Improvements in Stands for Cycles and the like.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Stands for Cycles and the like.
I, HENRY WALKER HILL, of No. 2, Church Gate, Nottingham, Engineer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
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My improvements consist in forming a stand for cycles and the like in such a
manner that cycles may readily be raised clear of the ground-for cleaning and other
purposes so that their wheels can be freely spun round without danger of the stand
falling over, or of the cranks and pedals coming in contact with the stand. For this
purpose I suspend the cycle at or about any portion of its upper part by one or more
hooks, rings, straps, or other convenient suspender attached in a suitable manner to
one or more upright or inclined posts, arranged one or more on each side of cycle;
and having the lower end of each post resting upon, fixed or hinged to a suitable foot
or base.
I prefer to have the hooks, rings, or other suspenders adjustable in height to suit
the varying heights and other requirements of cycles and the like, and these
suspenders may be attached to any convenient part of the stand. The post or posts
on each side of the cycle are suitably joined together at their upper ends, and in
some cases I may form the posts on each side in one piece suitably bent over in a
hoop form.
And in other cases I may form my improved stands so as to fold up into
little compass. Also I may make my improved stand to hold one or more cycles and
the like,
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I, HENRY WALKER HILL, of No. 2, Church Gate, Nottingham, 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:
My improvements consist in forming a stand for cycles and the like in such a
manner that cycles may readily be raised clear of the ground-for cleaning and other
purposes so that their wheels can be freely spun round without danger of the stand
falling over, or of the cranks and pedals coming in contact with the stand. For this
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page_text: purpose I suspend the cycle at or about any portion of its upper part by one or more
hooks, rings, straps, or other convenient suspender attached in a suitable manner to
one or more upright or inclined posts, arranged one or more on each side of the cycle;
and having the lower end of each post resting upon, fixed or hinged to a suitable foot
or base.
I prefer to have the hooks, rings, or other suspenders adjustable in height to suit
the varying heights and other requirements of cycles and the like, and these
suspenders may be attached to any convenient part of the stand. The post or posts
on each side of the cycle are suitably joined together at their upper ends, and in
⚫ some cases I may form the posts on each side in one piece suitably bent over in a
hoop form. And in other cases I may form my improved stands so as to fold up into
little compass. Also I may make my improved stand to hold one or more cycles and
the like.
In order that my invention may be fully understood, and more readily carried out
and into effect, I have appended hereunto one sheet of drawings whereon :-
Figure 1 represents a front elevation of my improved stand as ordinarily made.
Figure 2 represents a side elevation of the same stand.
Figure 3 shows the improved stand with a cycle suspended therefrom.
Similar letters of reference refer to similar parts throughout the various figures."
In these figures A, A are two uprights formed of iron wood, bamboo, or other
suitable material, jointed together or formed in one piece at the top with a cross
bar A¹, in which one or more buttons or hooks C are fixed. The uprights A, A are
each provided with a foot B to give steadiness to the stand, and I prefer to tie the
two feet B, B together by the bar E.
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The uprights A, A are arranged at such a suitable distance apart that one or more
cycles, tricycles, or other vehicle may be passed freely in between them, and when so
passed are suspended at or about any portion of its part by one or more straps D,
which are provided with eyelet holes so as to adjust the length of same so that the
cycle or other vehicle may be suspended at any desired height from the ground, either
one or more wheels off the ground at a time, or sideways, or even upside down. To
steady the cycle and the like when so suspended I may fasten the handle bar
or other part of the cycle by one or more cords F, suitably attached to the
stand A, A1, A.
In some cases I may cover the uprights A, A, and cross bar A¹.with india-rubber,
leather or other suitable material to prevent damage to the cycle or the like.
Imay also form the stands with two or more uprights A on each side of the cycle,
or make the stand in, a triangular form by dispensing with the cross bar A¹, and
joining the uprights A, A together at the top and suspending the cycle or other
vehicle therefrom.
Also I may construct these stands so as to fold up into small compass by suitably
jointing them where required; and may also have other buttons or hooks C on the
uprights A, A for suspending cycles and the like therefrom.
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
1st. In cycle stands for holding cycles and other vehicles forming them with one
or more uprights A, A on each side of the cycle or the like to be suspended, in
combination with a cross bar A¹, and adjustable strap or suspender D attached
thereto; for the purposes herein set forth, and substantially as hereinbefore described,
and shown on the drawings.
2nd. The improved stand and arrangement herein before described whereby in a
cycle stand one or more cycles or the like are supported by one or more uprights or
posts A, A on each side of same, either from a cross bar A¹ carried by these uprights
or from the upper part of the uprights themselves by one or more straps or the
like; substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by the accompanying.
drawings.

page_text: 3rd. The special arrangement and construction of cycle stands for the purposes
named above, and all substantially as described and shown on the drawings
herewith.
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H. WALKER HILL.