Improvements in and connected with Cycles.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 1st June, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 11th Aug., 1896-Accepted, 10th Oct., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Cycles.
1, REBECCA MAUD BENHAM, of 9, Castletown Road, West Kensington, W.,
Spinster, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in and connected with cycles and has for
its object to provide the latter with a collapsible and extensible parasol, sun-shade
or "en tous cas" which will protect the rider from the rays of the sun or from
rain, as the case may be.
According to my invention, I secure by straps or other suitable means a tube to
the front fork of the machine. The parasol proper consists of a tubular handle
sliding with the said tube and of a stick or cane sliding within the tubular handle
and carrying the frame and its covering, the whole parasol or sun-shade being thus
telescopic so as to be readily extended for use or collapsed within the tube when
not further required.
Slots are suitably provided upon the tube and handle portions wherein engage
spring projections or catches to secure the parasol in its extended position.
Dated this 30th day of May 1896.
HUGHES, ELI & HUGHES,
76, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
1, REBECCA MAUD BENHAM, of 9 Castletown Road, West Kensington
London W. Spinster, 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 :-
My invention relates to improvements in and connected with velocipedes and has
for its object to provide the latter with a collapsible and extensible parasol sunshade
or "en-tous-cas" which will protect the rider from the rays of the sun or from rain
as the case may be.
In the accompanying drawings which shows the application of my invention to a
bicycle,
Fig. 1 is a side view of a bicycle provided with a parasol constructed according
to my invention;
Fig. 2 is a vertical section at an enlarged scale of the collapsed parasol and of
its tubular holder.
Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.
According to my invention I secure by straps a or in any other suitable
manner a tube a to the front fork of the machine as clearly shown in Fig. 1.
The parasol proper consists of a tubular handle 6 sliding within the tube a and of
a stick or cane e sliding within the handle b and carrying the frame and its
covering d, the whole parasol being thus telescopic so as to be readily extended
for use or collapsed within the tube a when no further required.
D

page_text: To secure the parasol in its extended attitude the tubes a and b are provided
with slots wherein engage the spring projections or catches p and p of the tubes b
and c respectively.
Owing to the tubular form of a b & c the whole device will not weigh much and
will not impede the rider when riding at a moderate speed.
For other vehicles such as broughams &c. the tube a may be fixed to the splash
board or other convenient place.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is-
The application to velocipedes and other vehicles of a telescopic parasol,
sunshade, "en tous cas" arranged and constructed substantially as herein described
and shown.
Dated this 13th day of August 1896.
HUGHES, ELI & HUGHES,
Agents for Applicant.