Improved Means for Moving or Sliding and Adjusting the Foot- rests of Two-wheeled Vehicles
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Mar., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 28th Nov., 1889-Accepted, 18th Jan., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means for Moving or Sliding and Adjusting the Foot-
rests of Two-wheeled Vehicles."
MARWOOD JOHN OLIVER Tremeer House St Tudy Bodmin Cornwall, Merchant, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
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The invention consists of improved means for moving; or sliding and adjusting the
foot rests of two wheeled vehicles without having to move them separately as in the
usual way.
To effect this, I attach the foot rest to the seat with, or by straps of wood,
iron steel (or any other metal), the feet, or supports of the rest gliding on the bottom
of the vehicle, with or without anti friction rollers.. The rest, and feet, or supports can
be made of wood, iron steel, or any other metal or parts of each.
To suit the height of different individuals (or occupants of the vehicle) I have long
slot holes or a series of separate holes, in the said supports, so that the rest, can be
placed at a greater or lesser distance from the seat.
D
1000
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means for Moving or Sliding and Adjusting the Foot-
rests of Two-wheeled Vehicles.
I MARWOOD JOHN OLIVER of St. Tudy, Bodmin Cornwall, merchant, 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 improvements in, and applicable to the foot-rests of two
wheeled vehicles, and the improvements consist in attaching the foot-rest to the seat
(the distance being adjustable) instead of being handled separately as hitherto, so
that on each movement of the seat backwards or forwards, mechanically or otherwise,
the foot-rest goes with it retaining its proper position for the occupants of the
vehicle.
To effect this, I attach two straps of wood, or two rods of iron, steel, or any other
suitable metal, to the seat, by screws, bolts, or any convenient means the said rods,
reaching from the seat to the feet, or supports, of the foot-rest, and screwed or bolted
to them, the said feet, or supports gliding on the bottom of the vehicle, with, or
without anti-friction rollers.
To suit the height of different individuals occupying the vehicle, I have long slot,
holes, or a series of holes, in the supports of the foot-rest, and also at the ends of the
said concecting rods.
In order to enable my invention to be fully understood, I will describe the same
with reference to the accompanying drawing, in which is shown side elevation of a
two wheeled vehicle. A. A. is the bottom of the vehicle on which foot-rest slides.
B. end view of seat with connecting rod attached. C. end view of foot-rest, and
D. one of the connecting rods or straps with which foot-rest is attached to seat.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
1. The adaptation to two wheeled vehicles of a footrest sliding or moving with the
seat, so that, whether the seat be moved forwards or backwards, mechanically or

page_text: otherwise, the foot-rest maintains its desired position, substantially as hereinbefore
described.
2. A foot-rest for two wheeled vehicles, gliding with the seat and adjustable to suit
height of occupant, or occupants of the vehicle, substantially as described.
Dated the Twenty-fifth day of November One thousand eight hundred and
eighty-nine.
MARWOOD JOHN OLIVER.