Baby carriage hood

April 7, 1953 j. ο. beynon 2,634,162

BABY CARRIAGE HOOD Filed Dec. 20, 1950

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Patented Apr. 7, 1953

2,634,162

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE

2,634,162

BABY CARRIAGE HOOD

John O. Beynon, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, assignor to Sunshine Waterloo Co. Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Application December 20,1956, Serial No. 201,746 In Canada December 22,1949

Claims. (Cl. 296—110)

This invention relates to improvements in the construction of baby carriage hoods and more particularly to improvements in the lining of carriage hoods.

The principal object of the invention is to improve the manner of fastening the inner lining to the hood frame to eliminate the objection of and possible danger from any brads or rivets projecting within the hood whereby a more pleasing and desirable hood interior is presented.

Another important object is to eliminate objectionable seams within the hood.

A further important object is to provide an improved inner lining for collapsible carriage hoods which will permit collapse of the hood without obstruction thereto and which, with the hood extended, will present an unwrinkled lining surface yieldable under impact to prevent harm to the baby’s arm or hand striking thereagainst.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel lining arrangement to increase the weather insulating of the hood.

The principal feature of the invention resides in hanging the inner lining from a fabric loop encircling an intermediate frame bar to provide a flexible intermediate lining suspension and securing the lining panel sections on either side of the intermediate suspension to the hood adjacent the upper front and bottom rear edges respectively whereby rivets, bolts or other holding means for the outer covering, as well as the frame bars, are concealed.

A further important feature consists in folding the inner lining at the intermediate suspension to conceal the stitching, securing the lining to the suspending loop.

A still further feature of importance consists in securing the edges of the lining panel sections remote from the intermediate suspension in the same seams, securing the outer fabric or covering to the outermost frame bars.

These and other objects and features will be apparent from the following description in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which

Figure 1 is a mid-vertical sectional view through a collapsible baby carriage hood provided with an inner lining suspension in accordance with my invention.

Figure 2 is an underside plan view of the hood of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional detail taken through the intermediate frame bar from which the lining is suspended.

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 3 but show- ing the inner lining made up of separate lining sections in place of the single lining section of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is an enlarged vertical sectional de5 tail through one of the outermost frame bars showing the manner in which the lining panel section edge remote from the intermediate suspension is secured in the same seam that secures the outer covering fabric.

1° The drawings represent the embodiment of my novel lining suspension on a collapsible baby carriage hood but it will be understood that it may be used on any hood construction within the scope of my invention.

The hood illustrated is formed from a plurality of pivotally connected U frame bars comprising the outer frame bars i and 2 forming the bottom and forward edges of the hood respectively, and the main intermediate frame bar 3 and auxiliary 20 intermediate frame bars 4.

Stretched over these frame bars is the outer covering or fabric 5 which as shown is secured to the outer frame bars I and 2 by looping these frame bars and stitched along 6 to form the re25 ceiving loop 7.

The outer covering 5 is normally secured to the intermediate frame bars by drive screws 8 or other equivalent holding means and in normal hood constructions these bolts are used addi₃₀ tionally as the holding means for the inner lining used to conceal the frame bars.

Such previous normal constructions present an objectionable appearance from the interior of the hood in that the holding means 8 is ex25 posed through the inner lining and such holding means are liable to cause harm to a baby’s hand or arm striking thereagainst. Further, since the'extent to which the inner lining and the outer covering become stretched in use it is riiffl₄₀ cult or impossible with present methods of securing the inner, lining to prevent the inner lining surface from becoming wrinkled or presenting a mussed appearance.

The present invention overcomes all of the disadvantages by affording the novel inner lining ° suspension, particularly illustrated in Figures 1, 3 and 4. The lining suspension comprises a sleeve or loop 9 of flexible fabric or the like received on the bight or transverse section 10 of 5Q the intermediate frame bar 3. Secured to this loop 9 is the inner lining indicated at 11 and 12, II being the lining panel section extending to adjacent the bottom frame bar I and 12 being the lining pane!section extending to adjacent the 65 forward frame bar 2. These lining panel sec

2,634,162 tions i I and 12 suspended from the loop 9 may be either formed from a single fabric piece, as shown in Figure 3, or may constitute -separate fabric pieces, as shown in Figure 4.

Preferably the seam 13 connecting the lining panels 11 and 12 to the loop 9 is concealed and to this end it will be seen that the panel, sections are overlapped along a transverse length as at 14, and the seam 13 is provided by stitching through the overlap 14 and through the fabric of the loop 9 to both form the loop and secure the lining thereto.

The overlap 14 has the outer surfaces of the lining panels contiguous so that the one. panel,, in this case panel 12, must be folded back on itself in being extended to the forward frame bar, the fold at 15 providing for the concealment of the seam 13. Thus the objectionable transverse seam is completely concealed.

It will be seen from Figure 1 and Figure 5 that the edges of the . lining panels 11 and 12 remote from the intermediate suspension from the loop 9 are secured to the loops 7 of the outer covering by the same stitching 6 that forms these latter loops. It will be seen that the loop 9 affords a flexible suspension of the inner lining from the intermediate frame bar 3, and the lining panels hanging from the loop 9 are spaced from the frame bars, affording concealment, not only for these bars but also for the rivets or bolts 8.

In the extended position of Figure 1, it will be seen that the lining panel sections 11 and 12 are pulled taut to eliminate any wrinkles there.from yet being spaced from the, frame bars and rivets 8, and being simply stretched surfaces they are yieldable to prevent injury to any part of the baby’s body striking thereagainst.

The stretched lining surfaces, being spaced both from the frame bars and the outer covering 5, afford the insulating air pockets 16 which serve to increase the resistance to penetration of. heat or cold through the hood.

Completing the lining are the side panels 17 which may be either separate from or integral with the lining panels 11 and 12, and as shown in Figure 1 the hood illustrated is provided with the weather-protecting hood extension 18,

With a lining suspended, in accordance with my invention, it will be seen that a very pleasing hood interior is presented by the unwrinkled angularly arranged lining panels ί i and 12, which not only afford a decorative covering of. all previously exposed objectionable holding means, but also, afford a protective interior for the baby.

It will be understood of course that modifications may be made in the precise form of hanging suspension within the spirit or scope of my invention.