A Bicycle Support.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Nov.. 1896-Accepted, 16th Jan.. 1897
A Bicycle Support.
I WILLIAM UNETT COATES Hill Vicarage Falfield Gloucestershire Clerk in
Holy Orders 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:-
The object of this invention is to construct a support for a bicycle when it is not
being used. The principle is the same as "A Bicycle Rest," and an "Improved
Bicycle Rest" for which I applied for a Patent and which is numbered 23747
Octr. 26th 1896, inasmuch as the bicycle is supported by resting in an inclined
position on a leg or legs, or is kept in an upright position between two legs.
The support consists of two parts, the pin which is fixed to the frame of the
bicycle-either on to the saddle pillar or in front of the rider; and the leg or legs
which are fixed firmly to the pin P, when the "support" is in use.
The leg is
detached and placed in some part of the machine, out of the way of the rider,
when the "support" is not in use. It depends on the make of the machine where
the leg is stowed away-underneath the saddle close to the saddle pillar, or between
the bars of the bicycle frame in front of the rider-or inside the parallel bar of the
frame in a gentlemans machine would be suitable places.
Fig. 1. shows the lines of the frame of the bicycle. The pin P, may be fixed
at X, Y, or Z.
Fig. 2 shows the bicycle leaning on the leg Z M and supported by it.
Fig. 3. elevation of the pin P with its frame A, which is fixed to the frame of
the bicycle C, it is made of brass or other metal and fixed to the frame of the
bicycle by screws S. The frame A consists of the centre part R, with the disk E
at one end and the flange H, at the other end-it is made in one piece, or if made
in more than one piece, it is fixed firmly together so, as to form one piece,
practically, by brazing or otherwise. F, is a nut, to turn by the fingers. The end
of the pin P, is burred so as to prevent the nut coming off. The end of the pin P,
is a screw. The leg hooks on to pin P, and the nut F, on being turned, fixes the
leg firmly to the disk E.
Fig. 4. elevation of the pin P, and its frame A, looking longitudinally, as to the
bicycle, P, the pin. F, the nut E, the disk C the frame of the bicycle. H, the
flauge of the frame of the pin P.
Fig. 5. a section at ab Fig. 3. C, the frame of the bicycle, H the flange.
R, the centre part of the frame A, which holds the pin P. E, the disk, made
hollow in the centre.
Fig. 6. shows the leg, when one leg is used. I, the flat end of the leg, K, the
hole which fits on pin P, see Fig. 3. L M the leg made of metal tube or other
material. The end I, is fixed to L M, by each screwing into a collar N.
Fig. 7. a section of the end of the leg showing the joint J. N, the collar into
which I and L M screw. K the hole for the pin P. The leg is made the
required length to touch the ground see Fig. 2. The leg may be made of wood,
see Fig. 8-the upper part I, is of metal, thin, see Fig. 7 and is let into the wood
to the dotted line. The leg may also be made of bamboo.
When two legs are used, they are fixed on the pin P, Fig. 3-one is placed on
one side the bicycle and the other on the other side. They are made of wood,
alf round, the flat sides fit together when not in use, forming one leg to put

page_text: away see Fig. 9-which is a section showing the two legs. The bottom at M, is
made, for one to fit in the other. At the upper end there is a spring Q, which fits
into the socket T. The socket and spring are about a quarter of an inch wide.
If the legs are made of bamboo-one might slip into the other.
The pin P, in this description is fixed at Z. see Fig. 1.
The legs may be made curved if they can be easier put out of the way of the
rider. They should have spikes at the bottom.
The various details may be varied in many ways, but this is of no consequence
as long as the result required is effected.
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 :-
A bicycle support, which is not fixed to the bicycle-constructed substantially
as and for the purpose herein described and as shown by the drawings.
2000
W. UNETT COATES,
Applicant.
W. UNETT COATES,
Applicant.