. The free ends projecting rearward are provided with a book '1), which engages a button g on the sides of the shaft to hold the shafts up when the carriage is in use.

In folding the carriage the shafts are detached from the wire hooks and swung under the running-gear, the handle of the shafts projecting from the front end. The coupling-bar g is moved rearward, withdrawing the four pins 6 simultaneously from the axlejoints. The wheels are then turned under and lie down on the rim of the hubs. The sides and ends of the body are swung inward on their hinges and lie on the floor, making a flat and convenient package which may be picked up and carried by the handle on the end of the shafts.

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

In a folding baby-carriage the combination of a body having sides hinged to the bottom of said body to fold inwardly, with two axles having a kn tickle-joint at each end, two eyes in said kn uckle-joint, acoupling-barconnecting the center of the two.axles and having a limited sliding rearward movement, a crossbar on said coupling-bar rearward of each axle, a pin projecting forward horizontally A spiral spring 2' at on each end of said cross-bars, said pin adapted to engage with an eye in said knucklejoint, side bars on the running-gear of said carriage, a hinge on the rear end of said side bars, shafts attached to said hinge adapted to swing underneath said running-gear substantially as described.

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

Ross B. TOPPING.

Witnesses:

D. L. TOPPING, H. O. HUNSBERGER.

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