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UNITED
STATES
PATENT OFFIC,
EDUARD AUGUST OLEF ERIKSON, OF HILLSBOROUGH, TEXAS.
VEHICLE-STEP.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 642,215, dated January 30, 1900.
Application filed June 2, 1899, Serial No. 719,105, (No model1.To all w bofm it may )Iconcern:
Be it known that I, EDUARD AUGUST OLEF
ERIKSON, a citizen of the United States, resid-
ing at Ilillsborough, in the county of Hill and
5 State of Texas, have invented a new and use-
ful Vehicle-Step, of which the following is a
specification.
This invention relates to vehicle - steps
which are capable of being swung out of the
ro way so as to avoid obstructions in the road,
and has for its object to provide certain new
and useful improvements in the manner of
mounting the step, whereby the latter is nor-
mally held in its proper position for use.
15 To this end the present invention consists
in the combination and arrangement of parts,
as will be hereinafter more fully described,
shown in the accompanying drawings, and
particularly pointed out in the appended
20 claim, it being understood that changes in
the form, proportion, size, and the minor de-
tails of construction may be made within the
scope of the appended claim without depart-
ing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the
25 advantages of the present invention.
In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective
view of a carriage having the improved step
fitted thereto. Fig. 2 is an enlarged eleva-
tion of the forward side of the step, illustrat-
30 ing the manner of mounting the same. Fig.
3 is a detail perspective view of one of the
bearing-brackets, having a stop adapted to
hold the step in its normal position.
Corresponding parts in the several figures
35 of the drawings are designated by like char-
acters of reference.
Referring particularly to Fig. 2 of the ac-
companying drawings,it will be seen that the
step comprises a vertical standard 1, having
40 a laterally-extending arm or branch 2, lo-
cated at its lower end and adapted to support
the step-plate 3. At the upper end of the
standard and extending laterally therefrom
in a direction opposite to that of the arm 2 is
45 a bearing-arm 4, and pendent from the outer
end of the bearing-arm is an inwardly-in-
clined brace 5, connected to the standard 1
intermediate of the ends thereof. The upper
portion of the standard 1 is provided with a
50 lateral offset or bend G, which is located in
the plane of the standard and its bearing-arm
4. It is preferable to form the standard 1, thebearing-arm 4, and the brace 5 in a single
casting; or they may be bent from a single
rod and the lower extremity of the inclined 55
brace 5 welded or otherwise secured to the
adjacent rear side of the standard.
In mounting the step to a carriage 7 the
bearing-arm 4 is located transversely across
the lower side of the bottom 8 of the car- 6o
riage, with the step-plate 3 projecting a suit-
able distance outward and beyond the adja-
cent outer side of the carriage-body, and is
connected thereto by means of bearing-brack-
ets 9 and 10, respectively, which embrace 65
the arms 4 and are connected to the under
side of the bottom of the carriage by means
of suitable fastenings 11. These brackets
are of substantially the same form, and, as
indicated in Fig. 3, are formed from a single 70
plate or strap of metal bent intermediate of
its ends to provide a bearing socket or de-
pression 12 and the opposite attaching-ears
13, which are provided with suitable open-
ings 14 to receive the fastening devices 11. 75
The sockets 12 are adapted to loosely embrace
the bearing-arm 4, the bracket 9 being lo-
cated at the outer end of the arm and adapt-
ed to engage the adjacent side of the upper
end of the inclined brace 5, while the bracket 8o
10 is located at the opposite end of the arm 4
and adapted to engage the inner side of the
bent or offset portion 6 of the standard 1,
whereby the step is conveniently held against
movement longitudinally of the arm 4 and 85
transversely of the carriage. By reason of
the construction hereinbefore described it
will be understood that the step is capable
of a lateral swinging movement longitudi-
nally of the carriage, so that should the step 90
encounter an obstruction it will swing rear-
wardly and upwardly, as indicated in dotted
lines in Fig. 1, thereby clearing said obstruc-
tion and preventing breakage or damage to
the step. 95
In order that the step may be held in its
normal position, the outer bearing-bracket 10
is provided with a pendent stop-shoulder 15,
which is located at the outer edge of the
bracket and immediately in advance of the loo
socket or depression 12, whereby the bent or
offset portion 6 of the standard 1 is adapted
to engage against the adjacent side of the
stop 15, whereby the step is prevented from
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Erikson, Eduard August Olef. Vehicle-Step., patent, January 30, 1900; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth508185/m1/2/: accessed June 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.