Improvements in Cycle Saddles.
Year: 1897

page_text: Improvements in Cycle Saddles.
I, JOHN BOULTBEE BROOKS, Managing Director of J. B. Brooks and Company
Limited, of Great Charles Street, in the City of Birmingham, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to the seat-stretcher rods of cycle saddles.
The object of the said invention is to bring the seat low relative to the boss.
The stretcher rods of a saddle, which usually run in pairs from fore to aft of, and
come fairly close up to, the underside of the seat, are according to my improvements,
set down to a plane considerably below their normal level, and that such level may
come below the plane of the base or that part of the framing, to which the boss is
connected.
Thus, the base-framing, which is set down to any suitable distance, has located
between its ends or parts springs of any improved construction.
The stretcher-rods, which may be of the figure of the runners of a sledge, have their
turned up ends connected to back and front end parts of the saddle seat, with their
middle or horizontal parts coming below and directed clear of the sides of the base
framing and its boss connection.
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By employing such an arranged form of underframing, the seat admits of being
brought relatively low with respect to the boss, while short pillar-coiled or other
spring or springs can be used between the seat and base framing, and swaying of
the seat as is the case with tall springs, is prevented. The said set down stretchers, '
which may be of any figure, are employed usually in pairs, and in some cases braced
together by tie rods or bars. Also the stretchers themselves may be made from
cut out sheet inetal, in the form of an inverted trussed beam, or otherwise.
21. Jah 1007
JOHN BOULTBEE BROOKS,
By Henry Skerrett,
Agent for Applicant.
I, JOHN BOULTBEE BROOKS, Managing Director of J. B. Brooks and Company
Limited, of Great Charles Street, in the City of Birmingham, 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:-
This invention relates to the underframings of cycle saddles, particularly to
saddles of that type in which the seat is distended lengthwise by stretcher members

page_text: and is vertically supported by springs interposed between the seat and a suitable
base framing, and has for its object, to reduce the height of the saddle, that is, to
diminish the height of its seat relative to its means of attachment to the
support.
My invention consists in setting down the middle parts of a pair of single or
double sided seat-stretcher rods, or members, preferably below the level of the base
framing members, which are thus interposed between the said stretcher members
and the seat or come in such a position as to be clear of the attachment boss, which
is secured to, and ties or braces together cross-wise the sides of the said base
framing, so that the said stretcher members have freedom of action, and
rise and fall with the seat, which is supported upon the base framing by shorter
coiled springs than usual, whereby swaying is avoided the point of attachment of
the saddle to its support is brought closer to the underside of the seat.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents in side elevation, but with a
portion of the seat leather peak plate and cantle plate broken away, a cycle
saddle provided with a framing constructed and arranged according to my
invention.
Figure 2 is an underside plan of the said saddle, and Figure 3 a cross section
through the attachment boss and framing upon the dotted line x, Figure 1.
Figure 4 is a longitudinal vertical section of the saddle upon the dotted line x¹,
Figure 2, and Figure 5 is a transverse vertical section upon the dotted line 2,
Figure 4, whilst
Figure 6 is a back elevation of the saddle.
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures of
the drawings.
a is the seat and 6 are a pair of stretcher members, which may be of the figure
approximating to that of an inverted arch, with the opposite ends b¹, 62 made fast or
attached to the front and rear ends of the said seat through the medium of
brackets c¹, or equivalent means attached to the cantle plate c, at the back and the
tension bracket c², at the front but to this I do not limit myself, as the attachment
may be made either directly to the seat leather, or by means of any suitable acces-
sory or attachment thereto, whilst the middle parts b³, of the said stretcher members
come below the level of, and clear of, the base framing members d, whose ends d², d²,
may come together at the fore part, and be braced together at back by a cross
bracket, d³, between which said ends and the underside of the saddle seat or brackets
or parts carried by, or attached to them, short pillar coiled springs e and f, are
interposed, whilst the attachment boss g, which may be of any construction is con-
nected to the middle part of the base frame, whose members are cross-braced
thereby.
It will be observed that the fore part d², of the base framing d, is cranked down-
wardly, so as to provide sufficient spring space between itself and the tension
bracket c², to receive a spring of the desired height.
It will also be observed that in the arrangements represented, the back ends b¹, of
the double-sided stretcher members come just within the widely separated back
ends d, of the base framing, whilst the front parts of the said stretcher members
come outside the brought together front portions d², of the base frame members so
that the stretcher member of each side threads itself from the inner side to outer
side of the adjacent base framing member.
The base framing may be made of four separated wires arranged in pairs and
gripped by the boss at four points, instead of as two single side members as
described, and instead of employing pierced metal stretcher members, each stretcher
may be made of a single wire or double two-high and separate wires or rod
lengths, fashioned to any figure so long as they are set down and are clear of
the boss.
The application of my invention to other forms of spring supported seats having
a base frame differs in no essential respect from its application to the particular form
of saddle herein described and represented.

page_text: 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:-
First In spring-supported cycle saddles, arranging the seat stretcher framing in
such a position relative to the spring-supporting or base framing that the
said spring supporting or base framing, to which the pillar attachment clip is
secured, is interposed between the said seat stretcher framing and the seat.
Secondly In a spring-supported cycle saddle base framing having its middle
part interposed between the seat and the seat stretcher framing; setting down the
front of the same to provide spring space and so shaping the sides so as to admit
of the said base framing and seat stretching members threading through and clear-
ing one another to allow for the proper location of the parts, and free action of the
supporting springs, substantially as described and set forth.
:-
Thirdly The improvements in the construction and arrangement of the under-
framings of cycle saddles, substantially as described and set forth.
A
1007
JOHN BOULTBEE BROOKS,
By Henry Skerrett,
24, Temple Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.
JOHN BOULTBEE BROOKS,
By Henry Skerrett,
24, Temple Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.