Improvements in or relating to Bicycle Holders or Supports.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Nov., 1896-Accepted, 16th Jan., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Bicycle Holders or Supports.
I, CHARLES STORRS BARROWs, of No. 163 Plymouth Avenue, Rochester, in
the County of Monroe and State of New York, U.S.A., Manufacturer, 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 present invention has for its object to provide a device adapted to hold
bicycles in vertical position, which is simple and cheap in construction and also
preferably capable of adjustment so as to enable the user to place his machine in
convenient position relative to the wall or other support to which the holder may
be attached. To these and other ends, the invention consists in certain improve-
ments and combinations of parts, all as will be hereinafter fully described, and the
novel features pointed out in the claims at the end of this specification.
In the drawings:
Figure 1 indicates a perspective view of a holder constructed in accordance with
my invention.
Figure 2, a vertical-sectional view of the upper portion.
Figure 3, a horizontal-sectional view on the line a-x Figure 2.
Figure 4, a side elevation.
Figure 5, a sectional view of a modification.
Figures 6 and 7, views of other modifications.
Similar reference numerals in the several figures indicate similar parts.
My bicycle holder embodies a holding frame adapted for the reception of the
rim of a bicycle wheel to hold the machine in upright position when resting on the
floor, said frame in the present embodiment having two substantially parallel
portions, 1, 1 with a space between for the wheel rim, the upper and lower portions
of the frame being pivoted upon a suitable base plate or bracket 2, so as to turn
thereon, and vary their angle relative to the wall or support to which the base
plate may be secured. I prefer that this holding frame be made of a single
piece 3 of heavy wire or similar material, the portions 1, 1 being formed substan-
tially as shown in Figures 1 and 4, while the extreme ends of the strip are bent
around as shown in Figure 3, to fit a curved groove 4 formed in the underside of a
plate or washer 5 secured by a bolt 6 and nut 7 to the upper side of the flange or
extension 8 of the base plate 2. The middle portion of the strip 3 connecting the
lower ends of the portions 1, 1 is arranged beneath the upper curved ends and is
curved or bent at 9 on an arc, the center of which is substantially coincident with
the bolt 6, this part 9 passing through an eye or guide 10, preferably formed of a
U-shaped piece of metal secured by a rivet or otherwise, to the base plate 2.
From this construction it will be seen that the holding frame can be turned on the
base plate about the bolt 6, as a center, and the portions 1, 1 can be arranged at
any angle desired relative to the base plate and the support on which it is mounted
and as the rim of the bicycle wheel is between the parts 1, 1 the bicycle may be
held close to the wall or at any angle thereto desired. The holder is thus pivoted
on a vertical pivot in rear of the front parallel parts, the upper pivot or center
being the bolt 6, and the lower one the center of the arc of the curved part 9.
While I prefer to curve the extreme ends of the strip 3 around and fasten them
beneath the washer, this particular arrangement is not necessary, although it

page_text: provides a means of fastening the ends without solder, and a curved bearing on the
base plate enabling the holder to turn with the application of slight force and
makes a good finish. The sides 1, 1 yield slightly laterally in order that the wheel
may be forced between them and the spring of the arms will grasp and hold the
rim firmly.
The particular shape shown of the parts 1, 1 is not essential, as the same effect
of holding the wheel is accomplished whether they are made in two large loops.
parallel with each other or not, it being sufficient that the parts 1, 1 are so
relatively arranged that the rim of the wheel is held between them, but the device
is, of course, more symmetrical if this parallelism is maintained.
In Figure 5 I have shown a modification of my invention in which the holding
frame is composed of two parallel loops 15 (only one being shown) similar to the
parallel parts 1, 1 attached at their ends to the opposite ends of a plate 11, provided
on its rear side with pintles 12, entering sockets or loops 13 formed on the base plate 14,
which latter is adapted to be secured to the wall or support. In this form the
holder-frame may be removed from the base plate 14 by simply lifting the pintles
out of the sockets, thus particularly adapting it for use in rooms occasionally used
for other purposes than the storage of bicycles.
In Figure 6 I have shown a further modification of my invention in which the
holder is composed of a single piece of material 20, as heavy wire, curved and
having the portions between which the wheel rim is held, substantially parallel,
while the ends of said piece are curved and brought beneath the washer 21 held to
the bracket 22 by the bolt 23 in substantially the same way as before, but in this
instance the holder is only supported at one end, though the arrangement is such
that the device can be turned against the wall on the pivot if desired.
In Figure 7 I have shown still another modification in which the movable
holding frame 30 is provided with pivot pintles 31 at the rear for engagement with
suitable sockets or eyes and the portion for grasping the wheel rim embodies the
two parts 32 composed of heavy wire and projecting in opposite directions from
the base. This construction not only enables the holder to be removed from its
supporting base, but the two parts 32 being separated some distance afford a firmer
grasp on the wheel rim.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The combination with a supporting base plate, of the holding frame embodying
the two substantially parallel vertically extending portions for engaging the sides
of a wheel rim, said frame being pivoted at its rear to the supporting base on a
vertical pivot, substantially as described.
2. The combination with the holding frame composed of a single piece of
material having two substantially parallel portions for holding a wheel rim between
them, of the base plate adapted to be secured to a wall having the flange, the
washer and bolt for connecting one end of the holding frame to the flange,
substantially as described.
3. The combination with the supporting base plate, of the holding frame having
the two substantially parallel vertically extending portions for engaging the sides
of a wheel rim, said frame being pivoted at its upper and lower ends to the
supporting base in rear of the parallel portions and on vertical pivots, whereby it
may swing laterally, substantially as described.
4. The combination with the base plate having the flange, of the holder frame
composed of a single piece of material having two substantially parallel portions
for grasping a wheel rim and a curved portion, a pivot connecting one end of the
holder frame to the flange of the base plate, and a guide on the base plate for the
curved portion of the holder frame, substantially as described.
5. The combination with the base plate having the flange and the eye or guide
thereon, of the holding frame composed of a single piece of material having the

page_text: curved and the substantially parallel portions and the plate confining the free ends
of said piece of material and pivoted on the flange of the base plate, substantially
as described.
6. The combination with the base plate, of the holding frame composed of a
single piece of material and embodying the two substantially parallel vertically
extending portions, pivoted upon the base plate at the free ends and having the
curved portion at the opposite end of the frame, and the guide on the base in which
said curved portion operates, substantially as described.
7. The improved bicycle holder substantially as herein shown and described.
Dated this 2nd day of November 1896.
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.