Improvements in or relating to Foot-rests for Velocipedes and the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 13th July, 1898
Complete Specification Loft 13th Ane 1800 Accented 13th May 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Foot-rests for Velocipedes and
the like.
I, JOHN KEMP STARLEY, Managing Director of the Rover Cycle Co. Ltd, Meteor
Works, Garfield Road, Coventry, Warwickshire, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to footrests for velocipedes and the like and has for its
principal object the production of a neat and strong footrest from one piece of
metal.
To attain my object I press or otherwise cut a blank of suitable shape out of
suitable sheet metal. One end of the blank is raised to an inverted trough form;
the other end is split and shaped to form a guard and an outstanding lug while
the intermediate portion is shaped to form a strap to pass round the forkside or
other part to which the footrest is to be attached.
The inverted trough portion forms the projecting part of the rest and its
upper rounded surface is pierced or slotted lengthwise. The edges of the slot are
preferably turned inwards, and into the eye thus formed may be pressed the base
of a suitable rubber tread, which is preferably moulded of a necked form in
transverse section. Or the edges of the slot, or even the unpierced rounded upper
surface of the trough may be merely serrated or roughened to afford a foothold.
The band forms a continuation of one side of the trough and the outstanding lug
on the other end of the band is adapted to lie against or nearly against the
other side of the trough. A bolt passing through the root of the trough and
through the lug serves, preferably with the addition of a nut, to contract the band
around the forkside or the like and secure the footrest thereto.
The end of the band carrying the lug also carries the guard as before mentioned,
and when the parts are in position the said guard extends up the forkside or the
like behind the projection and prevents the foot chafing the surface of the said
forkside or the like.
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G. DOUGLAS LEECHMAN,
18, Hertford Street, Coventry,
75, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., and
9, Exchange Chambers, New Street. Birmingham.
Patent Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in or relating to Foot-rests for Velocipedes and
the like.
I, JOHN KEMP STARLEY, Managing Director of the Rover Cycle Co. Ltd, Meteor
Works, Garfield Road, Coventry, Warwickshire, 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;-
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My invention relates to footrests for velocipedes and the like and has for its
principal object the production of a neat and strong footrest from one piece of
metal.
And in order that the manner in which I attain this object may be readily
understood I will describe the same with the aid of the accompanying drawings
which show the construction I at present prefer though I do not limit myself
strictly to the details thereof.
Figure I is an elevation of the metal blank from which I form the footrest.
Figure II is a plan of the completed footrest.
Figure III is a transverse sectional elevation on the line III-III in Figure II.
Figure IV is a rear elevation showing one modification, and
Figure is a front elevation showing another modification.
Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the drawings.
I first press or otherwise cut out of suitable sheet metal a blank of the form
shown in Figure I. I raise the end 2 of the blank to an inverted trough form;
the other end is split and shaped to form a guard 3 and an outstanding lug 4;
while the intermediate portion is shaped to form a strap 5 to pass round the
forkside 6 or other part to which the footrest is to be attached.
The inverted trough portion 2 forms the projecting part of the rest and its upper
rounded surface 7 is pierced or slotted lengthwise. The edges 9 of the slots are
preferably turned inwards, and into the eye thus formed may be pressed the
base 11 of a suitable rubber tread 10 which is preferably moulded of a necked
form in transverse section as shown in Figure III. Or the edges 9 of the slot may
be serrated as shown in Figure IV; or the rounded upper surface 7 of the trough 2
may be left unslotted and may be merely roughened to form a foothold, as shown
in Figure V.
The strap 5 forms a continuation of one side of the trough 2 and the outstanding
lug 4 on the other end of the band is adapted to lie against or nearly against the
other side of the trough as best seen in Figure II. A bolt 12 is passed through
holes 13, 14 in the root of the trough and through another hole 15 in the lug 4
to contract the strap 5 around the forkside 6 or the like and secure the footrest
thereto. The holes 13, 14 may both be clearance holes and the hole 15 be tapped
to receive the threaded part of the bolt, but I prefer to make the hole 13 non-
circular and adapt the neck 17 of the bolt to fit the same (so that the bolt cannot
rotate) and to make the hole 14, as well as the hole 13 a clearance hole, and to
contract the strap around the forkside by a nut 16 screwing on to the end of the
bolt, as shown.
The end of the strap which carries the lug 4 also carries the guard 3, as before
mentioned, and when the parts are in position the said guard extends up the fork-
side 6 or the like behind the projecting portion 2 and prevents the user's foot
chafing the surface of the said forkside or the like.

page_text: 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. A footrest for velocipedes or the like constructed, arranged and adapted to
operate substantially as herein described and illustrated.
2. A footrest for velocipedes or the like wherein the projecting portion, the
strap and the guard are all comprised in one piece of metal, substantially as set
forth.
3. A footrest for velocipedes or the like wherein the projecting portion, the strap,
the guard and an outstanding lug to receive the contracting bolt are all com-
prised in one piece of metal, substantially as set forth.
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DOUGLAS LEECHMAN, M.Cy.E.I.,
Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Patent Agents.
18, Hertford Street, Coventry,
9, Exchange Chambers, New Street, Birmingham, and
75, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agent for the Applicant.