Improvements in Means for Affixing and Adjusting Umbrellas, Sunshades, and similar Articles to Cycles.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Nov., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 11th Dec., 1897-Accepted, 2nd Apr., 1898
Improvements in Means for Affixing and Adjusting Umbrellas,
Sunshades, and similar Articles to Cycles.
I, CLARISSA EVELINE JAY, of North Adelaide, in the Province of South Australia,
Gentlewoman, do hereby declare the nature of my invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to provide a convenient means for enabling
cyclists to use a shade screen or guard for protection from sun snow or rain. It
is designed so as to be easily attachable and capable of adjustment when in use in
any direction by the use of one hand only so that the other can be free for
steering.
Another feature of the invention is that it can be folded so that it lies
conveniently along the handle bar or down the front of the machine when not
required to be used without causing any obstruction or inconvenience.
Another feature of my invention is that the umbrella can be removed and the
lower end being slightly tapered can be conveniently fixed in the ground for
picnicing and such purposes.
The stick or handle on to which the umbrella is fitted in the usual way is formed
with three suitably devised joints so that it can be projected to form a straight
stick when in use and folded when not in use.
The
The bottom end fits into a neat socket tube approximately vertical forming part
of a fitting lined with chamois leather which laps round the handle bar horizontally
and is secured and tightened thereon by suitable means such as a clamp nut.
middle part is jointed by a pivot hinge to the bottom part so that it can be moved
into a position at right angles thereto. The top part is jointed to the top of the
middle part by two pivot hinges or a double hinge so that it may be turned down
either at right angles to or parallel with the middle part.
Each of these joints is formed in a suitable manner preferably of a tongue in the
one part pivotted between two cheeks in the other part. One or more neatly fitting
ferrules are provided which can slide up and down the rods and be brought wholly
or partially over the joint or joints.
When the umbrella is about to be used the socket is placed on the handle bar on
the right or left of the steering pillar according to whether the rider is right or left
handed or according to the direction in which shade or shelter is required and is
then tightened by the clamp nut over the chamois leather lining. This fitting being
neat and compact need not be removed and may remain upon the handle bar. The
stick which is formed of slightly smaller size at the bottom so that a shoulder is
formed at a suitable height is placed in the socket and is prevented from passing
through by the shoulder. It is further secured and rotation prevented by a set
screw passing through the socket fitting. The middle part is then turned into
vertical position the sliding ferrule being brought down over the joint till it reaches
a collar upon the bottom part. The top part is likewise erected and the ferrule
above brought down till it reaches a collar on the middle part. Thus the stick is
held in one vertical straight piece subject to the variations herein described and the

page_text: umbrella or shade affixed thereto may be opened or closed by the one hand whilst
the cyclist uses the other for steering.
The combination of joints and fixings previously described enable the umbrella
to be adjusted in any direction by the one hand with great ease so as to obtain shade
or protection where it is required. Thus if it is desired to move the umbrella
forward or backward it may be done by loosening the clamp nut of the fitting upon
the bicycle handle and partly rotating the fitting which carries the socket upon the
handle.
When it is desired to hold the umbrella behind or to one side the middle part is
secured in an upright position as previously described whilst at the upper joint the
sliding ferrule is made to cover part only of the double joint and thus incline
the umbrella; then by slackening off the set screw the handle may be rotated in the
socket tube and the umbrella turned to the front or back or either side thus
providing for variation in any direction.
When the umbrella is not in use the middle part is bent over the handle bar into
horizontal position and the top part by the double joint is folded back on the second,
the whole apparatus being thus folded and carried conveniently in a compact space.
Or if preferred the middle part may be retained in an upright position and the top
part when folded back will hang in a vertical position.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in Means for Affixing and Adjusting Umbrellas,
Sunshades, and similar Articles to Cycles.
I, CLARISSA EVELINE JAY, of Palmer Place, North Adelaide, in the Province of
South Australia, Gentlewoman, do hereby declare the nature of my invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The object of this invention is to provide a convenient means for enabling cyclists
to use a shade screen or guard for protection from sun snow or rain. It is designed
so as to be easily attachable and capable of adjustment when in use in any direction
by the use of one hand only so that the other can be free for steering.
Another feature of the invention is that the appliance can be folded so that it lies
conveniently along the handle bar or down the front of the machine when not
required to be used without causing any obstruction or inconvenience.
Another feature of my invention is that the sunshade can be removed from the
machine and the lower end of the stick being slightly tapered can be conveniently
fixed in the ground for picnicing and such purposes.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood I will describe the same
with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which-
Figure 1 is a general view and Figure 2 a section of a socket clamp which is
fitted on to the handle bar for the purpose of holding the stick of the sunshade.
Figures 3 and 4 are views of the bottom of the stick and the first joint.
Figures 5 and 6 are views of the double joint folded and Figure 7 is a view
shewing the joint extended.
Figure 8 is a view of a bicycle shewing the sunshade erected.
Figure 9 is a view of a bicycle shewing the sunshade inclined from the top joint;
Figure 10 being an enlarged view of the joint.

