Improvements in or connected with Foot or Leg Rests, and Shields for same, for Cycles and other Wheel Vehicles.
Year: 1898

page_text: Improvements in or connected with Foot or Leg Rests, and Shields
for same, for Cycles and other Wheel Vehicles.
HARRY DE MONTFORT WELLBORNE, Solicitor, 17, Duke Street, London, S.E.,
and ALFRED EDWARD HALL, Cycle Engineer, 13, Bank Parade, Streatham,
London S.W., do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
In carrying out our invention we take two pieces of plate steel, or any other
suitable material. A One piece is so cut & shaped, that it forms a shield, hinged
joint & clip, to fasten round the forks, or any other suitable part of a cycle, or
other wheel vehicle. B The other piece is so cut & shaped that it forms an arm
or projecting part, upon which to rest the foot or leg, it is then hinged to the
first mentioned plate. By means of a spring it will close up to the shield before
mentioned when not in use. When requiring to use the foot or leg rest, the
pressure of the foot brings the arm or projecting part to almost a right angle
to the fork, or other part of a cycle. On withdrawing the foot or leg, the arm
or projecting part resumes its perpendicular position to the shield.
Dated this 17th day of March 1898.
H. DE M. WELLBORNE,
A. E. HALL.
Improvements in or connected with Foot or Leg Rests, and Shields
for same, for Cycles and other Wheel Vehicles.
We, HARRY DE MONTFORT WELLBORNE, of 17, Duke Street, Southwark, in the
County of London, Solicitor, and ALFRED EDWARD HALL, of 13, Bank Parade,
Streatham, in the said County, Cycle Engineer, 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:-
Our invention consists of an improved foot or leg rest and shield appertaining
thereto for cycles and other wheel vehicles its object being to cause the arm
or rest to automatically respond to the pressure of the riders foot when he may
require to use same in riding down hills or otherwise, such pressure bringing
the said arm or rest at or about right angles to the front fork or other suitable
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page_text: part of the cycle and further on removal of the rider's foot to cause the said
arm or rest to at once automatically resume a position parallel to the said front
fork or other suitable part thus preventing the danger and inconvenience of
the foot rests normally projecting at right angles and becoming entangled in
any object contiguous thereto. Further to so simplify the shield by making the
same in one piece together with the attachment and hinge box.
In order to more fully and effectually explain our said invention we have
caused to be attached to this specification a sheet of drawings to which we shall
refer in the following description
Fig. being a view of part of a cycle front fork or tube having attached or
fixed to it our shield, and foot or leg rest when not required for use.
Fig. 2 a side view of part of the said front fork with shield and footrest
attached, and displaying it's position when in use.
Fig. 3 is a plan showing the view of the fork, shield, fork clip, and box hinge
made in one piece.
Fig. 4 is a plan of the foot rest or arm made in one piece for the purpose of
attachment to the aforesaid shield attachment.
In carrying out our invention we take two piecs of steel or any other suitable
material to make Figs. 3 and 4. Fig. 3 to form, A, the shield, B B fork clips
and C C C the box hinge.
The shield A is so curved or shaped to the form of the fork or other part as
to be assimilated thereto and if necessary strengthened by a rivet M Fig. 1. The
parts CCC are then so curved or shaped by being bent or curved at the dotted
lines D D D D as to form the box hinge for the arm attachment and spring as
hereinafter mentioned as in Figs. 1 and 2, C. The parts B B are clips so curved
or shaped at the dotted lines E E E E as to form a clip to grip the fork or other
part being fastened thereto by a screw and nut G Fig. 2, or other suitable device
through the holes F F Fig. 3.
Figure 4 is an arm or rest I also made of one piece of metal or other suitable
material with serrated or roughened edges on the upper surface to prevent the
rider's foot from slipping.
This arm or rest I is so bent or pressed together at the dotted line H as to
form the shape I Figs. 1 and 2. Through this arm we insert a pin or rivet J
Figs. 1 and 2 for holding the spring as hereinafter mentioned. We then have
the shield and attachments and the arm or rest ready for assembling. We
insert the ends of the arm I into the box C having the serrated edges uppermost
and attach the same by a screw and nut L Figs. 1 and 2 or other suitable device,
through the holes K K Figs. 3 and 4. Having thus assembled these two parts
we make a coiled spring of steel wire or other suitable material N Fig. 1 and
shape same so as to coil round the screw L or other suitable fixing device and
we elongate one end of the said spring and hook or attach same to the pin or
rivet J Fig. 1. The other end of the said spring rests or presses against the
bottom of the box C Fig. 1, thus enabling the arm or rest to assume it's perpen-
dicular position after use.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:-
1. A foot or leg rest for cycles or other wheel vehicles with (a) shield, clip,
and box hinge made out of one piece of steel or other suitable material and the
arm or rest from one piece of steel or other suitable material (b) so fixed and
adjusted by means of a screw or other device of a like nature round which a
spring is coiled or otherwise so as to cause the said rest or arm to assume a
position at right angles to the fork or other part on pressure of the rider's foot
and to spring back automatically to it's perpendicular position on removal of
pressure of the foot or otherwise as and for the purpose herein before described
with reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings.

page_text: 2. The foot or leg rest, shield, attachment and box hinge arranged and con-
structed substantially as herein before described (or any mere equivalent thereof)
and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
H. DE M. WELLBORNE,
ALFRED E. HALL,
Applicants.