Improvements in Velocipede Saddles and Saddle Springs.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Aug., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 31st May, 1889-Accepted, 6th July, 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Velocipede Saddles and Saddle Springs.
I, JOHN BOULTBEE BROOKS of Great Charles Street Birmingham in the County of
Warwick, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The said invention consists of the improvements hereinafter described, in velocipedo
saddles, and saddle springs, whereby the seats, or the said saddles, are rendered highly
yielding, and easy in riding; and further, the construction of the saddle frames, or
their supporting springs, are greatly improved.
The improvements consist essentially in supporting saddles, upon primary and
centrally disposed loop coiled springs, and rear loop coiled springs.
In constructing a saddle according to my invention, I proceed as follows.
I take an ordinary saddle seat, and to the rear and front sides thereof, I connect
pummel and cantel hanger brackets, upon which the seat or skin of the saddle, is
primarily elevated, supported and tensioned.
The pummel hanger bracket has a horizontal eye or hole directed through its lower
part, wherein a necked extension of the head of a tension screw, takes while the
shank of the screw. takes into an inside wormed eye, made through the top of a
supplementary fixed and forked hanger, fixedly secured at its top end to the fore ends
of two somewhat parallel stay bars, running under the seat of the saddle from front
to rear, and with their rear parts passing through eyes or holes, made through the
lower portions of the cantel hangers herein-before described, or through loops or eyes
carried by the said hangers.
The wire constituting the stay bars, is extended rearwardly beyond the loops, into
vertical loop coils, directed in planes at right angles to the saddle seat, and with the
downward extensions or arins of these said coils, jointedly connected to the rear ends
of two parallel arms, directed from twin and primary larger loop coils, whose fore
arms or ends are jointedly connected to the lower extremities of the forks of the fixed
banger bracket, on the rear underside of the seat of the saddle as aforesaid.
Thus, the saddle seat. or the framings, or parts constituting the framing, are
clevated above, and connected to the ends of spring arms, which are outward exten-
sions of the coils, disposed midway between the said ends or arms.
The middle coil of each twin loop coil, is made of the shape of a semi-circle, and
with the diameter running horizontally across the middle of the complete coils; and
to the diameter part of the middle coil as aforesaid, a horizontal bracket of a T shaped
boss is connected, by loop or eye attachments, secured by screw nuts; that is to say,
the T boss, which takes upon the bar or upright bracket of a machine, has fixed
upon its crown or top part, a horizontally directed attachment, which is secured to the
undersides of the diameter cross bars of the middle coils.
The distance between the outer ends of the fore arms, of the primary spring, and
the underside of the seat of the saddle, may be varied by adjusting means.
The aforesaid saddle is applicable to tricycles, and safety bicycles.
In applying my invention to bicycles, I proceed as follows.
I provide the pummel hanger bracket with bossed eyes upon its two opposite
sides, wherethrough the fore arms or the extending rods pass, and against the ends
of which, tensioning devices come, which are surrounded by sleeve rests.
Rear extensions of the extending rods are formed into loop coils, separated from
each other, and in planes directed at right angles to the saddle seat, and with their
ends depending downwards, and jointedly connected to the rear arms of the primary
spring, of which the fore arms are connected and jointed to the rear of the pummel
hanger bracket.
The stay or extension rods, and the primary spring and spring.arins, are arranged

page_text: in such a manner, that the spring arms and spring, come between the said extension
or stay rods, thereby allowing the framing of the saddle to come into close proximity
to the back-bone or framing of a machine.
The connection of the spring of a saddle to the back-bone of a machine, may be
effected by a clip, which embraces the fore arms, instead of by a boss, as before
referred to.
The saddle may be supported upon two primary twin springs, instead of a single
one, removed from each other to a distance of some inches, and connected together, by
wire or rods, common to them both, whilst spring arms, which are upper extensions of
the coils, cross each other, and are jointedly connected with the bracket hangers, one
of which is double jointed.
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JOHN BOULTBEE BROOKS.
By Henry Skerrett,
Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Velocipede Saddles and Saddle Springs.
