An improved Bicycle 101
Year: 1896

page_text: An improved Bicycle 101 Dag
A communication from abroad by EDMUND ARUNDEL, of Mosgiel, in the Province:
of Otago, in the Colony of New Zealand, Painter.
1, PHILIP MIDDLETON JUSTICE of 55 and 56 Chaucery Lane in the County
of Middlesex, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Patent Agents 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 bag the subject of this invention has been specially devised for the purpose-
of carrying the pump for inflating the pneumatic tyres of cycles and the like, the
spanner for screwing up any loose nuts and other tools that may be required while
on a journey.
The bag is constructed of such a shape that it shall be able to fit into the
unoccupied space between the mud guard, the fork that carries the wheel and the
upright to which the saddle is attached. The two sides of the bag are constructed
of any suitable rigid material, preferably of strong leather; the edges where the
bag is made to fit against the upright and the mud guard are concave in form and
are preferably constructed of soft leather or other suitable flexible material. The
lid may be rigid and is secured to the bag by a hinge and a flexible fastening to
keep it closed. The bag is secured to the upright by means of straps and when
fixed in position on the bicycle between the mud guard, the sides of the fork and
the upright that carries the saddle is absolutely out of the way of the rider.
In the accompanying drawings:-
Fig. 1 shows my improved tool bag secured in position on the bicycle.
Fig. 2 shows an end elevation of the mouth of the bag, the wheel and fork being
in section on the line 1-2 of Fig. 1.
A is the pneumatic tyre, B the fork that carries the wheel, C the upright that
carries the saddle D. The bag E is placed in the triangular shaped space between
the mud guard F, the fork B and the upright C. The sides of the bag are
constructed of material sufficiently strong to prevent the bag from being bent
laterally. The edges of the bag are made concave in shape so as to accomodate
themselves to the rotundity of the upright C and the mud guard F, and will
therefore fit closely upon such parts C and F. The bag is secured in position by
straps e e that hold it firmly against the upright C. The sides of the fork B will
effectually prevent the bag from having any lateral movement or play.
mouth of the bag is closed by the lid or cover G which is hinged upon the
bag in any suitable manner and secured by a flexible strap or other suitable
fastening.
The
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me
from abroad by my foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is :-
A bicycle tool bag that is constructed of such a shape that it shall fit closely
into the triangular shaped space between the mud guard, the fork and the upright
that carries the saddle of the bicycle, such bag being constructed with rigid sides,
concave flexible edges and a rigid cover or lid, and fastened to the upright that.

page_text: carries the saddle by means of flexible straps attached to the concave edge of the
bag nearest to the upright that carries the saddle, substantially as herein
specified.
Dated the 7th dor of Santember 1896
PHILIP M. JUSTICE.