US1423908A - Robe for children's gocarts and invalid chairs - Google Patents

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I E. R. CLBUBCHARDi lROBE FORCHILDEENSGOCARTS AND INVALID CHAIRS.

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RHODE ISLAND.

ROBE FOB. onrmmnus GooAnrs AND rnvnnip CHAIRS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 1922..

Application filed April 6, 1922. Serial No. 550,249.

To all whomz't may concern Be it known that I. EDITH R. C. BURCH- ARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Little Compton, in the county of Newport and State oflihode Island, have invented new and useful Improvements in Robes for Childrens Gocarts and Invalid Chairs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to robes and wraps for use in invalid chairs and go-carts especially for childrens use.

The object of my invention is to provide protection against exposure to the weather and accidents from falls. i

In the accompanying drawing illustrating my invention 1 is a perspective view of the robe laid in the invalid chair or go-cart with the child seated upon the under robe, the childs feet resting in the foot-pocket, and the lap robeor over-robe ready to be placed over the child, wrapped around and secured by the belt.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of therobe after the child has been wrapped around by the over-robe, and secured by the belt.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the robe.

Fig. l is a detailed sectional. rear elevation of the upper portion of the back, illustrating belt, loops, buckle, tongue and belt casmg.

Fig. 5 is a vertical cross section taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 4t, (showing same).

Fig. 6' is a vertical cross section through the foot-pocket, showing side envelope with envelope flap, with stiffening board or material located above, ready for insertion in said envelope.

Fig. 7 is a longitudinal cross section taken on lines 7-7 in Fig. 6, showing stiffening material enclosed in envelope.

Referring to Fig. 1, 10 is the under-robe, from which the belt covering 11 extends, at the bottom of which under-robe the footpocket 12 is located, supported by semi-circular stiffened sides 13, from which footpocket an over-robe 14 extends upward at the front.

In Fig. 2 the same parts are use.

Referring to Fig. 3, the same parts are illustrated not in use. The entire robe is here seen laid out flat with the inside up in plan view.

Referring to Figs. 4, 5, 6 and 7, a belt 16 is enclosed slidably in a belt casing 11, said illustrated in belt consisting of a braided mohair strip with covering 17 made of any suitable smooth material. The belt 16 is held in position in the belt casing 11 by ball and socket snap fasteners 18 at either end thereof; at one end of said belt the ball of the snap fastener 18 engages the socket of the same snap fastener 18 located on tongue 19, formlng a parteof belt casing. 11, said tongue turning inwardly to engage with the belt end; the other end of the belt having a buckle 15 thereon. Two mohair braid loops 21 covered with cloth, spaced apart and passed around the back. of the belt 16, ex tend through two openings 22 located there for in the back of the belt casing, one adapted to be engaged in spring snafiles 23 which are fast to the go-cart by means of links, ring and screw eyes.

The foot-pocket 12 has stiffened sides 13, consisting of envelope 2 1, adaptedto' receive stiffening boards 25,-which are entirely enclosed when envelope flap 26 is bottoned over the top.

T 0 use my invention, the under-robe 10 is laid over the seat of thechair, with the upper edge about waist high of the occupant,

and the loops21, sna'flles 23 and rings areengaged as set forth. The child is then seated, and the over-robe 1 1 is laid over the legs of the child. The waist belt is then fastened snugly thus enclosing and securing the two portions of the clothing or under-robe and the over-robe together and around the childs body and legs whose feet are resting within the foot-pocket 12. The waist and lower part of the childs body is thereby completely enclosed, enveloped and protected from draughts. Furthermore, by means of the safety belt the child is guarded against falls, at the same time having sufficient freedom of movement for comfort. The loops 21 sufficiently control the move ments of the child so that it is difficult, if not impossible, for it to remove or displace the feet from the foot-pocket 12, or the covering from its body.

The depth and size of the foot-pocket 12 may be made to suit the particular invalid chair or go-cart; also the shape of the stiffened sides can be adapted to different chairs or go-carts.

While my invention is designed especially for an. invalids chair or childs go-cart, it is suitable for piazza or wheel chairs in use at seaside and country resorts.

A valuable feature of my invention is the separable character of the parts in the interest of cleanliness and sanitation. The belt may be removed from its case, the fastening attachments separated from the belt and the stiffening or re-inforcing sides of the foot-pocket may be withdrawn from their enclosures, thus leaving the robe free for laundering, and the belt and other detached parts accessible for cleansing.

lVhat I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: i

1. An adjustable robe having side open ings substantially its Whole length, combined with a foot-pocket made integral therewith, the upper edge of one of the portions of said robe forming a suitable case for the reception of a belt, and a belt for encircling the body contained in said case and freely removable therefrom. v

2. An adjustable robe having side openings substantially its whole length, combined with a foot-pocket made integral therewith, the upper edge of one of the portions of said robe forming a suitable case for the reception of belt, apertures in said case, a belt contained in said case, and removable means for connecting the belt to the seat extending through said aperturesand free to slide therein.

An adjustable safety robe having side openings substantially its whole length, and a foot-pocket made integral therewith, c0mbined with a waist belt for encircling the body, the upper edge of one portion of said robe forming a case, and said belt being enclosed in said case and freely removable therefrom.

4;. In combination with a seat, a robe having a foot-pocket integral therewith, a recess in each end of the foot-pocket, a reinforcing member removably enclosed in each recess, and a waist belt, said robe having a suitable case for said belt at its upper edge, and said belt being relnovably enclosed in said case.

5. In combination with a seat, a robe having a foot-pocket integral therewith, a recess in each end of the foot-pocket, a reinforcing member removably enclosed in each recess, and a waist belt, said robe having a suitable case for said belt at its upper edge, and said belt being removably enclosed in said case, means for securing said belt to the seat, cxtending through apertures in said case and connected with said belt.

6. In combination with a seat, a robe having a side opening substantially its whole length, and having a foot-pocket integral therewith, a recess in each end of the footpocket, a reinforcing member removably enclosed in each recess, and a waist belt, said robe having a suitable case for said belt at its upper edge, and said belt being removably enclosed in said case, means for securing said belt to the seat, extending through apertures in said case and connected with said belt.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses, this fourth day of April 1922.

EDITH RUSSELL CHURCH BURCHARD.

Witnesses CYNTHIA L. H. PERKINS, AGNES LEEDS BURCHARD.

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