A New or Improved Portable Bicycle Support.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Jan., 1898-Accepted, 12th Mar., 1898
COMPLEIE DIEULTIVATION.
A New or Improved Portable Bicycle Support.
I, ALFRED KILLICK, of Oulton Hall, Leeds, Yorkshire, Butler, 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 an improved support for use with bicycles and pro-
vides a simple article which can be easily applied to the cycle, and which will
support it in a secure and upright position without danger of its falling.
It may also owing to its lightness and suitable design be attached to ant
carried about on the bicycle.
The device I propose to employ consists of two legs or supports which are
pivoted to each other at their upper ends. The extremities of these legs projecting
a short distance above the pivot are forked or are each formed with a notch.
These ends or extensions are flat and project at a slight angle from the main
part of the rod or leg, so that when they are turned to bring the notches over
each other, the legs are caused to extend at an angle. The legs are telescopic
allowing their length to be adjustable, and a clip or clamp is provided secured to
one of them, which is adapted to engage with the crank of the bicycle. The
rest is secured to the pedal and the crank, the tube or spindle of the pedal fitting
into the notches above described, while the clip is attached to the crank.
In order that the invention may be more clearly understood, reference is had to
the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which Fig. I shows the arrangement applied
to a bicycle, Fig. 2 is another view of the support detached from the bicycle, and
Fig. 3 shows the same with the legs close together.
The legs are formed from the upper tubes A carrying the lower tubes or rods B,
which are adapted to telescope or collapse in the outer tubes. The clamps bare
provided for adjusting the length of the legs. The lower ends of the legs are
flattened at 6' and pointed so as to engage more readily with the ground and
to prevent any danger of slipping.
The upper ends a of the tubes are flattened and bent at an angle to the rest
of the tubes, a pivot a connecting them together. Both these flattened parts or
extensions are notched at a² to receive the pedal as shown in Fig. 1. When the
rest is collapsed in the manner shown in Fig. 3 these parts a project slightly at
each side, but when turned into position for fixing, the notches are caused to
register with each other, and the legs to project apart at a considerable angle.
C is the clip employed for securing the device to the crank as shown in Fig. 1.
This clip consists of a bar clamped to one of the legs and provided with the
extension or hook c forming a recess at one side in which recess the crank is
received. This arrangement allows the bicycle to be held in an approximately
upright position, the machine being slightly tilted so as to rest upon the support.
This rest can be used to facilitate the cleaning of bicycles as well as to support
it when stored or when left by the side of the road.
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) An improved support for use with bicycles consisting of two telescopic leơs

page_text: pivoted to each other at their upper ends, an extension at the top of the said legs
bent at an angle and notches in the said extensions adapted to receive the pedal,
and when registering with each other to hold the legs at an angle, substantially
as described and for the purposes specified.
(2) In an improved support for use with bicycles the combination with two
telescopic legs pivoted to each other, of a flattened extension at their upper ends
extending from the legs at a slight angle, notches in the upper ends of the said
extremities adapted to register with each other and to hold the legs at an angle,
and a clip on the said support adapted to engage with the crank, substantially
as described and for the purposes specified.
(3) The improved support or rest for bicycles, consisting of two telescopic legs
pointed at their lower extremities, pivoted to each other at their upper ends and
provided with forked or notched extensions adapted to engage with the pedal,
and a hook or clip clamped to one of the legs and adapted to engage with the
crank, constructed and operating substantially as described and shown and for
the purposes specified.
Dated this 11th day of January 1898
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicant.