US1085237A - Wagon-bed attachment. - Google Patents

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I. H. BELL.

WAGON BED ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 21, 1913.

1,085,237. Patented Jan. 27. 1914.

. citizen of the United States, residing at Hi- JAMES H. BELL, OF I-IIW'ASSE, ARKANSAS.

WAGON-BED ATTACHMENT.

ihtltifiiii i. Specification of Letters Patent.

Zlatentcd Jan. 55?, i Application filed July .21. 1913. Serial No. 780,278.

spring; -i-. Projecting upwardly from the holster 5, along the outer face. of the sideboard "2, is a standard which is connected to said side-hoard in a'inauner to be hereinafter and more particularly described.

My invention primarily contemplates the provision of a means which will prevent either a longitudinal or a lateral movement of the argon body with respect to the. holster in the use of the device and to this end. a. shaft 6 is provided and secured to one side face of the holster by means of the clamp T. This shaft. 6 projects upwardly to a point some distance above the upper edge of the side-board and the upper portion thereof is threadeih as shown at R.

Secured to the outer face of the side-board 2, to extend longitudinally thereof, at a in providing a device in connection with toe point adjacent the upper edge of the same, holster and the sii le'board which will admit' is a plate 9, which 'has a laterally extendo'l a yielding action and which will, at the inc projection 10 formed thereon through same time. brace said parts, so as to prevent any lateral or longitudinal movement of the seine.

Still another object of the invention iesides in providing a device which simple and dn 1 kit, in construction, inexpensive to manufacture and one which will he very eliicient and useful in operation.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel features of constru tion, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafte: reerred to and more particularly pointed out in the the upper face of the pro tion or lieeper specification and claim. it) oi the plate and said hook portion is in the aceom uinyinn drawing forming a j adapted to be secured to the side-board by part. ct this appl' *alioiu lliguro 1 is a trags the bolt 1%. Encircling the shntt 6 so as to rest at lower end on the projection insular side elevation oi a wagon bed showin my improviai device applied to use there 13 oi the strap 12, is a coil. spring 15,

To all tar/mm it may concern I Be it known that I, Janus ll. BELL, a i

wasse, in the county of Benton and State of Arkansas, have inyented certain new and useful Improvements in \Vagondled Attachments of which the following is a specification reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to new and useful improvenu-nls in wagon bed attachments and more particularly to a wagon box fastener i and the primary object of the invention is to pr vide a device of this character which will. pre\ent the loosening of the parts of the wagon bed as the same are jarred in use further object of the inventionresides being bent laterally to form the projection 13, which also provided with an opening to receive therethrough the 6. This lateral projection '13 which receives the shaft 6 therethrough is designed to rest on on and showing; the lmlster in section. Fig. and a cotter pin 16 is adapted to be disis a ertical section therethrou rh. Fig. 8 posed in one at a plurality of openings 17 is a similar view as seen on line 33, Fig. 1. looking in the direction of the arrow. 1 in. l is a horizontal. section as seen on line Fig. l ig". 5 a vertical section as seenon line 71-- i, Fig. l: and (5 is t fragmentary perspective view showing the complete device applied to use.

in describing my invention, 1 shall refer to the drawing in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views and in which 1 indicates a wagon body having the sideboard 2 there-on supported above the holster 3 in the usual manner by means of the upper coil of the spring is adapted to contact. Through the medium of a plurality of openin s, said cotter pin may 0bviously be adjusted to adjust the compression of the spring 15 and a nut 18 is applied to the threaded portion of the shaft 6 to contact with said cotter pin, whereby to positively secure the latter in position.

From the above description of the construction of my improved device, it will be seen that in a wagon constructed in accordance with my invention and placed in use the body will have a tendency to yield j termed in said shaft 6 against which the which the shaft is loosely disposed and side-board. the lower end of said strap iron under tension of the spring i, but will be retarded in its motion by the coil spring 15 of this attachment. It will further be seen that while this attachment permits a vertical movement of the wagon body with respect to the holster, it will not permit a iongitufiinel or lateral movement thereof "wit respect to one another. Thus; any possibility "of the parts becoming so loosened from one another as to weaken the wagon any respect, will be prevented.

tion enfi in the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing z'ircm the spirit or sacrificing any of the prineiples of the invention. 1

Having thus described this invezition, what is claimed is In a wagon becl attachment, the combination with a bolster and a wagon body yieldingly supported thereon; of a vertical shaft attached to said bolster and projecting on the outer face of the side-board of the body, a member secured to the upper edge of said side-board and having alateral projection thereon through which said shaft is loosely disposed, a spring member encircling said shaft and resting on said projection, and means engaged with said shaft and the upper end of said spring to secure the latter in position under tension. I i

in testimony whereoi I hereunto eLfiiX my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

MAUI) ADoooK, J. B. EDWARDS.

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