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WILLIAMr E. @BANDA-LL, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

Letters Patent No. 100,121, dated February 22, 1870; -reissac No. 3,972, date] May 17, 1870.

'ha Schedule referred to in thou Letton Patent and making part 'of the same.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. CRANDALL, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Childrens Carriages and Rocking-Horses; and I do hereby declare the following to be a clear and exact description of the-nature thereof', sufficient to enable others skilled in the4 art to which my invention appertains to fully understand and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings making part. of this spccifcation,.in which- Figure 1 is a side view of the device illustrating my invention.

Figure 2 is a central vert-ical longitudinal section thereof. c,

Figure 3 is a top or plan view.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

My invention consists in constructing the body of a ohilds carriage of two flames, and a seat which connects them, so that the childs feet may project below tbe seat, and thus form a safe riding device.

1t also consists in a. toybox hinged in front of the seat.

The body may be mounted on wheels or rockers, and thus formv a carn'age or rocking-horse, at the pleasure of the child.

In the drawings- Y A A may represent two frames, which in the present case are made in the form of horses, which are arranged parallel to each other, with their feet resting on a-base, B, which, if desired, may be in the form ofrockers of an ordinary rocking-horse.

The frames are connected together by cross-pieces, forming s seat, G, whichmay be located between or on top of said frames.

A box, D, may be hinged in front of the seat, serving to hold the child in place, and forming a receptacle for playthings.

The base B and frames, respectively, may be connected together by auxiliary crossrods, bars, or braces, or otherwise, for strengthening purposes, and the child may rest his feet on a foot-board, E, which is secured to the base B.

To the base B there may be connected, iu any suitable manner, a series of wheels, F, whose bearings should be so constructed that the wheels may he sw ung or raised up-or down, whereby the whole weight may rest either ou the wheels or on thc bed.

When it is desired to vemploy the device as a carriage, the wheels are swung or moved downward, and, by means of suitable pins G or other retaining'deviccs, the bed is cleared from the oor, and the carriage can then be drawn forward as an ordinary childs carriage.

When the wheels are raised or removed, then the had shnnldconsist oiLockers, so that the child can rock himself, after the manner of a rocking-horse.

' Should the arms or shafts of the wheels be immovable xtnres, the bcd E may consist of a fiat board or strip, and not be in the form of rockers.

lhe frames A A and their connecting seat form au attractive and amusing riding mechanism, and present the appearance of two animals, which the child can drive simultaneously without straddling, and thus without danger of falling out.

Suitable harness may be placed on the horses, and the bridle extend within convenient reach of the child.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A riding device; consisting of frames A A, connected together by a seat, so as to allow the feet of the rider to extend downwardly between the frames, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination of the box D, flames A, and scat C, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. The wheels F, in combination with the frames A and seat G, substantially as and for the purpose described.

4. The frames A, seat C, box D, bed B, and wheels G, combined and operating substantially as described.

5. The rockers B, iu combination with the frames A and seat C, substantially as described.

To the above I have signed my name this 30th day of April, 1870.

WVM. E. ORANDALL'.

Witnesses:

J. P STANBEBY, J ons E. Con'rsnr.l

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