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A.. 'GERBRACHT GHIL'DS CARRIAGE. 8- 188878591'. 'Patented Jan. 17, 1888.

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EUGNE A. GERBRACHT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CHILDs CARRIAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 376,591, dated January 17,1888.

Application filed Septemler 28, 1887. Serial No. 260,900. (No model.) i

To all whom, it may concern:

Beit known that I, EUGNE A. GERBRAGHT, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Childrens Carriages, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvement in childrens carriages, and has for its object to provide a carriagev of simple and cheap construction wherein, when desired, the body of the carriage may be utilized as a cradle without detachment from its supports.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of' the several parts, as will v be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claim.

Reference i s to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved carriage.` Fig. 2 is an end View of the same.

Fig. 3 is a perspective detail view of one ofV the body-supports, and Fig. 4t is a vertical section on line x m of Fig. 3.

In carrying the invention intoeffect, the axles A are provided with suitable wheels,

y and the said axles are held in a parallel position a proper distance 'apart bythe lower horizontal ends b of the handle B, which is curved upward and outward in the usual manner, the attachment being made by screws, bolts, vor other equivalentldevices.

Upon the horizontal handle-bars b, near the front end and also near the curve at the rear, Sshaped springs C are attached, and upon each side set of springs longitudinal bars D are bolted.

As a support for the body D' of Ythe carriage, segmental brackets E and E are provided, having a short arm or extension, e, integral with each end andV projecting at right angles or horizontally therefrom. The brackets are preferably constructed of a single arched piece of metal,and may, as shown in Fig. 3, bean integral portion of the springs, the front brackets and springs being formed from the same pieceof metal, the rear brackets and rear springs being also in one piece.

Ordinarily, in making the attachment of the brackets to the spring-bars D, the arms e are made to abut the upper ends of the springs; and the said arms, which are of a length equal tothe distance intervening the springs and the ends of the spring-bars,`are attached to the under side of the latter by rivets, or in any other approved manner, as illustrated in Fig. 1.

' To the front and rear ends of the carriagebody, centrally the same, vertical plates E2 and Ea are respectively secured, adapted to extend from a point near the upper edges of the body downward and beneath the same. At the upper end of each plate E2 and Ea a threaded pin, his provided, which may be integral with theplates or attached thereto, the y said pins being adapted to enter a suitable aperture located centrally the upper ends of the brackets, and a nut isvthereupon entered upon the pins, but not to a decided bearing against the face of the said brackets. By this means the carriage-bod y is pivotally attached to the brackets and permitted to reciprocate between the same, whereby therocking motion, as of a cradle, is obtained.

Near the base of the rear bracket,E, a transverse rod, h, is attached, provided with a central threaded aperture, and in the plate E2, aligning the aperture in the rod h, a similar threaded aperture is provided, the two apertures aforesaid being purposed to receive a thumb-screw, h', whereby the carriage-body may, when desired, be rigidly held in a fixed' position, similar to the body of ordinary carriages.

Stop-pins II may be driven or screwed in the rear outer edges at the back of the carriage-body to limit the throw thereof when employed in the capacity of a cradle.

It will be observed that the transformation from a carriage to a cradle, or vice versa, is quickly and readily effected, and that by reason of the peculiar hanging of the body a fine spring effect is produced.

In the event the carriage is designed to accommodate two children, the locking device may be repeated at the front.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent^= l The combination, with the runninggear, ranged for operation substantially n the mansprlngs, and spring-bars of a chlds carriage ner and for the purpose set forth. and the body of the carriage of the brackets y y1 f E and E', the plates E2 and E3, attached to EUGLND A' GERBRACH F' 5 the ends of the body and provided with piv- Witnesses:

ots, the bar b, attached to the bracket E, and H. SPOEHRNY,

a locking device carried by the bar b, all ar- J. F. ACKER, Jr.

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