Improved Portable Bicycle-Support
Year: 1897

page_text: Improved Portable Bicycle-Support,
JOSEPH EDWARD ARTHUR PROSSER, of No. 44, Llantrissant Street, Cathays,
Cardiff, Clerk at the General Manager's Office of the Rhymney Railway Com-
pany, Cardiff, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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This invention relates to improvements in bicycle supports and has for its
object to provide for bicycle riders a light portable support which may be carried
in the pocket or attached to the bicycle by a clip.
To this end I provide a support made of wire, metal, or other suitable material.
In any case the support will have two jaws on the upper end into which the outer
frame of pedal (that is the frame farthest from the crank) can be inserted so that
the pedal spindle will be between the two jaws which will clip or fit tight to the
pedal frame on each side of spindle.
The support if made of wire will have two short legs one under each jaw which
may be compressed together and placed in a sheath made of metal, leather or
other suitable material when not in use.
When used, the support must be fixed to one of the pedals and the wheel turned
until the pedal is at its lowest position or nearly so and the bicycle can then be
left leaning on the support.
When the bicycle is required to be supported in a very firm manner for a long
period, two of these supports, either of equal or unequal lengths may be used in
which case a support will be attached to each pedal.
Dated this 20th day of December 1897.
JOSEPH EDWARD ARTHUR PROSSER.
Improved Portable Eicycle Support.
I, JOSEPH EDWARD ARTHUR PROSSER, of No. 44, Llantrissant Street, Cathays,
Cardiff, Clerk at the General Manager's Office of the Rhymney Railway Com-
pany, Cardiff, 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 bicycle supports and has for its object
to provide for bicycle riders a light portable and detachable support which may be
carried in the pocket and readily attached to the bicycle whether in use or not.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried

page_text: into practise I have appended hereunto a sheet of drawings upon which I have
fully illustrated the nature of my said improvements.
Figure 1 is a general view of the support shewn in position on the pedal for
supporting the bicycle.
Figure is a sectional side elevation of the crank pedal and support.
Figure 3 is a front elevation of Figure 2.
Figure 4 is a longitudinal section through the saddle tube shewing the support
therein.
In carrying my invention into effect I provide the support A made of wire
metal or other suitable material which is shaped so as to have the two jaws a¹
and a on the upper end, into which the outer plate B of the pedal i.e. the plate
farthest from the crank can be inserted in such a manner that that the pedal
spindle is supported between the two jaws a¹ and a³ which clip or fit tight to the
pedal plate 13 on each side of the spindle.
The support if made of wire is provided with the legs a³ and aª one under each
jaw which for convenience of carrying may be compressed together when not in
use and placed in a sheath made of metal leather or other suitable material or
may be placed in lamp bracket or saddle support tube C where it is retained by
the natural spring of the legs without the necessity of any clips or fastenings
whatever. When in use the support is attached to one of the pedals and the
wheel turned until the pedal is at its lowest position or nearly so and the bicycle
can then be left leaning on the support.
When the bicycle is required to be supported in a very firm manner for a long
period two of these supports either of equal or unequal lengths may be used in
which case a support will be attached to each pedal.
Although I prefer to make my detachable support of wire I may cut and bend
it out of sheet metal or other suitable material and while the form shewn is the
best adapted to my purpose I do not confine myself to the exact shape or con-
figuration herein illustrated.
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-
The detachable bicycle pedal support A substantially as and for the purpose
herein set forth and illustrated upon the accompanying drawings.
Dato this 27th day of September 1808
LEWIS WM. GOOLD,
Agent for Applicant, 5, Corporation Street, Birmingham.