US735270A - Carriage-top. - Google Patents

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No. 735,270. PATENTED AUG.`4, 1903.

I W. H. KELLY.

CARRIAGE TOP.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. s, 1902.

N0 MODEL.

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` UNITED STATES j atented August 4,1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. KELLY, on BEowNsBURG, VIRGINIA.

SPECIFICATIONHforming pari-.of Letters Patent No. 735,270, dated August 4, 1903.

pplication iiled November 8, 19024.` Serial No. 130,572. (No model.) l

To all whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. KELLY, a citizen of the United States,l residing at Brownsburg, inthe county of Rockbridge and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carriage-Tops;4

l and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates tocarriage-tops, par, l ticularly those of buggies, phaetons, and similar vehicles; and it consists, substantially, in

the features of improvement hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the annexed claims.

It has been proposed heretofore toprovide` buggy and other vehicletops with rolling cur tains either of the 'spring-actuated" or other` type; but generally such Aattachments have" been found unsatisfactory or objectionable, because the curtain-rollers and their brackets or mountings have been more or less conspicuous and ungraceful in appearance and not properly concealed, the curtain-rollers have tion is to provide a rigid buggy-top'or otherl carriage-top adapted to support rolling curtains both at the sides and back without any of the objectionable features abcve noted, the'v curtain-rollers being securely mounted and.

neatly concealed within the top, the curtains conveniently manipulated, and the top being non-foldable, but capable of being swung back without interference by the said curtainrollers or displacement of the latter whether the curtains bewound up or drawn down.

4This and other objects are accomplished.

meanssubstantially as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and wherein- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a buggy-top embodying my invention, a part of the topcover being broken away and the side curtains being partly drawn down. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section of the same, taken on line 2 2 of Fig. l, looking toward the back as `indicated by the arrows; and Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary view of "one of therear corners of the buggy-top lookingtfroni the back. l

The letter A designates the buggy-seat; B,"

the seat-back C, the covering of the top, and D the usual Vertical side strips depending from the rear end of thetop. i

The buggy-top 'is supported by suitable 'posts or standards, here shown aslthreeat I{each side, E, F, and G, the middle standards F being vertical and the outer ones inclined upward. in opposite directions in the usual way. The upperends of the standards are Jrigidly secured to the top-frame, as herein# after explained, while their lowerconverging ends are'joined together and pivoted to suitable brackets H at the sides of the buggy-seat.

The letter, J denotes diagonal jointed arms or braces, the upper front ends of which are pivotally secured, preferably, to the front standards E, though they may be secured to the other standards, while the lower rear ends of said arms or braces are pivotally joined to studs or brackets K on the sides of the buggyseat. In the Yposition shown in Fig. l the 'jointed arms J hold the buggy-top up rmly;

but said arms can easily be bent or doubled in the usual way by pressing down or forward on either of their members, thus allowing the buggy-top to be thrown back. Studs or brackets L are secured to the back part of the seat to support theI rear standards G when the top is thrown back,said studs being located considerably lower than in the ordinary buggy lor vehicle, sothat the top can swing back down far enough to drop its front end'below the heads of the occupants of the vehlcle or below the top of the seat-back, such arrangement thus serving the same purpose as the ordinary foldable buggy-top. y T c The top-frame, over which the cover C 1s tted, comprises a front bow M and a rear bow N, which are rigidly secured to the front and rear ends, respectively, of upper side strips R and lower side strips S, and also a ICO number of intermediate bows, here shown" three in number and designated as O, P, and Q, the lower ends of which are rigidly secured to the upper side strips R. The upper ends of the standards E, F, and G are rigidly secured to the lower side strips S. The bows are shown attached to the inner sides of the upper strips R', while the front and end bows are attached to the outer sides of the lowerl strips S, which latter are thus located slightly inward with respect to the upper strips.

