US186995A - Improvement in falling-front carriages - Google Patents

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  • PETER C DURHAM, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO DURHAM & WOOSTER, OF SAME PLACE.
  • Figure 1 a side view, and in Fig. 2 a horizontal section below the seat.
  • This invention relates to an improvement in that class of carriages in which the front is hinged to the body, and so as to fold down forward beneath the drivers seat.
  • the drivers seat has been arranged so as to leave a clear space beneath, into which the front might be turned-that is, the usual boot, which forms a box shape beneath the seat, is dispensed with, and when the top is not turned down the carriage loses much of that graceful appearance which is due to inclosing the space beneath the seat to form what is termed the boot.
  • the objectof this invention is to construct the carriage so that this boot form may be preserved when the top is raised; and it consists in hinging the ends and rear of the boot portion, so that they may be folded or turned to open the space beneath the seat to allow the top to fall, as more fully hereinafter described.
  • a represents the front post of a carriage, hinged as at b, as in coupes. The top of other classes of carriages would be hung in the usual manner.
  • A the seat, is hinged at the front, so as to be turned up and forward, as indicated in broken lines, and, substantially, as in the usual manner.
  • B the back of the boot is hinged at the body below, as at c, and preferably so as to turn backward and downward, as indicated in broken lines, Fig. l.
  • the two ends D are preferably hinged to the front E, so as to be folded inward and against the front, as indicated in broken lines, Fig. 2; but they may be hinged upon the seat so as to turn up under the seat, or below to the body so as to turn downward.
  • the back B and ends D inclose the space beneath the seat, as shown; but when it is desired to throw the top forward, the seat is turned up and forward, the back B then turned downward, and the ends D folded, so as to open the space heneath the seat; then the top may be opened or turned forward, as indicated in broken lines, Fig. 1, and the seat returned to its place.
  • the top is again raised, the parts B and D are returned to place; thus, when the top is closed, the drivers seat is inclosed beneath, to have all the appearance of the usual close box or boot.

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P. C. DURHAM.
FALLING-FRONT CARRIAGE.
4 No.185,995 Pai'nted Feb. 6, 1877.
EIERS. PHOTO-LITMOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. 0 c
UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIGE.
PETER C. DURHAM, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO DURHAM & WOOSTER, OF SAME PLACE.
IMPROVEMENT lN-FALLlNG-FRO NT CARRIAGES.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 186,995, dated February 6, 1877; application filed January 16, 1877.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, PETER C. DURHAM, of New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Falling'Front Carriages; and
i I do hereby declare the following, when. taken in connection with the accompanying drawin gs and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, m
Figure 1, a side view, and in Fig. 2 a horizontal section below the seat.
This invention relates to an improvement in that class of carriages in which the front is hinged to the body, and so as to fold down forward beneath the drivers seat.
Usually the drivers seat has been arranged so as to leave a clear space beneath, into which the front might be turned-that is, the usual boot, which forms a box shape beneath the seat, is dispensed with, and when the top is not turned down the carriage loses much of that graceful appearance which is due to inclosing the space beneath the seat to form what is termed the boot.
The objectof this invention is to construct the carriage so that this boot form may be preserved when the top is raised; and it consists in hinging the ends and rear of the boot portion, so that they may be folded or turned to open the space beneath the seat to allow the top to fall, as more fully hereinafter described.
a represents the front post of a carriage, hinged as at b, as in coupes. The top of other classes of carriages would be hung in the usual manner. A, the seat, is hinged at the front, so as to be turned up and forward, as indicated in broken lines, and, substantially, as in the usual manner. B the back of the boot is hinged at the body below, as at c, and preferably so as to turn backward and downward, as indicated in broken lines, Fig. l. The two ends D are preferably hinged to the front E, so as to be folded inward and against the front, as indicated in broken lines, Fig. 2; but they may be hinged upon the seat so as to turn up under the seat, or below to the body so as to turn downward.
When the top is up in place, the back B and ends D inclose the space beneath the seat, as shown; but when it is desired to throw the top forward, the seat is turned up and forward, the back B then turned downward, and the ends D folded, so as to open the space heneath the seat; then the top may be opened or turned forward, as indicated in broken lines, Fig. 1, and the seat returned to its place. When the top is again raised, the parts B and D are returned to place; thus, when the top is closed, the drivers seat is inclosed beneath, to have all the appearance of the usual close box or boot.
I claim The herein-described improvement in folding-front carriages, consisting in the ends and back beneath the seat hinged, so as to open the space beneath the seat, for the folding of the top, substantially as specified.
PETER O. DURHAM. Witnesses:
JOHN E. EARLE, CLARA BROUGHTON.
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