I, JOHN BOULTBEE BROOKS of Great Charles Street, Birmingham in the County
of Warwick, 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:—
The said invention consists of the improvements herein-after described, in velocipede
saddles, and saddle springs, whereby the seats, or the said saddles, are rendered
highly yielding, and easy in riding; and further, the construction of the saddle frames,
or their supporting springs, are greatly improved.
The improvements consist essentially in supporting saddles upon centrally disposed
loop coiled springs, and rear loop coiled springs.
In constructing a saddle according to my invention, I proceed as follows.
I take an ordinary saddle seat, and to the rear and front ends thereof, I connect
pummel and cantel banger brackets, upon which the seat or skin of the saddle is
primarily elevated, supported and tensioned.
The pummel hanger bracket has a horizontal eye or hole directed through its lower
part, wherein a necked extension of the head of a tension screw, takes, while the
shank of the screw takes into an inside wormed eye, made through the top of a
supplementary fixed and forked hanger, fixedly secured at its top end, to the fore
ends of two somewhat parallel stay bars, running under the seat of the saddle from
front to rear, and with their rear parts passing through eyes or holes made through
the lower portions of the cantel hangers herein before described, or through loops or
eyes carried by the said hangers.
The wires constituting the stay bars, are extended rearwardly beyond the loops,
into vertical loop coils, directed in planes at right angles to the saddle seat, and with
the downward extensions or arms of these said coils, jointedly connected to the rear
ends of two parallel arms, directed from twin and primary larger loop coils, whose
fore arms or ends are jointedly connected to the lower extremities of the forks of the
fixed hanger bracket, on the rear underside of the seat of the saddle as aforesaid.
Thus, the saddle sent, or the framings, or parts constituting the framing are elevated
above, and connected to, the ends of spring arms, which are outward extensions of the
coils, disposed midway between the said ends, or arms.
The middle coil of each twin loop coil, is made of the shape of a semicircle, and with
the diameter running horizontally across the middle of the complete coils; and to the
diameter part of the middle coil as aforesaid, a horizontal bracket of a T shaped boss
is connected, by loop or eye attachments, secured by screw nuts; that is to say, the T
boss which takes upon the bar or upright bracket of a machine, has fixed upon its
crown or top part, a horizontally directed attachment, which is secured to the under-
sides of the diameter cross bars of the middle coils,

page_text: The distance between the outer ends of the fore arms of the primary spring, and the
underside of the seat of the saddle, may be varied by adjusting means.
The aforesaid saddle is applicable for both tricycles and bicycles.
In applying my invention to bicycles, I provide the pummel hanger bracket with
bossed eyes upon its two opposite sides, wherethrough the fore-arms or the extending
rods, pass, and against the ends of which, tensioning devices come, which are surrounded
by sleeve rests.
Rear extensions of the extending rods are formed into loop coils separated from
each other, and in planes directed at right angles to the saddle seat, and with their
ends depending downwards, and jointedly connected to the rear arms of a primary
spring, of which the fore arms are connected and jointed to the rear of the pummel
hanger bracket.
The stay or extension rods, and the primary spring and spring arms are arranged in
such a manner, that the spring arms and springs come between the said extension or
stay rods, thereby allowing the framing of the saddle to come into close proximity to
the back-bone or framing of a machine.
The connection of the spring of a saddle to the back-bone of a machine, may be
effected by a clip, which embraces the fore arms, instead of by a boss as before
referred to.
The saddle may be supported upon tice of some inches, and connected together, by
two primary twin springs, instead of a single
one, removed from each other to a
wire or rods, common to them both, whilst spring arms which are upper extensions of
the coils, cross each other, and are jointedly connected with the bracket hangers, one
of which is double jointed.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings, represents partly in elevation, and partly
in section, a tricycle, or a safety bicycle saddle, constructed and arranged according to
my said invention. It will be seen from the said representation, that the saddle frame,
or the framing upon which the seat of the saddle is supported, elevated and stretched,
proceeds and rests upon loop coils, directed under the middle of the said seat and
framing, and the boss which takes upon the bar of a machine, has outwardly directed
plate shaped arms, which are connected to the bases of semi-circular loop coils.
