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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.
WILSON A. LANNOM, OF DETROIT, TEXAS.
VEHICLE-STEP.No. 867,385.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, WILSON A. LANNOM, a citizen of
the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county
of Red River, State of Texas, have invented certain
5 new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-Steps; and
I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and
exact description of the invention, such as will enable
others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make
and use the same.
10 This invention relates to vehicle steps.
The primary object of the invention is to provide
a step for vehicles of such construction that while the
step will not give when a person steps upon it, it will
yield upon striking any obstructions such as a post,
15 stump, or thick brush. It is a well known fact that
steps. of this character are often broken or seriously
bent by accidents such as mentioned and while the
step contemplated by me will obviate such accidents,
it is by no means complicated in structure.
20 In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side
elevation of the step applied to a vehicle, Fig. 2 is a
front elevation, that portion of the body of the vehicle
to which the step is attached being shown in section,
Fig. 3 is a similar view but taken from the rear, Fig. 4
25 is a vertical transverse sectional view showing the
manner of mounting the step, and, Fig. 5 is a vertical
longitudinal sectional view showing the device for pre-
venting the step swinging forwardly.
In the drawings the numeral 6 denotes the board of
30 the vehicle body to which the step is applied and 7 the
foot piece of the step which is supported at the lower
end of a shank or hanger 8. This hanger has its upper
end'portion turned at right angles as indicated at 9 and
engaged through suitable bearings 10 secured upon the
35 under side of the said board 6. Formed integral with
this portion 9 of the hanger and extending forwardly
therefrom beneath the board 6 is a tongue .11 and en-Patented Oct. 1, 1907.
gaged around the said portion 9 to one side of the
tongue and between the same and the inner one of the
bearings 10 is a helical spring 12 which has one of its 40
ends extended forwardly and bent to underlie the
tongue 11 and its opposite end extended rearwardly
and resting against the under side of the board .6.
From the foregoing description of my invention it
will be observed that the step will be prevented from 45
swinging upwardly and forwardly by reason of the
tongue 11 bearing against the under side of the board
6 and by reason of the fact that one end of the spring
bears against the under side of this tongue, the tongue
will be normally held in such contact with the board 50
and the step hanger. will be .normally supported in
vertical position. It will be understood however that
the step may have a swinging movement rearwardly
and upwardly against the tension of the spring and that
upon striking a stump, post or the like the step will be 55
so swung but after such engagement will be returned
to its normal position by the action of the spring. .
What is claimed is-
In a device of the class described, the combination, with
the bed of a vehicle body, of bearings supported beneath 60
the bed, a step hanger having a portion journaled in the
bearings whereby the hanger may have a rocking move-
ment, a tongue formed integral with this portion of the
hanger and extending forwardly from the same and in po-
sition to rest against the under side of the bed when 65
the step hanger is in normal position, and a spring coiled
around the said portion of the hanger and having one of
its ends extended forwardly and turned to underlie the
tongue and its opposite end extended rearwardly and bear-
ing against the under side of the bed substantially as de- 70
scribed and for the purpose set forth.
In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in presence
of two "witnesses.
WILSON A. LANNOM.
Witnesses :
JNO. R. WRIGHT,
T. A. HULEN.Specification of Letters Patent.
Application filed July 6, 1907. Serial No. 382,450.
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Lannom, Wilson A. Vehicle Step, patent, October 1, 1907; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth512721/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.