US767390A - Buggy-seat brace. - Google Patents

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No. 767,390. PATENTED AUG. 16, 1904. T. D. GLENDINING. BUGGY SEAT BRAGE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 23, 1904.

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THOMAS D. OLENDINING, OF FORDYCE, ARKANSAS.

BUGGY-SEAT BRACE- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 767,390, dated. August 16, 1904.

Application filed May 23, 1904. Serial No. 209,236. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern-.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS D. CLENDINING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fordyce, in the county of Dallas and State of Arkansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buggy-Seat Braces; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention is a buggy-seat brace; and it consists in a lower cross-bar and side braces running up to the shifting rods of the buggytop secured to said cross-bar by pins, nuts, or

' other substantial means.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a buggy bed, seat, and top with my invention secured thereto. Fig. 2 is a detail view showing part of the buggybed, side-bar, end of the cross-bar, and the nut. Fig. 3 is a detail showing one end and the under face of the cross-bar, the lower end ff ine of the side-bars, the lock-nut, and pin- My invention is described as follows:

The numeral 1 represents the buggy-bed; 2, the seat; 3, the shifting rods, and 4 the top.

It is well understood by the trade that the buggy-seat is never very securely fastened to the bed and is liable to be broken loose, especially on rough country roads, and especially is this so when the seat is a jump-seat. By this we mean that the seat is so constructed that it may he slipped back on the bed for the purpose of allowing the use of a small seat in front. To remedy the evil of the seat working loose is the object of my invention.

Running across the bottom of the bed 1 is a cross-bar 5, having in each end a vertical perforation 6. Running up through these perforations 6 on each side of the seat are side braces 7 the upper ends of which are formed into hooks 8 and are hooked over the shifting rods 3 of the top A. The lower ends of said side-bars 7 after passing through the perforations 6 in the lower ends of said cross-bar 5 are threaded and secured in place by a nut 9. The threaded ends of said side-bars are provided each with a vertical groove 10, cutting through the said thread. The nut is also provided with a vertical groove 11, cutting through its thread, the two grooves registering with each other. When the nutsare screwed on and the said grooves register with each other, a pin 12 is run up into the grooves, thus locking the nut. In order to prevent the pin from dropping out, a pindock 13 is pivoted to the lower face of the nut, so that its free end may be slipped over the lower end of said pin.

When the seat is jumped back, as indicated by the lines 14:, the said cross-bars and sidebars may, if desired, be moved back, as shown by the dotted line 15.

A simple nut may be used instead of the nut 9, as described, and may be secured from working loose by paint, cement, or the like; but where the jump-seat is used it is important that the side-bars he slipped back, and in order to do this it is necessary to have a nut that can be easily released and as easily tightened, for which reason we use, especially in jump-seats, the nut-lock described.

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

1. In combination with a buggy bed and seat, cross-bar 5, provided at each end with a, vertical perforation 6; side braces 7, their lower ends threaded and provided each with a vertical groove 10, cutting through said thread, the upper ends of said braces turned into hooks 8, and hooking over the shifting rods 3; threaded nuts 9, each having a groove 11, cut through its thread; pins 12, passing up through said grooves, and pin-lock l3, pivoted to said nuts, and adapted to be turned under the heads of said pins, thus preventing them from falling out, substantially as shown and described and for the purposes set forth.

2. In combination with a buggybed and seat, across-bar passing under the bottom of said bed, and provided at each end with a vertical perforation; side braces, their lower ends In testimony whereof IaffiX my signature in threaded and passlng through sald perforapresence of tWo \vltnesses. tions, then upper ends hooking over shli'tlng r T rods of the top, and nuts screwing on the THOMAS (JLENDHHBG' threaded ends of said side braces, substan- Witnesses: tially as shown and described, and for the pur- L. AMIS,

poses set Forth. M. G. GATTING.

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