US 265768

Patent Overview — US 265,768

Title: Road-Cart
Patentee: Jacob W. Diller, of Decatur, Illinois
Patent number: US 265,768
Application filed: July 3, 1882
Granted/Published: October 10, 1882
Source: https://patents.google.com/patent/[US265768](/patent/US265768)/en

Purpose and plain-language scope. The patent describes a two-wheeled road-cart whose axle is arched and whose springs extend from side to side beneath the axle. The springs used are identified as the Timkin or Woodhull type, swung one on each side of the axle. A pair of iron bars is hinged to a cross-bar of the shafts; these bars extend down and back to support a foot-rest, and also extend up and back over the springs to form a support for the seat. The seat is further steadied by a pair of swinging braces connecting it to the rear of the shafts. Braces strengthen the shafts and furnish supports for the springs. The drawings comprise Fig. 1 (plan), Fig. 2 (side elevation), and Fig. 3 (rear view of springs and axle). Reference characters: a, seat; b, platform or strip carrying the shaft cross-bars, to which the springs and seat-bars attach; c, axle; d d, bars supporting seat and foot-rest; e e e e, foot-rest; f f, swinging braces; g g, springs; h and n n, braces strengthening the shafts and supporting the springs.

Claims (as stated). 1. Arched axle c, strip b, and springs g g, as and for the purpose set forth. 2. The combination, with shafts m m and axle c, of braces n n forming supports for the springs. 3. The swinging frame b d e f, hinged to the shafts m m and supported by springs g g.

What the excerpt does not establish. It names no assignee and shows no ownership transfer; no litigation, validity, or prior-art determination is made here. The "Expired — Lifetime" status and 1899 "anticipated expiration" entry are record-keeping notations only, not legal conclusions. Attesting witnesses are Abram Kramer and L. P. Graham.