Improvements in Bicycle Supports.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Aug., 1898-Accepted, 1st Oct., 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bicycle Supports.
.I, CHARLES MELBOURNE WHITE, of Rooms 221 to 225, Birkbeck Bank Cham-
bers, Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention, a communication to me from abroad
by William Abraham Morgan, of Eastman, in the County of Dodge, and State
of Georgia, one of the United States of America, Real Estate Agent, and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to a portable automatic bicycle support adapted to
furnish a substantial support for a bicycle immediately upon dismounting under
all conditions, level or inclined surface of road or sidewalk, pavement or floor,
and consists essentially of a lever which is extended from a portion of a bicycle
frame when in use, and inverted and arranged parallel with the part of the
machine to which it is attached when not in use.
The invention further consists of the details of construction and arrangements
of the several parts which will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.
The object of the invention is to provide a device of the character specified
which is portable, and simple in its construction, easily applied, rapid in its
operation, automatic in its action, and compensates for any inequalities that
may be formed therein by wear.
In the accompanying drawings,
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a bicycle frame having the im-
proved support applied thereto in operative position, and folded in dotted lines.
Figure 2 is a detail perspective view of the support shown detached and the
clamp used in connection therewith.
Figure 3 is a detail section of the improved device.
Referring to the drawing wherein similar numerals of reference are employed
to indicate corresponding parts in the views, the numeral 1 designates the tubular
post or upright which supports the saddle, and thereto is fixed a clamp 2 com-
prising opposite sections with flanges secured to each other in the ordinary
manner. One of the said sections of the clamp has projected from the outer face
thereof a pair of oppositely disposed ears or lugs 3 which are spaced apart, and
extending through the same and the space between them is a pin 4 which stands
away from a vertical wall 5 in rear of said pin.
The support proper consists of an elongated lever 6, which in the main is
'rounded and tapered toward the lower end, while at the opposite end it is pro-
vided with a deflected flat head 7. The lower tapering end of the lever is covered

page_text: by a rubber cap 8, to prevent slipping of the said end when in contact with a
surface upon which it rests. The head 7 is formed with opposite straight edges 9
and 10 which converge toward a rounded end 11, and near the said rounded end
is an elongated slot 12 extending entirely through the said head and having
curved end walls. The difference between the outermost curved wall of the
slot 12 and the rounded end 11, is slightly less than the distance between the pin 4
and the vertical straight wall 5 of the clamp. The said head 7 is deflected as
shown by Figure 3 and also widened at its base so as to accommodate the arrange-
ment thereof in a proper angle when in supporting position and also to permit
the lever to be folded upwardly against the part which supports it when not in
use.
In assembling the parts of the device, the pin 4 is passed through the slot 12
and the lever is thereby continuously held in connection with the clamp until
released by the removal of said pin. In arranging the parts in connection with
the frame of the bicycle, the support is positioned on the left side because dis-
mounts are usually made on that side. The clamp is secured to the tubular
base and the lever 6 is brought down to its lowest bearing at right angles to
the frame to allow it to come in contact with the floor or other surface. The
frame of the machine is then inclined at about an angle of 15 degrees and this
will position the parts at the proper point to secure the clamp to the post by
means of the securing device of said clamp. If the bicycle is released, the lever
will slide the full bearing automatically and securely hold the wheel regardless
of the lateral movement of the machine. In order to arrange the lever in folded
position the bicycle is brought to a perpendicular position and the lever 6 will
drop automatically until arrested by contact with the pin 4 of the clamp or until
the upper end of the slot bears upon the said pin allowing the lever to be turned
on the said pin owing to the short distance between the upper curved end wall
of the slot and the curved end of the head 7 being less than the distance from
the pin 4 to the adjacent straight wall 5 between the cars 3. The lever is then
inverted and brought up adjacent to the post 1 and when released it will drop
on the pin 4 and the latter will bear against the lower wall of the slot 12 until
arrested by the arrangement of the edge 10 of the head which bears closely
against the straight wall 5 between the ears 3 and securely holds the lever in a
position parallel with the tubing and entirely without interference with the
manipulation of the bicycle.
In arranging the lever for supporting purposes it is lifted in the clamp and
until the curved wall of the slot 12 opposite to that which has been raised upon
the pin 4 is brought to bear against said pin 1, when said lever can be turned
for reasons before explained, and thrown over to depend in a vertical position
from the frame. The machine is then tilted to one side until the reduced end
of the lever engages the surface upon which it is to rest and this inclination will
be sustained by the obliquity of the edge 9 of the head 7.
Thus it will be seen that by a simple operation the support may be thrown
into or out of operative position, and that springs and other devices easily broken
are dispensed with and a positive connection attained. The parts of the support
including the clamp may be suitably ornamented or plated and it is obviously
apparent that many minor changes in the details of construction and arrangement
of the several parts may be made and substituted for those shown and described
without in the least departing from the nature or scope of the invention.
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
A bicycle support comprising a clamp having a pair of laterally projecting ears
with an inner vertical wall, a pin connecting said ears and a lever pivotally
supported in the said ears and having a triangular head with oppositely situated
angular and straight edges adapted to contact with the vertical wall between

page_text: the ears to hold the lever in a supporting and an elevated position respectively
the head being provided with a triangular slot to receive said pin, substantially
as and for the purpose specified.
Dated this 2nd low of tuon 1900
WHITE & WOODINGTON,
Rooms 221-225, Birkbeck Bank Chambers,
Southampton Buildings, London, Agents.