Figure 2 represents a plan of the said saddle, and figure 3 is a front end elevation
of the same, while figure 4 is a modification of the means for raising and lowering the
front of a saddle seat.
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in figures 1, 2 and 3.
a is the seat of a saddle, stretched and supported upon pummel, and cantel hanger
brackets b, c. The bracket b, which is attachedly connected to the front underside of
the seat of a saddle has a plain eye 62 directed horizontally through its lower end, and
wherein the necked forward extension 2 of the screw tensioning device d passes, and
with the head d³ of the said device d, abuting and taking its bearing against the rear
side of the said bracket b.
The screw of the tensioning device passes through a screwed eye e³, of a depending
rod bracket e, upon the lower end e³ of which, a rising and falling socket connection f
takes.
The front arms g³ of the carrier rods g, are jointedly connected at 93 to the said
socket connection, which is affixed in position by a clamping screw pin h.
i are frame rods, directed from end to end on the underside of the seat of the saddle,
and with the fore parts connected to the two opposite sides of the upper end of the
depending rod bracket e, whilst the other end passes through the eyes of loop screws j,
directed through, and carried by, the depending arms of the cantel hanger bracket or
brackets c.
The frame rods' rear ends after passing through the loop screws, are directed into
double loop coils k, with the ends hanging downwards into arms ², which are
jointedly connected at k³, to the rear arms of the carrier rods g, whose middles
are fashioned or twisted into circular and semi circular loop coils 7, 1, and with the
straight bar or base of the said loops, directed across the diameter of the com-
plete circular loops, and to which said bar or base 1, the plate-shaped arms m² of a

page_text: socket m are attachedly connected by loop screws n, whose shanks pass through holes
in the said plate-shaped arms, and are there affixed by screw nuts n², coming on the
undersides of the said arms m².
Thus, it will be seen that the general framing, and the seat of the saddle are sup-
ported, elevated and jointedly connected to the ends of opposite directed arms, with
the middle formed into coils, and from the middle coil of each set of the said coils,
the whole of the framing and saddle is supported by a socket or other connection,
taking upon the bar or other framing of a machine.
From the drawings and the description as aforesaid, it will be seen that the saddle
levers itself fore and rear upon spring arms, with middle coils disposed between them,
and about which coils, the said arms turn about as centres of motion, on pressure
being applied to the seat of the saddle, which tends to straighten-out the carrier
arms.
Figure 4 represents another form of my invention, for elevating the front of the
seat of a saddle, and it will be understood that both in this, and the preceding figures,
that it is an amplification of the elevating means as described and represented in
Letters Patent granted to me, and bearing date the 19th day of November 1886
No. 15048.
a is the seat of a saddle, b, b³ is the supporting and depending rod bracket made in
one piece, and through the upper end of which, the fore-end d of the tensioning
device passes, while the socket connection f, which is connected to the lower
framing bars, slides upon the depending rod of the said bracket as aforesaid, and by
means of which depending rod, the height of the front of the seat of a saddle can
be adjusted.
Figure 5 represents partly in elevation, and partly in vertical section, a tricycle
or bicycle saddle, constructed and arranged according to another form of my
invention.
It will be seen that the carrier frame rods work between the saddle seat frame rods,
and that the said carrier rods are looped into circular coils near their rears, whilst
the loop coils of the saddle frame rods are the same as in the preceding arrange-
ment.
Figure 6 represents an inverted plan of figure 5, and figure 7 represents the said
saddle figures 5 and 6, arranged as a bicycle saddle, whilst figure 8 shows a side
elevation partly in section of the rear part of the said saddle figure 7.
a is the seat of a saddle, b is a bracket on the front underside of the same, and c is
a bracket on its rear underside.
i are frame rods, between which, the carrier rods g are disposed and work. The
fore-parts of the said rods i take into tension sockets e, which are formed with, or
attached to the brackets b, and which said sockets are internally screwed, wherein
screw, pins d take, which on being rotated, press outwardly the said rods, and impart
the necessary tension to the seat of the saddle thereby.
