Improvements in Bicycle Supporting Stands.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Dec., 1896-Accepted, 27th Feb., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bicycle Supporting Stands.
We JOHN LUCIEN BENTON and CHARLES RICHARD BISHOP, both of 13 Oak
Street, New-Haven, in the County of New-Haven and State of Connecticut, United
States of America, Manufacturers, 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 :-
Our invention relates to an improvement in bicycle supporting stands, the objects
being to provide a simple and effective stand which will support the bicycle with its
wheels off the ground or floor; which will hold the steering wheel and handles from
swinging round; and which will be very light and inexpensive, and which may be
folded into a small compass when not in use.
In the drawings:-
Fig. 1 represents a side view of the stand with a bicycle supported thereby.
Fig. 2 is a front view of the stand, the swinging section of the base being extended
as when in use.
Fig. 3 is a similar view with the swinging section in its folded position.
Fig. 4 is a rear view of the stand, with the parts shown in the position which they
assume when the bicycle is supported; and
Fig. 5 is a side view of a modified form of stand.
The stand comprises a base consisting of a swinging section A and a stationary
section A', a rear upright. B, a front upright B', and a connecting rod C.
The stand is preferably constructed of strong wire bent to the required forms.
The rear upright B is provided with a suitable socket at its top, for the reception
of the crank hanger or bottom bracket of the bicycle.. The socket is formed by
bending the wire which forms the upright, in such a manner as to support the bottoin
bracket at its opposite ends, serving to prevent the bicycle from toppling over when
placed on the stand. The socket & preferably engages the crank hangor quite snugly,
to still further hold it against any tendency to tip over laterally.
The forward upright B' is provided with a socket at its upper end, for partially
embracing the front lower brace tube of the bicycle at a point some distance forward
of the bottom bracket.
The front upright B₁ is further provided with a vertically elongated loop b², for
receiving the steering wheel of the bicycle, to prevent it, as well as the handles, from
turning, and to support the wheel firmly upon the stand.
The stationary section of the base consists of a horizontal portion a and two
upright end portions a', a', uprising from the opposite ends of the horizontal portion a.
The swinging section of the base consists of a horizontal portion a³, having end
portions a, a uprising from its opposite ends.
The rear upright B of the stand is preferably formed by extending the end
portion a' of the stationary base section upwardly, and then downwardly, as shown.
The end of the wire which forms the rear upright B is turned to form one of the
hinges for the swinging section, as shown at b
The front upright B₁is preferably formed by extending the end portion a² of the
stationary base section upwardly, and then downwardly, the loop & being formed by
spacing the wire which forms the upright from the base to the socket . This end
of the wire which formed the front upright is turned, as shown at b, to form the
other hinge of the swinging section of the base.

page_text: The connecting rod C extends between the upper ends of the stationary base
section, and serves to give the stand the required amount of rigidity. The front end
of the connecting rod C holds the two portions of the wire which forms the front
upright, rigidly together, and the rear end of the connecting rod holds the two
portions of the wire which forms the rear upright, rigidly together.
The swinging section of the base is provided with suitable stops a, a', which
stops are formed by extensions from the end portions a, a, of the swinging base
section. These stops serve to limit the outward swinging movement of the swinging
section of the base.
In the form shown in Fig. 5, the steering wheel of the bicycle is held by means of
an adjustable armi D provided at its front end with a yoke d which engages the wheel,
and at its rear end with a sliding socket piece d', which is adapted to be moved along
the connecting rod C to adjust the yoke d as may be required. The adjustable arm D
passes through a suitable socket dat the junction of the front upright with the base.
The socket piece d' may be provided with a clamping screw d', for securing the arm D
in any of its adjustments.
The base may be made of the required length to form a substantial longitudinal
support, and the two sections may be so arranged relatively to each other, as to
form a firm lateral support for the bicycle.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim. is:-
1. A bicycle supporting stand comprising a suitable base consisting of a stationary
section and a swinging section, a rear upright uprising from the stationary section,
and adapted to engage the crank hanger, and a front upright uprising from the
stationary section, and adapted to engage the front lower brace, substantially as set
forth.
2. A bicycle supporting stand comprising a rear upright, a front upright, a base
consisting of a stationary section, and a swinging section comprising upper and
lower horizontal portious connected by end upright portions, an adjustable arm
adapted to slide along the upper horizontal portion of the swinging section, and
means for securing the arm to said upper horizontal portion, substantially as set
forth.
3. A bicycle supporting stand comprising a rear upright adapted to engage the
crank hanger, a front upright adapted to engage the front lower brace, and a base,
consisting of a section stationary with respect to the uprights and a swinging
section, and a stop on the swinging section adapted to engage one of the uprights,
to limit the outward swinging movement of the said section, substantially as set
forth.
4. A bicycle supporting stand, comprising a suitable base consisting of a stationary
section and a swinging section, a rear upright uprising from the base, adapted to
engage the crank hanger, and a front upright, of loop form, uprising from the
base, adapted to engage the front lower brace, and also the steering wheel, substantially
as set forth.
Dated this and
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NEWTON & SON,
Agents for the Applicants.