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Patent For Invalid Locomotive Chair
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| 12 | I do not however confine myself to any precise form or size of chair or frame further than the projecting arm within the disk of the wheel as I do not claim further; and this projecting arm can be a simple bar of iron bent at right angles one angle being secured by screws or otherwise to one side of a plank of proper width circled out in front with a common chair mounted on its back end with two plain hind wheels and would with the other parts claimed afford a cheap and efficient perambulator for the afflicted poor who will perhaps oftener need its assistance than the wealthy who can afford those of costlier structure. | |
| 13 | Neither do I confine the application of the parts claimed to an invalid's chair for by adapting the size to the purpose required, it can be substituted for the front wheels of children's carriages, larger vehicles, and many agricultural machines, the handle answering for a tongue for animals to draw by -- dispensing with much rigging in the framework of carriages and relieving the team entirety of all jar on the tongue from inequalities of the road while it can be turned with almost the facility of a two wheeled vehicle. | |
| 14 | What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is -- | |
| 15 | 1. The combination of the wheel axle and shank on the end of the projecting arm, by which a central support is given to the frame within the disk of the wheel, the bearing in the hub being central with the bearing of the rim permitting a free lateral movement to the wheel without changing its point of support to the frame and enabling the wheel to receive any shock on its rim with firmness while its plain surface is left unobstructed for the free movements of the crank and handle. | |
| 16 | 2. I also claim the arrangement of the adjustable handle which can be used to pull the chair or as a guide in the hands of the invalid when pushed by another, or changed to a crank of various length of stroke to suit the invalid when he wishes to propel himself with his own hands. The materials used in the construction of said machine being wood, iron, or other material as convenience or fancy may dictate. | |
| 17 | THOS. S. MINNISS. | |
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