Improvements in Feet or Supports for Bicycles.
Year: 1898

page_text: Improvements in Feet or Supports for Bicycles.
I, HENRY TILNEY, of 74, Nelson Road Central, Great Yarmouth, Late Cab
Proprietor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention for improvements in feet or supports for bicycles has for its
object to provide simple and efficient means for supporting a bicycle when
stationary in the upright position.
A foot or support constructed according to this invention consists of an outer
tube provided at the bottom with a cross slot and near the top with a long slot
having at each end a small or bayonet slot, a fixed pin passing across the cross
slot, a sliding tube working within the outer tube and provided with a handle
passing through the long slot, and two prongs having splayed ends and hinged to
the lower end of the sliding tube and passing one on either side of the pin in the
slot. Normally when the handle is at the top of the slot the prongs project just
beyond the end of the outer tube.
In operation the outer tube is secured to the main down tube and top bar of a
gentleman's machine or to the main down tube of a ladies' machine, or to the
steering socket of either. The handle is then depressed to the bottom of the long
slot causing the prongs as they slide over the pin to be splayed. When the
handle is at the bottom of the slot it is given a slight rotation to lock it in the
bayonet slot. The outer tube is fixed in such position that the prongs just come in
contact with the ground and support the bicycle.
Dated this 15th day of April 1898.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE
40, Chancery Lane, London, WC, Agents.
HENRY TILNEY, of 74, Nelson Road Central, Great Yarmouth, Late Cab
Proprietor, 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:-
1
This invention for improvements in feet or supports for bicycles has for its
object to provide simple and efficient means for supporting' a bicycle when
stationary in the upright position.
A foot or support constructed according to this invention consists of an outer
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page_text: tube provided at the bottom with a cross slot and near the top with a long slot
having at each end a small or bayonet slot, a fixed pin passing across the cross
slot, a sliding tube working within the outer tube and provided with a handle
passing through the long slot, and two prongs having splayed ends and hinged to
the lower end of the sliding tube and passing one on either side of the pin in the
slot. Normally when the handle is at the top of the slot the prongs project just
beyond the end of the outer tube.
In operation the outer tube is secured to the main down tube and top bar of a
gentleman's machine or to the main down tube of a ladies' machine, or to the
steering socket of either. The handle is then depressed to the bottom of the long
When the
slot causing the prongs as they slide over the pin to be splayed.
handle is at the bottom of the slot it is given a slight rotation to lock it in the
bayonet slot. The outer tube is fixed in such position that the prongs just come in
contact with the ground and support the bicycle.
In the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings Fig. 1 is an elevation of a
foot or support for a bicycle constructed according to this invention, Fig. 2 is
an elevation of the outer tube and Fig. 3 of the internal parts. Fig. 4 is a plan
of a clip or holder for securing the support to the frame of a bicycle.
The outer tube a is provided at the bottom with a cross slot b and near the top
with the slot e with recesses d at its top and bottom. A spring his mounted on a
fixed pin d passing across the cross slot. The tube e slides in the tube a and has
a handle f passing through the slot c. Two prongs g having splayed ends are
hinged to the lower end of the tube e and pass one on either side of the pin d¹.
It will readily be seen that as the handle f is depressed from the top of the
slot c to the bottom the prongs are, under the action of the pin d' and spring h,
splayed out as shown in Fig. 1. The handle f is shown moveable with respect to
the tube and a spring i fixed to the handle at one end and to the tube at the
other end tends to force the handle in the direction to enter the recesses d.
A clip adapted to be secured to the support and to one of the tubes of a bicycle
is shown in Fig. 4 but it is apparent that any other suitable securing device may
be employed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
1. The foot or support for a bicycle consisting of an outer tube provided at the
bottom with a cross slot and near the top with a long slot having at each end a
small or bayonet slot, a fixed pin or bearing piece passing across the cross slot, a.
sliding tube working within the outer tube and provided with a handle passing
through the long slot, and two prongs having splayed ends and hinged to the lower
end of the sliding tube and passing one on either side of the pin or bearing piece
in the slot.
2. The improved foot or support for bicycles substantially as described with
reference to the drawings.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40, Chancery Lane, London, Agents.