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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
ELIZA A. NICHOLS, OF STORMVILLE, TEXAS.
WAGON-STEP.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 429,635, dated June 10, 1890.
Application filed January 24, 1890. Serial No. 338,016. (No model.)To all whon7s it 7nny concern:
Be it known that I, ELIZA A. NICHOLS, a
citizen of the United States of America, resid-
ing atStormville, in the county of Wood and
5 State of Texas, have invented new and use-
ful Improvements in Wagon-Steps, of which
the following is a specification.
My invention has relation to improvements
in wagon-steps; and the object is to provide a
io convenient and safe means for entering and
getting out of a common wagon body or bed.
My invention consists in the novel con-
struction of parts and their combination, as
hereinafter will be fully described, and spe-
15 cially as the same is particularly and dis-
tinctly pointed out in the claims.
I attain the object of my invention by the
means illustrated in the accompanying draw-
ings, in which-
20 Figure 1 is a view showing my improved
wagon-step attached to a body of a wagon in
position to be used for getting in the wagon.
Fig. 2 is a view of the step detached from its
support. Fig. 3 is a view of the support,
25 taken in longitudinal central section, show-
ing the seat for the shank of the step. Fig.
4 is a view showing the step drawn up and
booked to a keeper.
A designates the support for the step when
30 in position for use. This consists of a substan-
tial piece of metal having a bolt-hole 1 at each
end, through which are projected fastening-
bolts 2 3, which are extended through the side
of the wagon-body and provided with a washer
35 or plate and fastening-nuts. This support-
ing plate or piece is chambered out, substan-
tially as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, hav-
ing inclined parallel ends 4 5, terminating in
extended shoulders 6 7, from whence the metal
40 is carried with parallel inclined sides 8 9, sub-
stantially as shown. The upper corner and
the lower corner of opposite sides may be bev-
eled off, as seen at 10 11, in order that inlift-
ing the step from its seat in the support it
45 may be swung around to a straight or hori-
zontal position and carried back and hooked
in the keeper out of the way. The support
is secured against the side of the wagon-bed
in an inclined position, so that the end walls
50 of the seat therein are substantially vertical,
which position gives to the step when in po-
sition for mounting a vertical direction, sub-tantially as shown, and brings the bearing
of'the step directly in the line of the weight.
B designates the step. This consists of a 55
substantial piece of metal of such dimensions
as to meet the strains and purposes of its
uses. The shank of the step (designated at
12) is of such length that when the step is
seated in its support the foot-piece 13 will be 60
at a convenient distance from the ground.
The upper end of the shank is formed with
a head 14, the contour of which is identical
with the shape of the chamber or seat in the
support A, and from the upper edge of this 65
head-piece is projected or secured thereto a
hook 15, which serves the double purpose of -
a means to retain the step in the hook 16, se-
cured to the side of the bed of the wagon, and
also as a handle by which the step may be re- 70
moved from its seat in the support and car-
ried to its position againstthe bed of the wagon,
as shown in the drawings.
The different parts of the step are made of
such strength as to meetthe purposes of their 75
construction, and are secured to the bed of
the wagon in such a way that the support
will be rigidly and firmly fixed thereto. It is
preferable that the support A be of cast metal
and the seat formed therein by a core at the 80
time of casting. The head of the step proper
is formed to fit the seat of the support snugly,
but not so tight as to become wedged therein.
The use of my improved step is as follows:
The support is secured to the side of the bed, 85
substantially as shown, and the step arranged
therein either before or after, which may be
done by removing the bolts which secure the
foot-step to the shank. If the step is desired
for immediate use, it is left in the position 90
shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings; but if it is
not desired for immediate use it is lifted from
its seat by means of the hook on the head and
drawn up and back and the hook lodged in
the keeperfixed to the sideof the wagon-bed. 95
It will be observed that in this latter position
the step is entirely out of the way.
Having thus described my invention, what
I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat-
ent, is- ioo
1. The herein-described wagon-step, con-
sisting of a shank and step provided with a-
head having parallel inclined sides project-
ing oppositely from the shank, and a lifting-
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Nichols, Eliza A. Wagon Step., patent, June 10, 1890; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth172383/m1/2/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.