The rear ends of the said, rods i are connected to the arms of brackets c, by passing
through the eyes of screw loops. j, and with the further extensions of the said rods,
beyond the brackets c, formed into loop coils k, with downwardly directed arms
jointedly connected at 3, to the rear parts g, of the carrier rods g, whose middle parts
are looped into coils 7, and with the front parts g of the said rods, jointedly con-
nected to the underside front of the saddle seat, or to the bracket, by claw con-
nections.
The saddle is connected to the framing of a machine by embracing clips clamped to
the plain parts of the rods g, whose arms are directed from right to left, and with
loop coils disposed between them.
By arranging the frames of saddles as described, the carrying frame which is con-
nected to a machine, is brought near to the underside of the saddle seat, and with the
frame bars i working over, or on either side of them.
In the bicycle saddle figures 7 and 8, the front parts of the carrier rods y instead of
being extended forward, and connected to the underside, of the seat by, a claw joint,
they are lopped off about their middles, and with their ends embraced by a backbone.

page_text: clip, by means of which a saddle is connected to a machine, and which said clip is
marked o; and further, it will be observed that the fore parts of the frame-rods i
extend through holes or eyes of the sockets e, which are attached by an arch plate e¹
to the front underside of the saddle seat, and which said plate and sockets are moved,
and the saddle seat adjusted by tensioning screws above the frame rods, taking into
screwed holes made through opposite lugs above the open-ended sockets. Thus, e are
the open-ended sockets, the frame rods (see figure 74, which is a section of the
tensioning, and front end of the saddle) and are the fore extended ends, taking
through the eyes of the said sockets.
p are fixed brackets on the rod ends, and through plain holes in the said brackets,
the tensioning screws d take, and with their ends taking into screwed holes e², made
through solid parts above the sockets e; so that by rotating the head of the tensioning
screw, the saddle seat a is adjusted by the bridge plate e, and sockets, being made to
slide upon the ends of the rods i, which draw forward, or slacken the seat attached to
the said plate e, and when the same is in its adjusted position, it is fixed by the lock-
nut q.
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:
First. Connecting the frames of saddles, or the framing bars of saddles, to the
framings or other parts of velocipedes, by loop coils 1, 12, or by diameter bars 1³ of the
said coils, in connection with a socket connection m, m³, as set forth.
Secondly. Mounting the top framing, or the framing bars or rods of the seat of a
saddle, upon opposite directed carrier rods, bars or their equivalents, with loop coils,
fashioned from the middles of the said rods, constituting the said arins, as described
and set forth in figures 1, 2 and 3.
Thirdly. Supporting the rod framings, or the framings of the seats of saddles,
upon spring arms, jointedly connected at their outer ends, and with the middles of the
rods constituting the said arms, formed into two sets of triple loop coils, with the
middle coils made semi-circular, and with the bars or bases 13 of them, forming attach-
ment bearings, and from which the saddle is supported and held upon a machine, by
sockets or their equivalents, taking upon an L bar or framing, substantially as
described and set forth in figures 1, 2 and 3.
Fourthly. The combination with the seat of a saddle, of bars, rods or their equiva-
lents i, g, jointedly connected as described and represented, and provided with middle
and rear loops, with arms and other connections as set forth in figures 1, 2 and 3.
Fifthly Adjusting the elevation of the fronts or pummel ends of the seats of
saddles, by the means and arrangement of parts, as described and set forth in
figures 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Sixthly. A velocipede saddle, consisting of upper and lower framing bars, loop
coils, fixed attachment parts, adjusting means and carrier brackets; and which said
parts are constructed, arranged, jointed and operated, substantially as described and
set forth in figures 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Seventhly. Arranging the carrier bars g, constructed and jointed as described, to
work free between the frame-bars i, which are arranged, connected and jointed, as
set forth in figures 5, 6, 7 and 8.
Eighthly. The arrangement, combination and jointing of the frames or framings
of velocipede saddles, as herein described and set forth in figures 5, 6, 7 and 8.
Lastly Constructing and arranging the fore parts of saddles as herein-described
and set forth in figures 7, 7ª and S, whereby the tensioning of the seat of a saddle is
effected in manner as represented.
Dated this 28th day of May 1889.
JOHN BOULTBEE BROOKS.
By Henry Skerrett,
Agent for Applicant.