Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Mar., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 25th Nov., 1898-Accepted, 7th Jan., 1899
We, MARRIOTTS' LTD. and JOHN MARRIOTT, both of King's Road, Hay Mill,
Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Cycle Manufacturers, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to cycle frames having adjustable top stays or tubes to
permit of the cycles of which the frames form a part being used either by ladies
or gentlemen, the object of our invention being to improve the construction of
such frames.
According to our invention the top stay or tube is made so that it can be
detached from the frame and is provided at the ends with tongues adapted when
the bar is in position as in a gentleman's machine, to be fitted into brackets or
supports slotted to receive the tongues.
The seat standard or tube has a curved branch brazed or fixed to it at the lower
part above the bottom bracket and the end of this branch is slotted in the same
manner as the supports before referred to and arranged in such a position relatively
with the bracket or support on the tube for the front fork as to receive one end
of the said bar when the machine is intended for ladies' use, the other end of the
bar being still attached to the front fork tube.
Pins or other means are provided at the several joints for locking the parts
together.
Datel the 11th dox of March 1808
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agents for the Applicants.
We, MARRIOTTS' LTD. and JOHN MARRIOTT, both of King's Road, Hay Mill,
Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Cycle Manufacturers, 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 relates to cycle frames having adjustable top stays or tubes to
permit of the cycles of which the frames form a part being used either by ladies
or gentlemen, the object of our invention being to improve the construction of
such frames,
According to our invention the top stay or tube is made so that it can be
detached from the frame and is provided at the ends with tongues adapted, when

page_text: the bar is in position as in a gentleman's machine, to be fitted into brackets or
supports slotted to receive the tongues.
1 he seat standard or tube has a curved branch brazed or fixed to it at the lower
part above the bottom bracket and the end of this branch is slotted in the same
imanner as the supports before referred to and arranged in such a position relatively
with the bracket or support on the tube for the front fork as to receive one end
of the said bar when the machine is intended for ladies' use, the other end of the
bar being still attached to the front fork tube.
Pins or other means are provided at the several joints for locking the parts
together.
To enable the invention to be fully understood we will describe it by reference
to the accompanying drawings, in which:-
Figure 1 shews a portion of a cycle frame constructed according to our invention
and arranged for a gentleman's machine; and,
Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1 but shewing the frame adapted for use
by a lady.
a is the seat tube or standard of the frame and 6 is the front fork tube thereof.
c is the top stay or tube; this tube is provided, as above mentioned, with a
tongue e at each end. d, d are the brackets which are formed respectively upon
the seat tube a and the front fork tube b; the brackets are slotted to receive the
tongued portions c¹, c¹ of the top tube c, the said tongues c¹, c¹ being held in
position in the brackets by suitable means such as pins e, e.
f is the curved branch which is brazed or fixed to the lower part of the seat
tube or standard a above the bottom bracket and to the bottom tube g, the end
of the said curved branch f being slotted, as indicated by the dotted lines in the
drawings, in a similar manner to the brackets d, d. The distance between the
slotted end of the branch f and the slotted bracket & upon the front fork tube b
is the same as that between the slotted parts of the two brackets upon the said
front fork tube b and the seat tube a whereby the tube or stay c can be either
fitted between the two tubes a and b as indicated in Figure 1 so as to make the
frame suitable for use by a gentleman, or it can be fixed between the front fork
tube b and the curved branch f to which it is suitably secured such as by a pin e
as indicated in Figure 2 so that the frame is then adapted for use by a lady.
Although we have described the top stay e as being secured in position by
means of pins, it will be obvious that this can be effected by other suitable known
means. It will also be obvious that our invention can be applied to cycle frames
having centrally arranged chain driving gear with forked seat tube and bottom
tube to receive the chain; in this case the curved branch f is secured to the said
tubes above the forked ends thereof.
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. In a cycle frame, forming the top tube or stay detachable and providing
the lower part of the seat tube with a curved branch in such a manner that the
said detachable stay can be secured between the seat tube and the front fork tube
or between the front fork tube and the said curved branch, substantially as, and
for the purpose, hereinbefore described.
2. The manufacture and use of cycle frames constructed substantially as herein-
before described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 25th day of Vovember 1808
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agents for the Applicants.