page_text: Figures 11 and 12 shew two positions into which the sunshade may be folded
when not in use.
The stick on to which the sunshade is fitted in the usual way is constructed in
three parts A¹ A2 and A³ with joints specially devised and arranged so that the
parts can be projected to form a continuous straight stick when in use and
conveniently folded when not in use.
A neat socket clamp B with vertical socket tube B' is provided to fasten on to
the handle bar of the cycle and receive the bottom part of the stick A¹. This
socket clamp which may be lined with a suitable material such as rubber or chamois
leather, laps round the handle bar and is secured and tightened thereon by suitable
means such as thumb-screw B². This fitting being neat and compact need not be
removed but may remain if desired upon the handle bar.
The stick is formed of slightly smaller size at the bottom so that a shoulder is
formed at a suitable height the portion below the shoulder fitting the vertical
socket tube B¹ neatly and by means of a set screw B³ is tightened and held from
rotating so as to hold the sunshade in the desired position.
The middle part A2 of the stick is hinged or jointed to the bottom part A¹ and
the top part A³ is connected by a double joint to the middle part as hereinafter
described.
Each of the joints is specially devised so as to secure the action described. In
Figures 3 and 4, I have illustrated the joint which I prefer to employ to connect
the bottom with the middle part. The tongue C¹ of the part A turns on a pivot
pin C the slot and cheeks in the part A2 being so formed and proportioned that
when the part A2 is erect the ferrule C³ can be slipped down till it is checked and
retained by the collar C4 as shewn in Figure 3 and this holds the part A² securely.
The tongue C¹ is square on one side and at the bottom and this sits upon the
bottom of the slot whilst on the other side the tongue is rounded so as to allow
of the part A2 being turned down to horizontal position. In Figures 5, 6, 7 and 10,
I have illustrated the double joint by which the middle is connected to the top
part A³. The tongue D₁ of the part A² is constructed similarly to the tongue C¹.
It hinges on the pin D2 but the pin D2 is at right angles with the pin C. This
allows the top part A³ of the stick to be inclined at right angles to the direction
of the middle part A². The construction of the tongue is the same as before
described in reference to the tongue C¹. The bottom of the piece A³ has a
similar tongue Ds and both these tongues are hinged by the pivot pins D² and D*
between the cheeks of a bridge piece D5. This permits of the top part of the
stick being lifted by one hand till it reaches the vertical position where it is
stopped by the square ends of the tongues and by the same hand the ferrule Do
is slipped down till it is checked and retained by the collar D'.
When the sunshade is about to be used the fitting B is placed on the handle bar
on the right or left of the steering pillar acccording to whether the rider is right
or left handed or according to the direction in which shade or shelter is required
and is then tightened by the thumb screw B². The bottom of the stick is then
placed in the socket tube B¹ and secured by the set screw B³. The middle
part A2 is then erected into vertical position the sliding ferrule C³ being brought
down over the joint till it reaches the collar C upon the bottom part A¹. The
top part A3 is likewise erected and the ferrule De brought down till it reaches the
collar D7. Thus the stick is held in one vertical straight piece as shown in
Figure 8 subject to the variations herein described and the sunshade affixed
thereto may be opened or closed by the one hand whilst the cyclist uses the other
for steering.
The combination of joints and fixings previously described enable the sunshade
to be adjusted in any direction by the one hand with great ease so as to obtain
shade or protection where it is required. Thus if it is desired to move the
sunshade forward or backward it may be done by loosening the thumb screw B*
and partly rotating the fitting B upon the handle.

page_text: When it is desired to hold the sunshade behind or to one side the middle
part A2 is secured in an upright position as previously described whilst at the
upper joint the sliding ferrule is made to cover part only of the double joint as
shewn in Figure 10 and thus incline the sunshade as shewn in Figure 9; then by
slackening the set screw B³ the stick may be partially rotated in the socket tube B¹
and the sunshade turned to the front, back or either side thus providing for shelter
or shade in any direction.
When the sunshade is not in use it is closed in the usual way the middle part A2
of the stick is bent over the handle bar into horizontal position and the top part A³
by the double joint is folded back on the middle part as shewn in Figure 11 the
whole appliance being thus folded and carried conveniently in a compact space.
Or if preferred the middle part A² may be retained in an upright position and the
top part A³ when folded back will hang vertically as shewn in Figure 12.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1. The herein described means for affixing and adjusting sunshades and similar
articles to cycles consisting in forming the stick in three parts with suitable joints
so that it can be projected to form a straight stick when in use and folded when
not in use the bottom of the stick being supported and secured in a suitable position
by a socket clamp substantially as described.
2. The combination with a cycle of a sunshade having a stick formed in three
parts connected by suitable joints, and a socket clamp adapted to be secured to the
handle bar of the cycle substantially as described and for the purposes set forth.
3. In combination a sunshade the stick or handle of which is formed in three
parts connected by suitable joints and a socket piece formed to receive the bottom
end of the stick and adapted to be secured to the handle bar of a cycle and capable
of adjustment substantially as described.
4. In the combination of a sunshade with a cycle a socket clamp constructed
to lap round the handle bar and capable of being turned adjusted and secured
thereon and having a vertical socket tube to receive the stick with means for
adjusting and securing the same in desired position substantially as described.
5. In the combination of a sunshade with a cycle a stick having two joints a
single one operating as from right to left and a double one operating to and from
the rider or in a direction at right angles to the other as described and for the
purposes set forth.
Dated this 11th day of November 1807