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ORANDALL ». BICHABDSON. 809 �^P. Van Antwerp, for plaintiffs. �B. Wadleigh and Frederick P. Fish, for defendants. �BiiATCHFOKD, C. J. This suit is brought on reissued letters patent No. 4,223, gxanted to William E. Crandall, January 3, 1871, for an "improvement in children's carriages;" the original patent, No. 100.- 121, having been granted to him, as inventer, Pebruary 22> 1870, and reissued to him. No. 3,972, May 17, 1870. The specification- bf No. 4,223, including what is outside of brackets and what is inside of brackets, and omitting what is in italics, reads as follows: . �"Figure 1 is a side view of the deyice, illustrating my invention. Figure 2 is a central vertical longitudinal section Uiereof. Figure 3 is a top or plan view. Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the sev,era). figures. My invention consista in constructing the body of a ehild's carriage of two trames [representing horses in profile, each mounted oh a rocker ','Mnd^ which are connected together [by] soasto form a seat [and a fbot-board] 6e- ttœen them. It also [of] consiste fn a toy-box [arrangea between the profile] which is conneeted to the frames, and serves to keep the rider in the seat, but it may be readily moved over in order to release him wfien desiredj [And furthermore, it consists of a combination of parts, as will hereinafter more fully be set forth.] The body may be mounted on wheels or rockers, and thus form a carriage or rocking-horse at the pleasure of the child. In the draw- ings, A A [are] may represent two frames [representing] which, in the pres- ent 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 of rockers of an ordinary rocking-horse. ihe [profile] frames are con- nected together by cross-pieces, [forming a seat,] C, which, with the fwmer, constitute a guarded seat, so that a child can easily ride without danger of being thrown orfaMing out. In order to render his position still more secure, thereisconnectedtoihe frames in front of the seat a [A] box, D, [is hinged in front of the seat, serving to hold the child in place, and forming] which, in one position, hold the child in the seat, and likewise forms a receptacle for his playthings, and [which can be turned over to let the child out] in the other position allotos the child to remove himself, or be removed,from the seat. The base, B, and [the] frames respectively may be connected together by aux- iliary cross-rods, 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 is connected, in any suitable manner, a series of wheels, F, whose bearings should be so constructed that the wheels may be swung or raised up or down, whereby the whole weight may rest either on the wheels or on the [rockers or] bed. When it is desired to employ the device as a carriage, the wheels are swung or moved downwards, and by means of suitable pins. G, or other retaining deviees, the [rockers are] bed is cleared from the floor, and the carriage can then be [usedj drawn forward a» an ordinary ehild's carriage. AVhen the wheels are raised or removed, then the bed should consist of rockers, so that the child can rock [itaeif]' Mmself after the manner of a rocking-horse. Should the arms or shaftsbf tb^ wtlWla ��� �