On this day in 1893 Welcome B. Beal was granted the patent for Life Saving Vehicle. U.S. Patent No. 503,572.

This invention relates to certain improvements in life saving vehicles for use of fire departments in catching persons jumping or falling from burning buildings, the object being to provide a vehicle which will receive a falling body without injury to the same, and which will also serve as a ambulance for conveying disabled persons.

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