The buggy-top is shown provided with side curtains T and a back curtain U, which are preferably, though not necessarily, wound on spring-rollers. The side curtains, as shown,

hav'e their front edges Aupwardly forwardly inclined, corresponding to the general shape of a buggy-top, and when drawn these vcurtains cover the entire sides of the upper body of the vehicle. They may be provided with eyes or sockets t for fastening to studs or buttons t' on the vertical standards F and also with eyes or sockets t2 for fastening to studs or buttons t3 on the rear leather` side strips D. The back curtain covers the entire back of the buggy-top and may be provided with suitable eyes or sockets u for fastening to studs or buttons u on the strips D. Both curtains may be drawn or adjusted to any desired position, which is a great advantage over the curtains ofthe carriage-tops of ordinary construction, which must be wholly up or down.

The rollers 'V of the side curtains are arranged closely within the inner sides of the top, their ends or spindles being mounted in suitable brackets c and c', formed or attached on the bent end portions of the front bow M and rear bow N. The curtains roll from the outer sides of the rollers and hang down between the strips R and S, and when drawn they cover the standards which support the top and the diagonal braces.

The roller W of the back curtain is arranged lengthwise beneath and between the rear bow N and another bow X, extending under and having its ends secured to or within the ends of the bow N, the ends or spindles of said roller being mountedv in suitable brackets w, secured between said bows. It will be observed that the roller W is thus mounted substantially between the rear ends of rollers V, and hence the side and rear curtains do not interfere at the corners.

The curtain rolls from the outer or rear side of the roller and passes down over the rear side of bow X and under the rear valance or horizontal strip Y of the cover C.

l An inner lining Z may be secured under the cover and top frame, the same being suitably attached to the front and rear bows of displacement of the rollers or disorder in the working thereof, while the whole buggytop can be swung back when desired, either with the curtains up or down, without interference by the side-curtain rollers.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desirevto secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. In a carriage-top, a rigid top-frame comprisingafrontbow, a rear bow, a pair of strips at each side arranged one above another and having their ends secured directly to said bows, intermediate bows having their ends secured to the upper side strips, and suitable supporting-standards having their upper ends secured to the lower side strips, substantially as described.

2. In a carriage-top, the combination of a rigid 'top-frame comprising front and rear bows with side strips secured to and connecting the same, a cover fitted on said frame, side curtain rollers supported by and between said bows, and a back-curtain roller mounted directly beneath and within the rear bow.4

3. In a earriage-top, the combination ofa rigid top-frame comprising front and rear bows, upper and lower side strips having their ends secured directly thereto, and intermediate bows having their ends secured to the upper strips, supporting-standards having their upper ends secured to the lower strips, a top-cover fitted over the frame, and side curtains having their rollers mounted between the end portions of the front and rear bows in brackets on the latter, said curtains hanging between the upper and lower side strips.

4. In a carriage-top, the combination of a rigid top-frame comprising front and rear bows, upper andlower side strips having their ends secured thereto, and intermediate bows having their ends secured 'to the upper strips, supporting-standards having their upper ends secured to the lower strips, a top-cover tted over the frame, and side curtains having their rollers mounted between the end portions of the front and rear bows in brackets on the latter, said curtains hanging between the upper and lower side strips, and a back curtain having its roller mounted directly beneath and within the rear bow.

5. In a carriage-top, the combination of a top-frame having front and rear bows, a topcover thereon, a supplemental rear bow secured within the other, and a roller for a back curtain mounted between said rear bows in brackets secured to the latter.

6. In a carriage-top, the combination of front and rear bows, upper and lower side strips secured to and connecting the same, intermediate bows having their ends secured to the upper side strips, supporting-standards having their upper ends secured to the lower strips, a top-covering, side curtains having their rollers mounted between the end portions ofthe front and rear bows, said curtains hanging between the upper and lower side IOO IIO

8. A swinging carriage-top having a rigid or non-foldable top-frame, comprisingfront I5 and rear bows and strips connecting the latter, and side curtains having their rollers mounted between said bows in brackets on the latter.

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

WILLIAM H. KELLY.

Witnesses A. P. WADE, GEO. F. KELLEY.

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