An Improved Bicycle-support or Carrier.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd June, 1898
Complete Specification Left, 20th Apr., 1899-Accepted, 20th May, 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Bicycle-support or Carrier.
I, GEORGE GATTON MELHUISH HARDINGHAM, of 191, Fleet Street, in the City
of London, Civil Engineer and Chartered Patent Agent, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention (a communication from abroad by George Washington
Sillcox, of 170, Rue Royale, Brussels, in the Kingdom of Belgium, Manufacturer
and Importer,) to be as follows:-
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This invention relates to means for use in suspending bicycles when storing
or otherwise housing the same, whereby the machine may be readily stowed away
and securely held; Hoor space being at the same time economised.
In carrying out this invention, I employ a two-armed hook which may be
secured to a wall in any suitable manner, the arms diverging forwardly and
upwardly.
According to one mode of constructing the two-armed hook, a single piece of
wire is employed, the central portion thereof being bent into a depending loop.
The two ends are bent forward and then turned upwards so as to form a pair of
diverging horns. The depending loop is fitted into a suitable socket secured to
the wall or other surface.
According to another mode of construction, the central portion of the wire is
bent approximately into the form of the letter S so as to constitute a back-plate
whereby the device is secured to the wall or other support; the ends of the wire
being turned forwards, upwards and outwards as before described.
The horns or portions thereof may be furnished with a covering of rubber or
similar material."
In using the device, the handle-bar is placed upon the horns with the head of
the machine between them. The wheels thus stand out, one above the other, at
right-angles to the face of the wall, the saddle resting against the latter.
Dated this 23rd day of June 1898.
An Improved Bicycle-support or Carrier.
I, GEORGE GATTON MELHUISHI HARDINGHAM, of Clun House, Surrey Street, in
the County of London, late of 191, Fleet Street, in the City of London, Civil Engineer
and Chartered Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a
communication from abroad by George Washington Sillcox, of 170, Rue Royal

page_text: Brussels, in the Kingdom of Belgium, Manufacturer and Importer,) and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement:
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This invention relates to means for use in suspending bicycles when storing
or otherwise housing the same, whereby the machine may be readily stowed away
and securely held; floor space being at the same time economised.
In carrying out this invention, I employ a two-armed hook which may be
secured to a wall in any suitable manner, the arms diverging forwardly and
upwardly.
The accompanying drawings illustrate, by way of example, two forms of carriers
constructed according to this invention; the approximate position of the handle-
bar when the bicycle is suspended from the carrier being indicated by dotted
lines.
According to one mode of constructing the two-armed hook, illustrated in
perspective in Fig. 1, a single piece of wire is employed, the central portion thereof
being bent into a depending loop a. The two ends are bent forward and then
turned upwards so as to form a pair of diverging horns bb. The depending loop a
is fitted into a suitable socket ċ secured to the wall or other surface. The hook
may thus be detached when not required for carrying a bicycle, the wall-space,
in the case of a railway van for example, being rendered available for other uses.
According to another mode of construction, illustrated in Fig. 2, the central
portion of the wire is bent approximately into the form of the letter S so as to
constitute a back-plate a', the device being secured to the wall or other support
by means of screws inserted through the upper and lower loops a³ a, a washer
(not shown) serving as a seating for the head of the screw. The ends of the wire
are turned forwards, upwards and outwards so as to form diverging horns bb
as before described.
The horns bb or portions thereof may be furnished with a covering d of rubber
or similar material.
In using the device, the handle-bar, shown in dotted lines in the drawings, is
placed upon the horns bb with the head of the machine between them. The wheels
thus stand out, one above the other, at right-angles to the face of the wall, the
saddle resting against the latter.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I claim:-
1. The herein described means for suspending a bicycle by its handle-bar, the
machine being turned vertically at right-angles to the face of the wall or like
support and bearing against the latter.
2. For use in carrying bicycles, a hook formed from a single piece of wire
whereof the central portion is bent into a depending loop, while the ends are
bent forwards, upwards and outwards, so as to form a pair of diverging horns,
substantially as herein described.
3. For use in carrying bicycles, a hook formed from a single piece of wire
whereof the central portion forms a pair of loops, whereby the hook is secured to
the wall or other surface, while the ends are bent forwards, upwards and outwards,
so as to form a pair of diverging horns, substantially as herein described.
Dated this 19th day of April 1899
G. G. M. HARDINGHAM.