Improvements in or relating to Luggage Carriers for Cycles.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Luggage Carriers for Cycles.
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I, EVELINE MARY HENEAGE, of The Priory, Old Windsor, in the County of Berks,
Gentlewoman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in connection with devices for enabling
articles, such as sticks, umbrellas, golf-clubs, guns etc. to be readily attached to
and carried on bicycles and other similar vehicles, and consists preferably of two
parts, a short boot, or socket, in which one end of the article to be carried is placed,
and a clip, or holding band, which may be a strap and buckle, for readily fastening
it round the article, at or near its other end.
Both boot and clip or holding-band are furnished with suitable means of attach-
ment to the tubes of a cycle frame, and they may be fastened to any convenient
portion of the same, the boot being preferably on a lower level than the clip or
holding band.
A desirable arrangement would be to fasten the boot on the lower
portion of the front down tube and the holding band on the upper portion of the
back stay.
Both boot and holding band are preferably made of leather, but the boot may be
formed of metai, celluloid or any suitable material, and the holding band of any
material which will permit of its being readily adjusted so as to clasp tightly round
articles of varying size, and prevent the vibration of the cycle when in motion
shaking the article carried out of the boot.
Preferably both boot and holding band are furnished with an attachment
enabling them to be readily fastened to or removed from the machine, such as for
instance a strap and buckle, but any form of fastening may be employed such as
a metal clip tightened by a bolt and nut, or they may be permanently attached to
and form part of the cycle frame.
Dated this 14th dow of Anril 1907
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in or relating to Luggage Carriers for Cycles.
I, EVELINE MARY HENEAGE, of The Priory, Old Windsor, in the County of Berks,
Gentlewoman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement:-
1
This invention relates to improvements in connection with devices for enabling
articles, such as sticks, umbrellas, golf-clubs, guns etc. to be readily attached to

page_text: and carried on bicycles and other similar vehicles, and consists preferably of two
parts, a short boot, or socket, in which one end of the article to be carried is placed,
and a clip, or holding band, which may be a strap and buckle, for readily fastening
it round the article, at or near its other end.
Both boot and clip or holding-band are furnished with suitable means of attach-
ment to the tubes of a cycle frame, and they may be fastened to any convenient
portion of the same, the boot being preferably on a lower level than the clip or
holding band. A desirable arrangement would be to fasten the boot on the lower
portion of the front down tube and the holding band on the upper portion of the
back stay.
Both boot and holding band are preferably made of leather, but the boot may be
formed of metal, celluloid or any suitable material, and the holding band of any
material which will permit of its being readily adjusted so as to clasp tightly round
articles of varying size, and prevent the vibration of the cycle when in motion
shaking out of the boot the article carried.
Preferably both boot and holding band are furnished with an attachment
enabling them to be readily fastened to or removed from the machine, such as for
instance a strap and buckle, but any form of fastening may be employed such as
a metal clip tightened by a bolt and nut, or they may be permanently attached to
and form part of the cycle frame.
In the accompanying drawings
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a bicycle having the improved luggage carrier fitted
thereto.
Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the boot and holder detached.
Like letters indicate like parts throughout the drawings.
A boot or socket A is made of leather or other suitable material preferably
approximately cylindrical in shape with a closed and an open end. A strap B
secured to or passing through the substance of the boot A affords a means of attach-
ing it to one of the tubes of a cycle in the manner shown in Fig. 1. The end of
the umbrella, stick, or the like rests in this boot while the handle or some other
portion near the opposite end is connected to one of the back stays or other parts
of the cycle frame by means of a strap C which is carried by another strap D
adapted to encircle the frame tube.
It is obvious that the shape of the boot A may be varied to suit the shape of the
article required to be carried, so also the details of construction of the holder CD
and the method of attaching the boot A to the frame may be modified to suit
requirements.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. The combination with a cycle of a fixed or detachable socket for the purpose
described.
2. The combination with a cycle of a socket such as A and a fixed or detachable
clip or holder such as CD) substantially as described and illustrated in Figures 1
and 2 of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 14th day of January 1898.
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.